The Sounds of Winter

The title of this years winter concert with the Galveston College Choir was the Sounds of Winter.
The concert opened with the Island Steel Drum Band.
* Coral Reef Song – Brad Shores
* Island Echo – Brad Shores
* Winter Wonderland arranged by Eric D. Sharp
    (I wanted to arrange a Christmas carol with a reggae sound).
* Silent Night arranged by Eric D. Sharp
* Light Footin’ – Brad Shores
The concert then continued with the choir.
* Hodie – Healey Willan
Then 3 pieces about the wind.
* Gently the Wind is Blowing – W.A. Mozart
* Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind – John Rutter
* The Chill in the Air – Eric D. Sharp
* Choose Something Like a Star – Randall Thompson
* Crescent Noon – Richard Carpenter
* Christmas Day – Gustav Holst
Then an audience sing along with Christmas carols.
After intermission:
* Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
* How Excellent is Thy Name – Audrey Snyder
* Ave Maria – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
* The Gift Carol – arr. by Lloyd and Debby Pfautsch
* Have Netze Bemachol – arr. by Hawley Ades
* Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John
* Christmas Time is Here – Vince Guaraldi, arr. by David Pugh
* The Christmas Song – Mel Torme, arr. by Ad Lojeski
* Fantasy on Five Christmas Carols – arr. by Mark Hayes
I had received a lot of compliments from the choir and the audience on the selection of music I chose for this concert. There were also over 100 people at this concert which is the largest audience I have had since I came here about 2 1/2 years ago.