Whether you’re humming along to familiar classics or discovering new favorites, this concert will bring joy and the spirit of the season to all ages. And show your holiday spirit if you’d like to enter the "Ugly Sweater" competition—you canhave a chance of winning a fun prize for the best (or worst!) holiday sweater in the crowd.

SVFMC Artistic Director Charlie Kim talked about how he chose the repertoire for the concert: “The poem ‘A Visit from Saint Nicholas’ a.k.a. ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ has always intrigued me because it has great descriptive language and evokes a feeling of anticipation. Once I focused on the poem, the music revealed itself and I made selections based on the hectic preparations and excitement leading up to the hushed moments right before Saint Nicholas arrives.”

Julie Barnett, SFVMC Executive Director, noted that her biggest wish for this season’s concert is “to see people who have never heard us sing before come and check out our performance. We are always keen on spreading music and joy to our San Fernando Valley community and we wish to make hearing our music and voices available to everyone!”

Artistic Director Charlie Kim is a musician of many disciplines. He was comfortable singing in front of audiences before learning to read, and has played piano since age 8. With deep roots in Western classical piano performance, choral music, and musical theater, Charlie studied opera in university. He now serves as music director, conductor, educator, and community liaison, as well as performing as a vocal soloist in concert and theater for major performance organizations throughout the city of Los Angeles such as the Los Angeles Opera and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. Charlie is a SAG-AFTRA session singer that can be heard on works such as Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Muppets Mayhem, Tiger’s Apprentice, The Marvels, and Haunted Mansion. Kim assumed artistic control of the now 47-year-old San Fernando Valley Master Chorale in 2016 after returning from five years of graduate studies in Dallas-Fort Worth. During his tenure, SFVMC has made great strides in
unifying the San Fernando Valley performing arts by collaborating on live musical events with other valley arts organizations including the Los Angeles Symphonic Winds, Valley Opera & Performing Arts, the San Fernando

Valley Youth Chorus, and the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
The San Fernando Valley Master Chorale is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to foster community engagement and pride in the San Fernando Valley through high-quality performances of choral masterworks, traditional, gospel, new music, and songs from around the world. Music speaks another deeper language, and the group strives to cultivate open minds, ears, and hearts to enjoy and explore a diverse array of music in the San Fernando Valley and the wider music communities of Los Angeles and Southern California.

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Sunday, December 8th, 3:00 PM, First Presbyterian Church of Encino, 4963 Balboa Blvd, Encino, CA 91316. Tickets $20 (children 6 and under free) https://www.sfvmc.com/The San Fernando Valley Master Chorale (SFVMC) will bring the classic holiday poem "The Night Before Christmas" to life through enchanting and hilariously fun choral music on Sunday, December 8th