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Oregon East Symphony offers
complimentary general admission
to Holiday Music Festival
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P
ENDLETON — The Oregon
East Symphony will pres-
ent the in-person return of its
annual Holiday Music Festival
at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 12,
at the Vert Auditorium, 480 SW
Dorion Ave. in Pendleton.
To fi nd out where to obtain
complimentary tickets through
partnering local businesses
and organizations, visit www.
OregonEastSymphony.org.
Balcony seating and re-
served fl oor seating are avail-
able by purchase at www.
OregonEastSymphony.org, or
at the Symphony offi ce, 345
SW Fourth St., which is open
Monday through Thursday from
10 a.m.-2 p.m. The offi ce number
is 541-276-0320. These tickets
are $25 adults, $20 seniors, $15
students, or $65 for a family.
Oregon East Symphony/Contributed image
Our Songs Are Alive rehearse for the 2019 Holiday Music Festival.
Masks/face coverings are
required of all audience mem-
bers.
The Holiday Music Festi-
val is an interdenominational
celebration of the holiday
season featuring a variety of
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community music ensembles.
This year the OES will perform
an orchestral arrangement
of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker
Suite,” two works by Leroy
Anderson — “Sleigh Ride” and
“Suite of Carols” — and “Pas-
torale” from Arcangelo Corelli’s
“Concerto Grosso No 8.”
Zach Banks is the guest
conductor of this performance.
He is the OES education direc-
tor and principal cellist, and
conductor of the Grande Ronde
Symphony Orchestra.
Additional featured perform-
ers include: Our Songs Are
Alive, an indigenous drumming,
singing and dancing group led
by Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation
cultural historian Fred Hill; Ku-
penga Marimba from Cove, who
perform African and African-
inspired music on large wooden
xylophone-like marimbas;
and bluegrass group Raggedy
Em & Andy and The Fabulous
Raggettes, led by banjo/har-
monic player Carl Scheeler and
including Pendleton musicians
Emily and Andy Cary, national
fiddling champion Dan Emert,
and bassist Alan Feves.
Adam Lange, worship music
leader with Christ Church in
La Grande, will lead Christmas
carol sing-alongs between fea-
tured ensembles. Additionally,
the Pendleton Brass Quartet
will provide pre-concert en-
trance music.
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DECEMBER 1�8, 2021
OREGON EAST
SYMPHONY
HOLIDAY MUSIC
FESTIVAL
2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12
Vert Auditorium, 480 SW
Dorion, Ave., Pendleton
General admission is free;
balcony and reserved seat-
ing is available for purchase
www.oregoneastsymphony.
org
541-276-0320
Walters Photography
Zach Banks is the OES guest
conductor for the Holiday Music
Festival on Sunday, Dec. 12, in
Pendleton.