Annual Goshen College Christmas concert, ‘A Festival of Carols,’ to be held Dec. 2-4

 

Concert: Goshen College Christmas concert, “A Festival of Carols”
Dates and times: Friday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 4, 4 p.m.
Location: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College Music Center
Cost: $12 for adults, $8 for seniors and students. Reserved seating.
For more information: Tickets are available at the Goshen College Welcome Center, by calling (574) 535-7566
Web site: www.gcmusiccenter.org/

GOSHEN, Ind. – Goshen College ushers in the Christmas season with a celebrative festival of music involving singers, instrumentalists and the audience in sharing the treasured music of Christmas. The Goshen College Music Department host their second annual Christmas concert titled “A Festival of Carols” on Dec. 2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m. and on Dec. 4 at 4 p.m. in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall, decked from balcony to stage with garland and trees.

This delightful program will feature Christmas favorites performed by the Goshen College Chamber Choir, Chorale, Men’s Chorus, Women’s World Music Choir and Orchestra. Also performing will be Goshen College music department professors, students, and Shout for Joy, a Community School of the Arts children’s choir. As always, the concert will also include ample opportunity for audience participation and singing.

Photos from the 2004 "A Festival of Carols"

Audiences can anticipate Charles Ives’ “A Christmas Carol,” “The Christ-Child’s Lullaby” arranged by Wayland Rogers, three Ukrainian Carols, the Austrian carol “Still, Still, Still,” Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Greensleeves” and much more

Associate Professor of Music Jim Heiks said, “In ‘A Festival of Carols’ we seek to celebrate the common bond of good will, peace and joy shared by all the people of our community, as it is expressed in the biblical reading from First John at the end of the concert: ‘Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought to also love one another.’ This eloquent passage sums up the whole, wondrous and glorious story.”

The Dec. 3 festival performance will feature a 6 p.m. pre-concert by the Goshen College Honors Wind Symphony, directed by Associate Professor of Music John Graulty. The ensemble combines outstanding pre-college players selected by audition with Goshen College students.

Tickets for the concerts are $12 for adults, $8 for seniors and students. They are available at the Goshen College Welcome Center by calling (574) 535-7566.

 

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

 

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Goshen College, established in 1894, is a four-year residential Christian liberal arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The college’s Christ-centered core values – passionate learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and servant-leadership – prepare students as leaders for the church and world. Recognized for its unique Study-Service Term program, Goshen has earned citations of excellence in Barron’s Best Buys in Education, “Colleges of Distinction,” “Making a Difference College Guide” and U.S.News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” edition, which named Goshen a “least debt college.” Visit www.goshen.edu/.