Interlochen, Michigan

74th Program of the 59th Year

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SOUNDS OF THE SEASON

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 7:30pm, Virtual Performance “A Visit from St. Nicholas” ............................ Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863)

Theo Gyra, recitant, Wenham, Mass. Sleigh Ride .......................................................... Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)

arr. Phil Faini and Mark Cappellini

Lucy Chugh, percussion, East Amherst, N.Y. Yizhang Qiang, percussion, Shanghai, China

Renata Rangel, percussion, Chicago, Ill. Hank Sullivan, percussion, Boulder, Colo.

Jay Walton, percussion, East Lansing, Mich. Keith Aleo, percussion

“Brightness Crouching Behind Shed” ..... Maia Siegel, writer/recitant, Roanoke, Va.

Partita in A Minor for Solo Flute, BWV 1013 ..................... Johann Sebastian Bach I. Allemande (1685-1750)

Nancy Stagnitta, flute “I Wonder As I Wander” ................... Traditional Folk Song, arr. Benjamin Britten

Maddy Zuckerman, soprano, Norwich, Vt. Chloe Cagle, soprano, Durant, Okla.

Ya-Ju Chuang, piano Snowfall Director and Editor .......................................... Maya Shah, Pikesville, Md. Music: Snowfall ................ Claude Thornhill (1908-1965), arr. Vince Norman

Maya Shah and Family Anjan Shah (IAC/NMC 83, AS 84), saxophone

Maya Shah, piano Jeff Reed, bass

Todd Harrison, drums

“The Feeling of Christmas” .................................... Bella Wright, Missoula, Mont.

Bella Wright, lead vocals and guitar Nazani Cassidy, backing vocals, Santa Barbara, Calif.

Clara Devey, backing vocals, Interlochen, Mich. Daniel Haubner, backing vocals, Coral Springs, Fla. Brooke Irvin, backing vocals, Traverse City, Mich.

Maddie Ruhoy, backing vocals, Seattle, Wash. Sofia Schuster, backing vocals, Summerland, Calif.

Emelia Stahl, backing vocals, Clinton, Wash. Vivienne Taylor, backing vocals, Orinda, Calif. Blake Willert, backing vocals, Dallas, Texas

Maddy Zuckerman, backing vocals, Norwich, Vt. Jack Kaiser, viola and backing vocals, Chicago, Ill.

Sami Cronin, bass and backing vocals, Traverse City, Mich. Sam Hicks, drums and backing vocals, Lake Ann, Mich.

Produced by Sami Cronin and Daniel Haubner “Where Are You Christmas?” ......... Mariah Carey, James Horner, and Will Jennings

(b. 1969) (1953-2015) (b. 1944)

Caroline Bowers, vocals, Smithsburg, Md. Melinda Rohn, piano

Still, Still, Still .......................................................................... Austrian Carol

arr. Ken Gist Elizabeth Johnson, harp, Henrico, Va. Katarina Swann, harp, Newark, Del.

Variation of Prince Coqueluche from The Nutcracker Music ............................................... Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Choreographer ............................................................. Joseph Morrissey

An Phan, dancer, Bettendorf, Iowa

Sounds of the Season (Visual Arts) ..................... Savannah Burnett, Salem, Ore.

Paula Cubero Navarro, San Jose, Costa Rica Sarah Howe, Robbinsville, N.J.

Celia Kornblum, Mercer Island, Wash. Ariel Merrill-Nolte, Burlington, Vt.

Morgan Novetsky, Falls Church, Va.

“Abends will ich schlafen gehn” from Hänsel und Gretel .... Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)

Catya Carrington, soprano, Topeka, Kan. Jessica Kodsi, mezzo-soprano, Ooltewah, Tenn.

Soojin Kang, piano

“Winterman” .......................................................... Blake Willert, Dallas, Texas

Blake Willert, vocals and guitar The Polar Express ............................................ Alan Anthony Silvestri (b. 1950)

arr. Jacob Ellgass Jacob Ellgass, euphonium, Rogers, Ark. Chandler Currier, tuba, Smyrna, Tenn.

“Oseh Shalom” ............................................................. Nurit Hirsch (b. 1942)

arr. Joshua Davis Joshua Davis, vocals and electric guitar

The Christmas Song .............................................. Robert Wells and Mel Tormé

(1922-1998) (1925-1999) Miles Zaud, piano, Topanga, Calif.

Logan Zaud, double bass, Topanga, Calif. Ismael Rodriguez, drums, Miami, Fla.

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