Host churches
Today, Dec. 15 * St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 320 Broad St. NW, Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16 * Church Street United Methodist, 900 Henley St., Knoxville, 7:30 p.m. (no tickets required) Saturday, Dec. 17 * St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 630 Mississippi Ave., Signal Mountain, 3 p.m. * Christ Church Episcopal, 663 Douglas St., Chattanooga, 7:30 p.m.
The Tennessee Chamber Chorus will present multiple performances of its holiday concert, “Gaudete!,” this week in Cleveland, Knoxville and Chattanooga.
Chattanooga audiences will be treated to a matinee and evening show on Saturday, Dec. 17, at St. Timothy’s Episcopal on Signal Mountain and at Christ Church Episcopal, respectively. The Cleveland performance is tonight, Dec. 15, at St. Luke’s Episcopal.
“Gaudete” is the Latin word for “rejoice,” and the concert is a celebration of the season. The program will feature familiar music of Gustav Holst, Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Stanford and others, along with a carol sing-along and new arrangements of holiday favorites by composers including Ola Gjeilo, Dan Forrest and Abbie Betinis.
Knoxville-based organist Joshua Sumter will accompany the choir as well as perform solo selections by Andrew Carter and Harrison Oxley.