(Seguin) — The sounds of the season are upon us as tickets remain for this Sunday’s Mid-Texas Symphony Holiday Concert. The concert is scheduled for Sunday at Texas Lutheran University’s Jackson Auditorium.
Akiko Fujimoto, music director of the Mid-Texas Symphony, says families are invited over to celebrate the season with their favorite Christmas songs and selections from The Nutcracker.
“Holiday music is like this drug that we all love. Every year it makes us feel great. It brings everyone together. It makes us reflect on all the great things that we have in our lives and especially the people in our lives and it’s the most wonderful time of the year really truly. We are going to play a lot of your favorite holiday music arranged for the orchestra and some original music like ‘Sleigh Ride’ by Leroy Anderson, a classic and then we are going to have a children’s chorus from Seguin — about 100 children on stage with us singing a couple of songs, holiday carols and of course, we want the audience to join us at the end in a carol sing-a-long and I hear a rumor that we might get a visit from Santa Claus as well,” said Fujimoto.
Fujimoto, who took over the reigns earlier this year, says she couldn’t be more proud of the talents found in the symphony and hopes to share it with others.
“Things are going great. The orchestra is doing really well. We have a lot of great enthusiasm around the ensemble. We’ve given two blockbuster concerts in September and October and we are looking forward at continuing that trend this Sunday,’ said Fujimoto.
In addition to its holiday concert, Fujimoto says the Mid-Texas Symphony is also closing out the year with a community challenge – a $20,000 challenge that goes back into supporting its annual season.
“The leadership of the Mid-Texas Symphony has really rallied together to show their commitment because how can you ask the community to support the symphony if they don’t do it themselves. So, they have done their part and now, they are asking the community to match what they’ve done. They’ll do 50 percent and you do 50 percent and the board has put together $10,000 of their own,” said Fujimoto.
The concert gets underway at 4 p.m. Sunday at Jackson Auditorium. To purchase tickets or to give to this year’s community challenge visit www.mtsymphony.org. Tickets can also be purchased by calling 830-463-5353 or by stopping by the MTS office at 100 S. Austin St.