If you start feeling a little like Charlie Brown at this time of year, yearning for something seasonal that doesn't require a trip to the mall, a festive concert might be just the thing to help you get into the spirit. Below is, I'm sure, only a partial listing of the holiday music offerings around town. Feel free to post any omissions in the comments below this post. Also, be sure to check out local churches and community centers for special music and concerts in your neighborhood.
Hanukkah Party (including a play and songs by Religious School students)
Congregation Adath Israel Brith Sholom
December 5, 5-7 p.m.
Tickets: $12 for Adults / $5 for Children
RSVP 423-1818
The Temple at 5101 US HWY 42, Louisville , KY 40241
http://www.templeaibs.org/events1
Louisville Chorus
A Family Christmas at St. Mary’s
Holiday Music from the Heart
December 4, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: Student $6 / Senior $15 / General $18
St. Mary's Catholic Church
415 East 8th St at Spring St. New Albany, IN
http://louisvillechorus.org/ConcertSeason.aspx
Christmas at The Cathedral
In the Presence of the Nativity
December 11, 7:30 PM
Tickets: Student $6 / Senior $15 / General $18
Cathedral of the Assumption
433 South 5th, Louisville, KY 40202
http://louisvillechorus.org/ConcertSeason.aspx
Christmas at Immaculate Conception
In the Presence of the Nativity
December 12, 4 p.m.
Tickets: Student $6 / Senior $15 / General $18
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
502 North 5th, LaGrange, KY 40031
http://louisvillechorus.org/ConcertSeason.aspx
Louisville Youth Orchestra
Stringing in the Holidays - Pops
Dec 12, 4:00 p.m.
Tickets: Adults $13.50 \ Senior $10/ / Student $5
YPAS Youth Performing Arts School
1517 South Second Street, Louisville, KY
http://www.lyo.org/
Louisville Youth Chorus
A Christmas Festival Concert
December 17, 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: Adults $13 / Senior Citizens (55+) $10 / Students $5
St. Patrick's Catholic Church at 1000 North Beckley Station Road
Call 502.896.5859 for tickets.
Michael W. Smith
King Southern Bank Holiday Spectacular, Co-presented with The Kentucky Center
November 27, 8 p.m.
Whitney Hall, Kentucky Center for the Arts
Tickets: $30 - $75
http://www.louisvilleorchestra.org/?page_id=5685
Brown-Forman Nutcracker
Louisville Ballet
December 4-19 (Multiple dates and times)
Tickets: $25 - $95
Whitney Hall, Kentucky Center for the Arts
http://ww2.kentuckycenter.org/ticketing/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=6051
Bach Society Christmas
Palestrina, Howells, Bach
December 5, 3:00 p.m.
Tickets: $22 \ Subscriber $18
Calvary Episcopal Church
821 South Fourth Street, Louisville, KY
http://www.louisvillebachsociety.org/concert.htm
Handel: Messiah
December 10, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $22 \ Subscriber $18
Harvey Browne Presbyterian Church
311 Browns Lane, Louisville, KY
http://www.louisvillebachsociety.org/concert.htm
The Essential Carmen (in under an hour)
University of Louisville School of Music
Dec 3 and Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: Pay what you can at the door
Rudyard Kipling, 422 W. Oak St., Louisville, KY
http://louisville.edu/music/the-essential-carmen-opera-2nd-performance.ics/view
Voices of Kentuckiana
Make the Yuletide Gay Winter Concert
December 4, 7:30 p.m. and December 5, 3:00 p.m.
Tickets: $15
The Clifton Center
2117 Payne Street, Louisville, KY
http://www.voicesky.org/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=0001&Product_Code=hldytck&Category_Code=tck
The Academy of Sacred Music at Southern Seminary
Keith and Kristyn Getty's: Irish Christmas Tour
Dec 9, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $10 General Admission / SBTS Community $8
Alumni Chapel, 2825 Lexington Rd., Louisville, KY
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3294185
IU Southeast Orchestra
Holiday Pops Spectacular
December 11, 7:30 p.m.
and December 12, 3:00 p.m.
Tickets:
$11 adults / $6 students & seniors
http://www.ius.edu/music/concerts.cfm
