The Austin Symphony Orchestra is combining with the Symphony Chorus, the Riverland Choir and the ASO Children’s Chorus to bring Austin a holiday pop concert titled “Christmas Magic.”

The concert will feature the adult and Riverland choir performing Vivaldi’s “Gloria,” a Christmas favorite. There will also be a performance of Robert Shaw and Robert Russell lBennett selection of well-known carols from the “Many Moods of Christmas Suites.”

The children’s choir will perform three pieces from various traditions: An English Wassail song, a Colombian carol and the African American Spiritual, “Go Tell It on the Mountain.”

All the choirs will then come together to perform “In The Bleak Midwinter.”

The orchestra will present “Music from the Movies,” a concert medley featuring some of the most memorable songs and themes from holiday classics like “Home Alone,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” “Miracle on 34th Street,” “The Polar Express,” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”

Added to that will be a performance of “Christmas Eve Suite: Polonaise,” by Rimsky-Korsakov and “The Christmas Song,” performed by Mel Thorme and Robert Wells.

The show is at 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon at Knowlton Auditorium in Austin High School. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door for adults and $10 in advance for college students and $12 at the door. Students K-12 are admitted free. Kindergarten to 5-years-old need to be accompanied by an adult.

Joining The College Choir

The College Choir is Riverland’s concert choir and is open to all students without an audition.

This group focuses on improving singing technique and music reading skills while studying a broad range of choral works. The choir has collaborated numerous times with area musicians and ensembles and has sung in festivals at Lincoln Center in 2003 and 2012 and at Carnegie Hall in 2000 and 2014.