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.