Holiday music program brightens State Capitol Museum

Get ready for some holiday fun on your next visit to the California State Capitol Museum, 10th Street between L and N streets, Sacramento, in the First Floor Rotunda.

To set a festive stage and spread holiday cheer, beautiful vintage decorations create a lovely backdrop for a variety of diverse and amazing live holiday musical performances in the Capitol Rotunda each day. The performances are free.

Visitors will enjoy live musical entertainment that includes a Salvation Army brass quintet, a Cal-Trans choir (made up of a spirited group of state workers), trombone jazz, world and baroque music, bell-ringers, a harp circle, youth violinists, a number of talented school choirs and many more.

This special holiday experience is made possible by the State Capitol Museum and California State Parks in association with the California State Legislature Joint Rules Committee, the Governor’s Office and the Department of General Services who have worked collaboratively to preserve holiday traditions inside the Capitol.

For a complete performance schedule visit capitolmuseum.ca.gov or call 916-324-0333.

Performance schedule (check Website for updated schedule)

Saturday, Dec. 1 — 11 a.m. Parker Whitney Elementary School Choir, noon Weimar Academy, 1 p.m. Gimme 5! (a cappella quintet) and 2 p.m. Sacramento Valley Concert Choir

Sunday, Dec. 2 — 2 p.m. Girls! Girls! Girls! (female banjo band)

Monday, Dec. 3 — 11 a.m. Cantare Chorale, and noon Lincoln High School Choir

Wednesday, Dec. 5 — 11 a.m. Sacramento Capitolaires (barbershop style harmony), and noon Davis High School Madrigals

Thursday, Dec. 6 — 11 a.m. American River Chorus (barbershop style harmony), and noon Davis HS Advanced Treble Choir

Friday, Dec. 7 — 11 a.m. High Voltage (Broadway style song and dance), and noon Cosumnes River College Chamber Choir

Saturday, Dec. 8 — 11:30 a.m. Sacramento Community Home School Choir, 1 p.m. Sierra Master Singers, and 2 p.m. Sacramento City College Chorale

Sunday, Dec. 9 — 1 p.m. West Sacramento Community Choir, and 2 p.m. Sacramento Woman’s Chorus

Monday, Dec. 10 — 11 a.m. Franklin High School Choir, and noon Roseville Sun City Singers

Tuesday, Dec. 11 — 11 a.m. Sacramento Recorder Society, and noon Vocal Art Ensemble

Wednesday, Dec. 12, 11 a.m. Lodi Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School, and noon U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Thursday, Dec. 13 — 11 a.m. Granite Bay Chime Choir, and noon We Bones (trombone jazz)

Friday, Dec. 14, noon Capital Valley Harp Circle

Saturday, Dec. 15 — 11 a.m. Camellia City Flute Choir, and 1 p.m. River Bells (professional bell ringers)

Sunday, Dec. 16 — noon Sacramento Youth Symphony Symphonic Band

Monday, Dec. 17 — 11 a.m. Forest Lake Christian School Chamber Choir, and noon Davis Chorale and Davis Children’s Chorus

Tuesday, Dec. 18 — 11 a.m. violinist Ray Anthony Trujillo, and noon Salvation Army Brass Quintet

Wednesday, Dec. 19 — 11 a.m. Sacramento Valley Chorus, and noon Pacheco High School Choir

Thursday, Dec. 20 — 11 a.m. Folsom Lake Youth Choir, and noon Cal Trans Choir

Friday, Dec. 21 — 11 a.m. violinist Ron Ortiz and Friends, and noon Sambandha (world music)

Saturday, Dec. 22 — 1 p.m. Sing-a-long with the State Capitol Museum Singers

Sunday, Dec. 23 — TBA

For an updated performance schedule visit capitolmuseum.ca.gov or call 916-324-0333.