The Washington Chorus and Music Director Julian Wachner will mark the holidays in style. He and his 200-voice choir, accompanied by brass, pipe organ and percussion, will celebrate their annual program A Candlelight Christmas at both the Kennedy Center and the Music Center at Strathmore. “There will be candlelight in all of our productions,” said Wachner, who has led the 51-year old chorus in song for the past three years. “The [choir] will process by candlelight down the aisles of the Kennedy Center.”

The performance emphasizes Christmas celebration so that, according to Wachner, “no one is confused about the kind of program it is — as opposed to a holiday program.”