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Las Vegas Philharmonic Launches The City’s Festive Season With A Family-Friendly, Fun-Filled Holiday Concert

 

 

Concert to include a special screening of the film The Snowman based on the beloved children’s book, with orchestral accompaniment and boy soprano Noah Pastor

 

The Las Vegas Master Singers will join the orchestra on-stage for a selection of holiday favorites and the traditional audience sing-along

 

Tickets $26, $46, $66 & $96 are available from The Smith Center Box Office 702.749.2000 or lvphil.org

 

 

LAS VEGAS (November 13, 2015) - The Las Vegas Philharmonic presents its annual holiday program conducted by Music Director Donato Cabrera with three performances on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center.  This year’s holiday theme is The Snowman, and will feature a selection of holiday classics, the children’s film, The Snowman, based on the popular children’s book created and illustrated by Raymond Briggs, featuring boy soprano Noah Pastor from Cashman Middle School, and an audience sing-along.  The orchestra will be accompanied by the Las Vegas Master Singers, led by University of Nevada, Las Vegas Choral Director, David Weiller.  We encourage patrons to arrive early to meet with Santa in the lobby!

The performances will include two excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, Russian Dance and Waltz of the Snowflakes.  The first half of the program will feature a series of choral selections performed by the Las Vegas Master Singers including the Many Moods of Christmas, O Magnum Mysterium, Songs of Freedom: A Celebration of Chanukah, Wassail Song, and Do You Hear What I Hear?  The Las Vegas Philharmonic and the Las Vegas Master Singers have collaborated on performances throughout the orchestra’s 16 seasons and just recently the orchestra announced the Las Vegas Master Singers as the official Chorus-In-Residence of the Las Vegas Philharmonic. 

 

After a brief intermission, the program will feature the film, The Snowman, based on the beloved children’s book by Raymond Briggs.  This short film is accompanied by the orchestra performing the beautiful score and eighth-grade boy soprano, Noah Pastor from Cashman Middle School.  A member of the National Junior Honor Society, Pastor has been singing in choirs for five years, including the Clark County School District Middle School Honor Choir.  The Las Vegas Philharmonic will conclude the concert with Sleigh Ride and its traditional audience sing-along including Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Jingle Bells, and Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

 

Ticket PricesTicket prices for the December 5^th and 6^th performances of  The Snowman are $26, $46, $66 and $96 and can be purchased through The Smith Center Box Office, phone 702.749.2000 or online at lvphil.org.  In addition, the Las Vegas Philharmonic is offering two new concert packages this season; the Flex Passport, priced at $300, offers patrons the opportunity to purchase six seats to redeem at a later date for the concert(s) of their choice and the Sunday Matinee 4-Pack, starting at $142, offers patrons four Sunday 2 p.m. performances during the orchestra’s 2015-16 season. 

 

Bus Service

The Las Vegas Philharmonic offers shuttle buses to The Smith Center from Summerlin (Starbright Theatre, 2215 Thomas Ryan Blvd) and Henderson (Anthem Center at Independence Center 2460 Hampton Road.) for the evening performances only.  Bus passes must be purchased in advance and can be obtained when purchasing concert tickets, or by calling The Smith Center Patron Services at 702.749.2000.  Each bus pass costs $15 roundtrip per concert.

 

Calendar Editors:

Saturday, December 5, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, December 6, 2:00 p.m.

The Snowman

 

Las Vegas Philharmonic

Donato Cabrera, music director
Noah Pastor, Boy Soprano
Las Vegas Master Singers

David Weiller, choral director

PROGRAM:

Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
Russian Dance from The Nutcracker

Shaw/Bennett

Many Moods of Christmas, Suite 3

Las Vegas Master Singers

What Child is This?
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella
Angels We Have Heard on High

Morten Lauridsen

O Magnum Mysterium

Las Vegas Master Singers

 

Clurman/Hochman/Mitchell

Songs of Freedom: A Celebration of Chanukah

Las Vegas Master Singers