Volunteer for Holiday Candlelight Concert

Our Holiday Candlelight Concert typically is performed every third Tuesday of December in a beautiful church venue, decorated with candlelight and holiday cheer. Volunteers help with both set up and clean up before and after the concert, as well as ushering.

This year’s concert will be on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church.

More information about volunteer opportunities below.


Volunteer opportunities

  • Interior Set Up: Monday, December 16 from 10 am to 12 noon

    • Duties include: setting up chairs and tables inside the church, assisting with signage and decorating, and placing individual seat numbers on pews.

  • Exterior Set Up: Tuesday, December 17 from 11 am to 1 pm

    • Duties include: Placing signs and rope in the parking lot and placing decorations and directional signage outside. 

  • Candlelight Patron Experience Usher: Tuesday, December 17 from 6 pm to 10 pm

    • Duties include: Help patrons find their seats and answer any questions about the concert and the MSO. After the concert has started, ushers are allowed to stay and watch the concert. After the concert is over, clean up trash and help take down any seat numbers left on the pews.

  • Break down/Clean up: Tuesday, December 17 from 9:15 pm to ~10:15pm (times depend on concert end)

    • Duties include:

      • Interior: help clean up trash, take down any seat numbers and signage left, dismantle and put away any decorations.

      • Exterior: take down any signage and stakes in the parking lot, collect string lights from walking path.

Benefits: All volunteers assisting with set-up will receive a complimentary ticket after completion of their shift and those who are coming to help clean up after the concert may pick up their ticket from Will Call. Ushers will be able to watch the concert.

If you’re interested in volunteering, please fill out the form below, and we will be in contact shortly with more information about your shift and duties. Each volunteer must submit their form individually.

Holiday Candlelight Volunteer sign-up deadline: Friday, December 6, 2024.

If you have any additional questions about volunteering with the MSO, please email Bianca Ancheta at bancheta@modestosymphony.org.