Holiday Concert Series Continue at Northland College

Northland College continues to celebrate the season with their annual holiday concert series. The events, offerings in the Northland College Community Connections series, are open to the public.

ASHLAND, Wis. ? The Chequamegon Symphony Orchestra will perform a selection of holiday favorites in their ?The Sounds of Christmas? concert. The performance will be held on Saturday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alvord Theatre at Northland College. The orchestra will play a collection of tunes from film, traditional carols andtime-honored pop standards. The concert features arrangements, including ?A Charlie Brown Christmas,? ?Polar Express,? ?Ding Dong! Merrily On High!? and more.

The Northland College Choirs will perform the holiday concert ?Rejoice!? on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian Congregational Church in Ashland. The evening will include sacred and secular performances from the Northland Singers, the Chamber Choir, the Accidentals and the Lumberjack Chorus. The Northland Singers will perform ?Sancta Maria, Mater Dei? by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart while the Chamber Choir will sing ?Riu, Riu, Chiu,? an early Renaissance Spanish carol. The Accidentals will provide a performance of ?Breath of Heaven (Mary?s Song).? Meanwhile, the Lumberjack Chorus will perform the ?Boar?s Head Carol? in a new arrangement by Dr. Russell Thorngate, Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music at Northland.

The Northland College Jazz Band will cap off the concert series with their performance ?Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas? on Wednesday, Dec. 12. The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Alvord Theatre on the Northland campus. The program will include a mix of contemporary and vintage swing music. The band will also perform several Latin American numbers, as well as fresh new jazz arrangements of ?Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!? and ?Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.?

All concerts are free and open to the public with the exception of the Chequamegon Symphony Orchestra performance. More information about costs to attend can be found online at? www.northland.edu/community.

Source: http://northernwi.wdio.com/news/arts-culture/52633-holiday-concert-series-continue-northland-college

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