Concerts to celebrate holiday season

Author: Erik Runyon

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The University of Notre Dame will ring in the holiday season with a series of early December concerts highlighted by a Dec. 10 (Friday) Christmas concert featuring the internationally acclaimed Empire Brass.

The five-piece brass ensemble will perform ageless Christmas favorites at 8 p.m. in the Leighton Concert Hall of the Universitys DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.

University holiday concerts include:

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  • Handels “Messiah” performed by the Notre Dame Chorale and Chamber Orchestra at 8 p.m. Dec. 2 and 3 (Thursday and Friday) at the Leighton Concert Hall. Admission is $6 for adults and $3 for seniors and students.p.
  • Annual Christmas concerts performed by the Notre Dame Glee Club at 6 and 8:30 p.m. Dec. 4 (Saturday) at the Leighton Concert Hall. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for faculty and staff, and $3 for seniors and students. All proceeds benefit South Bends Center for the Homeless.
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  • An end-of-the-semester concert performed by the University Band on Dec. 5 (Sunday) at 3 p.m. in the Leighton Concert Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

  • A concert performed by the Notre Dame Jazz Bands at 7 p.m. Dec. 5 (Sunday) in the Leighton Concert Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

  • The Advent Lessons and Carols Service, featuring all Basilica of the Sacred Heart choirs at 7:15 p.m. Dec. 5 (Sunday) in the Basilica. The event is free and open to the public.p.
  • A Christmas concert featuring Notre Dames Collegium Musicum at 8 p.m. Dec. 8 (Wednesday) in the Reyes Organ and Choral Hall of the DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts. The event is free and open to the public.

  • A Christmas concert featuring Empire Brass at 8 p.m. Dec. 10 (Friday) in the Leighton Concert Hall. Admission is $44 for adults, $35 for faculty and staff, and $15 for seniors and students.

Ticket information is available at http://performingarts.nd.edu

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