O’Neil Jones, director of UW Choirs, conducts a combined choir concert in 2024. The University of Wyoming Choirs, along with the Symphonic Band and Campus Community Band, will celebrate the sounds of the season with the collaborative concert “Holiday Joy" Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall. (UW Photo)
The University of Wyoming Choirs, along with the Symphonic Band and Campus Community
Band, will celebrate the sounds of the season with the collaborative concert “Holiday
Joy” Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts
concert hall.
Tickets are available at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/uwyo/6984/event/1441428, in person or at (307) 766-6666 at the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts box
office, Monday through Friday, noon to 6 p.m. and one hour before performances.
This festive evening of music features the Laramie Civic Chorus, Bel Canto, Singing
Statesmen, Laramie Children’s Chorus, Symphonic Band and the Campus Community Band.
The groups will be directed by Robert Belser and O’Neil Jones and accompanied by pianists
Bryn Catlin, Renato da Silva and Luciano Filizola.
The concert opens with the massed choirs performing the dynamic African carol “Betelehemu,”
arranged by Barrington Brooks, before the program breaks out into individual ensembles,
including the treble choir Bel Canto performing Steven Aldredge’s “Midnight Song.”
Bel Canto and the Singing Statesmen will perform arrangements of the traditional Spanish
carol “A La Nanita Nana” and the lively Hannukah folk song “S’vivon,” arranged by
Joseph Flummerfelt.
A highlight of the evening follows, as the massed choirs and the Symphonic Band join
forces for the stirring “Arise, Your Light Has Come” by David Danner.
The audience is then invited to join in “Carol Sing,” arranged by John Leavitt, a
medley of classic carols led by the massed choirs and the Campus Community Band. The
Campus Community Band will then perform an arrangement of the traditional carol “What
Child is This?” and a playful rendition of “Secret Agent Santa.”
The Laramie Children’s Chorus follows with individual pieces as well as the heartwarming
“Somewhere in My Memory” with the massed choirs.
The program closes with the massed choirs performing the timeless classics “Silent
Night,” arranged by Malcolm Sargent, and "Christmas is Coming," arranged by Mack Wilberg.
Celebrate the joy of the holidays with this family-friendly, community event.
