Alice Hulbert Berman

Alice Hulbert Berman
Ms. Berman, who resided at Southminster in Charlotte, was born November 21, 1911 and died July 12, 2006.
Alice, daughter of Harry and Ethel Hulbert, grew up in the Pocono Mountains near Swiftwater, PA and graduated from Westminster Choir College in 1933, now Westminster Choir College of Rider University. She married Michael E. Berman and was the Choir Director at the First Presbyterian Church in Trenton, NJ.
Ms. Berman was called to Charlotte in 1943 as the first Minister of Music at Myers Park Baptist Church. In a few years its music program grew into a graded choral system of hundreds of singers from the age of four to eighty-four.
In 1953, Ms. Berman founded the Charlotte Choral Society, which is known now as Carolina Voices. She was one of the masterminds of the original Singing Christmas Tree and became its founding director. She led performances for the show's first quarter of a century, which began in December 1956 in the then new Ovens Auditorium. The Tree's annual programs brought lustre and national attention to the arts in Charlotte. Ms. Berman's choral work was noted for its artistic integrity as her talent and dedication brought her choirs to the highest level of professionalism.
Ms. Berman was preceded by her husband, Michael, in 1970 and her sister, Jane Hulbert, of Cresco, PA, in 2001.
A memorial service will be held Thursday, July 27, at 2:00 PM at Myers Park Baptist Church at 1900 Queens Rd.
Memorial contributions may be made to the music program at Myers Park Baptist Church, Carolina Voices at 1900 Queens Road, Charlotte, NC, 28207; or Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540.
Carolina Funeral Service & Cremation Center is entrusted with the arrangements.