Spectacular Christmas Music

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Prepare for a magical afternoon of spectacular Christmas music when four Bay Area choirs join the Diablo Symphony Orchestra. Chromatica, Diablo Choral Artists, San Ramon Valley Chorale and Mount Diablo Children’s Choir will lend their voices to a variety of holiday favorites. “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” and “Frosty the Snowman,” as well as Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on Christmas Carols and other symphonic works, will be performed with beautiful vocals backed by the orchestra’s brilliant musicians.

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