Central College’s music program invites the community to celebrate the holiday season with a series of performances.
The annual Christmas Candlelight Concerts will be December 4th-6th in Des Moines and on Central’s campus. The A Cappella Choir, Chamber Singers, and College Community Orchestra will perform “On Our Way to Bethlehem.” The concert will be directed by Kris DeWild, orchestra director, adjunct instructor of music, and 1990 alumna and Mark Babcock, M. Joan Kuyper Farver Endowed Chair in Music, professor of music, and 1991 Central alumnus.
The first performance will be at 7:30 pm on December 4th at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Des Moines (4114 Allison Ave.). In Pella, the concerts will be at 7:30 pm on December 5th and 6th in Douwstra Auditorium on the Hoekstra Family Stage. Tickets for adults are $15; students up to age 12 and senior citizens are $12; and admission is free to those who present a Central ID.
The Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble and Flying Pans Steel Band will perform their Winter Serenade at 3 pm on December 7th in Douwstra Auditorium on the Hoekstra Family Stage. The wind ensemble will be conducted by lecturer of music Brad Lampe. Senior lecturer of music Stan Dahl will direct the Percussion Ensemble and Flying Pans Steel Band. Tickets will be $5 or a new unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots; admission is free with a Central ID.