It started with casual comments from a couple of First United Methodist Church choir members.

“We haven’t done an orchestra in a long time.”

What evolved from there is a cantata set for this Sunday morning featuring 25 voices and a 16-piece orchestra including musicians from Andalusia, Florala, Pensacola, Troy, Birmingham and Montgomery, FUMC choir director Paula Sue Duebelt said.

The group will present “Promise of a King” at 11 a.m. this Sun., Dec. 15.

“The music is very melodic, very worshipful, inspirational,” Duebelt said. “We truly hope it will be a worshipful experience.”

The musicians will be led by Louisa Baker, pianist, who is joined by musicians playing clarinet, flute, trumpet, trombone, French horn, oboe, violin, cello and timpani.

 

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Down East Three Notch at First Baptist Church, the choir will present its musical at 6 p.m. Music minister Dwight Crigger said his choir’s musical is “Come, Messiah King,” by Randy Vader, Jay Rouse and Rose Aspinale.

The choir will be accompanied by Sonia Crigger, pianist, and a DVD track, which also features video in the telling of Christ’s birth.

Soloists include Megan McMullen, Hampton Glenn, Jeremy Boyd and Crigger.