Get into the Christmas spirit early this year at Westmont’s Third Annual Christmas Festival. The free program will feature traditional and contemporary holiday music performed by Westmont’s Chamber Orchestra and multiple choirs, as well as dance, dramatic readings and visual art.
Choose from three performances at First United Methodist Church, 305 East Anapamu at Garden Street: Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m.
The audience will join in singing a series of traditional carols. Other musical highlights will include the Christmas Oratorio “Jauchzet Frohlocket” by Johann Sebastian Bach, “Verbum caro factum est” by Hans Leo Hassler, and “The Heavens Are Telling” from Franz Joseph Haydn’s “The Creation.”
Request your free tickets by calling (805) 565-7140 or e-mailing ssquire@westmont.edu. Please specify which performance you would like to attend and include your name, phone number and a mailing address where you would like to receive your tickets
Space is limited; reservations will be honored in the order received. For more information contact Sarah Squire at (805) 565-6889 or ssquire@westmont.edu.