Symphony 3: Holiday Magic

The Battle Creek Symphony presents Holiday Magic December 9, 2023

Christiane Noll performs at Battle Creek Symphony Holiday Magic

Symphony 3: Holiday Magic
Saturday, December 9, 2023, 7:30 pm
WK Kellogg Auditorium
Christiane Noll, soprano
Jordan Hamilton, cello
Battle Creek Community Chorus
Lakeview High School Chamber Choir
Shari Rarick Dance Company

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Cherish your fondest memories with an all-ages concert including holiday favorites like Polar Express, O Holy Night, Sleigh Ride, Let it Go from Frozen, and more. Christmas and Hanukkah classics plus Broadway star Christiane Noll, Greg Black conducting the Battle Creek Community Chorus and Lakeview Chamber Choir, cello phenom Jordan Hamilton, and of course a visit from Santa! Holiday Magic - make it your new tradition!

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Fun Facts about the Concert

There will be an online Kid's Conducting Contest to determine who will conduct the orchestra in Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride. Our last winner submitted a video in her concert attire conducting an orchestra of stuffed animals.
Special guest Jordan Hamilton will join us with his custom arrangements from Bach and the Beatles
Of course, no holiday concert would be complete without a special visit from "you-know-who!"

What are Ticket Prices?

Tickets start at $16 for adults and $16 for students and go up to $53 based on the seat location. The least expensive seats are at the back of the balcony and the front closest to the stage.

Here are some other helpful tips you should know as well:

1. The best deal comes when you don’t wait until the very last minute to order tickets. We never offer last minute discounts because we don’t want to undercut patrons who already purchased their seats. Whenever you see a concert you’d like to attend, you get the best seats by not waiting.

2. Another way to save is to buy a subscription. Currently subscriptions for all five concerts are available with great deals. Contact us at 269-963-1911 and we'd be more than happy to find a deal for you. 2023-2024 Ticket Order Form

3. If you’re a student on a budget, be sure to bring your student ID for great discounts.

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When Do I Clap?

Whenever you want! Seriously, the tradition of clapping only at the end of pieces was only for a short time in the history of music. Typically, people like to clap after a great solo in a jazz tune, an impressive dance move, or after a great movement (section) in a symphony. If you really like a piece, clap at the end of the movement and yell "encore" if you want to hear more. (we love playing encores!)

What Do I Wear?

More than anything, we want you to have fun and express your own style when you come to the Battle Creek Symphony, so dress in a way that works for you. Some people love dressing up and going out—if that’s you, do it and you won’t be the only one, we promise. If you prefer to be more casual, then you probably won’t be the only one dressed casually, either. In short, you do you, and we’re just glad you’re joining us.

Where Do I Park?

Kid's Conducting Contest

Kid’s Conducting Contest: Simply submit a video of your kid conducting to their favorite piece along with their first name and age to [email protected] by December 4^th at 11:59 pm.

Winners will be chosen by drawing. The winner will receive their very own conductor's baton, and the opportunity to lead the Battle Creek Symphony in 'Sleigh Ride' for our December concert, Christmas Magic!

Must be age 8 or under to apply. By submitting a video, you agree to allow the Battle Creek Symphony to post the video publicly for promotional purposes. Must be available Saturday, December 9 at 7:30 pm to conduct.

Meet the Artist

Christiane Noll received Tony and Drama Desk award nominations and won a Helen Hayes award for her portrayal of Mother in the Kennedy Center Revival of Ragtime. She starred in the record-breaking Broadway and First National Tour companies of Dear Evan Hansen. Other Broadway and National Tour appearances include Elf, Chaplin (Drama Desk Nom.), Urinetown (Ovation Award), The Mambo Kings (pre-Broadway), It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues, Jekyll & Hyde (FANY award), Grease, Miss Saigon, and South Pacific (Australia/Thailand). She was featured in NBC's live broadcast of The Sound of Music starring Carrie Underwood.

She has been a frequent guest soloist as part of Bravo Broadway with symphony orchestras in almost every state in the USA, as well as international appearances with Toronto Symphony, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony, Sinfonica Brasileira in Rio, China Philharmonic with concert pianist Lang Lang, and orchestras in Hong Kong, Czech Republic and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She made her Carnegie Hall debut with Skitch Henderson, in his last pops performance with The New York Pops and sang with Steven Reineke in Sondheim! the Birthday Concert at Carnegie Hall. She made her Hollywood Bowl and O2 Arena debut singing with Dame Julie Andrews in Gifts of Music and her opera debut with Placido Domingo in The Merry Widow at the Kennedy Center. She received critical acclaim for her appearance in City Center Encores! 1776 and The New Moon. In September 2021, Ms. Noll returned to the Czech Republic to perform at the International Music Festival Cesky Krumlov for the sixth time.

Jordan Hamilton performs at the Battle Creek Symphony's Holiday Magic December 9, 2023

Meet the Artist

Cellist and vocalist Jordan Hamilton is a mix of mastery and maverick musicality; hip-hop influenced, rhythmically layered, melodically robust. Avant garde, folk-soul music, a key to navigate space, time, and change, gracefully, for those who use it. Driven by diversity, drawn to the cello’s tone, cosmic strings calling souls home. “Plucking, sawing, pounding and caressing the cello to extract sometimes other-worldly sounds; melding live looping with classical music interludes, hip hop, and jazz.” (John Sinkevics, Local Spins.) Shared truth, delivered and triggered by melodies, experienced as one, emanating from a deep, russet realm. Genres groomed together to represent and inquire the soul. A different kind of symphony, hopeful enough to grow our empathy, “part political activism, part hopefulness, part performance art, part soundscapes, and all entirely mesmerizing.” (John Sinkevics, Local Spins) Emotional energy crafted from integrity, immaterial and immortal, experienced at the speed of sound, with a bit of bounce, groove by the ounce, and all the jump you’ll need to move.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (arr. Sydney Baynes) - Christmas Overture (score-video)

Christmas Overture: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Prokofiev: Troika · Sokhiev / Berliner Philharmoniker

Traditional Arr. Jeff Tyzik: Chanukah Suite / New Jersey Youth Symphony • NJYS Youth Symphony

1950 version: Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Medley), arr. Jerry Brubaker - Score & Sound

Winter Wonderland, arr. Greg Jasperse – Score & Sound

Let It Snow

Gabrieli: Canzon XVI à 12

Sleepers, Wake!

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve / Sarajevo (Timeless Version) (Official Music Video) [HD]

The Merry Medley (Man with the Bag, I'd Like You for Christmas, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town)

Carols of Alfred Burt GC

Thank you to our sponsors!

Sponsored By Summit Bay Private Wealth Advisors Daniel Graham

Sponsored By the Guido A and Elizabeth H. Binda Foundation

Sponsored By Allegiant Wealth Strategies

Sponsored By The Battle Creek Community Foundation

We'd Love to hear from you!

Phone: 269.963.1911

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE (COVID-19)

The Music Center is currently open and resuming all activities. We take the safety of our students and staff very seriously and follow the CDC and State of Michigan safety guidelines. While we understand some may wish to adhere to their own interpretation of protocols, you will be required you to comply with safety postings in our building in order to participate in our classes and lessons.