Oakland East Bay Symphony to Perform Non-Traditional Holiday Concert, 12/14

The Oakland East Bay Symphony, Music Director Michael Morgan and guests will ring in the holidays with this popular and delightfully untraditional concert. The beloved, often sold out annual multi-chorus extravaganza broke the holiday concert mold 22 years ago and features gospel music, holiday favorites and audience sing-alongs that invoke the multi-faceted spirits of the season. This year's concert will feature a musical tribute to legendary folk singer/songwriter and activist Pete Seeger, who passed away earlier this year at the age of 94. The choruses and Symphony will perform works associated with Seeger with the audience invited to sing along. Guest artists include Oakland Symphony Chorus, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Mt. Eden High School Choir, Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir, and Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir. The concert will be given Sunday, December 14, at 4 pm at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland. Tickets are priced $15-$55 and may be purchased at www.oebs.org .

The program will feature the Oakland East Bay Symphony conducted by Music Director Michael Morgan with Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir performing Eatnemen Vuelie (Song of the Earth) by Frode Fjellheim on an ancient Silesian Folk Melody; The Bells of Rhymney by Pete Seeger, arranged by Sue Bohlin; and Ding Dong Merrily on High, arranged by Eric Tuan. The Oakland Symphony Chorus will perform Where Have all the Flowers Gone, arranged by Rick Dougherty; and Songs Of Strength And Hope From The African-American Tradition, by Douglas Miller. Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir will sing Union Maid and ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around. The Mt. Eden High School Concert Choir will perform Verbum Caro Factum Est by Hans Leo Hassler; A Choral Fantasy on "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by Mark Riese; and The Strangest Dream / Waist Deep in the Big Muddy by Pete Seeger, arranged by Ellen Hoffman. Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir will take the stage with Terence Kelly's arrangements of We Three Kings, If I Had A Hammer and Go Tell It On The Mountain. Other program details will be announced.

WHAT: Let Us Break Bread Together, annual Oakland East Bay Symphony Holiday Concert
WHO: Oakland East Bay Symphony with guests Oakland Symphony Chorus, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Mt. Eden High School Choir, Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir, and Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir
WHEN: Sunday, December 14, at 4 pm
WHERE: Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland
PROGRAM: Oakland East Bay Symphony conducted by Music Director Michael Morgan with Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir performing Eatnemen Vuelie (Song of the Earth) by Frode Fjellheim on an ancient Silesian Folk Melody; The Bells of Rhymney by Pete Seeger, arranged by Sue Bohlin; and Ding Dong Merrily on High, arranged by Eric Tuan. The Oakland Symphony Chorus will perform Where Have all the Flowers Gone, arranged by Rick Dougherty; and Songs Of Strength And Hope From The African-American Tradition, by Douglas Miller. Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir will sing Union Maid and ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around. The Mt. Eden High School Concert Choir will perform Verbum Caro Factum Est by Hans Leo Hassler; A Choral Fantasy on "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by Mark Riese; and The Strangest Dream / Waist Deep in the Big Muddy by Pete Seeger, arranged by Ellen Hoffman. Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir will take the stage with Terence Kelly's arrangements of We Three Kings, If I Had A Hammer and Go Tell It On The Mountain. Other program details will be announced.

TICKETS: $15-$55 oebs.org