HALLELUJAH!

Student concert welcomes holidays

Again this year, Plymouth Township Trustee John Stewart conducted The Hallelujah Chorus, the final

offering in the annual Plymouth Noon Rotary Club Christmas Concert. Each year, students from the music programs at the Plymouth Canton schools arrive to entertain the members and multiple guests with
holiday music and carols. The much-anticipated event included musicians from the school Symphony Orchestra and members of the Festival Singers. The joint performance last week received a standing ovation from the audience. The orchestra members were directed by Michael Edwards, the director of orchestras in the school district while Jennifer Neumann, director of choirs, led the singers.
    The singers were accompanied by pianist Stephen Lynn. “The talent here is remarkable,” Stewart, a music enthusiast and supporter of the Michigan Philharmonic, said. “There are professional groups who do not have this skill and talent.” Stewart said he rehearsed only one afternoon with the students whose performance and understanding of the music was “outstanding.”