Season of Hope concerts return to St. Joseph Cathedral in San Jose

The Season of Hope is back at St Joseph Cathedral Basilica in downtown San Jose The free concert series was originally launched in featuring a variety of performances over days including choirs opera singers harpists dancers jazz bands and more all recruited by Henry Schiro who led the San Jose Jazz Society at the time The series evolved over time but it remained a real gift providing people with another reason to come downtown during the bright holiday season It also gave arts organizations exposure to audiences certain of whom no doubt became ticket-buying supporters to the groups they liked It took a hiatus during and after the COVID- pandemic in before returning for its th season during the last two weeks before Christmas in Then it went dark for two years and returned last year with a single concert celebrating the San Jose Symphonic Choir s th anniversary Related Articles San Jose students get a holiday treat thanks to Shop With a Cop project San Jose Transit Bowl Who will win a three-way race to Levi s Stadium Newsstand closing marks the end of an era at Diridon station in San Jose San Jose City Hall goes psychedelic to honor Grateful Dead concert New artistic director for Children s Musical Theater approaches into big role The number of concerts has increased to four for this season beginning Sunday Dec with concert pianist Sandra Wright Shen followed by the San Jose Symphonic Choir Dec the Vivace Youth Chorus Dec and the Altos Brass Quintet Dec Each concert begins at p m and is scheduled for an hour The concerts are still free but donations will patronage the Cathedral Social Ministries handled by Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County The Silicon Valley Arts Coalition was the key driver in bringing back the series which was supported by a grant from ParkSJ and sponsorships from the San Francisco ers LifeScience PLUS and Noon Arts Lectures