JCSU News Release

JCSU Presents Free Annual Christmas
Vespers Service

November 13, 2007 – The Johnson C. Smith University Concert Choir will present its annual FREE Christmas Concert 6 p.m. Sunday, December 2, 2007 in the Jane M. Smith Memorial Church on campus.

There will be a short organ concert beginning at 5:30 p.m. presented by Dr. Gregory Thompson Chair of Music and Fine Arts at JCSU. The candle light procession by the choir will start at 6 p.m. The program will include a variety of other selections which express the spirit and mood of the holiday season. The choir is directed by Professor Bruce A. Thompson.

U.S. News & World Report recently ranked Johnson C. Smith University as the 10th Best Black Colleges out of all Historically Black Colleges in the nation. Founded in 1867, JCSU flourishes as one of our nation’s oldest, academically and technologically advanced liberal arts colleges.

For additional information about the concert, contact Dr. Gregory Thompson at 704.378.3517.