Good News Choruses Fill Croton, Ossining Churches With Holiday Joy

Three concerts, one for each day of your weekend, herald in the Christmas season in Ossining and Croton:

On Friday, Dec. 13:

"Maryknoll Welcomes The Birth Of Jesus To The Lower Hudson Valley” with an annual Christmas concert featuring religious, traditional music from the Maryknoll Choir and local musicians. Audience participation in “singing the joy of the Christmas season” is encouraged.

Our Lady Queen of Apostles Chapel, 55 Ryder Road in Ossining, 8 p.m.

Admission is free and neighbors of all faiths are welcome. Reservations are not required. Light refreshments will be served after the concert. Santa Claus will greet the children and the young at heart. The Maryknoll Gift Shop will open at 6 p.m. for pre-concert shopping.

For more information, visit the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers online. Follow them on Facebook.

On Saturday, Dec. 14:

The Croton Chorale presents its 14th annual benefit performance of part of the first of Handel’s Messiah along with a Community Christmas Carol Sing. The performance features soloists Bruce Edward Stevenson, tenor; Nathan Baer, bass; Wilma Messenger, alto; Claire Collins, soprano and Julie Majchrzyk, soprano.

The evening concludes with audience, chorale and orchestra joining together to sing beloved, classic Christmas carols.

The Asbury United Methodist Church, 17 Old Post Road South, Croton-on-Hudson, 8 p.m. 

Contribution: Adults $20; Students/Senior $10; Children under 12 free. Proceeds of the performance will be donated to the Croton Caring Committee to emulate the first London performance of Messiah which gave to a fund “for Decaying Musicians and their families.”

On Sunday, Dec. 15

The Landmark service of Lessons and Carols will take place at Trinity Episcopal Church at 4PM with an extended prelude of handbell music provided by the Bethel Bells starting at 3:40PM. 

“The handbell prelude concert last year was so well received that we have invited the Bethel Bells to return to us this year. The clergy from the other local Episcopal parishes will be present and it appears that the choir for this year's Lessons and Carols will be topping 30 singers!”

Rick Tripodi will be accompanying the "Messiah" choruses on Trinity's magnificent 24-rank pipe organ with Marcus Roman on trumpet, among many other musical treats.

Following the service, there will be a grand reception in the Parish Hall.

Trinity Episcopal Church, 7 South Highland Avenue (Route 9) right in the center of Ossining at the intersection of Main Street/Croton Avenue/Highland Avenue, 3:40 p.m. The parking lot, located behind the church, can be entered via Ellis Place, or there is ample street parking. 

For more information please go to or call 914-941-0806. And as always, this is a free event, but donations are gladly accepted. www.trinityossining.org

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