POTSDAM - The Orchestra of Northern New York will present their holiday concert "Home for the Holidays" December 11 through 13.

The repertoire will include O Holy Night, Ave Maria, Greensleeves, White Christmas, The Night before Christmas and others.

North Country Public Radio personality and guitarist Barb Heller will narrate "The Night Before Christmas," the classic Clement Moore poem with an arrangement by Philip Lane. Best known for her role as on-air host for North Country Public Radio in Canton, Heller has been on the air since 1989 in the North Country, and a host for Folk Alley.com, an online music service, since 2005. She’s also a guitarist and songwriter with five albums to her credit, and has taught hundreds of teens and adults how to play finger-style guitar.

Donald George, will be the featured soloist performing "O Holy Night" and Schubert's "Ave Maria." George is a professor of vocal mMusic at the Crane School of Music and an honored professor at Shenyang Conservatory in China.

Performances are 7:30 p.m., Friday, December 11 at Hosmer Hall, SUNY Potsdam, and 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 12 at First Presbyterian Church, Watertown, the latter sponsored by Watertown Savings Bank. Tickets are $22 adults, $18 for seniors (62+) and military, and $5 for students, 6-17. They can be bought at 267-2277 or www.onny.org

The final performance on Sunday, December 13 at 3 p.m. benefits Massena Music Friends, a booster club supporting musical endeavors in the Massena School District. Tickets are $15 for adults, and $12 for seniors and students. They are available at Season's Specialty Gifts, 27 West Orvis, 764-7671 or Phil and Jackie's, 69 Main St., 764-7844.