Register for free or pay what you can to enjoy this festival celebration with a full choir and orchestra! The Skylands Chorale is proud to present their winter concert weekend on December 5 and 6, 2026. lluminations will feature two cornerstones of 20th-century choral music alongside stunning arrangements of familiar holiday favorites. Both performances will take place at 4:00pm at the Community Presbyterian Church of Ringwood, NJ.

The concert starts in a burst of excitement with Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, a vibrant and deeply moving masterpiece that juxtaposes soaring melodies with energetic, syncopated rhythms. Divided into three movements, it highlights complete and excerpted texts from the Book of Psalms, sung in Hebrew. Following will be John Rutter’s transcendent Gloria, another brilliant and celebratory three-movement work filled with triumphant brass fanfares and exquisite vocal harmonies. The concert closes with contemporary arrangements of two beloved staples of the holiday season. O Holy Night (Arr. Phillip Steffani) presents a lush and emotionally stirring rendition of the Christmas classic. The finale, Festival First Noel (Arr. Dan Forrest), is a magnificent, cinematic reimagining of the traditional English carol. 

We hope you will join us for an unforgettable evening of luminous music that is sure to leave you glowing!