Missouri Baptist University School of Performing Arts
Friday, December 6, 2024, 7:30 pm
Dr. Jordan Cox, Director of Choral Activities
Mr. Wm. Shane Williams, Director of Bands
Dr. John Francis, Director of MBU Ringers
Mrs. Sarah Walseth, Chorale Accompanist
Mrs. Anna Wright, Choral Society Accompanist
Preshow music in the Mabee Great Hall by MBU Jazz Band
WELCOME
Dr. Keith Ross
President, Missouri Baptist University
A CHRISTMAS OVERTURE
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Concert Band & Orchestra
CHRISTMAS WORSHIP MEDLEY
Arr. Cliff Duren
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Great Are You, Lord
The First Noel
Concert Band, Orchestra & Choirs
CAROL OF THE BELLS
Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych
Arr. Lorie Line
Handbell setting by Kevin McChesney
MBU Ringers
VENI, VENI EMANUEL
Michael John Trotta
Chamber Singers
BRIGHTEST AND BEST
Arr. Shawn Kirchner
Chamber Singers
Sarah Walseth, Tova Braitberg, Wendy Hyman-Fite
ECHOING THEIR JOYOUS STRAINS
Arr. Ron Mallory
MBU Ringers
DECK THE HALLS
Arr. Valerie W. Stephenson
MBU Ringers
CHRISTMAS SING-A-LONG*
Arr. Bob Cerulli
Joy to the World
O Come All Ye Faithful
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Concert Band
ILLUMINARE
Elaine Hagenberg
Orchestra & Choirs
1. Splendor
2. Caritas
3. Nox
4. Munera pacis
5. Illuminare his
Nick Damon, soloist
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Arr. Dan Forrest
Concert Band, Orchestra & Choirs