Saturday, December 2, 2023, 4 PM

Street and Davis Performance Hall, Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre

THIS PERFORMANCE HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.

PROGRAM NOTEs

View the program for this event here.

David Stewart Wiley, conductor

Mark your calendars! This much-anticipated audience favorite returns to the Moss, filling the Fife with holiday cheer as only the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and its Holiday Pops program can. A cherished tradition for families and friends throughout Southwest Virginia, audiences of all ages love this spirited holiday event.

The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, western Virginia’s professional symphony orchestra, continues to receive standing ovations and critical acclaim. Under the baton of Music Director David Stewart Wiley, the orchestra has earned a reputation for its distinctive programming, performances of traditional repertoire, and Pops concerts featuring the best in jazz, R&B, and country music performed by high-profile guest artists.

The orchestra’s mission is to enrich lives, educate and entertain diverse audiences in western Virginia with the highest quality instrumental and choral concerts, and to enhance traditional performances with innovative programming. 

The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra performs its annual "Holiday Pops Spectacular" at the Moss Arts Center. In the foreground, an older man with salt and pepper hair plays the violin.
The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra performs its annual "Holiday Pops Spectacular" at the Moss Arts Center.
The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra performs its annual "Holiday Pops Spectacular" at the Moss Arts Center. The 2022 soloist, a Black woman in a silver dress, lifts both arms above her head and smiles towards the crowd. Behind her, conductor David Stewart Wiley, a white man with shoulder length greying blonde hair, looks over the orchestra in a silver blazer and red bow tie.
The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra performs its annual "Holiday Pops Spectacular" at the Moss Arts Center.
The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra performs its annual "Holiday Pops Spectacular" at the Moss Arts Center. In the foreground is part of the string section.
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Akemi Takayama, an Asian woman with dark brown hair pulled back into an updo, wears a black velvet jacket over a black dress and smiles into the house while holding her violin and bow.
The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra performs its annual "Holiday Pops Spectacular" at the Moss Arts Center. In the foreground, the 2022 soloist, a Black woman in a floor-length silver dress, sings while David Stewart Wiley conducts from a red sleigh nearby.
The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra performs its annual "Holiday Pops Spectacular" at the Moss Arts Center.
The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra performs its annual "Holiday Pops Spectacular" at the Moss Arts Center.
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The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra has performed annually at the Moss Arts Center since our opening in 2013.

Photos by Susi Lawson