Family Holiday Concerts with the
ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to poor weather, we have decided to cancel the Sunday concert scheduled to take place at 3:30pm in Old Cabell Hall. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, but we want everyone to be safe!
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The Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia and the U.Va. University Singers continue a festive community tradition, presenting their ninth annual Family Holiday Concerts on Saturday, December 7th at 8:00 pm and Sunday, December 8th at 3:30pm. Michael Slon, director of U.Va.'s premiere vocal ensemble, and music director of the Oratorio Society of Virginia, will conduct the performances at Old Cabell Hall on the Grounds of the University of Virginia.
Through the years, these popular concerts have launched the holiday season with an array of music ranging from the peaceful to the joyous. Concertgoers young and old, naughty and nice, will recognize favorites that make them positively glow, including: Silent Night, Handel's Hallelujah Chorus, The Twelve Days of Christmas with audience participation and more!
This year's guest artist is bluegrass fiddler and U.Va. Music Department chair Richard Will who plays bluegrass fiddle throughout Central Virginia with a variety of bands. He is an Associate Professor of Music at UVa, teaches courses on classical and folk music and is currently chair of the McIntire Department of Music.
On Sunday afternoon, Gerald L. Baliles, Governor of Virginia from 1986-1990, will conduct the orchestra in Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride. Governor Baliles won this special opportunity at the Symphony's 2013 Benefit, Denim & Diamonds. Baliles' winning auction bid included private conducting lessons with the Orchestra's Music Director, Kate Tamarkin, and Michael Slon.
The Saturday concert is sponsored by Hantzmon Wiebel LLP.
Tickets are priced at $10-$40 for adults, and $10 for students. U.Va students may request one complimentary ticket in advance. Tickets may be purchased at The University of Virginia Arts Box Office, (434) 924-3376, 12:00-5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday in the lobby of the Drama Building at 109 Culbreth Road, or on-line at www.artsboxoffice.virginia.edu.
Free parking is available in the U.Va Central Grounds Parking Garage, located on Emmet Street. Old Cabell Hall is wheelchair accessible.