PR2010 Apr U3
ALABAMA SINGING MEN SPRING CONCERT TOUR INCLUDES SHELTON STATE
TUSCALOOSA – Shelton State Community College, Alabama’s Community College of the Fine Arts, will host
The Alabama Singing Men (ASM) on Thursday, April 8, at 2:30 p.m., in the Alabama Power Recital Hall on the
Martin Campus, 9500 Old Greensboro Road.
The concert is one of four stops on the 35 Annual Concert Tour for the ASM, a large men’s choir
comprised principally of music ministers, The tour begins at 7 p.m. on April 6, at the First Baptist Church of
Demopolis. On Wednesday evening, April 7, the concert begins at 6:00 p.m. at the Northport Baptist Church.
Following the concert at Shelton State, the tour will conclude the evening of April 8, with a 6:30 p.m. concert at
Linden Baptist Church.
Begun in 1976, ASM was originally comprised of only full-time Alabama Baptist church music
ministers. Past ASM tours have included performances in a variety of locations across the United States, as well
as concert mission trips overseas. The 70-member group now includes bi-vocational music directors, laymen
recommended by their church, pastors, and other church staff, as well as music faculty from Alabama Baptist
colleges and universities. The group’s diverse repertoire ranges from powerful traditional, classical anthems and
hymn arrangements to spirituals and contemporary gospel and praise songs. The organization’s Brass Ensemble
and Handbell Ensemble often augment ASM’s choral performances.