Arts & Entertainment
UMW Philharmonic Set For Limelight
Civil War themed holiday concert featuring renown composer to be broadcast on PBS stations in Virginia. Get your tickets now.
The Philharmonic Holiday POPS concerts, “A Down-Home Christmas,” will be filmed for a PBS holiday special by four-time Emmy-winning producer Jim Brown.
The concert, presented by WVPT, will feature Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, composers and performers from the Grammy-winning “Civil War” mini-series by Ken Burns. Ungar composed and performed “Ashokan Farewell,” the title theme of the soundtrack of the mini-series. The concerts coincide with Civil War Sesquicentennial commemorations.
Producer and director Jim Brown has produced award-winning feature documentaries and television programs for numerous media outlets, including PBS, ABC, Fox, Discovery and the Travel Channel.
The concerts will be held on Thursday, December 8 and Friday, December 9 at George Washington Hall’s Dodd Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://philharmonic.umw.edu or call (540) 654-1012.
-Courtesy UMW Office of News and Public Information
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
