Colors of Christmas

Peabo Bryson, CeCe Winans, Melissa Manchester, and Ruben Studdard celebrate the holidays at the annual Colors of Christmas concerts with the San Francisco Symphony and the First A.M.E. Oakland Mass Choir, performing traditional Christmas favorites and their individual hits. Bryson’s soft-rock/R&B hits include the Top 10 hit “If Ever You’re in My Arms Again,” the Grammy Award-winning “Beauty and the Beast” (with Celine Dion), and “A Whole New World (Aladdin’s Theme)” with Regina Belle. Gospel star Winans has received multiple Grammy, Stellar, and Dove awards for her work as a solo artist and as part of the hit-making brother-and-sister duo, BeBe & CeCe Winans. Manchester had international hits with songs including "Through The Eyes Of Love" and "Don't Cry Out Loud," and she co-wrote “Whenever I Call You Friend” with Kenny Loggins. R&B, pop and gospel singer Studdard rose to fame as winner of the second season of “American Idol.”