Besides traditional holiday fare such as Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas, we perform pieces that transform the original to new heights. Ellington reimagines Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker in a new way, McAlister combines two of Franck’s French carols in a classical mashup, and you’ve never heard Jingle Bells performed quite like Wasson’s imaginative arrangement. Enjoy the holidays with all your family and friends! Guest Conductor Dylan Suehiro will be leading this imaginative holiday concert.

CONCERT PROGRAM

Pyotr Tchaikovsky ———— Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a
I. Overture Miniature
II. Danse Chinoise (Chinese Dance)
III. Trepak (Russian Dance)

Ralph Vaughan Williams ———— Fantasia on Greensleeves

Vince Guaraldi/Pugh ———— A Charlie Brown Christmas

Matt Riley ———— Carol of the Bells / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Medley

Alan Silvestri/Ballard/Brubaker ———— The Polar Express

arr. John Wasson ———— Jingle Bells Fantasy

Duke Ellington/Strayhorn/Tyzik ———— The Nutcracker Suite
1. Overture
2. Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed Pipes)
3. Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)
4. Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)
5. Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)

Cesar Franck arr. McAlister ———— Fantasy on Two French Carols

Leroy Anderson ———— A Christmas Festival