NEW YORK—Fordham University is ushering in the holiday season with two performances of its Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 8 p.m. at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Manhattan, and on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 3 p.m. at the University Church on the Rose Hill campus.

The annual concert will feature the Fordham University Choir, Fordham University Liturgical Choir, Fordham University Women’s Choir and the Bronx Arts Ensemble. Students from the Fordham/Ailey B.F.A. in dance program will perform at the Dec. 3 concert. No tickets are required for admission, but an early arrival is advised. For more information, call 718-817-4504.

DATE:     SATURDAY, DEC. 3
TIME:      8 P.M.
PLACE:  ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE CHURCH
               COLUMBUS AVE. AT 60TH ST., NEW YORK

DATE:     SUNDAY, DEC. 4
TIME:      3 P.M.
PLACE:  UNIVERSITY CHURCH
               ROSE HILL CAMPUS
               441 EAST FORDHAM ROAD, BRONX
 
The University Concert Band and Orchestra will perform a variety of classical and contemporary instrumental music on Friday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. in the Leonard Theatre on the Rose Hill campus. The free concert given by over ninety Fordham musicians will include works of Bach, Holst as well as "Sleigh Ride", a Charlie Brown Christmas medley and a Christmas finale.

DATE:     FRIDAY, DEC. 2
TIME:      7 P.M.
PLACE:   LEONARD THEATRE
               ROSE HILL CAMPUS
               441 EAST FORDHAM ROAD, BRONX, N.Y.

Marymount's finest musicians will also jingle in the holiday spirit, offering their own free concert on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Pepsico Theatre in Rita Hall on the Tarrytown campus.

DATE:     SUNDAY, DEC. 4
TIME:       7:30 P.M.
PLACE:   PEPSICO THEATRE
               MARYMOUNT CAMPUS, TARRYTOWN, N.Y.

Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to approximately 15,800 students in its five undergraduate colleges and its six graduate and professional schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx, Manhattan and Tarrytown, and the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y.
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