Festival '25 was held February 16, 2025 at Bluff Park United Methodist Church. The Festival chorus and orchestra was pleased to offer A German Requiem, Op. 45, by Johannes Brahms, which was presented in English. Mr. James A. Brown, Director of Music at Independent Presbyterian Church, Memphis and our first clinician in 2009, as well as 2011 and 2015 conducted this beloved work. A pre-concert lecture was presented by Dr. Milburn Price, Dean Emeritus of the School of Performing Arts at Samford University.