Johns Creek Symphony's Annual Christmas Gala Concert!

The Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra will continue its 2019-2020 season by celebrating the Most Wonderful Time of the Year with its CHRISTMAS GALA CONCERT on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at the Johns Creek United Methodist Church, 11180 Medlock Bridge Road in Johns Creek. Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. and the concert begins at 7:30 p.m.

This family-friendly concert, conducted by Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra Music Director J. Wayne Baughman, will include holiday favorites that will be enjoyed by both the young and young-at-heart. In the Boston Pops style, this performance will include a variety of seasonal, sacred, and secular music, including “Joy to the World,” “A Sentimental Christmas Journey,” “See Amid the Winter's Snow,” “White Christmas,” “Sleigh Ride,” and much more. Guest artists include soprano Bevin Hill and the Johns Creek Chorale, directed by Nathan Frank.

TICKETS for this public performance range in price from $18-37. Groups of 10 or more receive a 15% discount on tickets. For tickets, call (678) 748-5802 or visit www.johnscreeksymphony.org. This concert is extremely popular, and patrons are strongly encouraged to purchase their tickets well in advance.

Soprano Bevin Hill has gained attention as a performer of great charm and charisma in a variety of leading roles. While frequently cherished for her comedic gifts, being memorably lauded as a “rubber-kneed goddess of slapstick,” Ms. Hill has also been praised for her nuanced acting, technical finesse, and vocal control interpreting tragedienne roles. She launched the 2019 calendar year by performing the world premiere of the aria Feather on the Wind, written specifically for Ms. Hill by composer Thomas Ludwig, at the Ludwig Symphony Orchestra’s Spring Gala Concert.

During the 2017–2018 season, Ms. Hill joined Pacific Opera Project's Lucia di Lammermoor for her debut in the watermark belcanto role of Lucia. Ms. Hill enjoys a strong relationship with Vermont's Opera Company of Middlebury, where she has performed numerous roles including Adina in L'elisir d'amore, Papagena in The Magic Flute, Nella in Gianni Schicchi, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas, and Lisette in La rondine, a performance which earned her praise for her "comedic timing and glorious voice.” Ms. Hill made her New York City debut as Musetta in La bohème with the Martina Arroyo Foundation. She has also performed the roles of Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Ida in Die Fledermaus, and Gretel in Hansel and Gretel with New York Lyric Opera at Symphony Space.

Ms. Hill, an Atlanta native, graduated from Woodward Academy and received her Masters degree in Vocal Performance at Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of acclaimed soprano and director Catherine Malfitano and her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University. Ms. Hill was a 2012 District Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in her home state of Georgia and Regional Semifinalist for the Southeast Region.
Ms. Hill's appearance on the Christmas Gala Concert is generously sponsored by the Stuart Perry Agency, Farmer's Insurance Johns Creek.

JCSO Music Director and Conductor J. Wayne Baughman studied choral and orchestral conducting, earning undergraduate and graduate degrees in music education from the University of Alabama, as well as advanced studies in conducting at the University of Michigan.
Upon his arrival in Atlanta in 1974, Maestro Baughman immediately became involved with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Choruses, and for 25 years he was a frequent vocal soloist, chorus member, and rehearsal conductor under the guidance of the late Robert Shaw. Well known for his oratorio performances as bass soloist, he collaborated with Maestro Shaw on numerous performance projects, including the Mozart Requiem Mass, J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion, and Handel’s Messiah. In 1990, as bass soloist, Maestro Baughman shared the honor of a Grammy Award for the Telarc recording of Belshazzar’s Feast (Walton) and Chichester Psalms (Bernstein) with Robert Shaw and the ASO.

Now in its thirteenth season, the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra is metro Atlanta’s only fully-professional, part-time symphonic orchestra, made up of professional musicians from all over the greater metro Atlanta area. The Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Founder and Music Director J. Wayne Baughman, provides musical enrichment for the community of Johns Creek through a three-concert series of performances, as well as additional educational programs and special events each year.