Carols and Cocoa & The Dana Holiday Concert

On Wednesday, December 8, at 7:00 p.m., the popular Carols & Cocoa and the Dana Holiday Concert will be held for the first time since 2019. The evening begins with Carols & Cocoa, in Stambaugh’s Ballroom featuring seasonal favorites performed by the Clarinet Ensemble, Flute Ensemble, YSU Trombone Ensemble, Stambaugh Chorus, Horn Choir, Dana Chorale, Dana Chamber Vocal Ensemble and Voices of YSU, concluding with an audience holiday sing-along. At intermission, cocoa provided by Stambaugh Auditorium will be available in the upper lobby before the start of the second concert. The Dana Holiday Concert will occur immediately after in the Concert Hall with music performed by the Dana Symphony Orchestra, Brass Quintet, Jazz Ensemble, Dana Symphony Orchestra Brass and Dana Symphony Orchestra Strings, Dana Symphony Orchestra and the Festival Symphonic Choir. The seasonal repertoire includes well-known holiday selections, and features Vivaldi’s Gloria with soloists Brianne Samson, soprano I, Sharon, PA and Marlina Karimi, soprano II, W. Palm Beach, FL. Kathryn Davison Miller will close the concert with an organ postlude of Vom Himmel Hoch (Toccata-Prelude IV) by Garth Edmundson. The Avonworth, PA High School Chamber Singers, directed by Joseph Bandi, the Lakeview High School Madrigal Singers, directed by Dana alumna Megan Mullins (2009 Music Education) and the Stambaugh Chorus are guest performers. Ticket sales are limited to 500. Patrons are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance online at stambaughauditorium.com, in-person at the Stambaugh Auditorium Box Office, or by phone at 330-259-0555 since tickets may not be available that evening.

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