Saturday afternoon at 3 PM listen to the Foster City Community Chorus sings a program called “We Are Lights” at Transfiguration Episcopal Church in San Mateo, and repeats it again Sunday afternoon same time and same place.  Ticket information here  and they are $20.

Also on the same weekend Peninsula Cantare performs their holiday program in Palo Alto at the First Baptist Church at 7:30 PM and the following afternoon, 3 PM at Trinity Presbyterian Church in San Carlos.  This is the final concert for Music Director Janice Gunderson, who is retiring and features Mozart Requiem and selections of the Handel messiah and solosits Susanna Jimenez, Soprano; Donia Gariaeff, Alto;  Brian Thorset, Tenor; and Michael Morris, Bass.  Tickets available at the door and are $20 for general admission and $15 for students/seniors.

Masterworks Chorale of San Mateo performs their program, “Carols Around”, the  following weekend, December 11 and 12. The Saturday program is at 8 PM and the Sunday program is at 4 PM, both are at Grace Lutheran Church in Palo Alto.  Buy tickets here and are $20 advance purchase, $25 at the door, and $10 for students.

Finally, Viva la Musica! performs Sunday December 11 at 4 PM and the following Sunday, December 18 at 4 PM.  The musical selections are Gloria’s by John Rutter and Randol Alan Bass accompanied by brass and percussion ensemble and organ.  Tickets available here are $25 preferred, $22 general, $20 seniors and $15 students/groups.

All of these choral groups are non-profit organizations and the sales of tickets helps to keep them singing.  If you love to sing, check them out and see which one might be a good fit for you.  They’re always looking for new voices to make music with.

The Pied Piper Players, a group of children and some adults, are presenting Lucky Duck, a jazzy musical about One Ugly Duck.  Presented at Bayside Performing Arts Center, this is a wonderful opportunity to introduce musical theater to children. Tickets are available online or at the door. Performances begin tonight at 7:30 PM, and tomorrow night at 7:30PM and again on Sunday with a matinee at 2 PM and again next weekend with one additional performance on Friday the 18th at 10 AM.  This is a farcical musicalization of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic “The Ugly Duckling” and should provide a fun evening of entertainment for all.

If you are a jazz lover, and enjoy watching the stars, this one is perfect for you, and it’s FREE, too.  Drive on up to CSM, head over to the astronomy observatory and settle in for an evening of star watching to music.  This one begins at 8 PM, or really when it becomes dark.  This is co-hosted by the San Mateo Astronomical Society and KCSM-FM 91.1FM.

Finally, Peninsula Cantare is going to perform it’s spring concert at Canada College Theatre.  This is a great chorus lead by Janice Gundersen. If you can’t attend this weekend, it’s repeated for a second time next weekend, too.