Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
Home for the Holidays
Saturday, Nov. 26, 2:00pm and 8:00pm
The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra continues a holiday tradition with its 2011 Home for the Holidays concert, featuring Conductor Albert George Schram. Also performing will be The Holiday Singers and The Florida Opera Theatre Youth Program Singers under the direction of Robin Jensen. The program highlights holiday music for all ages, including instrumentals such as "Chanukah Overture," "A Brassy Holiday" and "Bassoon It Will Be Christmas," and vocal selections including, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" featuring Holiday Singer baritone JC Fullerton, "A Musicological Journey Through the Twelve Days of Christmas," featuring the Holiday Singers, "Let There Be Peace on Earth," featuring the Children's Choir.
In the spirit of the season, please bring a nonperishable, canned or dry food item to help restock the pantries at Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. Over the past 10 years, the orchestra has helped collect over 3,600 pounds of food for families in Central Florida. The orchestra hopes for another great turnout this year.
At the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre. A 2011-12 Super Series Pops Concert. Tickets: $14.75, $29, $39, $52, $70. A "Family Four-Pack" is also available, which includes half-price tickets for orders of four or more tickets.
For tickets: 407.770.0071; orlandophil.org/holiday2011.
Morse Museum
Holidays at the Morse
The holiday season at the Morse Museum begins on the day after Thanksgiving when the Harpist Bizarre Quartet helps the museum launch an expanded schedule of free events on Friday nights, including live music, tours and an art demonstration.
Continuing its seasonal observance, the Morse lights up nine Tiffany windows and sponsors the Bach Festival Choir in a free outdoor concert on Dec. 1 at the 33rd annual Christmas in the Park in downtown Winter Park.
For six consecutive Friday evenings during the holidays (Nov. 25 through Dec. 30), visitors can enjoy not only free admission from 4:00-8:00pm, but live music from 5:00-8:00pm. In addition, the Morse continues its celebration of the opening of its new Tiffany wing with Curator Tours at 7:00pm most evenings and two family events on December 9.
As is tradition, admission will also be free all day on Christmas Eve, with a program of live music set for the afternoon. The Morse holiday events, programs and tours are as follows:
Nov. 25: Harpist Bizarre Quartet (bass, flute, guitar, and harp),
5:00-8:00pm.
Dec. 1: Christmas in the Park, 6:15-8:00pm.
Dec. 2: Victoria Lynn Schultz, harpist, 5:00-8:00pm.
Curator Tour of new Tiffany wing, 7:00pm.
Dec. 9: Joshua Englert, classical guitarist, 5:00-8:00pm.
Family Tour of museum, 5:15pm. Art Demonstration with free take-home activity for elementary-school-age children: Sculptor Amy Wieck, 6:00-7:00pm. Curator Tour of new Tiffany wing, 7:00pm.
Dec. 16: Lynn Peghiny, pianist, 5:00-8:00pm.
Curator Tour of new Tiffany wing, 7:00pm.
Dec. 23: Beautiful Music—Three Flutes Only, 5:00-8:00pm.
Curator Tour of new Tiffany wing, 7:00pm.
Dec. 24: Open House, 9:30am.-4:00pm with Raintree Chamber Players, 1:00-4:00pm.
Dec. 30: Beautiful Music—Sweet Sounds Jazz Trio, 5:00-8:00pm. Curator Tour of new Tiffany wing, 7:00pm.
The Morse Museum houses the world's most comprehensive collection of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany, including jewelry, pottery, paintings, leaded-glass lamps and windows and the chapel interior he designed for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Tiffany Studios' Christmas Eve window, c. 1902, will be on view in the museum throughout the holidays. The window—in which a figure resembling Father Christmas holds the Christ child—was designed by Thomas Nast Jr., son of the famous political cartoonist, for his sister's home in New Rochelle, New York.
Museum hours November through April are Tues.-Thurs. and Sat., 9:30am-4:00pm; Fri., 9:30am-8:00pm; Sun., 1:00-4:00pm. Regular admission is $5 adults, $4 seniors, $1 students and free for children under 12. All visitors receive free admission from 4:00-8:00pm on Fridays.
The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, 445 N. Park Ave., Winter Park; 407.645.5311; morsemuseum.org.
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Orlando Repertory Theatre
The REP Rocks with a "Nutty" Nutcracker
through Dec. 18. Saturdays, 12:00pm and 4:00pm; Sundays, 2:00pm and 5:30pm
?Orlando Repertory Theatre (The REP), presents the new holiday rock musical A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas by Ralph Covert and G. Riley Mills. First presented in Chicago in 2005, this production turns the traditional Nutcracker story on its head. Rockin' songs, written by popular family music artist Ralph Covert of Ralph's World, set the scene.
"This isn't your mama's Nutcracker," says director Rob Anderson. "No, this Nutcracker is nutty. It is contemporary and upbeat and not what you might expect. Yet, the core message is stuff the season is made of—'If you open your mind you will open your heart and you may find something you didn't even know you were looking for.'"
Cindy White's original scenic designs take the story into a video game-inspired world, perfectly complemented by creative costumes designed by Marcy Singhaus. Steve MacKinnon, most recently seen at The REP as music director of this summer's blockbuster Hairspray and for The REP Power Chords, serves as music director.
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Tickets and information, 407.896.7365; orlandorep.com.
Sonny's Family Night
In addition to regular performances, The REP will also present Sonny's Family Night on Saturday, December 10. Join The REP for a delicious dinner catered by Sonny's after the 4:00pm show. Tickets are an extra $5 for adults. Kids under 17 eat free (2 kids eat free with the purchase of every adult meal). Space is limited so reserve early.
Tickets and information, 407.896.7365; orlandorep.com. |
Orlando Shakespeare Theater
A Tuna Christmas
Nov. 30 through Dec. 30, 2011
A Tuna Christmas is back by popular demand. In this hilarious sequel to Greater Tuna—written by Ed Howard, Joe Sears and Jaston Williams, and directed by Patrick Flick—the outrageously funny and much loved characters of Tuna, Texas, are back for Christmas.
Local radio personalities, Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie, report that the Christmas festivities are in jeopardy and no nativity scene is safe. Two talented men portray all 24 citizens of Texas' third smallest town, where the Lion's Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies.
Content Advisory: A Tuna Christmas includes mild adult language and some sexual references. It may not be suitable for young children.
Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Loch Haven Park, 812 E. Rollins St., Ste. 100, Orlando; 407.447.1700; orlandoshakes.org.
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