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GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY’S DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC ANNOUNCES HOLIDAY CONCERT LINEUP
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Holiday music performed by university ensembles, guest conductors & faculty members
Special guest soloists and sing-a-long complete the program!
Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008, 7 p.m.
FAIRFAX, Va., Nov. 18, 2008—George Mason University’s Department of Music announces its highly anticipated Holiday Concert on Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts Concert Hall. Traditionally performing to sold out houses, Mason’s Department of Music instrumental and vocal ensembles present a program that includes old seasonal favorites, carols and the always popular audience sing-a-long. The George Mason University ensembles that will perform in this year’s concert are the Chamber Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra, University Chorale, University Singers and Select Women’s Chorale.
This year, the roster of special guest conductors includes John Paul Phaup, Managing Director of Investments of the Phaup Brown Wealth Management Group of Wachovia Securities in McLean, Virginia, and a trustee of the George Mason University Foundation and Vice Chairman of Arts at Mason. In addition to the music department faculty who will be performing, Rick Davis, Associate Provost and Artistic Director of the Center for the Arts, will narrate “T’was the Night Before Christmas.”
Phaup Brown Wealth Management Group of Wachovia Securities is the sponsor of the George Mason University Holiday Concert. The media sponsor for the Holiday Concert is Classical WETA 90.9 FM.
Program
George Mason University Chamber Orchestra
Professor Anthony Maiello, conductor
Greensleeves Ralph Vaughn Williams
Kathleen O’Hara, student conductor
George Mason University Symphony Orchestra
Professor Anthony Maiello, conductor
A Christmas Festival Leroy Anderson
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Johann Sebastian Bach
Joe Van Riper, student conductor
Dance of the Jesters Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Joel Borrelli-Boudreau, student conductor
Festive Sounds of Hanukkah Arr. Bill Holcombe
Jingle Bells Forever Arr. Robert Smith
John P. Phaup, guest conductor
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Randol Bass
Dr. Rick Davis, narrator
George Mason University Faculty Holiday Trio
Holiday Medley Traditional
Dr. Stan Engebretson, Professor Anthony Maiello, Dr. Linda Apple Monson, soloists
George Mason University Symphony Orchestra, University Chorale & Select Women’s Chorale
Home Alone John Williams
I. Somewhere in My Memory
III. Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!
Vincent Oppido, student conductor
George Mason University Combined Choirs
Plaudite Giovanni Gabrieli
Dr. Lisa A. Billingham, conductor
George Mason University Chorale & Select Women’s Chorale
Jubilate Deo from Tres Cantus Laudendi Mack Wilberg
Julie Neish, student conductor
Jane Kaye, accompanist
Coventry Carol Arr. Darmon Meader
Professor Mary Ann East, conductor
George Mason University Chorale
Dr. Lisa A. Billingham, conductor
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Arr. Harry Simeone
Jane Kaye, accompanist
George Mason University Singers
Dr. Stan Engebretson, conductor
Resonet in Laudibus 14th Century Carol, Arr. Chet Alwes
Jamelle Berry, student conductor
Les Anges dans nos Campagnes Arr. Archibald T. Davison
Jamie Sample, student conductor
Ave Maria Franz Biebl
Jingle Bells Traditional English, Arr. King’s Singers
George Mason University Symphony Orchestra & Combined Choirs
Annual Holiday Sing-A-Long Traditional, Arr. Vincent Oppido
There will be a brief intermission between each group change.
Phaup Brown Wealth Management Group of Wachovia Securities
is the sponsor of the George Mason University Holiday Concert.
Classical WETA 90.9 FM is the media sponsor of
the 2008 George Mason University Holiday Concert.
Tickets for the George Mason University Holiday Concert are $20 adults, $15 students/seniors, and a limited number of tickets are free for students with a valid Mason ID. Charge by phone at 888-945-2468 or visit www.tickets.com. The Center for the Arts complex is located on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University at the intersection of Braddock Road and Route 123. Paid parking is located in the deck adjacent to the mainstage Concert Hall and FREE parking is located in university lot K. Visit www.gmu.edu/cfa
The College of Visual and Performing Arts exists to create an academic environment in which the arts may be considered both as individual disciplines and as interdisciplinary forms that strengthen each other. Believing that an education in the arts is deepened by regular contact with the work of distinguished visiting artists, the College draws on a variety of professional presenting and producing units where artists from across the country and around the world regularly perform, give master classes, work with students during extended residencies, and interact with the community in a variety of other ways. These programs at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall, TheaterSpace, Galleries, Harris Theater, and other venues, provide a diverse selection of challenging and entertaining cultural experiences for the University community, as well as Northern Virginia and the greater Washington, D.C. area. The College houses four academic departments: Art and Visual Technology, Dance, Music and Theater.
About George Mason University
George Mason University, located in the heart of Northern Virginia’s technology corridor near Washington, D.C., is an innovative, entrepreneurial institution with national distinction in a range of academic fields. With strong undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering, information technology, biotechnology and health care, Mason prepares its students to succeed in the work force and meet the needs of the region and the world. Mason professors conduct groundbreaking research in areas such as cancer, climate change, information technology and the biosciences, and Mason’s Center for the Arts brings world-renowned artists, musicians and actors to its stage. Its School of Law is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top 35 law schools in the United States.