LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- America's Got
Talent's Golden Buzzer-winning vocal sensation Angel City Chorale
(ACC), led by Sue Fink, Artistic
Director, announced today their 28th annual holiday concert, Light
Up the World, on Saturday, December
4th and Sunday, December 5th
at UCLA's famed Royce Hall. The choir will jumpstart the joy
this holiday season with their return to live performance with a
mix of traditional favorites and uplifting new music wrapped in
fresh, stylish arrangements.
The concert will feature the ensemble of 160 diverse voices,
along with the Angel City Youth Chorale, performing old and new
seasonal traditions accompanied by the ACC orchestra that are sure
to resonate with attendees of any age, background, culture, or
religion. The Chorale's enthusiastic audiences have come to
treasure these events that bring both quality performance and a
spontaneous interactive energy to the night. For many Angelinos the
Angel City Chorale holiday concert has become the official start of
the season captured by their motto, "It's not the holidays until
the Angels Sing!"
"This year is going to be magical with a joyful array of holiday
music against the unbelievable backdrop of the acoustically
stunning Royce Hall," said
Sue Fink, Artistic Director. "Never
taking these cherished times for granted again, we're thrilled to
be together singing in-person for our amazing fans and the
Los Angeles community."
The songs featured in the concert will include:
- "A Merry Olde Christmas"- Complete with brass fanfares and
shouts of welcome
- "O Magnum Mysterium" - The haunting composition by Morten Lauridsen
- "Los Peces en el Rio" - A traditional villancicos, Spanish
Christmas carol set with a salsa kick
- Natalie Grant's version of the
classic carole "O Come All Ye Faithful"
- "You Oughta Know" - R&B Gospel number
- "Ahavat Olam" - The Platt Brother's version of the famous
Jewish prayer
- "Bohemian Chanukah" - Queen's classic, Bohemian Rhapsody, with
hilarious Chanukah lyrics
- "Solstice Carol" - Featuring the chamber ensemble
- "The Light of Hope" - A very special original Christmas anthem
written by Artistic Director Sue
Fink and R&B soloist, Rev. DT Paredes
- "The Lighthouse Keeper" - Sam
Smith's beautiful Christmas love song
The concert will also feature a performance by the Angel City
Youth Chorale (ACYC), a partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs
of Santa Monica, Venice &
Burbank along with the Walgrove School, who will perform their own
song. The evening will also include a medley of classic carol
favorites as well as the choir's traditional touching closing
number "Silent Night."
The concert will take place on Saturday,
December 4th at 7:00 PM and
Sunday, December 5th at 3:00 PM. The Saturday evening performance will
also be live streamed. Tickets are available from $40 - $110; to
purchase tickets and donate to Angel City Chorale's Light Up the
World, please visit https://angelcitychorale.org/light
Follow Angel City Chorale on Instagram @angelcitychorale; on
Facebook @angelcitychorale; and on Twitter @angelcitysings for the
latest updates.
Health and Safety Information:
All ticket holders must provide one of the following with a
photo ID (name on ID and documentation below must match)
- Proof of full vaccination
- A negative COVID-19 test lab result taken within 72 hours of
the event.
Seating capacity is limited at 50% to ensure visitors safety;
masks are required- regardless of vaccination status and use of a
mask is required at all times, except when actively eating or
drinking in the designated eating and drinking areas. Concession
sales are not available at this time.
For more information, please visit roycehall.org
ABOUT ANGEL CITY CHORALE (ACC)
Now in its 28th year among the premier choral groups in
Southern California, Angel City
Chorale is proud to represent the spirit and diversity of
Los Angeles in its membership, its
music, and its outreach activities, thereby fulfilling its mission
of "Building Community One Song at a Time." Celebrated Artistic
Director Fink founded the Chorale at world-famous McCabe's Guitar
Shop in 1993 with 18 singers – which has now grown to over 160
talented and dedicated singers, presenting a broad and eclectic
repertoire including classical, gospel, jazz, pop and world
music.
The chorale is best known for its performances on NBC's
top-rated talent competition America's Got Talent (2018), making it
all the way to the semi-finals. Hailed by Simon Cowell as "one of the best choirs we've
ever had," the Chorale earned the coveted Golden Buzzer, touching
nearly 20 million viewers with their rich sound and compelling
message of unity and diversity. The video of Angel City Chorale's
captivating performance of Toto's "Africa" has been viewed more than 80 million
times by people around the world.
Media Contact
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SOURCE Angel City Chorale