Holiday Pops

Sunday, December 18, 2011, 3:00PM MATINEE
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium

Asheville Symphony
    Daniel Meyer, Music Director

Asheville Symphony Chorus
    Michael Lancaster, director

Asheville Symphony Children's Chorus
    Timothy Wilds, director

Guest Artist
    Billy Jonas

In December we continue a beautiful family tradition of performing your favorite music from the Holidays. With the glowing voices of the Asheville Symphony Chorus under Michael Lancaster and the Asheville Symphony Children's Chorus under Timothy Wilds, our Holiday Concert has become a favorite of Asheville audiences over the years. We hope you will make it one of your treasured traditions in December, too.

Asheville Symphony Children's Chorus
    Timothy Wilds, director

The Children's Chorus was formed as a collaborative effort with Dr. Susan Hensley, Arts Education Supervisor for Buncombe County Schools. Dr. Hensley has had extensive voice training and works with choirs in several local churches. We discussed the prospect of a children's chorus in the summer of 1998 and wrote letters to school music teachers requesting names of recommended children. We had hoped for a minimum of 35 children and ended up with 64!

The Chorus, now directed by Timothy Wilds, is open to 4th through 8th grade boys (unchanged voices) and girls. The current membership stands at 65 singers from Asheville City and Buncombe County public schools, private and home schools in the area.