Northwest Vocal Arts celebrates the holiday season with two concerts on Saturday, December 20 at 2pm and Sunday, December 21 at 7pm, at Rose City Park United Methodist Church, located at 5830 NE Alameda St. in Portland.

Titled Voices of Winter – New Light, the concerts will feature the professional NWVA Olympia Chamber Choir and Evergreen Youth Choir performing works by a wonderful variety of composers, from the acclaimed English composer Benjamin Britten to award-winning R&B singer-songwriter India Aire.

Highlights of the concert include Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols, a fascinating cycle of medieval texts chosen for their varied moods, from joyful to solemn, featuring harp accompaniment and set to music that uses both traditional plainchant and modern harmonic language.
Other highlights include the Nigerian traditional Oba Ti De (Here Comes the King), arranged by Jeffrey Ames and I am the Light by India Aire, a lyrical and spiritual affirmation of inner peace and identity. The choir will also perform audience favorites Glow by Eric Whitacre, Three Nativity Carols by Stephen Paulus with harp and oboe, and much more.

General admission is $35 ($15 for students).