Holiday Gala Concert Program 2022

Nov. 29, 2022

Pre-concert music in the lobby provided by Steven Baczynskyj with Ireland Havey (Classical Guitar Duo) and Michelle Yang (Guzheng)
Post-concert music in the TA provided by the Laurier Brass Ensemble

*Refreshments to follow concert in the lobby

Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022 at 3 p.m.

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LYRICS FOR AUDIENCE SING-ALONG

Kevin Day, piano

“Christmas Time is Here”, by Vince Guaraldi/Lee Mendelson

Symphony Orchestra

• Kira Omelchenko, conductor
• Symphony Orchestra roster

Overture to “Egmont”, Op. 84, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Anthony Domzella, conductor)

Stille Nacht, by Mannheim Steamroller, arr. Chip Davis/adapt. Calvin Custer

featuring Maegan Goodmurphy, cello and Anthony Domzella, piano

Sleigh Ride, by Leroy Anderson

Daniella Kistemaker, harp

Idyllic Poem (excerpt), by Carlos Salzedo

Percussion Ensemble

• Brennan Connolly, director
• Percussion Ensemble roster

 Ephemera, by Francisco Perez
The Gilded Cage, by Susan Powell

Griffin Noriega, singer/guitar/songwriter

“First to Mind”, by Griffin Noriega

Vox Experimental

• Amanda Kind, director
• Vox Experimental roster
• Program notes

Someday At Christmas, by Stevie Wonder featuring Andra Day (Ron Miller, Bryan Wells)

Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town, by Mariah Carey (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)

INTERMISSION

Wind Orchestra

• Colin Clarke, conductor
• Wind Orchestra roster

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, arr. Carmichael

O Magnum Mysterium, by Morten Lauridsen, arr. H. Robert Reynolds

Minor Alterations, by David Lovrien

Maureen Forrester Singers

• Elvera Froese, conductor
• Henry Kelsey, collaborative pianist
• Maureen Forrester Singers roster
• Program notes

Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28, by Benjamin Britten

Procession
Wolcum Yole!

Concert Choir

• Carolyn Neumann VanderBurgh, conductor
• Ian VanderBurgh, collaborative pianist
• Concert Choir roster
• Program notes

Shchedryk, by Mykola Leontovych

Children Go Where I Send Thee, arr. Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory

Hawk String Orchestra

• Hawk String Orchestra roster

Andante Festivo, by Jean Sibelius

Laurier Singers

• Gerard Yun, conductor
• Laurier Singers roster

There is No Rose, by Gary Garcia

Symphony Orchestra and Opera Laurier Singers

• Kimberly Barber, opera coordinator
• Kira Omelchenko, conductor
• Opera Laurier roster
• Symphony Orchestra roster

“Libiamo” from La Traviata, by Giuseppe Verdi
featuring Keiko Larocque, soprano and Xander Bechard, tenor

Combined Choirs and Chamber Orchestra

“Hallelujah” Chorus from Messiah, by George Frederic Handel [TEXT] [SHEET MUSIC]

Combined Choirs and Orchestras

• Includes all choirs and orchestras listed above
• Convergence roster

Traditional Holiday Sing-Along, arr. Dan Goeller [SING-ALONG LYRICS]

Concluding Audience Sing-Along

Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel Chanukah Song (led by Hannah Ginsberg and Kate Markwart) [SING-ALONG LYRICS] [SHEET MUSIC]

Silent Night (first 2 verses) [SING-ALONG LYRICS]