Holiday Garden: Featuring Chamber Choir & Bells of the Cascades Handbell Choir

Like a winter garden in full bloom, “Holiday Garden” celebrates the many colors and traditions of the holiday season. The internationally acclaimed and award-winning Portland State Chamber Choir and Bells of the Cascades combine for an evening featuring choir, handbells, and organ in a program that highlights each ensemble individually before bringing them together in festive collaboration. This highly diverse program includes cherished carols and selections from Handel’s Messiah to contemporary holiday music, Disney music—and even the haunting sounds of Scandinavian gothic rock. Classics Today calls The Portland State Chamber Choir “amongst the finest choirs in the world.” Since its founding in 1975, the Chamber Choir has performed and competed in venues across the country and around the world, earning over 30 medals and awards in international choir competitions including being the only American choir to have won the Seghizzi International Competition for Choral Singing in Italy in 2013, and the Bali International Choral Festival in Indonesia in 2017. Warm, joyful, contemplative, and surprising, Holiday Garden is a musical celebration of the season in all its variety.