Don't miss Orlando Sings fourth annual Solaria Solstice, a local holiday concert tradition

This year, let the music of the season illuminate your soul at A Solaria Solstice, Orlando Sings’ cherished holiday tradition.

Orlando Sings presents the fourth annual "A Solaria Solstice" this weekend. A holiday concert tradition praised as “exquisite,” “transcendent,” and “the deepest expression of the cathartic power of music.”

This year’s concert takes place on Sunday, December 21 moves to a larger venue at The Harriett Coleman Center for Performing Arts, 901 Highland Ave, Orlando.

A world premiere by acclaimed composer Moira Smiley headlines this year’s program. Smiley’s multi-movement, solstice-themed composition, commissioned exclusively for the event, delves into themes of winter, stillness, love, and timelessness. The composer will attend the premiere as a guest artist, performing live with the Solaria Singers.

The program also features music celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah, along with choral works and poetry reflecting universal experiences of loss, renewal, and light emerging from darkness.

Under the direction of Dr. Andrew Minear, the Solaria Singers—a fully professional chamber choir—will perform in an enhanced theatrical setting designed to heighten the visual and emotional impact of the performance.

Sarah Purser, General Manager of Orlando Sings and member of the Solaria Singers, adds: “This concert transcends cultural and religious boundaries. It’s an invitation to reflect on this season—literal and figurative—of our lives through the lens of music and poetry.”

The Solaria Singers, continue to deliver innovative and moving performances. Their repertoire spans centuries, from timeless choral masterpieces to groundbreaking works by contemporary composers. Composed of the finest vocalists in Central Florida, Solaria has been hailed as “mind-blowing… delightful, entertaining and thought provoking”, “moving and magnificent”, and named a 2024 national finalist for The American Prize Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music.

Tickets starting at $14.50 are available at https://orlandosings.org/boxoffice/

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