4th Annual Sounds of the Seasons
Sunday, December 11, 2016, 3:00 PM
The Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center
Birmingham, Alabama
Jingle them Bells – James Pierpont/arr. Julie Giroux
The Nutcracker Suite – Peter Tchaikovsky/arr. Robert Longfield
I. Chinese Dance
II. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
III. Russian Dance
A Home Alone Christmas – arr. Paul Lavender
O Holy Night – Adolphe Charles Adam/arr. Julie Giroux
Emily Herring, soprano
Bruce Meadows, tenor
Farandole from “L’Aresienne Suite No. 2” – Georges Bizet/arr. Larry Daehn
The Night Before Christmas – Randol Alan Bass
Tony Giles, narrator
SELECTIONS BY THE OAK MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
Hallelu – Stephen Paulus
Ave Maria: A Choral Prayer – Jessica Franchi
Be Born In Me – Francesca Battistelli/arr. King
Betelehemu – arr. Barrington Brooks
Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
Hallelujah Chorus – George F. Handel/arr. Philip Sparke
The Prayer – Carol Bayer Sager/David Foster/arr. Kerry Bryant
Emily Herring, soprano
Bruce Meadows, tenor
Patapan – Shelley Hanson
The Best of Rooms Randall Thompson/trans. Tyler S. Grant
World Premiere
Written in memory of Anne Coleman
Christ, He requires still, wheresoe’er He comes,
To feed, or lodge, to have the best of rooms:
Give Him the choice; grant Him the nobler part
Of all the house: the best of all’s the heart.
– Robert Herrick, “Christ’s Part” (1647)
A Christmas Celebration – Alfred Reed
Alabama Bandmasters Association
District VI Honor Band
Saturday, February 18, 2017, 2:30 PM
Auburn High School
Auburn, Alabama
March from “Symphonic Metamorphosis” – Paul Hindemith/trans. Keith Wilson
Tulsa – Don Gillis/trans. Maurice Ford
Diamond Fanfare – Samuel R. Hazo
The Wizard of Oz – arr. James Barnes
The Melody Shop – Karl King/arr. Andrew Glover
Memorial Day Spring Concert
Monday, May 29, 2017, 3:00 PM
Homewood High School Auditorium
Homewood, Alabama
The Star Spangled Banner – arr. Jack Stamp
Dum Spiro Spero – Chris Pilsner
Tulsa – Don Gillis/trans. Maurice Ford
Culloden – Julie Giroux
III. We Toomed Our Stoops for the Gaudy Sodgers
“We Emptied Our Glasses for the Handsome Soldiers”
The Melody Shop – Karl King/arr. Andrew Glover
Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa/ arr. Brion/Schissel
O’er Land of the Free – Johnnie Vinson
America the Beautiful – Samuel Augustus Ward/arr. Carmen Dragon
Armed Forces Salute – arr. Bob Lowden
