What is Over the Mountain Festivals?

Over The Mountain Festivals is a community choral group that exists to foster and perpetuate the singing of sacred choral music and provide training and encouragement to directors of small choirs and choristers, both adults and children, to the glory of God, the edification of participants and the enjoyment of the greater Birmingham, Alabama community and beyond.

What is the History of the Festivals?

Begun in 2008 as an idea of a small group of individuals who believe in the importance and value of sacred choral music to singers and the community, OTM Festivals was brought to fruition by the work of an all-volunteer planning committee along with support of friends and sponsors.

 

The first festival, Festival '09, was held Valentine's Day, February 14, 2009, at Bluff Park United Methodist Church in Birmingham. James Brown, Director of Music at Independent Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee, was the inaugural Guest Clinician.

Who Participates in the Festivals?

Choristers of many backgrounds and abilities come together to bring about a Festival. Here's a list of choirs represented at past Festivals, all from Alabama unless otherwise noted:

  • Airview Baptist Church 
  • Alabama Civic Chorale
  • Alabama Singing Women
  • Alabama Symphony Orchestra Chorus
  • Altadena Valley Presbyterian Church
  • Alabama Voices
  • All Saints Episcopal Church
  • Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd
  • Asbury United Methodist Church 
  • Ascension Episcopal Church
  • Auburn United Methodist Church
  • Auburn University Concert Choir Alumni
  • Augusta Collegium Musicum—Augusta, GA
  • Avondale United Methodist Church
  • Birmingham Chamber Chorus 
  • Birmingham Girls Choir
  • Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
  • Blount Springs Baptist Church
  • Bluff Park United Methodist Church 
  • Briarwood Presbyterian Church
  • Brookview Wesleyan Church
  • Cahaba Park Church
  • Cahaba Springs Presbyterian Church 
  • Canterbury United Methodist Church
  • Carriage Lane Presbyterian—Peachtree City, GA 
  • Cathedral Church of the Advent
  • Cathedral of St. Paul 
  • Center Point First United Methodist Church
  • Childersburg First Baptist Church
  • Childersburg First United Methodist Church
  • Christ Church Birmingham
  • Christ Church PCA, Trussville 
  • Christ Church United Methodist Church
  • Christ Church (Episcopal)—Pensacola, FL
  • Christ Community Church, Helena
  • Christ Covenant Reformed, Germantown, TN 
  • Christ the King Anglican Church 
  • Christ Presbyterian Church—Nashville, TN
  • Church of the Ascension
  • Church at Brook Hills 
  • Church of the Highlands
  • Church of the Reconciler 
  • Colla Voce 
  • Covenant Presbyterian Church, Homewood
  • Dawson Memorial Baptist Church
  • Eagle's Wing Church
  • East Cobb Presbyterian—Marietta, GA
  • East Gardendale Baptist Church
  • East Newton Baptist Church—Covington, GA
  • Eastern Shore Choral Society, Daphne
  • Edgewood Presbyterian Church
  • Episcopal Church of the Ascension
  • Episcopal Church of the Nativity—Dothan
  • Evangel Presbyterian Church, PCA, Alabaster 
  • Faith Presbyterian Church
  • First Baptist Church
  • First Baptist Church—Childersburg
  • First Church, Bessemer
  • First Fairhope Baptist Church, Fairhope
  • First Presbyterian Church of Alabaster
  • First Presbyterian Church—Alexander City
  • First Presbyterian Church—Augusta, GA
  • First Presbyterian Church—Prattville
  • First Presbyterian Church, Cumberland
  • First United Methodist Church
  • Fultondale First Baptist Church
  • Gardendale Presbyterian Church
  • Grace Church, Anniston
  • Green Valley Presbyterian, Henderson, NV
  • Helena Methodist Church
  • Highlands United Methodist Church
  • Holy Trinity-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
  • Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Auburn
  • Hope Church, Gardendale
  • Huffman United Methodist Church
  • Hunter Street Baptist Church
  • Huntsville Community Chorus Association
  • Independent Presbyterian Church
  • Independent Presbyterian Church—Memphis, TN
  • Indian Springs First Baptist Church
  • Irondale United Methodist Church
  • Junior League Chorus​​
  • Lake Crest Presbyterian
  • Latter Day Saints, Hoover Ward 
  • Liberty Crossing United Methodist Church
  • Liberty Park Baptist Church
  • Magic City Choral Society 
  • McElwain Baptist Church
  • Montevallo Community Chorus
  • Mountainaires Choir
  • Mountain Brook Baptist Church 
  • North Jefferson Community Choir
  • Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church
  • Opelika Art Association
  • Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church
  • Palmerdale Cross Baptist Church
  • Pickwick United Methodist Church—Counce, TN
  • Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church
  • Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church
  • Prince of Peace Catholic Church
  • Providence Baptist Church—Opelika, AL
  • Redeemer Presbyterian 
  • Riverchase Baptist Church
  • Riverchase Church of Christ 
  • Riverchase United Methodist Church
  • Rock Creek Church of God
  • Rockdale Baptist Church—McDonough, GA 
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Church 
  • Samford University
  • Shades Valley Lutheran Church
  • Shelby Baptist Church 
  • Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
  • Shepherd of the Valley Presbyterian Church
  • Song Birds (Hoover Seniors)
  • South Highland Presbyterian Church
  • Southside Baptist Church
  • St. Agatha's Episcopal—DeFuniak Springs, FL
  • St. Alban's Episcopal Church 
  • St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
  • St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
  • St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church 
  • St. Mark United Methodist Church
  • St. Matthew Anglican
  • St. Peter's Anglican Church 
  • St. Stephen's Catholic Church
  • St. Thomas Episcopal Church
  • Sursum Corda
  • The Christmas Carolers
  • Third Presbyterian Church
  • Trinity Episcopal Church—Bessemer 
  • Trinity Presbyterian Church
  • Trinity Presbyterian Church, Montgomery 
  • Trinity United Methodist Church
  • Trussville First United Methodist Church
  • Vidalia Community Chorus—Vidalia, GA
  • Vestavia Hills Baptist Church 
  • Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church
  • Warblers Club

 

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