This year’s Kindel Memorial Holiday Concert will be presented by the Blue Ash/Montgomery Symphony Orchestra at the Montgomery Assembly of God Church, 7950 Pfeiffer Road in Montgomery at 7:30 PM on Sunday, December 4. And what a fun evening it is going to be!

Leroy Anderson’s Christmas Festival Overture will put you in the mood for the holidays faster than anything. Then the Orchestra showcases one of the 2009 winners of the Young Artist Competition, 17 year-old Olivia Smith playing the first movement of Mozart’s Concerto in C Major for Oboe and Orchestra. An extraordinarily talented young musician, Olivia has played oboe, English horn, violin, and saxophone in various ensembles, including District Honor Band and Orchestra, OMEA All-State Band, Sycamore Chamber Orchestra, Sycamore Electric Ensemble, Sycamore Marching Band, pit orchestra, and BAYSO. She attended the Double Reed Summer Institute at WVU in 2009 and Interlochen Arts Camp in 2011. She is currently a third-year member of the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra, where she frequently performs as the principal oboist.

The Encore Men’s Quartet returns with carols and festive songs – let’s hear it for Holly, Jolly Christmas! On a more serious note, the Orchestra and the Cincinnati Choral Society join them for David Willock’s lush settings of several beloved traditional carols. The Encore Men’s Quartet is comprised of four Directors of Music from congregations throughout the area – Doug Belland, Hal Hess, Ben Basone and Tom Sherwood. Doug is also the director of the Cincinnati Choral Society.

Ralph Vaughn-Williams lovely Fantasia on Greensleeves and the Festive Sounds of Hanukah complete the program. The concert concludes with a carol sing accompanied by the Orchestra.