THE  MUSICIANS'  CONCERT  BAND

"The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year"

Sunday - December 7, 2003



 

THE MUSICIANS'

CONCERT BAND
 


 

Blase S. Scarnati

Conductor
 


 

Michael C. Formeck

Associate Conductor
 


 
 

Guest Conductor & Singers

LaDonna Linamen
Conductor 
Holiday Chorus

 

MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Thom Cobb

WELCOME
Dr. Robert M. Smith
Interim President
Slippery Rock University

OPENER
Warren Barker

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Francis Scott Key
Arranged by John Stafford Smith
 
OVERTURE TO A WINTER FESTIVAL
James Curnow

WHEN THE STARS BEGAN TO FALL
Setting by Fred Allen

RADETZKY MARCH
Johann Strauss, Op. 282

CHRISTMAS FANTASIA
David Hamilton
Arr. by LaDonna Linamen
The Holiday Chorus
Conducted by LaDonna Linamen

RHAPSODY FOR HANUKKAH
Stephen Bulla
Conducted by James Kaplan

ALLELUIA! LAUDAMUS TE
Alfred Reed

INTERMISSION
HERALDS FOR AN OCCASION
Stephen Bulla

AT DAWN THEY SLEPT
(Dec. 7, 1941)

Jay Bocook
Conducted by Dennis Emert

SLEIGH RIDE
Leroy Anderson
Conducted by
Michael C. Formeck

GREENSLEEVES
Arr. by Alfred Reed
Conducted by
Michael C. Formeck

WHITE CHRISTMAS
Irving Berlin
Arr. by Roy Ringwald
The Holiday Chorus

Conducted by LaDonna Linamen

HALLELUJAH CHORUS
G.F.Handel
Arr. by Claire Johnson
The Holiday Chorus

Conducted by LaDonna Linamen

A CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT
Arr. by Jerry Jowak

A FEW WORDS FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE MCB
Blase S. Scarnati

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
Willys Kent
Arr. by Jerry Brubaker

Performance will be held at 4:00 PM in
Slippery Rock University's Miller Auditorium.