Holidays on Peachtree Street
Holidays on Peachtree Street
Atlanta Freedom Bands kicks off its 33rd season with “Holidays on Peachtree Street”, featuring seasonal selections that highlight the landmarks along our city’s most famous street. Peachtree Street is always aglow with holiday lights and happenings. Our program takes us from the elegance of the Fox Theatre to the dizzying heights of the Westin Peachtree Plaza hotel. Along the way we take in the madness of the DragonCon parade, the memory of Backstreet, and the mayhem of SnowMageddon. We even take a side trip along to the famous Royal Peacock on Auburn Avenue for a night with Ray Charles.
AFB is proud to welcome our new Artistic Director O’Shae Best to the podium, conducting the band in his first concert. Mr. Best is the Director of Bands at Fayetteville High School and brings a wealth of experience conducting in the middle school, high school, and collegiate settings to AFB. We know you will enjoy meeting him and seeing his artistic influence on the band.
AFB will welcome Victoria Lemos as your host and tour guide to all the sights. Victoria hosts the Archive Atlanta podcast, and she is looking forward to telling you some of the hidden histories behind these famous places. You will leave educated and entertained!
The tenth season of AFB’s Student Composer Residency Program will kick off with the world premiere of “Midnight Snowfall”, a new work by Jacob Cirabisi, a music major at the University of West Georgia. You won’t want to miss the chance to meet this up-and-coming compositional talent.
AFB’s Season 33 concerts have the unifying theme “No Places Like Home”, with each celebrating a place we call home. Our holiday concert celebrates the City of Atlanta, and we will follow in March with “Georgia on our Minds” and in June with “Americans We”. We hope to see you at all of them.
Get your tickets today for this exciting and fun concert!
(They make great gifts, too!)
Tickets are $20 general admission, $15 seniors, $10 students.
The concert will also stream live from AFB’s YouTube channel.
The program features:
“A Christmas Festival” by Leroy Anderson
“O Magnum Mysterium” by Morten Lauridsen
Selections from “The Polar Express” by Alan Silvestri
“Let it Snow” & “Winter Wonderland”, arr. Ralph Ford
“A Hanukkah Festival” by Christ Bernotas
“Winter Milky Way” by Yukiko Nishimura
“Diminished Minor Alterations” by David Lovrien
“Disco Christmas” by Bill Holcombe
Selections from “The Nutcracker Suite” by Peter Tchaikovsky
“Christmas and Sousa Forever!” by Julie Giroux
“Auld Lang Syne”, arr. Sam Baltzer
ACCESSIBILITY
An accessible entrance is available with a flat path from the parking deck behind the church to the rear door into the concert area and to the restrooms. The standard complement of symphonic percussion will be in use. The concert will not have special effects or lighting. For accessibility questions, please email development@atlantafreedombands.com.
| GETTING HERE Parking is available in a pay deck behind the church. Overflow parking is available at the Asta Parking lot at Highland and Briarcliff Place and along the many nearby streets in the Virginia Highland neighborhood. Open Google Maps > | VIEW THE PROGRAM Concert programs are available the week before the show so you can read more about the pieces and composers. Download the Digital Concert Program > |
| DINNER AND A SHOW Support our favorite neighborhood restaurants before the show. Make your pre-show dinner plans at these fine locations. View our Recommendations > | WATCH THE STREAM All of AFB’s 33rd season concerts will stream live on our YouTube channel. The stream will be available for a short time after the concert. Stream the Concert > |
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“Holidays on Peachtree Street” is supported in part by the City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Funding for this program is also provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of Fulton County Arts & Culture. This program is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency – the National Endowment for the Arts.