The opening of the program started with the “Fanfare in C” by Henry Purcell (1659-1695). The Faculty Brass Quintet played this piece. It was a great start to what was going to be a wonderful concert. Then the Brass Quintet was joined by the men and women choirs with a percussion ensemble, to sing Awake, Arise and Hail the Morn. The men and women choirs took turns singing different verses and then the men and women also sang verses together. They had musical accompanists of the trumpet, horn, trombone and keyboard.

The combined women’s chorus then sang Beneath a Star by Brent Pierce (20th century). This song was very pretty, contained a very steady and slow tempo. Then one of my favorite parts of concert was the Trombone Cho

Then next was the Men’s Chorus. They sang Gloucestershire Wassail, for some unknown reason I did not enjoy this piece as much as some of the others. The choirs did a wonderful job. The music had a very steady tempo, and a smooth melody. Then the Kiwanis Boys Choir came out and sang a fun song “Enatus est Emmanuel” by Michael Praetorius. The boys did an excellent job with this piece. They had no instrumental accompanist. The steady melody, catchy tempo, and other musical issues were all emphasized with their voices, which by itself is a beautiful instrument. The second piece, the boys choir added a fun rhythm by snapping their fingers. This piece is titled “Good News” by Jay Althouse (20th century). This piece was faster beat and had very catchy melody that made you want to dance. I really enjoyed how these boys used their voices in sequence to each other. One part of the boys choir would sing a fun, deep du-ough for the background and the other group of boys would be singing the verses. At the end of the piece they stopped snapping their fingers and went back to using their voices only. The piece had a beautiful, high-pitched ending.

The next piece was “Benedicite” by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). This song was in a very high pitch. The choir was singing so high that I couldn’t tell if the music was in English. I am pretty sure it was not because of the title of the piece but then again the composer is from Great Britain. This piece was one of the longer but it included this magnificent soloist. It was amazing how this woman can sing so high very constantly for long periods of time.

After intermission there was a audience sing-a-long. I really enjoyed this it was a lot of fun to sing to the orchestra that was playing the music for you. The first song we sang was “Jolly Old St. Nick”. Some of the instruments that were used for this were the flutes, trombones, and violins. The composer was directing us while the orchestr

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