Highlights include performances by the Community Music School Suzuki violin, clarinet, jazz and string ensembles and will be capped off by a grand finale medley with 60+ musicians on stage and an audience participation sing-along.

The Community Music School’s Glee For Grownups Vocal Ensemble performing at the 2012 Holiday Concert.

Guests can look forward to a jazz ensemble performance of Vince Guaraldi’s “Christmas Time Is Here” (also known as the featured music in A Charlie Brown Christmas), “O Christmas Tree” performed by The Three Tenors, tenor saxophone members of the jazz ensemble, with percussion students from Tom Brigg’s studio, and a medley of popular songs performed by the Solstice Singers, a new youth vocal group formed specifically for the Holiday Concert and directed by Joni Gage.

In lieu of an admission fee, concert goers are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item or pet supply for donation to Shoreline Soup Kitchens.

Valley Regional High School is located at 256 Kelsey Hill Road in Deep River. Now celebrating 30 years of building community through music, Community Music School is a private, non-profit organization.

For more information on the Holiday Concert or other Community Music School programs or events, call 860.767.0026 or go to www.community-music-school.org.