The Holiday Pops Concert is set for Dec. 10.

Holiday tunes will float through the air like midwinter snowflakes as the North Carolina Symphony takes the stage at UNC Asheville for its popular Holiday Pops concert. The performance will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, at UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium. The 2009 tour will stop in Asheville for one night only.

Guest soprano Rozyln Sorrell and guest conductor Jeffrey Pollock will join with world-class musicians for a performance of classical and traditional holiday music. The show will feature pieces to celebrate Hanukkah and Kwanzaa as well as Christmas carols. A highlight of the performance will be an audience sing-along of three popular Yuletide songs.

Sorrell's six-octave range will be featured in several arrangements during the performance, including "The Christmas Song." She has performed and recorded with such noted artists as Barbara Streisand, Whitney Houston and Al Jarreau. Prior to moving to North Carolina, Sorrell was a principle cast member in the "Glory of Christmas" and "Glory of Easter" at the famed Crystal Cathedral in California.

Pollock has served as associate conductor with the Fort Wayne Symphony Orchestra, assistant conductor with the North Carolina Symphony and featured conductor with the American Symphony Orchestra League. He has appeared as a guest conductor across the U.S. and in the Ukraine, in addition to working with operas in Maryland, Delaware and North Carolina.

At this performance of Holiday Pops, Progress Energy, a statewide supporter of the North Carolina Symphony, will promote their Energy Neighbor Fund. For 26 years, this fund has assisted needy individuals and families with paying their home energy bills. One dollar from every ticket sold will go toward helping local families stay warm this winter.

Additional sponsors include Capital Bank, Campus Crest Communities at Asheville LLC and Our State magazine.

Tickets are on sale now and seating is very limited. General admission tickets to the concert are $25 or $10 for children ages 12 and younger. To reserve tickets by phone, call UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union Box Office at 828/232-5000. To purchase tickets online, visit www.uncatickets.com.

For more information on UNC Asheville's Cultural & Special Events season, call 828/251-6991 or click on www.unca.edu/culturalarts/.