Celebrate the holiday season with Dr. Ruth Ochs and the Westminster Community Orchestra at their annual free family holiday concert on Wednesday, December 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Hillman Hall, in the Marian Buckelew Cullen Center on the Westminster Campus, 101 Walnut Lane, Princeton. Audience members requiring seating assistance should arrive at 7:15 p.m. Free-will cash donations to benefit area food pantries will be accepted.

The festive performance will feature holiday favorites as “Frosty the Snowman,” “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer,” and more. The program will also include Tchaikovsky’s March from The Nutcracker and the “Polonaise” finale from Symphony No, 3, plus compositions written by two members of the orchestra: Beth LaPat’s Chanukah Songs and the World Premiere of Cliff Wilson’s Opening Presents. The audience will be invited to lend their voices in Leroy Anderson’s popular "A Christmas Festival."

No tickets are required for the free hour-long program. For more information on the performance, please contact the Westminster Conservatory office by phone, 609-921-7104, email, westminster.play@gmail.com, or visit Rider’s event page, https://www.rider.edu/about/events/westminster-community-orchestra-holiday-favorites-and-sing-along-0