Ring in the holiday season with the UNC Asheville Music Department's annual Holiday Concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, in UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium. The concert will feature UNC Asheville student musical groups performing traditional, secular and sacred holiday carols. Admission is $5 at the door.

A highlight of the concert will be a performance by the UNC Asheville Chamber Singers. This group will showcase selections from their upcoming performance at the White House. The Chamber Singers, who first performed at the White House in 2007, are the only North Carolina group invited back to Washington to perform this year. The group will perform at the White House as well as Walter Reed Memorial Hospital the weekend of December 12-13.

Other Holiday Concert performances include the University Singers and Chamber Orchestra opening with "Shepherd's Pipe Carol" and Cimarosa's double flute concerto. The Chamber Orchestra will also play Beethoven's "Egmont Overture." The Flute Choir will perform "Toyland" and "Pat-a-Pan," followed by holiday tunes by the Brass Quintet and Jazz Big Band.

The University's student vocal jazz ensemble, Studio 18, will sing a number of classic selections, including "Jingle Bells," "Christmas Time is Here" and "Cool Yule." The men's a cappella group, Five Chord Stud, will perform "Silver Bells," while All Girl Staff will sing "Carol of the Bells."

For more information about UNC Asheville's Annual Holiday Concert, call the Music Department at 828/251-6432.