Community Calendar

Start your holiday season off with The Gift of Christmas, a Tulsa tradition for the whole family. Sing along to your favorite Christmas classics and experience the retelling of the birth of Jesus as the Asbury Choir & Orchestra and Tulsa’s own LeAnne Taylor share the message of God’s greatest GIFT to us.

Handel’s Messiah annual performance is Monday, December 4th 8pm, in Muskogee St. Paul Methodist Church. Featured soloists include Sarah Coburn, Scott and Kim LaGraff, and Rodney Westbrook, with organist Vickie Smith. Ineta Bebb is Chorus Director. The Tulsa Pipes and Drums will be featured as well.

While there is no charge for admission, donations are encouraged, which go towards scholarships to HS seniors interested in music. Over the years more than $2,500 have been awarded by Muskogee Community Chorus and Tom Yadon Foundation.

Talk of Tulsa Show Chorus, an award-winning women’s chorus, invites you to “ A Cool Yule”, a cabaret show on Thursday, December 7 at 6:00 PM at Venue 918, 11505 East 43rd St.

Spend a casual evening with light refreshments, cash bar, auction and raffle while enjoying a cappella style holiday favorites! Tickets at http//:www.talkoftulsa.org or contact 918-645-0488.

Celebrate the emergence of the holiday season with Christmas in Tulsa, a concert that promises timeless holiday favorites for a magical night with friends and family. The Tulsa Opera Signature Chorale joins the Signature Symphony and the whole evening will conclude with our annual holiday sing-a-long. With any luck, we may have a special visitor from the North Pole as well …

A graduate from Baylor University, David Phelps is credited among today’s most spectacular voices. His seemingly endless vocal range, which extends more than three octaves, coupled with his gift for communicating a song, has brought the house down in the world’s most prestigious venues. For nearly 20 years, David served as a member of the popular and prestigious Gaither Vocal Band, and during that time received numerous Dove Awards, two Grammy Awards, and multiple platinum-selling recording projects. As a solo artist, he received 2009 Dove Award nominations for Male Vocalist of the Year and Long Form Video for the Christmas DVD, “O Holy Night” to add to his many awards and honors. Since 2012, David has topped the Billboard charts time and time again with releases like: the 2012 live DVD “Classic” (#1), the 2015 live DVD “Freedom” (#1), the 2017 live DVD “The Best Of David Phelps” (#1 topping such popular video releases as The Beatles’ “Eight Days A Week”), and most recently the 2018 live DVD “It Must Be Christmas” (#2). The various recordings have been featured on numerous television networks.

Celebrate the emergence of the holiday season with Christmas in Tulsa, a concert that promises timeless holiday favorites for a magical night with friends and family. The Tulsa Opera Signature Chorale joins the Signature Symphony and the whole evening will conclude with our annual holiday sing-a-long. With any luck, we may have a special visitor from the North Pole as well …

This concert features an adaptation of Georges Bizet’s fiery and controversial Carmen by Rodion Schedrin, where the opera is now transformed into ballet and features strings and percussion to convey this passionate work. The Tulsa Youth Symphony joins the Signature Symphony on the first part of the program featuring the zesty rhythms of Astor Piazzolla and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, a work that utilizes two string orchestras and a solo quartet to pay a mesmerizingly beautiful homage to English composer Thomas Tallis.

This all-Beethoven and Beethoven-influenced program was inspired by immersive theater experiences that are now found all over the globe. Culminating in a performance of Beethoven’s monumental Ninth symphony and its resounding message of unity and hope, director Vern Stefanic joins the Signature Symphony to immerse you in the fascinating story of Beethoven’s life leading up to his final symphony.

Take an exhilarating ride spanning decades through Broadway’s greatest hits! This concert features the Tulsa Sings! finalists alongside Scott Coulter, one of New York’s most honored vocalists. In this season finale, the incredible vocal talent of Tulsa is highlighted and you have the opportunity to vote for the competition’s audience favorite.