Join the North Carolina Brass Band for an evening of festive Christmas tunes secular and sacred, reverent and silly – but all brass! A fun family tradition, this concert is packed with familiar favorites as well as some hidden gems that may well become new favorites.
Christmas Intrada………………………………………David Roswell
A Christmas Festival…………………………………..Leroy Anderson, arr. Andrew Duncan
The Hands That First held Mary’s Child….Dan Forrest, arr. Seth Frack
Christmas Bolero………………………………………..William Gordon
A Christmas Fantasy…………………………………..Gordon Langford
Intermission
On Christmas Day March………………………….Stephen Bulla
White Christmas………………………………………..Irving Berlin, arr. Philip Sparke
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas…..John Rox, arr. Mike Robinson
Brent Harvey, tuba soloist
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree………..John Marks, arr. Robin Dewhurst
Santa Claus is Coming to Town……………….Cootes/Gillespie, arr. Robin Dewhurst
Nutcracker “Sweet”……………………………………Pyotr Tchaikovsky, arr. Mark Freeh
Christmas Finale………………………………………..Paul Lovatt-Cooper
Friday, December 1st at 7:30pm
Hanes Auditorium (Salem College)
Robert E. Elberson Fine Arts Center
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Saturday, December 2nd at 3:00pm
UNCG Auditorium
408 Tate Street
Greensboro, NC 27403
$20/adult – $5/student
More information at www.ncbrassband.org.
About the North Carolina Brass Band:
The North Carolina Brass Band, under the direction of Brian Meixner, is a 28-member ensemble composed of many of the finest brass players and percussionists in the state. The band includes symphony orchestra musicians, leading soloists, chamber music professionals, jazz artists, brass and percussion professors at universities throughout the region, and highly sought-after freelance professionals. The diverse musicians of the NCBB have come together to create an ensemble as colorful and rich as the literature they perform.
