Holiday favorites for the entire family!

Join your BRSO at the River Center Performing Arts Theatre for this family favorite! This concert will feature seasonal melodies and music from classic holiday favorites. Ring in the season with your BRSO, and make this concert an annual tradition!

FEATURING GUEST VOCALISTS ANDRE COURVILLE AND LAURA HUVAL

Andre Courville, guest vocalist

Laura Huval, guest vocalist

ANDRE COURVILLE, internationally acclaimed operatic bass-baritone, is a star on stages throughout the world. His voice has been called “jaw-dropping”, “supercharged”, “splendid”, and “lush” by Opera News, “warm” and “rich” by The Washington Post, and “imposing” by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Engagements include performances on some of the most celebrated stages in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America where he sings in seven languages. He has also appeared on the stages of Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Trained at the prestigious Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, the Cecilia, Louisiana native has been honored with the ABC Fund’s Rising Star ICON Award and is recipient of top awards in eight national and international vocal competitions.

LAURA HUVAL is a GRAMMY®-nominated recording artist, retreat leader, Catholic speaker, a published composer with Oregon Catholic Press, and a member of the Catholic Speakers Organization. A lifelong Catholic with a deep devotion to the faith, Laura answered the call to full-time music ministry in 2021 after many years of leading worship, performing, and teaching.

Deeply rooted in Louisiana culture, Laura is also a member of the GRAMMY®-nominated family band Sweet Cecilia. Her work is marked by beauty, reverence, and authenticity, all grounded in a desire to lead others closer to Christ.

PROGRAM:

O Tannenbaum
Nutcracker Selections: Marche, Arabian, Trepak
Ave Maria (André Courville, vocalist)
We Three Kings
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Lord is Here (Laura Huval, vocalist)
Away in a Manger
O Holy Night (André Courville & Laura Huval, vocalists)
“Polar Express” Suite
Overture to “Miracle on 34th Street”
Adeste Fideles
Sleigh Ride
Once Upon a Christmas (André Courville & Laura Huval, vocalists)
A Chanukah Overture
Sweet Little Jesus Boy (André Courville, vocalist)
Carol of the Bells
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Laura Huval, vocalist)
A Merry Christmas Singalong