The Clarion University Music Department will present its Fifth Annual Christmas Holiday Music Festival, Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Marwick-Boyd Auditorium.  The concert is free and open to the public.

            The program will feature the University Community Symphony Orchestra directed by Russell Reefer; the Clarion University Wind Ensemble directed by Dr. Hubert Toney Jr.; and the Concert Choir and Chamber Singers directed by Dr. Henry A. Alviani.  Each ensemble will perform separately and will combine for the finale, a medley of carols titled "Here We Come A-Caroling" arranged by Douglas E. Wagner.

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