University's 58th Annual Noel Night Concert Saturday, Dec. 6
The University of Scranton's 58th annual Noel Night concert is scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Houlihan-McLean Center in downtown Scranton. Doors for the performance open at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis.Continuing a beloved holiday season tradition, Performance Music at The University of Scranton will present its 58th annual Noel Night concert on Saturday, Dec. 6. The concert will begin at 8 p.m. in the University’s Houlihan-McLean Center, Mulberry Street and Jefferson Avenue, downtown Scranton. Doors open at 7 p.m. and prelude begins at 7:05 p.m. Admission is free with seating on a first-come, first-seated basis.
Considered the University’s Christmas gift to the community, Noel Night has been a must-attend event for many Scranton-area residents since its founding almost 60 years ago by the Rev. Edward Gannon, S.J.
Noel Night features The University of Scranton Singers with preludes this year performed by the String Orchestra and Flute Ensemble. Outdoor instrumental caroling by members of the University Bands will greet audience members as they arrive. The concert will also feature guest harpist Marg Davis and pianist Ron Stabinsky.
Davis is a multi-genre harpist based in Houston, Texas. She performs regularly with professional orchestras such as the Houston, Kansas City and St. Louis Symphonies, as well as in solo, choral and chamber music performances throughout North America. She has collaborated with jazz guitarist and vocalist Vilray on his debut single, “Even in the Evening.” Davis graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in Harp from The Juilliard School and earned her Master of Music degree from Yale School of Music.
Stabinsky is probably best known nationally as a member of the notorious band “Mostly Other People Do The Killing,” the reunited rock band “Meat Puppets,” Relache Ensemble and The Peter Evans Ensemble. A classical solo and orchestral pianist, a straight-ahead jazz musician, occasionally a rock musician and an accomplished free improviser, he enjoys making music in stylistically diverse situations throughout the United States and Europe with a wide variety of musicians and ensembles.
According to Performance Music conductor and artistic director Cheryl Y. Boga, the program will continue its tradition of performances of a variety of sacred selections interspersed with readings of Nativity texts. Included in the program are musical works by J.S. Bach, Judith Clurman, Dan Forrest, Noël Goemanne, Stephen Paulus, Saint Saëns, Mark Sirett and André Thomas.
The primary focus of Performance Music at The University of Scranton is its student choral and instrumental performing ensembles. There is no music major at the University and all enrolled University of Scranton students are eligible for membership in the bands, choirs and string ensembles, with neither an audition nor enrollment fee required for membership. Hundreds of students participate in the ensembles each year.
For more information on Noel Night, call 570-941-7624, email music@scranton.edu or visit the Performance Music website.
IF YOU GO:
What: 58th annual Noel Night concert, presented by Performance Music at The University of Scranton
When: Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, 8 p.m. (doors open at 7, prelude begins at 7:05)
Where: Houlihan-McLean Center, Mulberry Street and Jefferson Avenue, downtown Scranton
Admission: Free
