Every year, at this time, I am very excited to present our annual Winter Jazz Concert. This year I am doubly excited because we are adding our newly formed Grove City College Ensemble, the GCC Singers, to our mix. Each year, we “blow the roof off of the house”. The concert is literally packed “wall-to-wall” and it’s usually a “wild”, highly participating, audience. It’s now a tradition in our area to usher in the Christmas season by attending this concert. If you are in the area please feel free to come to our concert and enjoy the high caliber of these incredible students -you will be “blown away”.
The info:
When: Friday, December 10th at 8:00 PM EST (Doors open at 7:30 PM)
Where: Pew Fine Arts Center, 100 Campus Drive – Grove City, PA 16127
(Get Directions Here)
Why: Because it’s an AWESOME concert!
How Much: It’s free and there is free parking!
What we are playing: (I don’t have the complete list of the singers music yet, but here are the Jazz Ensemble and Stage Band tunes)
Grove City Stage Band:
- Just a closer Walk with Thee ~Sharp
- Frosty the Snowman ~Nelson
- YMCA ~Berry
- Sugarplum Rock ~Clark
- Come Fly with Me ~Jones
- O Holy Night ~Clark
- Sky Dive ~Morales
- Angels We Have Heard on High ~Clark
Grove City Jazz Ensemble:
- Woodchopper’s Ball ~Osser
- Rudolph ~Marks
- Cut to the Chase ~Beach
- Little Drummer Boy ~Jackson
- Brazil ~Mossman
- Silver Bells ~Stone
- A Salute to Glenn Miller ~Hest
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen ~Goodwin
- Ovation Piece (can’t disclose!)
There are a couple of combiner songs with the Chorale as well. I will post the Singers list tomorrow, or the next, day as an add on.
Here is the Public Release:
The Grove City College Music Department will be presenting the 7th Annual Winter Jazz and Pops Concert on December 10th, 2010. The department is pleased to announce that this year’s concert will be expanded to include a number of selections of chorale and pops vocal ensemble music. In their first concert appearance, the Grove City College Singers will join the college jazz ensembles and perform a number of seasonal and traditional song favorites.
The concert will be held at Grove City College’s Pew Fine Arts Center in the Ketler Auditorium. The concert is free to the public and free parking is provided in any of the lots surrounding the Fine Arts Center. The concert will begin promptly at 8:00 p.m. and the doors will open at 7:35 p.m.
The concert will showcase the sounds of the award winning Grove City College Jazz ensembles under the direction of Dr. Joseph M. Pisano. The Grove City College Singers make their debut performance under the direction of music faculty member, Mrs. Stacy Paparone.
The concert repertoire will feature both traditional Christmas tunes and Carols as well as classic jazz and pop arrangements, including: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Rudolph, Silver Bells, Baby It’s Cold Outside, O Holy Night, A Salute to Glenn Miller, Jingle Bells, Brazil, Woodchopper’s Ball, and many more! The stage set will include a dazzling display of motion Christmas lights, colors, and festive ornamentation.
Please join the ensembles and share in the excitement as they help to usher in the arrival of the Christmas Season with this spectacular concert!
Hope to see a number of you there!
