The document announces a holiday concert featuring student choirs from two local high schools performing with a professional brass quintet and conductor. The concert will take place on December 15th at 2:30pm and 7:30pm at the Albany Municipal Auditorium. Tickets are $15 or included in a season pass and will be available at the door. The concert program includes various Christmas carols and holiday songs.

1. December 15, 2012
2:30 & 7:30 PM
Albany Municipal Auditorium
featuring
Select students from the
Westover High School and Albany High School choirs
with the
Claire Fox Hillard, conductor
Jeff Conner, trumpet
Joseph Sibaja, trumpet
Chris Castellanos, French horn
Lance LaDuke, trombone/euphonium
Anders Hitz, tuba
Marcia Mitchell Hood, artistic director
Conductor’s Circle at the Carnegie Library
following the 7:30 PM performance
Limited tickets available for $15 or
included in Conductor’s Circle season pass.

2. Hallelujah, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth,
The kingdom of this world is become
The kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ;
And He shall reign forever and ever.
King of Kings and Lord of Lords. (Revelation 19:16, 11:15)
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold him born the King of Angels:
O come, let us adore him, O come let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

3. Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of heav’n above;
Glory to God in the highest:
O come, let us adore him, O come let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
Yea, Lord we greet thee, born this happy morning,
Jesus, to thee be all glory giv’n;
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing:
O come, let us adore him, O come let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
Maoz Tsur; Mi Y’malel; Hanukkah, Hanukkah;
My Dreidel; S’Vivon; Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah
Chinese Dance, Arabian Dance, Russian Dance
Happy Holidays; I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm;
Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep; Snow; White Christmas

4. I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know,
Where the treetops glisten and children listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow.
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas with ev’ry Christmas card I write:
“May your days be merry and bright and may all your Christmases be white.”
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas with ev’ry Christmas card I write:
“May your days be merry and bright and may all your Christmases be white.”
Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town
You better watch out, you better not cry.
You better not pout, I’m tellin’ you why: Santa Claus is comin’ to town.
He’s makin’ a list, and checkin’ it twice,
Gonna find out who’s naughty and nice. Santa Claus is comin’ to town.

5. He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake.
He knows if you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake.
Oh, you better watch out, you better not cry.
You better not pout, I’m tellin’ you why: Santa Claus is comin’ to town.
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style,
In the air there’s a feeling of Christmas.
Children laughing, people passing, meeting smile after smile,
And on every street corner you hear:
Silver bells, silver bells, it’s Christmas time in the city,
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring, soon it will be Christmas Day.
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose,
And if you ever saw it, you would even say it glows.
All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph join in any other reindeer games.
Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say:
“Rudolph, with your nose so bright, won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?”
Then all the reindeer loved him, as they shouted out with glee:
“Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you’ll go down in history.”

6. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose,
Yuletide carols being sung by the fire and folks dressed up like Eskimos.
Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe help to make the season bright.
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow will find it hard to sleep tonight.
They know that Santa’s on his way; he’s loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother’s child is gonna spy to see if reindeer really know how to fly.
And so, I’m offering this simple phrase to kids from one to ninety-two.
Although it’s been said many times, many ways:
“Merry Christmas to You!”
Dashing through the snow, in a one horse open sleigh,
O’er the fields we go, laughing all the way. HA! HA! HA!
Bells on bobtail ring, making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight. OH!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh! HEY!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh!
We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

7. F
or 26 years, Boston Brass has set out
to establish a one-of-a-kind musical
experience. From exciting classical
arrangements, to burning jazz
standards, and the best of the original brass
quintet repertoire, Boston Brass treats
audiences to a unique brand of entertainment,
which captivates all ages. The ensemble’s
lively repartee, touched with humor and
personality, attempts to bridge the ocean of
classical formality to delight audiences in an
evening of great music and boisterous fun.
The philosophy of Boston Brass is to provide
audiences with a wide selection of musical
styles in unique arrangements, provided in a
friendly and fun atmosphere.
Through over 100 performances each year,
the members of Boston Brass play to
audiences at concerts, educational venues and
jazz festivals. In addition to solo performances,
Boston Brass regularly performs with
orchestras, bands, organ, jazz bands and a
variety of other ensembles. They have
performed in 49 states and 26 countries and
have conducted master classes around the
world including sessions and residencies at the
Eastman School of Music, The Julliard
School, Shepherd School of Music at Rice
University, Peabody Conservatory of Music,
University of North Texas, Royal Academy of
Music in London, Yong Siew Toh
Conservatory at the National University of
Singapore and Mahidol University in
Bangkok.
Boston Brass helped raise over $100,000
for VH1’s Save the Music program, giving
musical instruments to schools in need. They
have been featured educators and performers
at the Mid West Band and Orchestra Clinic,
World Association for Symphonic Bands and
Ensembles, Music Educators National
Conference events, American Bandmaster
Association Conference, The American Band
College, and at the Texas Bandmasters
Association Convention. Since 2006, Boston
Brass has served as Artist/Educational
Ambassadors for XO Professional Brass
Instruments.
Boston Brass has been featured on The
CBS Early Show, National Public Radio’s
Performance Today, The Great American
Brass Band Festival and has recorded several
diverse albums. Latin Nights, their latest
offering, features a collection of some of the
greatest classical and jazz works by Latin
composers and performers and features the
legendary drummer Steve Gadd, the beautiful
voice of Talita Real, percussion and guitar.
Other albums include Ya Gotta Try, featuring
music from Horace Silver, Chick Corea and
Dizzy Gillespie, produced by legendary jazz
recording genius Rudy van Gelder and Within
Earshot, featuring classical works by
Shostakovich, Ginastera, Dvorak, Liszt and
others.
2011 marked the 25th Anniversary of
Boston Brass and was celebrated with the “25
Fanfares Project,” wherein 25 fanfares were
premiered by composers from all over the
country. The project is continuing through the
2011/2012 season. Boston Brass also
premiered a new major commission by noted
wind ensemble composer Brian Balmages and
new arrangements by the legendary Sam
Pilafian. Additionally, Boston Brass was very
excited to have the opportunity to collaborate
in the 2010/2011 season with the fabulous
Imani Winds in a program entitled “Sketches
of Spain,” featuring the music of Miles Davis
and Gil Evans. In the 2012/2013 season the
quintet begins touring their “Notes from the
Balcony” program with string quartet. The
program features music based on “Romeo and
Juliet”
Boston Brass has two holiday
recordings, Christmas Bells are Swingin’,
and The Stan Kenton Christmas Carols,
featuring the Boston Brass All-
Stars Big Band
playing the truly
phenomenal
charts made
popular by the
Stan Kenton
Orchestra. Boston
Brass tours a vibrant
holiday show each
year featuring many
of the charts from
these two albums,
combined with a
variety of solo and
combo selections
and some fun
surprises, which
has quickly established the
show as a perennial audience favorite.
Copies will be on sale in the lobby of the
Municipal Auditorium following both
performances of Peppermint Pops.

8. Phoebe Community Visions
Procter & Gamble
City of Albany/
Albany Municipal Auditorium
The Albany Herald
Moore, Clarke, DuVall
& Rodgers, P.C.
MillerCoors
Heritage Bank of the South
Lawn Barber Nursery
Don Fisher as Santa
Mrs. Claus
Lincoln of Albany