Dec 07 2024 to Dec 07 2024 7:30 p.m.

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Price: Rs 499 Book/Buy

Where

Prestige Centre for Performing Arts

Silver Oak Plantation, 25, Mudalappa Street, Anjanadri Layout, Konanakunte, Bengaluru 560062

Event Description

Come start this Christmas season with "Carols at PCPA in association with The Bangalore Men & Cappella Bangalore", two of the finest choirs in the country, as they present Carols in the City, a traditional Christmas concert with some twists, that will surely put you in a festive mood.

Classic carols, rocking jingle bells, puddings and figs, snow and prancing – all of the ingredients to make dark December turn into sparkling Christmas - topped with some sing-a-long where you get to showcase your talent as well!

The Bangalore Men

Choir

An all-male voices ensemble launched in January of 2016, it consists of 20 singers, all with many years of previous experience singing in choirs. Since the start of the choir, they have done more than 70 concerts all over the country in churches and cathedrals, at NCPA Mumbai with the Symphony Orchestra of India, at IIC New Delhi, PCPA Bangalore, Bangalore International Centre and at the Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore.

Cappella Bangalore

Choir

An all-female voices choir, with 24 members, they all have previous experience of singing in choir, and with high ambitions. Their first public performance was in February 2020, participating together with The Bangalore Men, where they performed the finale of Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy together with Austrian-based piano professor Ms. Marialena Fernandes. Since then, the choir has done multiple performances in and around Bangalore as well as at NCPA Mumbai, PCPA Bangalore and in Pondicherry.

Jonas Olsson

Conductor

A resident of Bangalore for over a decade, Jonas Olsson has performed extensively in India, predominantly with a Lieder-repertoire, singing the classics by Schubert, Schumann et al, but also introducing pieces by Scandinavian composers to the audience. Since June2024 he is Artistic Director with Legato School of Music, Bangalore.

Rebecca Thomas Colaco

Pianist

Rebecca Thomas Colaco is Academic Director of Legato School of Music, where she also teaches piano and excels as an accompanist. In addition, she also runs a highly successful ‘Early Music’ program for little children and provides music therapy to special needs persons. She is passionate about everything piano - and has been collaborating with the choirs since many years.