The Murfreesboro Symphony Orchestra will present Christmas at the Movies on Thursday, Dec. 13, at First United Methodist Church.

This special Christmas concert will also feature the MSO Choir.

The program will include selections from a wide variety of classic holiday films such as The Polar Express, Home Alone, It’s a Wonderful Life, A Charlie Brown Christmas, White Christmas, Frosty the Snowman and others.

Elias Salazar, who currently serves as artistic director and conductor of the Trevecca Symphony Orchestra and the Nashville Collegiate Orchestra as well as being the director of choral and orchestral music at Ensworth School, will conduct the MSO. Salazar is also a vocalist in Nashville’s Portara Ensemble and plays trumpet and sings in the Nashville Salsa Collective, and has previously worked with Belmont University’s Symphony Orchestra and other Belmont ensembles, Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra, Nashville Cinematic Symphony and the Nashville Singers.

Charlene Parkinson has served as the director of the Murfreesboro Symphony Chorus since 2013. She currently serves as Director of Music at Trinity United Methodist Church in Murfreesboro. Before moving to Tennessee, she served as director of music ministries at several Methodist and Lutheran congregations in Ohio, Missouri and North Dakota. Parkinson has performed with the Kansas City Chorale, the Choral Arts Ensemble of Kansas City, the Kansas City Civic Chorus and the Trinity Jazz Ensemble. She is married to Michael Parkinson, director of the MTSU School of Music.

For tickets to the Dec. 13 concert or for more information on the Murfreesboro Symphony Orchestra, visit murfreesborosymphony.com. Tickets start at $15, and the concert will begin at 7 p.m. First United Methodist Church is located at 265 W. Thompson Ln.