Holiday Pops Concert at Mechanics Hall Features Student Singers from Holy Cross

The Mass Symphony Orchestra will present the 26th annual Holiday Pops Concert at Mechanics Hall on Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. Worcester State College professor Christie Nigro, will direct the choir comprised of students from the College of the Holy Cross, Clark University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Worcester State. The choir will perform classic symphonic works; selections from Broadway musicals; and favorite music of the holiday season, conducted by Alton Baggett.

This year, there will be about 100 singers in the choir, 16 of which are part of the Holy Cross Chamber Singers.

Professor Nigro will talk about the concert on "Worcester: Academically Speaking," a weekly radio program educating the larger central Massachusetts community about the "intellectual capital" of the region’s colleges, on WTAG-AM 580 on Nov. 27 at 7:30 a.m.

Floor table seating tickets are $39 each; balcony seating tickets are $34 each. For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.masymphony.org or call MT Plante Ticket Agency at 508-752-0888.