Thanks For The Music

Entertainment icon Marie Osmond will spread the holiday spirit across the country this winter as she embarks on A Symphonic Christmas tour with special guests David Osmond and Daniel Emmet. A Symphonic Christmas launches Dec. 1 at Southern Utah State University, continues along the west and east coasts and wraps on Dec. 20 in Detroit, Mich. For tickets and more information, click HERE.

Fans can look forward to the multiple gold and platinum-selling artist and CMA winner performing festive favorites as well as Billboard chart-topping singles from her five-decade career. Osmond will also enchant audiences with songs off her upcoming Unexpected album, which covers a multitude of styles from opera to Broadway to timeless classics.

Unexpected is slated for release on Dec. 10 via Oliveme LLC and BFD/The Orchard. To pre-order Unexpected and instantly receive the lead single "Unexpected Song" from the musical Song and Dance, click HERE.

People.com revealed the album title and artwork for Unexpected, while Playbill.com premiered the first listen to "Unexpected Song." With theatrical credits that include Anna Leonowens in the Broadway production of The King and I, Osmond performs additional numbers from Into the Woods, West Side Story, The Sound of Music and more on Unexpected.

The follow-up to Osmond's Top 10 Billboard Country album, Music is Medicine, Unexpected is dedicated to her father who encouraged his daughter to follow her passion and sing every style of music she loved. These recordings are also a permanent tribute and personal thank you from Osmond to all of her fans who have requested them over the years.

A SYMPHONIC CHRISTMAS TOUR DATES:

Dec. 1 - Southern Utah State University - Cedar City, Utah

Dec. 2 - Casino Del Sol - Tucson, Ariz.

Dec. 3 - Cerritos Center for the Arts - Cerritos, Calif.

Dec. 7 - Theatre at Westbury - Westbury, N.Y.

Dec. 8 - Mohegan Sun - Uncasville, Conn.

Dec. 10 - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Atlantic City, N.J.

Dec. 11 - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Atlantic City, N.J.

Dec. 13 - Chrysler Hall - Norfolk, Va.

Dec. 14 - Kodak Center - Rochester, N.Y.

Dec. 15 - Palace Theatre - Greensburg, Pa.

Dec. 17 - North Star Mohican Casino Resort - Bowler, Wis.

Dec. 18 - Mystic Lake Casino - Prior Lake, Minn.

Dec. 20 - Motor City Casino - Detroit, Mich.

UNEXPECTED TRACK LISTING:

1. Nessun Dorma (from the opera Turandot)

Giacomo Puccini 2. Unexpected Song (from the musical Song and Dance) Andrew Lloyd Webber/ Don Black

3. What a Wonderful World Robert Thiele/ George David Weiss

4. Lascia ch’io Pianga (from the opera Rinaldo) George Frideric Handel

5. Children Will Listen (from the musical Into the Woods) Stephen Sondheim

6. The Flower Duet (Duo des fleur / Sous le dome epais) (from the opera Lakme) Leo Delibes, Libretto: Edmond Gondinet and Phillippe Gille

7. Somewhere (from the musical West Side Story) Leonard Bernstein/ Stephen Sondheim

8. The Prayer Feat. Daniel Emmet David Foster/ Carole Bayer-Sager/ Alberto Testa/ Tony Renis

9. On My Own Jean-Marc Natel/ John Caird/ Herbert Kretzmer/ Trevor Robert Nunn/ Alain Boublil/ Claude-Michel Schonberg

10. Pie Jesu (taken from the “Dies Irae”) Andrew Lloyd Webber

11. Climb Every Mountain (from the musical Sound of Music) Richard Rogers/ Oscar Hammerstein II

12. Nella Fantasia (theme of ‘Gabriel’s Oboe’ from the film The Mission) Ennio Morricone/ Chiara Ferrau, Violin Solo Arranged By: Kurt Bestor

13. Over the Rainbow (from the film The Wizard of Oz) Harold Arlen/ E.Y. Harburg

14. Ombra Mai Fu (from the opera Serse) George Frideric Handel

15. If I Loved You (from the musical Carousel) Richard Rogers/ Oscar Hammerstein II

16. Song to the Moon (from the opera Rusalka) Antonin Dvorak, Libretto: Jaroslav Kvapil

17. But the World Goes ‘Round (from the film New York, New York) John Kander/ Fred Ebb

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ABOUT MARIE OSMOND Marie Osmond has spent five iconic decades in the entertainment business performing as a successful singer, television performer, actor, author, entrepreneur and public speaker. She has continued to maintain relevance, remaining an instantly recognizable figure across the globe. Her debut single “Paper Roses” reached the No. 1 spot on two Billboard charts, a feat that not only placed her among an elite class of musical royalty, but instantly catapulted her into international superstardom. She is a multiple gold and platinum selling artist and CMA winner, garnering numerous Billboard chart-topping singles and albums and three New York Times Bestselling books. She has entertained millions throughout the world through television, radio, film, literature, live concerts and Broadway. Osmond's forthcoming album, Unexpected, is the followup to her Top 10 Billboard Country album, Music is Medicine.