The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra will celebrate its 53rd Annual Christmas Concert with an eclectic program of joyful music in the spirit of the season. Proceeds will benefit the Greater Boston Food Bank.
In honor of America’s 250th Anniversary, Aardvark will perform Shepherd’s Carol by Revolutionary War-era Boston composer William Billings, the African-American spiritual Go Tell It on the Mountain, and the lovely Cradle in Bethlehem, made famous by Nat King Cole.
The band will give the premiere of The Work, a new gospel-inflected piece by Aardvark founder and music director Mark Harvey. Aardvark will also remember jazz great Sheila Jordan, who performed and recorded Mark Harvey’s piece The Prophet on the band’s 25th Annual Christmas Concert. The Prophet is a tonal portrait of long-time activist Kip Tiernan, founder of the Greater Boston Food Bank, beneficiary of the evening’s concert.
Rounding out the program will be an energetic arrangement of the 17th-century Advent hymn, Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, performed on Aardvark’s inaugural Christmas Concert in 1973 in the Church of the Covenant.
Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025, at 7:30 pm
Event: Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: 53rd Annual Christmas Benefit Concert
Location: Church of the Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116
Proceeds to benefit the Greater Boston Food Bank
Admission: $20 at the door. Information: 617-776-8778 or 617-947-5548