D’Walla Simmons-Burke, director of choral and vocal studies at Winston-Salem State University, addresses the crowd during the Dec. 2 “Songs of the Season” concert in the school’s K. R. Williams Auditorium. The annual holiday concert, which Simmons-Burke conducts, features all of WSSU’s acclaimed musical groups, including the WSSU Choir, the University Women, Schola Cantorum and the Burke Singers.
