Holiday Programming

12/24/18 - Christmas Eve

6am - 10am Mat Hopson hosting Morning Edition with weather and traffic and special news programming from the WEMU News Team
10am - 12pm 89.1 Jazz with Michael Jewett and special holiday tunes
12pm - 2pm Daniel Long hosts "The Break" with holiday flavor mixed in
2pm - 4pm 89.1 Jazz with Michael Jewett and a Bluestime to help chase away the holiday blues
4pm - 8pm "Tinsel Tales" from NPR (an annual holiday tradition featuring NPR voices, past and present, telling stories of the season.)
8pm - 9pm "Joy to the World: Holiday in Pink" (nondenominational holiday music with Pink Martini featuring ATC host Air Shapiro)
9pm - 10pm "Big Tiny Desk Holiday Special" (looking back at holiday themed performances from artists that have visited the Tiny Desk this year)
10pm - 11pm "All Songs Considered Holiday Extravaganza" (annual holiday music show compiled by the ASC staff)
11pm - 12pm "A Christmas Carol with Jonathon Winters" (A distinctive reading of "A Christmas Carol," using a special performing edition prepared by Dickens for his own presentations)

12/25/18 Christmas Day

6am - 9am Mat Hopson hosting ME with weather and traffic and special news programming from the WEMU News Team

9am - 10am "A Choral Christmas with Stile Antico" (award-winning choir from London, pays a visit to St. Paul's Church on Harvard Square for a concert of radiant sacred music for the Christmas season)
10am - 11am "An Afro Blue Christmas" (Howard University's acappela group performs a variety of holiday songs including African-American spirituals, jazz and pop tunes, and classical repertoire)
11am - 12pm "Christmas with the Morehouse & Spelman Glee Clubs" (the choirs of Morehouse and Spelman Colleges get together to present a spine-tingling concert program)
12pm - 1pm "Jazz Piano Christmas" (It's a special family affair at this year's holiday concert that features Jason Moran, Booker T Jones, James Francies and 1 more surprise guest)
1pm - 3pm "A Paul Winter Solstice Concert Celebration" (Celebrate the return of the sun with an encore performance recorded in the world’s largest Gothic cathedral)
3pm - 4pm "Holiday Standard Time with Michael Feinstein" (An hour-long celebration of the American holiday songbook with rarely heard recordings from singer/songwriters)
4pm - 5pm "A World Cafe Holiday" (Special one of a kind holiday performances from big-name artists including Jack Johnson, Carole King, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, The Oh-Hellos and more)
5pm - 6pm "All Songs Considered Holiday Extravaganza" (annual holiday music show compiled by the ASC staff)
6pm - 7pm "Big Tiny Desk Holiday Special" (looking back at holiday themed performances from artists that have visited the Tiny Desk this year)
7pm - 8pm "Festivo Altlatino: Cantigas In Concert" (a special holiday concert featuring the 20 piece choral ensemble Choral Cantigas. Also includes stories about holiday traditions and cultures)
8pm - 9pm "A Choral Christmas with Stile Antico" (award-winning choir from London, pays a visit to St. Paul's Church on Harvard Square for a concert of radiant sacred music for the Christmas season)
9pm - 10pm "An Afro Blue Christmas" (Howard University's acappela group performs a variety of holiday songs including African-American spirituals, jazz and pop tunes, and classical repertoire)
10pm - 11pm "Christmas with the Morehouse & Spelman Glee Clubs" (the choirs of Morehouse and Spelman Colleges get together to present a spine-tingling concert program)
11pm - 12am "Jazz Piano Christmas" (It's a special family affair at this year's holiday concert that features Jason Moran, Booker T Jones, James Francies and 1 more surprise guest)

New Year's Eve

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