Everyone is welcome at this community Christmas carol sing-along on Friday, December 13, starting at 5:30pm. We hope you’ll join us for an evening of food, fellowship, and fun!
We invite you to bring a favorite snack or non-alcoholic beverage to share.
Instrumentalists are invited to bring their instruments and play along (all carols will be written in the key of C).
If you plan to attend and have any favorite songs that you want to make sure are included, you can email requests to us at office@upcbgm.org.
Daniel Hege, conductor
But do you recall…the most famous holiday show of all? Have a cup of cheer and warm up from ear to ear to the seasonal sounds that you’ve been waiting for all year: from Mannheim Steamroller to Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and much, much more! It’s the perfect concert for kids from 1 to 92 (and beyond)!
Organ Prelude: 3:00–3:20pm; Nancy Wildoner, Binghamton Theater Organ Society, plays the 1922 Robert-Morton IV/24 Theatre Pipe Organ.
Program:
Ding Dong, Merrily On High (Trad, arr. Lucas Richman)
Christmas Canon (arr. by Paul O’Neill for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
featuring Soloists from Tri-Cities Opera
Christmas Eve Festivities (Quinn Mason)
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (arr. by Chip Davis for Mannheim Steamroller)
Hanukkah Festival Overture (Lucas Richman)
Troika (Sergei Prokofiev)
Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson)
The Snowman (Howard Blake)
featuring treble soloist TBA; film rights courtesy of Penguin Randomhouse
Radetzky March (Johann Strauss Sr.)
Christmas Singalong (John Finnegan)
Tickets range in price from $28 to $69 (depending on seat). Kids 17 and under get in for free, courtesy of Visions Federal Credit Union, our Pops Series Sponsor! Call the box office for free kids’ tickets: 607-723-3931.
Celebrate the holiday season with Tri-Cities Opera’s Youth Choir and Creative StUdio students.
Tickets: $10. Special Group Rates are available by contacting the Box Office at 607-772-0400.
Take a break from the hustle and bustle, and let the spirit of the holiday season envelope you. Please join us for the Downtown Singers’ annual “Messiah” performance on Saturday, December 14, at our new performance time — 7:00pm. It is sure to truly be a night of beautiful music and inspiration for the soul.
General Admission tickets: $20. One free student admission is allowed with the purchase of each full price General Admission ticket. Each student will need their own ticket.
We are invited to join our friends at Union Pres for Christmas Jazz Vespers with the Presbybop Quintet as they bring syncopated dreams for peace and joy. Experience the sounds of the season with a spiritual swing, led by Presbyterian pastor and jazz pianist Bill Carter. Advent and Christmas seasonal favorites and some of Bill Carter’s original arrangements will bring smiles and tapping feet.
An Owego native, Bill Carter serves as pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. His Presbybop Jazz bands have recorded several albums including “Fragile Incarnation” and “Jazz Noel.” His most recent recording “The Dancing Calvinist” includes the profoundly moving jazz requiem “Lux Aeterna.” He is also the author of Thriving on a Riff: Jazz and the Spiritual Life, an inspiring and informative book which has received wide acclaim.
Playing with pianist Carter are Mike Carbone, sax, Jeff Stockham, trumpet, Tony Marino, bass, and Tom Killian on drums. Always a popular worship experience at Union Pres, this is a wonderful opportunity to invite a friend (or several!) to join you for Jazz Vespers.
Inspired in their youths by Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts, the versatile musicians of Ensemble Intermezzo strive to share the experience of great music with all people. Their chamber music programs transcend any one stylistic category as they share their love and appreciation for music in all its varied genres. Complete sonatas by celebrated composers are interspersed with engaging commentary and original settings of popular classics, jazz, folk music, spirituals, and music from stage and screen. The accomplished solo and collaborative musicians of Ensemble Intermezzo are pianist John Colonna, cellist Ruth Berry, and oboist Cathryn Jones.
$28 General Admission
Quinn Mason
Conductor: Daniel Hege
Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
with Uli Speth, violin, and Victoria Miskolczy, viola
Quinn Mason: Petite Symphonie
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Tickets range in price from $28 to $69 (depending on seat). Kids 17 and under get in for free, courtesy of M&T Bank, our Symphonic Series Sponsor! Call the Box Office to request free kids’ tickets: 607-723-3931.
Pre-Concert Chat, 2:30pm, Recital Hall: Dr. Julia Grella O’Connell, Director of Education and Community Engagement
The stunning Renaissance polyphony of Orlando Lassus presented in the cathedral-like setting of Binghamton’s Saint Patrick’s Church. The Lamentations of Jeremiah, written in 1584, comes to life in this exciting and contemplative performance. Free and open to the public with donations gratefully accepted.