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Holiday Concert—December 15, 2024

December 15, 2024
3:00 p.m.

Evanston Symphony Holiday Concert

Make sure your holiday season starts with the best holiday event in Evanston!

Don’t miss enjoying these favorite Yule festivities with your family and friends … and you can take advantage of our special rates for a package of 2 adult tickets and 3 children’s tickets.

The award-winning Evanston Symphony Orchestra is joined by:

North Shore Choral Society [learn more]

Chicago Ballet Arts [learn more]

Evanston Children's Choir [learn more]

Evanston Dance Ensemble [learn more]

The Evanston Symphony Holiday Gospel Choir

and a …

BIG bonus for all kids from 1 to 101 — a visit from Santa and his elves!

See below for the program.

Evanston Township High School Auditorium

1600 Dodge Avenue, Evanston
See map.

Buy Single Tickets

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Single Tickets

Advance Tickets:

Adults $30
Children under 18 years old $15

At-the-door Admission:

Adults $35
Children under 18 years old $20

Preferred Seating Area*:

Available through 12/13/2024

Adults $60
Children under 18 years old $25

Buy Family Packages

Family Package

Advance Tickets:

Save $10
2 adults and 3 children only $85

At-the-door Admission:

Save $45
2 adults and 3 children only $90

Preferred Seating Area:*

Available through 12/13/2024

2 adults and 3 children only $150

*Preferred seating tickets only available for advance sale

EVANSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Lawrence Eckerling, Music Director

 

EVANSTON DANCE ENSEMBLE
Allison Volkers, Artistic Director
Rachel Molinaro and Olivia Lemmenes, Artistic Directors, ede2

 

CHICAGO BALLET ARTS
Maliwan Diemer, Artistic & Executive Director

 

NORTH SHORE CHORAL SOCIETY 
Julia Davids, Music Director

 

EVANSTON CHILDREN'S CHOIR
Gary Geiger, Artistic Director

 

EVANSTON SYMPHONY HOLIDAY GOSPEL CHOIR
Rev. Ken Cherry, Music Director

 

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2024 3:00 PM
EVANSTON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL

 

PROGRAM

A Christmas Scherzo
Arr. Sebesky

 

Sleigh Ride
Anderson

 

The Gift of Peace
McCormack/Arr. Geiger/Mertens

North Shore Choral Society and Evanston Children’s Choir

 

S’vivon Prelude and The Five Sided S’vivon
Applebaum

Evanston Children’s Choir

 

Skaters Waltz, Op. 183
Waldteufel

Evanston Dance Ensemble ede2

 

Oh, What a Pretty Baby
Wright/Arr. Eckerling

Evanston Symphony Holiday Gospel Choir

 

Bassoon It Will Be Christmas
Stephenson

Phoebe Peterson, Peter Schmeiser, and Walter van Gieson, Bassoons

 

Polonaise from Christmas Eve
Rimsky-Korsakov

Chicago Ballet Arts

 

INTERMISSION

 

The Bells of Christmas
Arr. Krogstad

Chicago Ballet Arts

 

Winter Wonderland
Bernard/Arr. Custer

 

A Charleston Christmas
Arr. Stephenson

Evanston Dance Ensemble

 

Christus Natus Est
Powell

North Shore Choral Society

 

The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite 4
1. Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light
2. The First Nowell
3. O Little Town of Bethlehem
4. I Saw Three Ships
5. Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly

Arr. Shaw

North Shore Choral Society

 

“Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah
Handel

North Shore Choral Society

 

Hallelujah from Quincy Jones’
Handel’s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration
Handel/Warren/Jackson/Kibble/Higgens/Schiff

ESO and All Choruses

 

Video

Get a glimpse of what our festive Holiday Concerts sound and look like.

Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride.

Quincy Jones’s Hallelujah, from Handel’s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration

with North Shore Choral Society, Evanston Children’s Choir, and Evanston Symphony’s Gospel Choir, led by Rev. Ken Cherry. December 2017

Skater's Waltz

with the Chicago Ballet Arts. December 2022

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

with the Evanston Dance Ensemble. December 2021


Photos from previous years

Photo by Laura Bennett: 2023 Evanston Symphony Holiday Concert
The Holiday Concert being visited by Father Christmas himself, Santa!
(Photo by Laura Bennett)

Photo by Laura Bennett: 2023 Evanston Symphony Holiday Concert
Dancers from Chicago Ballet Arts performing in selections from The Nutcracker.
(By Laura Bennett)
See more of these photos in our Holiday album