2025 Winter Concert Program

 Winter Concert – December 12, 2025

Cynthia Napierkowski, Conductor

PROGRAM

The Four Seasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Antonio Vivaldi/arr. John Stout

1. Spring     
2. Winter
3. Summer
4. Autumn

The Willows of Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B.J. Brooks

Klezmer! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Webb

In the Winter of 1730 A River’s Journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Swearingen

Hanukkah Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arr. Chris Sharp

Under A Winter Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yukiko Nishimura

How The Grinch Stole Christmas . . . . . . Lyrics by Dr. Seuss, Music by Albert Hague/arr. Larry Clark

          featuring Welcome Christmas and You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch

Tuba Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arr. Robert W. Smith

Christmas Concerto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arr. Robert W. Smith

1. Joy to the World
2. Silent Night
3. Deck the Halls

Carol of the Drum (The Little Drummer Boy) . . . . .Katherine Davis/arr. Floyd E. Werle/ed. R. Mark Rogers

Jingle Bells Fantasy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Zoltán Szépläki

A New Orleans Nutcracker Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tchaikovsky/arr. Michael Kamuf

1. Overture
2. Dirge for a Sugar Plum Fairy
3. Tremé Trepak

O Holy Night . . . . . . . . . . Words by John Sullivan Dwight, Music by Adolphe Charles Adams

John Archer and Tom Edmonds, vocalists, Georgia Bills, piano

Christmas Sing-A-Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arr. James D. Ployhar

Please join us in a good ol’ fashioned sing-along led by John Archer and Tom Edmonds – Lyrics are on page 4

Sleigh Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leroy Anderson

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