“Families are always looking for something to do together during the holidays and our Pops concert is the perfect event to share with the whole family,” says Diane Wittry, Allentown Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Conductor.

Allentown Symphony Orchestra (ASO) presents its annual “Holiday Pops” concert, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 20, Miller Symphony Hall, Allentown.

Now in its fourth year, the concert has a line-up of local and international talent.

Emcee is Jaciel Córdoba, television news anchor, WFMZ-TV.

The ASO sets the stage for the concert with Don Sebesky’s “A Christmas Scherzo,” a medley of well-known traditional carols of France, England and Germany.

The concert’s first-half includes vocalist Alli Mauzey of “Wicked” fame, performing holiday favorites such as “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” “The Christmas Song” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” as well as “Let it Go” from “Frozen” and “Popular” from “Wicked.”

She is joined by the El Sistema Lehigh Valley Chorus in “Santa Will Find You” and the Church of the Mediator Chorus in “O Holy Night.”

Interspersed are performances by members of the Accent School of Dance, El Sistema Chorus singing “Somewhere in My Memory” from “Home Alone” and the ASO in the Bob Krogstad arrangement of “Christmas at the Movies.”

After intermission, the ASO opens with Tchaikovsky’s “Polonaise” from “Eugene Onegin” followed by “ASO Community Spotlight” vocalist Kendal Conrad singing “All I Want for Christmas is You.”

The Emmaus High School Chorale is the “ASO Spotlight Chorus” for “We Need a Little Christmas,” “Hanukah Fantasy” and “12 Days of Christmas.”

Mauzey returns for “12 Days After Christmas” and “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town.”

The ASO chimes in with Leroy Anderson’s popular “Bugler’s Holiday” and Gene Autry’s “Here Comes Santa Claus.”

The concert closes with “Jingle All the Way,” an audience sing-a-long led by the Emmaus Chorale and El Sistema Chorus.

Says Wittry with a smile, “With a cast of over 100 musicians, vocalists and dancers, you no longer have to go to New York City or Philadelphia for an orchestral concert to put you in the holiday spirit.”

Jaciel Córdoba, who anchors “69 News at Sunrise” and “69 News at Noon,” is an Emmy Award winner for the station’s 2020 General Election coverage . He appeared in “The Color Purple” at Civic Theatre of Allentown.

Alli Mauzey has appeared on Broadway as Glinda in “Wicked,” Pattie in “Kimberly Akimbo,” and in “Hairspray,” “Cry-Baby” and “Hello, Dolly!” She has sung with the Philly Pops, Nashville Symphony and Minnesota Orchestra.

Kendal Conrad has appeared on MTV, performed at the White House, Hersheypark, and Musikfest. She starred in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” at Civic Theatre of Allentown.

The Emmaus High School Chorale, directed by Julie Zimmer, is the premier varsity mixed choir at Emmaus High School.

The Choir of the Mediator, directed by Anthony Hahn, is an intergenerational church choir based in Allentown.

The El Sistema Lehigh Valley Choir, under the direction of Choral Director Amanda Haag, provides daily instrumental and choir instruction, academic tutoring to more than 120 students from more than 20 Lehigh Valley schools.

Allentown-based Accent School of Dance, directed by Karen Rich, is celebrating 30 years of dance education.

Allentown Symphony Orchestra, “Holiday Pops,” 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Dec. 20, Miller Symphony Hall, 23 N. Sixth St., Allentown; Free tickets for those age 21 and under. Tickets: box office: 610-432-6715; https://www.millersymphonyhall.org

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