Central College’s music program welcomes the public to their 50th annual Christmas Candlelight Concerts later this week.

A Cappella Choir, Chamber Singers, and College Community Orchestra will perform these special concerts Thursday through Saturday in Des Moines and on Central’s campus. Professor of music and M. Joan Kuyper Farver Endowed Chair in Music Mark Babcock and orchestra director Phil Peters will direct this winter classic. The first performance will be on Thursday at 7:30 pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Des Moines. A pre-concert reception for alumni begins at 6:45 pm. The two Christmas Candlelight Concerts in Pella will be at 7:30 pm on Friday and Saturday in Douwstra Auditorium. 

Tickets for adults are $15, students up to age 12 and senior citizens are $12, and admission is free to those who present a Central ID.