Every other June, high school members of First Presbyterian’s Angel Choir embark on a six-day Summer Singing Tour, performing in churches, retirement communities and schools. Their traditional send-off concert, directed by Joy Hire and accompanied this year by pianist and Angel Choir alumnus Logan Rees, includes sacred and secular pieces to be sung on their tour through New England and the Mid-Atlantic and culminating with Sunday morning worship at the historic Navy Chapel in Annapolis, Md.

The “Angels Away” program includes arrangements of sacred hymns and seasonal anthems First Presbyterian’s youth choir has sung throughout the last year, such as “I Sing the Mighty Power of God” and “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.” The concert also will feature anthems by popular composers John Rutter, Natalie Sleeth, Mark Hayes, Gwyneth Walker, and Elaine Hagenberg, as well as the Kyrie from Schubert’s Mass No. 2 in G.

Enjoy the beauty of these youthful voices and wish our choristers Godspeed on their journey.