The Cleveland Orchestra: Holiday Concert

The Cleveland Orchestra: Holiday Concert at Severance Music Center

A chorus doesn't just make holiday music louder. It makes it human. Every voice adds a little warmth, a little lift, and a sense that this moment belongs to everyone listening. That's the feeling The Cleveland Orchestra's Holiday Concerts bring to Severance.

What makes this date stand out is the human force behind it. The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus is one of the few professionally trained, all-volunteer choruses sponsored by a major American orchestra, and the Blossom Festival Chorus joins the annual Holiday Concerts at Severance. That combination gives the performance a layered choral sound and a sense of occasion that a recording can’t duplicate. It also ties the concert to a Cleveland tradition that has been part of Severance for generations.

Then there’s the room itself. Severance Music Center, home of The Cleveland Orchestra since 1931, remains one of the city’s great musical landmarks, and Mandel Concert Hall is known for its celebrated acoustics and historic beauty. Holiday repertoire sounds especially vivid there, with every swell, choral entrance, and orchestral color framed by a hall built for this kind of listening.

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Let the season arrive with voices raised together. Get tickets for The Cleveland Orchestra: Holiday Concert in Cleveland.