COMBINED WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY CHOIRS AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, tonight, 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., St. Joseph Church, Ogden. This Christmas concert will feature works by Mozart and traditional carols. Tickets are $4.50 and $3.50, available by calling (1-800-WSU-TIKS). They may also be purchased at the door.
"ADVENTSSIGEN," tonight, 6 p.m., Provo Tabernacle. The program will include Germanic traditional Christmas music and folk readings performed by students from the Brigham Young University German Choir, the BYU Men's and Women's Choruses and community members. Free.
THE SALT LAKE CHILDREN'S CHOIR, tonight, 8 p.m., Cathedral of the Madeleine. The program will feature music by Palestrina, Bach and Gustav Holst, as well as traditional seasonal works. The audience will join the choir in several holiday carols. Children under 6 not admitted. Free.
" 'TIS THE SEASON," tonight and Monday, Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m., Bountiful Community Church, 150 N. 400 East. The Bountiful Community Chorale and the Golden Voices Gospel Ensemble will perform a holiday concert featuring all types of Christmas music, from classical to pop and gospel. Tickets are $1, available at Carr Stationary, Top Hat Video and the Bountiful Davis Arts Center.
SOUTHWEST SYMPHONY, SOUTHWEST SYMPHONIC CHORALE, CONCERT AND CHAMBER CHOIRS, tonight and Monday, Dec. 4, 8 p.m., M.K. Cox Auditorium, Avenna Center, Dixie College. These groups will perform Handel's "Messiah." Tickets are $10, available at the door.
UTAH PHILHARMONIA, Monday, Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m., Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah. Music-director David C. Cole will conduct works by Samuel Barber, Mozart and Robert Schumann. Tickets are $8 and $5, available through the Kingsbury Hall Box Office (581-7100).
"THE FORGOTTEN CAROLS," Monday-Wednesday, Dec. 4-6, 7 p.m., Salt Lake Community College Oak Room, Redwood Campus. Glenn Yarbrough performs Michael McLean's Christmas songs. Tickets are $18, available at the door.
THE COMBINED CHOIRS OF BYU AND U., Tuesday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m., Abravanel Hall. Accompanied by the Festival Brass Ensemble, the U. A Cappella Choir and the U. Concert Chorale, the combined choirs will perform a holiday concert. Each choir will perform individually as well as together. Tickets are $12, available at the Abravanel Hall Box Office or by calling 355-ARTS.
THE UNIVERSITY CHORALE, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m., de Jong Concert Hall, BYU, Provo. BYU's non-audition choir will perform a variety of works, including a Cuban lullaby, a Brazilian folk song and a 15th century Christmas carol, along with traditional carols and works by Mozart, Mendelssohn and S. Gordon Jessop. Free.
THE NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m., Dumke Recital Hall, Gardner Hall, U. The ensemble will perform works by Copland, Bartok, Ravel, Krenek, Feldman and Charles Ives. Free.
THE BELLS, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m., Terrace Plaza Playhouse, Ogden. The English Handbell Choir will perform a Christmas concert featuring soloists Lynette Winn, Johathan Crittenden and Jeff Stevens. Dancers Jared Richards and Amber Johnson will also perform. Tickets are $5 and $4, available at the door.
JAZZ IN THE SKYROOM, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m., Shepherd Union Building, WSU, Ogden. Dr. Donald K. Keipp, Dr. David Feller and Dr. Carl Porter will present an evening of beat poetry and jazz improvisations. Free.
Q'ED UP, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, BYU, Provo. BYU's faculty jazz quintet will perform celebrated jazz classics and original works written by group members. Free.
THE UTAH VALLEY SYMPHONY, Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 6 and 7, 7:30 p.m., Provo Tabernacle. Featuring the Utah Children's Choir, the symphony, conducted by Bryce Rytting, will perform works by Handel, John Rutter, Cesar Franck and Leonard Bernstein. Soloist Lawrence Vincent will also be featured. Tickets are $5, available at the door.
ENCORE SHOW CHOIR, Friday, Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m., Kingsbury Hall, U. The choir at the U. Institute of Religion will perform a combined Christmas concert with the Concert Choir. Tickets are $4 per person or $12 per family, available at the door.
THE SALT LAKE SYMPHONY, Friday, Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m., Assembly Hall, Temple Square. Under the direction of James Michael Caswell, the symphony will perform the prelude to "Hansel and Gretel" by Humperdinck, works by Vaughan Williams, Brahms and the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky.
WASATCH SINGERS, Friday, Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m., Granger Community Christian Church, West Valley City. The group's Christmas concert, "It Must be the Holiday Season!" Tickets are $5 per person or $20 per family, available at the door.
WSU CHAMBER CHOIR, Friday, Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m., Bountiful Community Church. The program will feature selections from Benjamin Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols." Free.
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE MUSIC ENSEMBLES, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 8-9, 7:30 p.m., Jewett Center for the Performing Arts, Westminster College Campus. The Westminster Singers, Chamber Singers, Women's Chorus and Chamber Orchestra will perform choral favorites and festive holiday works in their combined fall concert. Free.
JAZZ PIANO CONCERT, Friday, Dec. 8, 9 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 9, 8 p.m., Foxley Recital Hall, Orem. Pianist Jim Martinez and bassist Paul Klempau will perform a tribute to the great jazz pianists "Fats" Waller, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans and others. Tickets are $15, available at the door.
WSU HIGH SCHOOL HONOR BAND, Saturday, Dec. 9, 5 p.m., Austad Auditorium, Val A. Browning Center, WSU, Ogden. Under the direction of Thomas Root, the band will consist of 125 musicians from more than 20 Utah high schools. Free.
ELEANOR KENNARD CHORALE, Saturday, Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m., Assembly Hall, Temple Square. Under the direction of Kennard and accompanied by Leslie Anderson, the chorale will perform holiday carols and seasonal works by several composers, including Gustav Holst and John Rutter. Carter Knapp will narrate. Free.
INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE CONCERT, Saturday, Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m., Columbus Center, 2531 S. 400 East. The concert will feature folk dancers from Eastern Europe and Mexico. Tickets are $3, $2 and $1, available at the door.
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