Mood Music

There's no better way to celebrate the season than a holiday chorale or concert. Hee’s or list:

Winter Wonderettes at Ivoryton Playhouse, 11/17 – 12/18: This seasonal celebration finds the girls entertaining at the annual Essex Hardware Holiday Party. When Santa turns up missing, the girls use their talent and creative ingenuity to save the holiday party! Featuring great ’60s versions of holiday classics such as “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” “Run, Rudolph, Run,” and “Winter Wonderland,” the result is, of course, marvelous! This energetic and glittering holiday production is guaranteed to delight audiences of all ages. Get tickets.

Photo:Lauren Desberg / Musical Masterworks Musical Masterworks, Old Lyme Congregational Church, 12/3 at 5pm & 12/4 at 3pm: Immerse yourself in MM's performance in the accoustically spectacular church: J.S. Bach, Gamba Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027 (arr. for violin, cello and bass), Edgar Meyer, Trio 1, Rossini, Duet for Cello and Bass in D Major, Edgar Meyer, Trio 3. Get tickets here.

Cappella Cantorum Hallelujah!,12/4: The Cappella Cantorum Masterworks Chorus will perform musical selections including:Gloria (Antonio Vivaldi), O Magnum Mysterium (Morten Lauridsen) and more at John Winthrop Middle School Auditorium in Deep River. Find out more.

Con Brio Christmas Concerts at Christ The King Church, Old Lyme on 12/9 at 7pm and 12/11 at 3pm: Forrest Jubilate Deo (2016), for soloists, chorus and orchestra, conducted by Dr. Stephen Bruce. Con Brio welcomes Carley DeFranco, soprano, and welcomes back Allison Messier, mezzosoprano. Purchase tickets.

Essex Winter Series, 12/18: Brentano String Quartet with Mihae Lee. Get

tickets.

Messiah Sing Along at The Kate,12/19, 2pm: Participate in the sounds of the season with a Kate holiday tradition. Open to all who want to singalong, the Messiah Sing combines Cappella Cantorum’s professional soloists with a chorus of talented volunteers. Sit in the back and listen or sit down front and participate. Singers should arrive at 1:30 for section seating and rehearsal. Purchase tickets here.

BSQ photo credit: Juergen Frank

Mihae’s photo credit: Christian Steiner

Photo: Juergen Frank Photo: Christian Steiner

Connecticut Early Music Sociaty Presents Handel's Messiah, 12/20 7pm: Ian Watson, Artistic Director for Connecticut Early Music Society conducts a performance of Handel's popular choral work, Messiah, on Tuesday, 12/20 at 7:00 P.M. in Harkness Chapel on the Connecticut College campus. Get

tickets here.