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A Carolina Christmas
A Carolina Christmas:
Home for the Holidays
Saturday
Nov 29, 2025
7:30 PM
Winston-Salem Symphony
Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus
Michelle Merrill Conductor
Tony DeSare Vocals
Music Director Michelle Merrill’s spin on traditional holiday favorites for orchestra and chorus features jazz and popular vocalist Tony DeSare, who brings jazz club intimacy, Carnegie Hall glamour, and Vegas glitz right home to Reynolds on Thanksgiving weekend. Plus, Santa will be there, and you can wear your favorite holiday sweater and get a pic before the show!
This concert is also a food drive to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC and those in our community facing food insecurity. Please remember to bring a non-perishable food item (or several!) to donate in one of Second Harvest’s marked bins in the lobby. Thanks!
Pre-Concert Conversation
Saturday at 6:30 PM
All audience members are invited to join us in the Chorus Rehearsal Room located just inside the north entrance of Reynolds Auditorium, for a lively discussion about the music and surrounding context. Wake Forest University musicologist Dr. Megan Francisco is your guide—pre-concert talks are free to attend, but seating is limited, so arrive early!
Saturday
Nov 29
7:30 PM
Venue
Reynolds Auditorium
301 N. Hawthorn Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27104
Rideshare and Dining
Tony DeSare, vocalist
Tony DeSare performs with infectious joy, wry playfulness and robust musicality. Named Rising Star Male Vocalist in Downbeat magazine, DeSare has lived up to this distinction by winning critical and popular acclaim for his concert performances throughout North America and abroad. From jazz clubs to Carnegie Hall to Las Vegas and headlining major symphony orchestras, DeSare has brought his fresh take on old school class around the globe. DeSare has four top-ten Billboard jazz albums under his belt and has been featured on the CBS Early Show, NPR, A Prairie Home Companion, the Today Show and his music has been posted by social media celebrity juggernaut, George Takei. DeSare has also collaborated with Youtube supergroup Postmodern Jukebox. He has been a featured guest artist with over 100 symphony orchestras with some highlights including the Cleveland Orchestra, The New York Pops, The San Francisco Symphony, The Houston Symphony, the Chicago Symphony.