FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Thursday, December 15, 2011

Highmark Holiday Pops with Marvin
Celebrate the season with favorite carols and holiday music, including Hallelujah from Handel's Messiah and Sleigh Ride, as well as special surprises brought to you by Principal Pops Conductor Marvin Hamlisch! Jodi Benson, the voice of Disney's Ariel, joins the merriment with a heart-warming performance of “Part of Your World” from The Little Mermaid.
12/15/2011 - 12/18/2011
12/15 - 7:30 pm
12/16 - 8:00 pm
12/17 - 2:30 pm
12/17 - 8:00 pm
12/18 - 2:30 pm
12/18 - 7:30 pm
Heinz Hall, 601 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Love Came Down at Christmas
The Oakland Girls Choir's annual Christmas Concert features the premiere of a four-song cycle by Andrew Kohn with vocal soloists Laura Knoop Very and Raymond Very. Friday at Third Presbyterian Church, Saturday at Church of the Ascension.
12/16/2011 - 12/17/2011
Time: 7:00 pm
12/16 - 7:00 pm
12/17 - 7:00 pm

Location: various
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Wintry Mix
Chatham Baroque celebrates the holidays with stunning works for string band by Biber, Schmelzer, and Muffat.
12/16/2011 - 12/18/2011
12/16 - 8:00 pm
12/17 - 8:00 pm
12/18 - 2:30 pm

Location: various
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Fauré String Trio "Comes to Town"
Fauré String Trio Christmas Concert. Come and enjoy an evening of classical and popular Christmas music.
12/16/2011
Time: 7:30 pm

Location: First Presbyterian Church, Johnstown, PA
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Home for the Holidays
Music Director Daniel Meyer conducts this annual holiday concert of choral and instrumental favorites, featuring the All-Star Choir of Westmoreland County, Mac Tourre, director.
12/17/2011
Time: 8:00 pm
Palace Theater, 21 W. Otterman St., Greensburg, PA
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Songs of the Season
Music Director Warren Davidson leads a concert of holiday favorites including Anderson's Sleigh Ride and A Christmas Festival, Rimsky-Korsakov's Snow Maiden suite, songs with Colleen Gray, The Twelve Days of Christmas with Frank Capelli, Richman's Hannukah Festival Overture, sing-alongs and more.
12/17/2011
Time: 7:30 pm
Upper St. Clair H.S., 1825 McLaughlin Run Rd., Upper St. Clair, PA
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PJO Holiday Show
Sean Jones directs the August Wilson Center Jazz Orchestra.
12/18/2011
Time: 6:00 pm
August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Away in the Basement: A Church Basement Ladies Christmas
And out of the Basement shall come a Christmas Program of good tidings, great humor, and joy! It's 1959 and the day of the Sunday School Christmas program. The children rehearse as the ladies finish making goodie bags and put final touches on the Nativity pieces. Little do they know what surprises are in store for them as they are called upon to save the day.
12/18/2011
Time: 3:00 pm
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, 450 Schoolhouse Rd., Johnstown, PA
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Messiah Sing-Along Concert
Ray Winter conducts Handel's Messiah with soloists Emily Swora, Mary Beth Sederburg, Christopher Quigley, and Mark Snyder, accompanied by the Calvary Renewal Choir & Chamber Ensemble; Brian Burns, Music Director. Scores available for purchase at the door.
12/18/2011
Time: 4:00 pm

Location: Calvary United Methodist Church, 971 Beech Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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A Holiday Evening featuring A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol, performed by Comtra Theater, plus a preview of the Savoyards' next Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, The Pirates of Penzance. 
12/18/2011
Time: 7pm

Location: Our Lady of Victory Auditorium, Carnegie, PA
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