Looking for some awesome holiday entertainment that won’t put pressure on your holiday budget? Check out the lineup of free concerts coming up at Valencia College.
For outdoor concerts, seating will be provided, but you are invited to bring a chair or a picnic blanket and a thermos of hot cocoa!
All concerts will be held at Valencia College’s East Campus, 701 N. Econlockhatchee Trail, Orlando, Fla.
Winter Choral Concert – Monday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: outdoor stage at Valencia College School of Arts & Entertainment
The Valencia Singers will open the concert with sacred and secular choral works by Nygard, Leavitt, Althouse and Rutter, and conclude the first half of the program with Handel’s first Coronation Anthem in honor of the crowning of the new king after the recent passing Britain’s beloved, long-reigning queen Elizabeth II.
For the second half of the program the Contemporary Ensemble will sing and dance to selections from the musical theater shows “Hairspray,” “Finding Neverland,” “Prince of Egypt,” “The Prom,” “Falsettos,” “Footloose,” “Once,” “Dreamgirls,” “Frozen,”
“A Star Is Born,” and “She Loves Me.”
Valencia Symphonic Band Concert – Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m.
The Valencia College Symphonic Band, under the direction of Jonathan Territo, will present holiday favorites along with the Valencia College Chorus.
In case of rain, concert will be moved indoors to the Performing Arts Center.
Jazz Band Concert – Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: outdoor stage at Valencia College School of Arts & Entertainment
The Valencia College Jazz Band, under the direction of Frank Wosar, will present toe-tapping and smooth jazz standards. The band will mix in a few holiday favorites, and the concert will be supported by our students in Lighting, Staging and Sound Design.
In case of rain, concert will be moved indoors to the Performing Arts Center.
Fall Opera Theatre Workshop – three performances starting Wed., Nov. 30
Location: Black Box Theater in Building 3, Valencia College East Campus
If you’re in the mood for something a little creepier, Valencia’s Opera Theatre Workshop presents “Psychotherapy: Another Song Over the Cuckoo’s Next,” a cabaret featuring songs of madness, murder, and mayhem straight from Broadway.
The concerts will be held in the college’s Black Box Theater over three nights – Wed., Nov. 30, Friday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 3. Each show will begin at 7:30 p.m.
The Black Box theater has been converted into an asylum for the “theatrically insane,” and these inmates have a lot on their minds. Make sure to be there for this unique cabaret.
Valencia’s singers will perform songs from shows such as: “Assassins,” “Heathers,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Next to Normal,” “Zombie Prom,” “The Medium,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Lizzie” and “Carrie.”
For more information, contact the Valencia College box office at boxoffice@valenciacollege.edu or 407-582-2900.
