The Girls Ensemble at the Smoot Theatre will perform 3 p.m. Sunday in the final concert of the season. The show is free. (Photo Provided)

PARKERSBURG — The final free public concert of the year by the Smoot Theatre Vocal Ensembles will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Smoot Theatre, 213 Fifth St.

The choral groups are the Smoot Theatre Children’s Chorus, now in its 14th year, the Smoot Theatre Boys Ensemble, now in its 12th year, and the Smoot Theatre Girls Ensemble, now in its ninth year.

The Children’s Chorus will begin the concert with “Karibuni,” an African welcoming song, with soloists Scott Richardson, Kaleah Barros and Ford Schwendeman. “Karibuni” will be followed by “Pie Jesu” by Marcy Pyrtle featuring soloists Gabby Schall and Toby Wilcox.

Other selections are: “Woke Up This Mornin’,” a spiritual arranged by Rollo Dilworth; “Ain’t We Got Fun,” the classic from 1921; “Old Joe Clark,” a folk song; the contemporary “Firefly”; and ending with “Breathing With Beethoven,” an homage to the great composer.

The Girls Ensemble will present “Arise, My Love” by Laura Farnell, “I Will Be a Child of Peace” by Elaine Hagenberg, “Johnny Said NO!” by Vijay Singh, “The Seal Lullaby” by Eric Whitacre, the African greeting song “Morokeni” and ending with “As Long As I Have Music” by Besig and Price.

The final public concert of the season by the Smoot Theatre Vocal Ensembles will be held 3 p.m. Sunday at the theater, 219 Fifth St., Parkersburg. The show is free. (Photo Provided)

The theme for the Smoot Theatre Boys portion of the concert is “Come Travel With Me!”

Through music, the audience will travel with the Boys Ensemble as it visits a variety of places and meets interesting people.

Songs to be performed are “Come Travel With Me” by Scott Farthing and “Come in from the Firefly Darkness” by Amy Bernon. The 5th Street Boys will then present “Coney Island Baby” and “There is Nothing Like a Dame.”

The 5th Street Boys performance will be followed by the ensemble presenting “That’s Why I Do Like I Do” featuring soloist Gabriel Cantwell, Stephen Foster’s “If You’ve Only Got a Mustache,” “The Parting Glass” featuring soloist Owen McCrady, “Let There Be Peace on Earth” and “Country Roads” with soloists Alex Cantwell, Jacob Daugherty and Gabriel Cantwell.

Ending the concert, all the ensembles will combine to present the traditional closing song “Why We Sing” by Greg Gilpin.

The Smoot Theatre Boys Ensemble will participate in the final concert of the season at 3 p.m. Sunday at the theater on Fifth Street. The show by the Smoot Theatre Vocal Ensembles is free, but donations are appreciated. (Photo Provided)

Director of the Children’s Chorus is Barbara Full and accompanist is Marsha Parsons. The Girls Ensemble is directed by Cathy Martin with accompanist Jane Irvine. Director of the Boys Ensemble is Janet Blessing with accompanist Kim Vineyard. Director of the Fifth Street Boys is Smoot Theatre Artistic Director Felice Jorgeson.

The concert is free and donations will be gratefully accepted.