The Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) announced today its holiday performance schedule around the region. For the first time since 2019, the TSO will travel to various neighborhood churches, schools, and concert venues to perform a collection of seasonal classics and traditional favorites for all ages.
“The holidays are usually rich with customs that bring us together—dinners, religious celebrations, house parties, and family traditions. The arts are a big part of this,” says Zak Vassar, President & CEO of the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts. “It’s an incredibly celebratory time. But when I think of last year, the holidays were so different. We couldn’t come together. Families shared dinner over FaceTime. Church services were online. And we couldn’t enjoy the musical spirit of the season. I’m just thrilled that we can welcome audiences back this year for two of our most popular performances: Christmas at the Peristyle and Handel’s Messiah. These two performances couldn’t be more different! One is a Boston Pops-style holiday program with Santa Claus and sleigh bells. The other is a performance of a 280-year-old choral masterpiece. That these two programs occur in the same weekend shows the versatility of our wonderful orchestra!”
HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
December 1, 2021: St. Joseph Catholic Church (Sylvania, OH)
December 3, 2021: St. Patrick Catholic Church (Bryan, OH)
December 4, 2021: Christmas at the Peristyle (Toledo, OH)
December 5, 2021: Handel’s Messiah (Toledo, OH)
December 10-12, 2021: Toledo Ballet’s 81st production of The Nutcracker (Toledo, OH)
December 15, 2021: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Napoleon, OH)
December 16, 2021: St. Wendelin’s Catholic Church (Fostoria, OH)
December 17, 2021: St. Luke’s Lutheran Church (Temperance, MI)
December 19, 2021: Trinity Lutheran Church (Delta, Ohio)
The Toledo Symphony’s holiday performances begin on December 1, 2021 and conclude on 2021. To purchase tickets for Christmas at the Peristyle, Handel’s Messiah, and Toledo Ballet’s 81st The Nutcracker, visit toledosymphony.com or call the TAPA Box Office at 419.246.8000. Visit toledosymphony.com/neighborhood-events for a full listing of all neighborhood and regional concerts.
For more information on the Toledo Symphony’s holiday event schedule, please contact Vanessa Gardner, Director of Marketing & Communications at vgardner@artstoledo.com.
ABOUT TOLEDO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Toledo Symphony Orchestra is a community-supported organization of professional musicians and teachers who deliver quality performance and music education for all.
Formed in 1943 as The Friends of Music and incorporated in 1951 as the Toledo Orchestra Association, Inc., the Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) has grown from a core group of twenty-two part-time musicians to a regional orchestra that employs sixty-nine professional musicians who consider the Toledo Symphony their primary employer, as well as numerous extra players annually as repertoire demands.
On January 1, 2019, the Toledo Symphony and Toledo Ballet officially merged to form the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA), a new non-profit organization dedicated to providing exceptional live music and dance performances and education for the region. This partnership promises to create new and invigorating programs, provide cost and revenue synergies in operations, and integrate the arts through shared educational missions.
The Toledo Symphony reaches more than 260,000 individuals annually through performances and education programs. The series concerts (Masterworks, Pops, Chamber, Mozart in the Afternoon, and Family Series) are the critical underpinning of the orchestra’s artistic mission and regularly draw people from 135 postal zip codes. Education programs, student performances, and community concerts are held in schools, neighborhood churches, performing arts centers, and community facilities throughout the region; many are offered at no charge or provided at a reduced fee to help expand participation.
