Goshen College will present its ninth annual musical celebration of Christmas, “A Festival of Carols,” on Friday, Dec. 7 and Saturday, Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 9 at 4 p.m. This special celebration of the holiday season will feature five choirs and orchestra, along with audience participation on traditional carols, all in a concert hall festively decorated with garlands, lights and trees.

“A Festival of Carols” is patterned on a traditional English worship service, and features Christmas carols, spirituals, Scripture readings and works by David Willcocks, J.S. Bach, Benjamin Britten, Vaclav Nelhybel, Sergei Rachmaninoff and more. Performers include the Goshen College Chorale, Chamber Choir, Men’s Chorus, Women’s World Music Choir, the Goshen College Orchestra and the Shout For Joy Children’s Choir. The audience will also be invited to join the choirs to sing familiar carols during the performance.

Goshen College Choirs are directed by Dr. Debra D. Brubaker and Dr. Scott Hochstetler, and the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra is directed by Dr. Christopher Fashun. Shout for Joy Children’s Choir is directed by Sandy Hill. A flute trio that includes Goshen College and Community School of the Arts flute instructor Rebecca Hovan will perform pre-concert music in the Music Center lobby before each performance.

A limited number of reserved seating tickets are available for $15 by calling the Goshen College Welcome Center at (574) 535-7566, emailing welcomecenter@goshen.edu or visiting www.goshen.edu/tickets. Patrons are strongly encouraged to purchase their tickets in advance; tickets presently available only for Friday and Sunday concerts.

7          7:30 p.m., “A Festival of Carols,” Sauder Concert Hall, Music Center

The Goshen College Music Department’s ninth annual Christmas extravaganza will feature Goshen College ensembles, students and faculty in a musical celebration of the season.

Reserved seating tickets are $15 and are available through the Welcome Center by calling (574) 535-7566, emailing welcomecenter@goshen.edu or visiting www.goshen.edu/tickets. Patrons are strongly encouraged to purchase tickets in advance.

8          7:30 p.m., “A Festival of Carols,” Sauder Concert Hall, Music Center

The Goshen College Music Department’s ninth annual Christmas extravaganza will feature Goshen College ensembles, students and faculty in a musical celebration of the season.

Reserved seating tickets are $15 and are available through the Welcome Center by calling (574) 535-7566, emailing welcomecenter@goshen.edu or visiting www.goshen.edu/tickets. Patrons are strongly encouraged to purchase tickets in advance.

9          4 p.m., “A Festival of Carols,” Sauder Concert Hall, Music Center

The Goshen College Music Department’s ninth annual Christmas extravaganza will feature Goshen College ensembles, students and faculty in a musical celebration of the season.

Reserved seating tickets are $15 and are available through the Welcome Center by calling (574) 535-7566, emailing welcomecenter@goshen.edu or visiting www.goshen.edu/tickets. Patrons are strongly encouraged to purchase tickets in advance.

11        1 p.m., Afternoon Sabbatical: “Pre-Christmas celebration with family duo,” Sauder Concert Hall, Music Center

David Machavariani, Cello adjunct faculty at Goshen College, and Ketevan Badridze, piano faculty at Indiana University South Bend, originally from the Republic of Georgia will share great music of German and Russian giant composers, including sonatas by Richard Strauss and Dmitry Shostakovich.

Goshen College’s Administration Building, Church-Chapel, Good Library, Music Center, Newcomer Center, Union Gymnasium and Umble Center are accessible to people using wheelchairs and others with physical limitations.

Directions to the college and a campus map are available at: www.goshen.edu/virtualgc/tour.  For ticket information, contact the Welcome Center, at (574) 535-7566, or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

This special celebration of the holiday season will feature student ensembles, along with audience participation on traditional carols, all in a concert hall festively decorated with garlands, lights and trees.

Reserved seating tickets are $15. They can be purchased by visiting www.goshen.edu/tickets or calling the Goshen College Welcome Center at (574) 535-7566 or emailing welcomecenter@goshen.edu. Patrons are strongly encouraged to purchase tickets in advance.