To find anything in today's life that endures from year to year and decade to decade is kind of difficult. Today, we are so much the consumer rather than the participators of music, but Christmas is still one of those hallowed times that still evokes family and interconnectivity with people. These carols are folk music that transcends time and background. People of nations all over the world have their own kinds of Christmas carols. The universality of Christmas and Christmas music is a theme that runs through most of the holiday concerts featured across the city this weekend.
Music lifts our spirits.
The joyful music of this holiday season is something that all of us need and desire. Each program this weekend has its distinctive elements. The Chamber Chorale's program, for instance, features intricate renaissance motets and the guitar playing of Tom Harder. WSU's program showcases four vocal ensembles and arrangements spiced with percussion, brass and Wiedemann Hall's famed Marcussen organ. And the Master Arts Chorale concert features a guest appearance by soloist Ernest Alexander.