PRESS RELEASE
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ENID, OK - The Enid Symphony Orchestra will usher in the Christmas Season with two performances of Christmas Villages. The performances will be presented in Enid Symphony Hall on Saturday, November 26 at 7 pm and Sunday, November 27 at 2 pm.
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Caecilia’s Muse vocal ensemble, the Enid Community Children’s Choir and reader Christianne Chase will be featured with the ESO led by ESO Music Director Douglas Newell. A display of Studio 56 Christmas villages will be open to the audience one hour before each performance. The Christmas Village display is located in the Jane Champlin Art Gallery. The display has been installed and provided by the Enid Arts Council.
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“The concept for Christmas Villages came from a realization that much of the great Christmas music came from smaller villages. The prime example being the carol Silent Night (Stille Nacht) which originated in the St. Nicholas Church in the village of Oberndorf bei Salzburg on Christmas Eve, 1818. Selections will include both sacred and secular seasonal selections ranging from the Renaissance to the present. The ever popular music of Mannheim Steamroller founder Chip Davis will be woven among traditional carol settings by English composer John Rutter and Christmas. To add to the sonic color of the music, the traditional ESO instrumentation will be augmented by digital sounds, recorders and acoustic guitar.” Douglas Newell
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Tickets for Christmas Villages may be ordered online at www.enidsymphony.org or by calling 580-237-9646.
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Sponsors of Christmas Villages include Helga Janzen, the Oklahoma Arts Council with assistance from the National Endowment for the Arts and Park Avenue Thrift of Enid.
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Enid Symphony Orchestra presents Christmas Villages
