For years each holiday season, the Roches have been performing carols on the streets of New York with a group called the Carolling Carollers.

The chorus of 200 includes 60 children performing traditional carols, with music by the Rhode Island Philharmonic Brass Ensemble.

The American Boychoir performs Christmas music and carols.

The Hudson Pro Musica will perform 18th-century carols and airs in costume, using period instruments.

As Monique, an eighth grader, cooks dinner and does her homework, she performs from a diverse repertory: French carols, Latin processionals, African lullabies.

Diomedes Matos y Conjunto, a singing group, will offer a taste of the Caribbean, performing carols in Spanish.

During the holiday season, quartets of madrigals perform historical carols and also take requests.

A festival afterward at El Museo del Barrio will feature Latino artists performing traditional carols.

For those who prefer the sounds of the holidays rendered on gut strings, this period-instrument ensemble, along with the soprano Kirsten Blase, will perform works by Purcell and Biber, as well as traditional carols.

I suppose the choir at Beverley should be thankful he did not think of performing the nine lessons and carols up there on top of the tower.