Southwest Symphony: Sounds of the Season

The Southwest Symphony's holiday concert, Sounds of the Season, plays Friday and Saturday, December 11 and 12, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at the America First Performing Arts Center, 325 S 700 E in St. George, with a pre-show at 6:30 p.m. both nights. The featured artist is Lillian Breeze, a 16-year-old soprano who sings classical crossover and pop opera and who has performed with Kurt Bestor, Jenny Oaks Baker and David Foster. The orchestra's program opens with Leroy Anderson's A Christmas Festival and continues with Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Greensleeves, Schubert's Ave Maria, character dances from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, Sleigh Ride and the Hallelujah chorus from Handel's Messiah. After intermission come a suite from The Polar Express, Somewhere in My Memory from Home Alone, O Holy Night and Christmas the Whole Year 'Round. The concert is sponsored by Whittaker Travel; Snow, Jensen and Reece; and Litehouse. Tickets are sold through the symphony's website. Breeze is also the guest at A Kurt Bestor Christmas in the same hall on December 14. See our Christmas events guide for more.