The San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra will present their annual holiday concert on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 3:00 p.m. Entitled “A Christmas Festival,” this performance will be held at the historic California Theatre of the Performing Arts.
Under the baton of Maestro Anthony Parnther, the repertoire will feature a number of holiday favorites, including Leroy Anderson’s “A Christmas Festival,” “Let It Snow,” “My Favorite Things,” “Mary. Did You Know?,” “Boogie Woogie Santa Claus,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “O, Holy Night,” “Sleigh Ride, “Theme from Polar Express,” Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and more.
Vocalists LaVance Colley, LC Powell and Drew Tablak will lend their angelic voices to this joyful show.
In addition, the San Bernardino Youth Orchestra will make a special appearance at the concert. And the Granite Hills High School Academy Choir, led by Director of Music and Piano Shane Churchill, will combine with the Carter High School Chamber Choir, led by Susan Barnes, to accompany the orchestra. Members of the A.B. Miller High School Conservatory of Dance with direction by Aisha Bardge and Nicole Robinson will also perform.
The culmination of the concert will be a sing-along finale.
“Perhaps more than anything else we do each year,” said Maestro Parnther, “the annual holiday performance is designed to lift the spirit and gladden the heart. I look forward to welcoming the entire community to this annual event.”
Prior to the concert, patrons will enjoy a performance by the Inland Valley Repertory Theater’s Dickens Carolers in the lobby at 2 p.m.
Attendees are invited to bring a new, unwrapped toy which will be donated to San Bernardino Valley College’s EOPS CARE program, which benefits the students of single parents.
“This is going to be the region’s happiest holiday party,” said Donna Marie Minano, president of the Symphony’s board of directors. She will be featured in one of the pieces in honor of her years of service, which will officially end on Dec. 31.
Tickets for A Christmas Festival are available at www.sanbernardinosymphony.org or by phone at (909) 381-5388, Monday through Friday. Some tickets may be available at the box office prior to the performance but this concert usually sells out.
As if one concert is not enough, the San Bernardino Symphony Youth Orchestra and the San Bernardino Symphony Overture Orchestra will present their holiday concert on Sunday, Dec. 14 at 3 p.m. in the San Bernardino Valley College auditorium. Those tickets are available at www.sanbernardinosymphony.org/sbsyo-christmas-concert or at the door.
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