THE  MUSICIANS'  CONCERT  BAND

"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"

Sunday - December 4, 2005



 

THE MUSICIANS'

CONCERT BAND
 

 
Blase S. Scarnati
Conductor
 

 
Michael C. Formeck
Associate Conductor
 

 
Guest Conductor & Singers
LaDonna Linamen
Conductor
Holiday Chorus
 

 
Jeff Kroner
Conductor

 

MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Thom Cobb

WELCOME
Dr. Robert M. Smith
President
Slippery Rock University

OPENER
Warren Barker

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Francis Scott Key
Arranged by John Stafford Smith
 
AMERICAN OVERTURE
Joseph Willcox Jenkins

PRECIOUS LORD, LEAD ME HOME
Robert W. Smith

TAPESTRY OF CAROLS
Arranged by David Clydesdale 
The Holiday Chorus
Conducted by LaDonna Linamen

WHITE CHRISTMAS
Irving Berlin 
Arranged by Roy Ringwald
The Holiday Chorus
Conducted by LaDonna Linamen

OVERTURE TO A WINTER FESTIVAL
James Curnow
Conducted by Michael C. Formeck

GOLDEN FRIENDSHIPS
Henry Fillmore
Arranged by Robert E. Foster
Conducted by Michael C. Formeck

WINTER DANCES
Brian Balmages

INTERMISSION

"THE PASSING OF THE BATON"
Conductor Scarnati to
Conductor Kroner

HERALDS FOR AN OCCASION
Stephen Bulla

SLEIGH RIDE
Leroy Anderson

LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
Arranged by David Clydesdale 
The Holiday Chorus

Conducted by LaDonna Linamen

HALLELUJAH CHORUS
Handel/Johnson
The Holiday Chorus

Conducted by LaDonna Linamen

CHRISTMAS FINALE
Eilers/Jennings

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
Kent/Brubaker

Performance will be held at 4:00 PM in

Slippery Rock University's Miller Auditorium.