Join the Michigan Mandolin Orchestra based in for their 2023 Christmas Concert Series – The Grand Rapids based MMO, a sixteen piece orchestra with mandolins, mandolas, mandocellos, guitars and bass is led by Michigan’s mandoliner Brian Oberlin. A highlight of the concert is the collaboration with the Kalamazoo Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra (KMGO) and together the musical crew will constitute 30+ musicians. They will perform the epic first movement of Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony and Leroy Anderson’s masterfully orchestrated medley, A Christmas Festival. The orchestra will also delve into Christmas favorites that swing and sing-a-along as well as selections from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite and Mendelssohn’s Christmas Pieces (opus 72). Finally, the concert will feature music director Brian Oberlin and Sallie Bacon playing Christmas duets.