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BYU Harp Ensemble will present Christmas recital Dec. 4

Brigham Young University's Harp Ensemble presents its Christmas concert on Saturday, Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall.

Admission is free and open to the public. The concert consists of songs played by small groups and solo harpists.

The Recital Hall will be ringing with traditional Christmas carols with unexpected twists that will make listeners laugh and remember, according to director ShruDeLi Ownby.

The program inludes "Jingle Bells," "Carol of the Bells," "Coventry Carol," "Greensleeves," "Ave Maria" and "Silent Night."

Members of the ensemble will be directed by Ownby with Anamae Anderson and Maria Phippen as assistants.

For more information contact ShruDeLi Ownby at (801) 422-2979.

Writer: Rebekah Hanson

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