One of your go-to's for music in Door County during the summer months is decking its Juniper Hall with boughs of holly. Birch Creek Music Performance Center is preparing for a twin bill of Christmas concerts on December 7th. For the matinee performance at 2:30 p.m., faculty members from the Percussion, Steel Pan, and World Music session will take center stage for its own take on Christmas music with the vocalist Cynthia Stiehl, pianist Sandy Bader and the Door County Community Handbell Choir joining them. At 7 p.m., the Door County Community Handbell Choir will offer an encore performance in addition to brass and percussion faculty members playing festive tunes featuring trombonist Ignacio del Rey Tomas Biosca as a guest musician. For shows that are relatively recent additions to the Birch Creek calendar, Executive Director Mona Christensen says they have grown to be Christmas traditions for residents and visitors.

Unlike the majority of your Christmas shopping, Christensen warns that you cannot procrastinate when it comes to buying tickets because the shows consistently sell out. You can listen to our full interview with Christensen here.