2018-19: Season 58

Dan Perkins, music director
​December 2018: Family Holiday Pops Concert
In collaboration with 2G MCS and New England Youth Chorus 

Christmas on Broadway ........................................................................ arr. John Higgins 
            It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas (from Here’s Love)             Meredith Wilson
Pine Cones and Holly Berries                                                                    
              Toyland (from Babes in Arms)                                                           Victor Herbert
March of the Toys                                                                                      
                My Favorite Things (from The Sound of Music)             Rodgers and Hammerstein
                We Need a Little Christmas (from Mame)                                            Jerry Herman
                God Bless Us Everyone (from A Christmas Carol)                    Menken and Ahrens
 
The Nutcracker (As sung by Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians)  ............... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 
            I. Miniature Overture
           II.  Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy
            III. Trepak
 
The Christmas Song ......................................................... Mel Torme and Robert Wells
                                                                                                                    Arr. Mark Hayes
 
The Twelve Day of Christmas ................................................. Traditional English Carol
                                                                                                                 Arr. Mack Wilberg
 
Irving Berlin’s Christmas ............................................................................ Irving Berlin
                                                                                                                 Arr. Mark Brymer
            Happy Holiday (from Holiday Inn)
            I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (from On the Avenue)
            Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep (from White Christmas)
            Snow
            White Christmas (from Holiday Inn)
         Krystal Morin, conductor
  
I Saw Three Ships .................................................................. Traditional English Carol
                                                                                                                  Arr. Michael Braz
New England Youth Choir
Devereux Geiger, director and Elizabeth Blood, pianist
 
       Carol of the Bells ............................................................................ Peter J. Wilhousky                                                                                                                Arr. Steve Kupferschmid
2G MCS
Krystal Morin, director and Elizabeth Blood, pianist
 
Do You Hear What I Hear? ........................................ Noel Regney & Gloria Shayne
                                                                                                            Arr. Harry Simeone
2G MCS and New England Youth Choir
 
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas  .............................................. Randol Allan Bass 
Krystal Morin, narrator
 
Deck the Halls (in 7/8) ............................................................... Arr. James McKelvy
 
Jingle Bells .............................................................................. Arr. Gordon Langford
 
Sleigh Ride ...................................................................................... Leroy Anderson
                                                                                                              Arr. Mark Brymer
 
 O Holy Night ...................................................................................... Adolphe Adam
                                                                                                               Arr. René Clausen
         Krystal Morin, conductor

 Away in a Manger ..................................................................... William J. Kirkpatrick
                                                                                                                     Arr. Ola Gjeilo
Krystal Morin, conductor 

 Holiday Favorites Sing A-Long ...................................,................ Arr. Roger Emerson

May 2019: We Have A Dream 

Those Who Wait .................................................................. William Grant Still (1895-1978) 
Renee Rouse, mezzo-soprano
Duane A. Moody, tenor
 
Three Seasons (Claude McKay Poems) ................................................. Jonathan Santore
I. Spring in New Hampshire
II. Summer Morn in New Hampshire
III. Winter in the Country  
Krystal Morin, conductor

The Chariot Jubilee .............................................................. R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943)
Duane A. Moody, tenor
  
Afro-American Fragments ........................................................................... William Averitt
I. Wonder
II. When Sue Wears Red
III. Dream Dust
IV. Song for Billie Holiday
Krystal Morin, soprano
V. Feet o’ Jesus
VI. Fire

Deep River ....................................................................................................... Spiritual
                                                                                                                arr. Roy Ringwald
 
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen .............................................................. Spiritual
                                                                                                   arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003) 
Hannah Bessette, soprano
 
Steal Away ................................................................................................... Spiritual
                                                                                                           arr. Howard Helvey
 
Dan-u-el ............................................................................................. Kirke Mechem
Duane A. Moody, tenor