AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION! UPCOMING MUSICAL EVENTS ❆ BY THE THE FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY MUSIC CENTER LYRICS TO: FSU MUSIC CENTER ENSEMBLES in conjunction with 2009-10 The Marine Toy for Tots Foundation and Rotary International of Big Rapids “Christmas Sing-A-Long” FEBRUARY 14 (SU) FESTIVAL WINTER CONCERT presents 4:00 p.m. FSU G. Mennen Williams Auditorium FSU Symphony Band Hark, the Herald Angels Sing in conjunction with the FSU West Central Concert Band ❆ Hark, the Herald Angels Sing, “Glory to the new-born King!” 2010 Festival of the Arts FSU West Central Chamber Orchestra Peace on Earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled. MARCH 3 (WE) JAZZ BAND CONCERT Joyful, all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies 8:00 p.m. FSU Rankin Center Dome Room FSU Jazz Band With angelic host proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem.” A Hark, the Herald Angels Sing, “Glory to the new-born King!” APRIL 6 (TU) CHOIR CONCERT 8:00 p.m. FSU Rankin Center Dome Room FSU Concert Choir O Come, All Ye Faithful APRIL 21 (WE) FSU 125TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT Symphonic O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant; 4:00 p.m. FSU G. Mennen Williams Auditorium FSU Symphony Band O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem. FSU West Central Concert Band Come and behold Him, Born the King of angels: FSU West Central Chamber Orchestra O come let us adore Him, O come let us adore Him, APRIL 24 (SA) CHORAL & JAZZ CONCERT WITH ALUMNI Santa O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord. 8:00 p.m. FSU G. Mennen Williams Auditorium FSU Concert Choir & Alumni Choir FSU Jazz Band & Alumni Jazz Band Deck the Halls Deck the halls with boughs of holly, MUSIC AT FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY Sunday! Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. www.ferris.edu/music ‘Tis the season to be jolly, Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. A Holiday Concert Featuring Don we now our gay apparel, Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la. The FSU Symphony Band Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, The FSU West Central Concert Band Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. The FSU West Central Chamber Orchestra “MUSIC FOR LIFE!” AT FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY Dr. Richard Scott Cohen, Musical Director & Conductor Music performance opportunities at Ferris State University are designed to Silent night, holy night, supplement and enrich the lives of students by assisting them in making the All is calm, all is bright, transition from the high school musical setting to the world of adult amateur ❆ Round yon Virgin Mother and Child, musical ensembles. FSU students can continue to develop their musical skills and ❆ Holy Infant so tender and mild, be prepared for a rewarding musical “life after college” by participating in Ferris’ Sleep in heavenly peace, musical ensembles that include both university students and members of the  Sleep in heavenly peace. community – the format of the majority of community ensembles throughout the Assisted by country. In this way, we aspire to inspire all FSU students to continue to enrich Dale Skornia their lives and the lives of others as active performers of music – for life! Please The First Noel Contact the FSU Music Center at (231) 591-2484 for more information. Donna Smith The first Noel, the angels did say, Dynamite the Clown Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In fields where they lay keeping their sheep, Trinidy Williams, Jason Swearingen, Janel Depew & Student Staff, Williams Aud. Holiday Chamber Ensembles On a cold winter’s night that was so deep. Ella Shaw & Kirsten Johnston, Secretaries, Department of Humanities and Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel; Born is the King of Israel. Glenn Zobel, Annette Erler & Student Staff, Physical Plant Department of Humanities, Grant Snider, Academic Head Santa Claus! Linda Marshall, Secretary, Music Center ❆ We Wish You a Merry Christmas Rotary International of Big Rapids We wish you a merry Christmas, We wish you a merry Christmas, Marine Toys for Tots Foundation ❆ We wish you a merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! Good tidings we bring for you and your kin: 4:00 p.m. OUR GRATITUDE FOR PRINTING DONATED BY Sunday • December 13, 2009 We wish you a merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! The Ferris State University Copy Center G. Mennen Williams Auditorium

PROGRAM THE HOLIDAY COMBINED CONCERT BAND THE HOLIDAY COMBINED CONCERT BAND featuring the members of featuring the members of Pre-Concert Christmas Carols in the Lobby The FSU Symphony Band and The FSU West Central Concert Band The FSU Symphony Band and The FSU West Central Concert Band Holiday Combined Concert Band’s Flute Ensemble FLUTE/PICCOLO TROMBONE, cont. Valerie Ferrera FSU Student: Criminal Justice St. Clair Shores Zachary Potter FSU Student: Music Industry Management Big Rapids A Christmas Festival arr. Leroy Anderson Courtney Green FSU Student: Pre-Pharmacy Perry Robert Reed FSU Student: CAD Drafting & Tool Design Gladwin Holiday Combined Concert Band & West Central Chamber Orchestra Meegan Miller FSU Student: Pre-Nursing & Psychology Bay City Robert Ross FSU Student: Facility Management Tawas City Linda Peek Math Teacher, retired Big Rapids Scott Whitney Pharmacist, retired Big Rapids Desiree Rodriguez FSU Student: Biology / Pre-Dentistry Alpena EUPHONIUM Aqueelah Seifullah FSU Student: Pre-Pharmacy Grand Rapids Jeriel Beard Surgeon & Campus Physician, FSU Big Rapids A Charlie Brown Christmas Vince Guaraldi & Lee Mendelson Diane Simaz Kindergarten Teacher, White Cloud Big Rapids Jason Dunk FSU Student: Forensic Biology Hometown, IL Holiday Combined Concert Band Angelina White FSU Student: Social Work White Cloud Drew Heath FSU Graduate Student: Pharmacy Tekonsha Emily Anne Wood FSU Student: Sonography & Health Care Systems Administration Escanaba Jeff Jernstadt Dairy Farmer & Substitute Teacher Big Rapids Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella arr. Chip Davis & Robert Longfield OBOE A. Alan Metcalf Technology Director, retired Mecosta Ellen Raymond Student: Big Rapids High School Paris Ian Nagy FSU Graduate Student: Pharmacy Iron Mountain West Central Chamber Orchestra BASSOON TUBA Paul Heidemann Network Technician, FSU Big Rapids T. Patrick Billig Band Director, retired White Cloud Come, All Ye Shepherds arr. Jerry Allen Art Sherwood Mathematics Professor, FSU retired Remus James Joesten FSU Student: Graphic Design Temperance Labon Wolgamott FSU Student: Plastics Engineering Technology Bitely Holiday Combined Concert Band’s Trumpet Ensemble PERCUSSION CLARINET Jeffrey Ackroyd FSU Student: Biotechnology Big Rapids Frieda Anderson Administrative Assistant, Retired Mecosta Jared Beyer FSU Student: Applied Mathematics Ludington Suite from “The Nutcracker” Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Danielle Boyer FSU Student: Health Care Systems Administration Marquette Garrett DeJongh FSU Student: Medical Engineering Technology Three Rivers Christina Cook FSU Student: Elementary Education Three Rivers Courtney Hass FSU Student: Construction Management Bellflower, CA March • Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy • “Trepak” Russian Dance Ashley Erskin FSU Student: Elementary Education Vestaburg Ryan Johnson FSU Student: Graphic Design Kingsford Holiday Combined Concert Band & West Central Chamber Orchestra Martina Esterle Hair Dresser Reed City Joshua Miles FSU Student: Pre-Pharmacy Grand Rapids Robert Garrels Lutheran Pastor, retired Big Rapids Kenn Stine FSU Student: History Fairbanks, AK Megan Grabenstetter FSU Student: Elementary Education Whitehall Krista Testolin FSU Student: Career Exploration Iron Mountain Adagio from the “Christmas Concerto in G Minor” Arcangelo Corelli Kayla Grillo FSU Student: History Hersey West Central Chamber Orchestra Tiffany Jones FSU Student: Biology / Pre-Veterinary Medicine Falmouth Kaitlin Klemp Student: Freemont High School Fremont THE FSU WEST CENTRAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Nedra Neumann Insurance Accounting & Technology Big Rapids Sherry Rosser FSU Student: Accounting Winter Park, FL VIOLIN Born Is He, This Holy Child / The Holly and the Ivy arr. Robert Garrels Stephanie Thomson Communication Professor, FSU Big Rapids Moriah Burke FSU Student: General Studies Lansing WCCB Clarinet Sextet Megan Womersley FSU Student: Applied Mathematics Grand Rapids Alissa Cho FSU Student: Pre-Pharmacy Sterling Heights Jason Workman FSU Student: Biotechnology Bridgman Corrine English FSU Student: Pre-Pharmacy Sturgis Samantha Jordan FSU Student: Biochemistry Blanchard BASS CLARINET Who Can Retell from “Three Songs for Chanukah” arr. Marsha C. Shapiro Matt Kammeraad FSU Student: Product Design Engineering Technology Holland Don Flickinger Associate Provost, FSU Big Rapids Tiffany Keller FSU Student: New Print Media & Publishing Holland West Central Chamber Orchestra Sarah Raymond Leisure Studies & Wellness Professor, FSU Paris Catherine Kemian FSU Student: Forensic Biology Dearborn Vicky Scott Registered Nurse Big Rapids Aaron Kuhns Student: White Cloud High School White Cloud Jessica Slattery FSU Student: Marketing Marquette Santa Songs arr. Ralph Ford Katrina Lane FSU Student: Criminal Justice Saginaw Eb CONTRABASS CLARINET Lauren Moore FSU Student: Marketing Temperance Santa Claus is Coming to Town • Here Comes Santa Claus Denise Smith FSU Student: Early Childhood Education & Radiography White Cloud Caitlin Ringey FSU Student: Human Resource Management Ferndale Holiday Combined Concert Band, West Central Chamber Orchestra, Dynamite the Clown & Santa Claus DeAnna Wolgast FSU Student: Medical Technology Three Rivers ALTO SAXOPHONE Gregory Beers FSU Student: Criminal Justice Canton VIOLA Brittany Clark FSU Student: Early Childhood Education Sand Creek Tabitha Herman Mom Evart Christmas Concerto arr. Robert W. Smith Tyler B. Cook FSU Graduate Student: Optometry Big Rapids Hannah Janzen FSU Student: Biology/Pre-Veterinary Medicine Greenville Joy to the World: Dale Skornia, alto saxophone Brandon McKenzie FSU Student: Elementary Education Rodney Maria Kuhns Student: White Cloud Middle School White Cloud Silent Night: Logan May, trumpet • Nedra Neumann, clarinet • Emily Wood, flute Dale Skornia Music Professor, FSU Big Rapids Ashley Ratcliffe FSU Student: Plastics Engineering Technology Midland Deck the Halls: T. Patrick Billig, tuba Sarah Thompson FSU Student: Biotechnology Alpena Beth Storey Mom & Co-Owner, Gravel Ridge Farm Remus Holiday Combined Concert Band Andrea Wood FSU Student: Secondary Education Cadillac Zachary Wolf FSU Student: Chemistry Zeeland TENOR SAXOPHONE CELLO Eric Watson FSU Student: Pre-Pharmacy Clarkston Shawn Andrus FSU Doctoral Student: Optometry Rexburg, ID Hallelujah Chorus Excerpts from “The Messiah” George Frideric Handel Marie Williams FSU Student: Music Industry Management Reed City Bobbie Anger Medical Assistant Stanwood Jack Herman FSU Student: Pre-Pharmacy Chelsea West Central Chamber Orchestra BARITONE SAXOPHONE Andrika Lyons FSU Student: Journalism & TV/Digital Media Production Muskegon Steven Solinski FSU Student: Psychology Bay City Kailey McKenzie Student: Crossroads Charter Academy Rodney Jack Wellnitz GMAC, retired Paris Jingle Bells arr. Alec Wilder Sheryl Meriam Bus Driver, Reed City Public Schools Chase Holiday Combined Concert Band’s Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble TRUMPET Caren Parker FSU Student: Pre-Pharmacy Traverse City Jerry Allen Band Director, retired Cadillac Laura Taylor Mom & Wedding Cellist Big Rapids Bob Clark Clark & Sons Residential Furniture Delivery Big Rapids Dwayne Williams FSU Student: Criminal Justice Saginaw Jeff Gabalis Digital Media Specialist, FSU Mecosta Julie Wilson Mom Stanwood The Polar Express Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri Brittany Lynn FSU Student: Radiography Muskegon STRING/ELECTRIC BASS Holiday Combined Concert Band Logan May FSU Student: Professional Golf Management Fairview Park, OH Steven Haller FSU Student: Biology/Pre-Medicine Walled Lake Jack McKindley Band Director, retired Stanwood Janet Mallett Free-Lance Musician Big Rapids Chris Nesbit FSU Student: Computer Networks & Systems Mears Wizards in Winter Paul O’Neill & Robert Kinkel Monica Socia FSU Student: Pre- Criminal Justice Durand GUITAR West Central Chamber Orchestra Jacob Sonier FSU Student: Pre-Pharmacy Dewitt Jordan Cyr FSU Student: Business Management Kalamazoo Ashley Walters FSU Student: Pre-Nursing Zeeland DRUM SET Adam Wiesen FSU Student: Secondary Education - Biology Schaumburg, IL Joshua Miles FSU Student: Pre-Pharmacy Grand Rapids Away in a Manger John McFarland & James Murray FRENCH HORN b KEYBOARD Denise Smith, E Contralto Clarinet Alan Anderson Accountant, retired Mecosta Paul Heidemann Network Technician, FSU Big Rapids Gail Salinger Jacobson Tutor, Chippewa Hills Schools Remus Deborah Jordan Registered Nurse Blanchard Leroy Anderson Samantha Jordan FSU Student: Biochemistry Blanchard Holiday Combined Concert Band Emily Mitchell Librarian, FSU Big Rapids WCCB CLARINET SEXTET OTHER ARTISTS & GUESTS Nathan Williams FSU Student: Heavy Equipment Service Engineering Technology Hamel Frieda Anderson, clarinet ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ TROMBONE Don Flickinger, clarinet ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ ❆ Christmas Sing-A-Long arr. James D. Ployhar Macie Bonham FSU Student: Medical Laboratory Technology Tustin Robert Garrels, clarinet Bruce Dilg, Santa Claus Holiday Combined Concert Band, & West Central Chamber Orchestra Kyle Lilly FSU Student: Radiography Manton Nedra Neumann, clarinet Donna Smith, announcer Kyle Maneke FSU Student: History Education Big Rapids Vicky Scott, bass clarinet Dale Skornia, assisting conductor Please see the lyrics on the back of this program . . . and sing along! Jim Mehl Administrative Law Judge, retired Big Rapids Megan Womersley, clarinet Rudy Grahek, Dynamite the Clown