This preview has been provided by the North Carolina Brass Band.
Celebrate the holiday season with “Christmas Wrapped in Brass,” traditional and contemporary seasonal favorites performed by the North Carolina Brass Band! The NCBB was featured in performance at the 2015 North Carolina Music Educators Association conference and has been selected as the featured brass band at the 2016 Great American Brass Band Festival. After receiving high praise for their debut recording, “First in Flight,” the band prepares to record a Christmas album with release scheduled for 2016. You don’t want to miss this North Carolina based and internationally recognized ensemble live in concert!
Three Triad area performances, all at 7:30pm:
*Thursday, December 3rd at Ardmore Baptist Church in Winston-Salem
*Friday, December 4th at First Baptist Church in High Point
*Saturday, December 5th at First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro
Tickets available at the door ($15 general admission/$5 students) or in advance online at www.ncbrassband.org
PROGRAM
Farandole (from the “L’ Arlesienne Suite”) by George Bizet, arr. Drake Rimmer
Christmas Triptych by James Curnow
O Holy Night – arr. Stephen Bulla
Steve Sutton – Eb Soprano Cornet soloist
Ding Dong Merrily on High – arr. Douglas Court
JR Stock – Euphonium soloist
Proclamation of Christmas by Stephen Bulla
Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano, arr. Dorothy Gates
***INTERMISSION***
Christmas Bolero (Little Drummer Boy) by William Gordon
Troika (from “Lieutenant Kije”) by Serge Prokofieff, arr. Ray Farr
Nutcracker ‘Sweet’ – arr. Mark Freeh
Silent Night – arr. Derek Broadbent
Christmas Finale by Paul Lovatt-Cooper
