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SMC Choirs to Present “Home for the Holidays” Concert

The program includes harp, marimba, guitar and vocal solos accompanying the combined choirs

Santa Monica College’s Concert Chorale and Chamber Choir will perform a holiday program titled “Home for the Holidays” on Friday, Dec. 12, at the Eli & Edythe Broad Stage, the college announced.

The concert, led by SMC music faculty member Jeremiah Selvey Convento, will feature guest harpist Cristina Montes Mateo, SMC guitar faculty Ken Rosser and SMC music alumnus Adam McCrory, a baritone.

The program includes harp, marimba, guitar and vocal solos accompanying the combined choirs. Selections explore a range of holiday traditions through European and Hispanic carols, including works from Benjamin Britten’s *A Ceremony of Carols* and Conrad Susa’s *Carols & Lullabies*, as well as first-person immigrant narratives from Melissa Dunphy’s *American DREAMers*.

Tickets cost $12, with free admission for students with ID. They are available at smc.edu/tickets or by phone at 310-434-3005. Tickets can also be purchased at the venue box office starting 45 minutes before the 7:30 p.m. performance. Parking is free and seating is first-come, first-served.

Additional information is available at 310-434-4323.

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