Arrive early and stay late.
That’s the word for the annual Durango Choral Society Family Christmas Concert on Sunday. By early, organizers mean around noon to peruse the unusual, one-of-a-kind holiday bazaar of gifts and gift baskets. About 40 minutes before start time, pianist Adam Swanson will welcome music lovers into the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. Santa will arrive later and, most importantly, be available for photos of children of all ages after the concert.
If you go
WHAT: The Durango Choral Society Annual Family Christmas Concert, Rhonda Muckerman, conductor.
WHEN: 3 p.m. Sunday.
WHERE: Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive.
TICKETS: $25 general, $5 students and children under 12. Available at www.durangochoralsociety.org and at the door.
MORE INFORMATION: Visit www.durangochoralsociety.org.
“Now that we finished our collaboration with the San Juan Symphony, we have resumed holiday concert preparations,” said Rhonda Muckerman. “Our annual family concert will feature all of our choirs, young to old.”
Artistic director and conductor, Muckerman heads Durango’s eminent vocal music organization – the Durango Choral Society. She also conducts the Durango Women’s choir, and Amy Barret leads the Children’s Chorale and the Durango Youth Chorus. All four groups will perform. Expect to hear everything from international holiday songs as well as Mozart’s “Alleluia Canon” and favorite carols.
After the concert, Muckerman hopes music lovers will save time for the “gala” part of the afternoon, the now fundraising event in the lobby of the hall. Society members, with the help of local businesses, create unusual gift baskets and other offerings. All proceeds go to Choral Society programs.
Judith Reynolds is an arts journalist and member of the American Theatre Critics Association.
