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South Musicians Host Annual Holiday Concert

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Marketing and Communications
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  • Student and faculty musicians in the University of South Alabama Department of Music performed at USA's annual Holiday Concert on Dec. 5, 2024 at the USA Mitchell Center.
  • Student and faculty musicians in the University of South Alabama Department of Music performed at USA's annual Holiday Concert on Dec. 5, 2024 at the USA Mitchell Center showing stage with audience.
  • Horn group at concert.
  • Dr. Peterson directing music.
  • Performer at concert playing.
  • Woman singing.
  • Mrs. Claus on stage.
  • Group singing and dancing.
  • University of South Alabama President Jo Bonner welcomes guests to the USA Mitchell Center before the annual Holiday Concert by student and faculty musicians in the Department of Music.
  • Music group in all red at concert.
  • Twirler in front of marching band.
  • Southpaw in Santa suit.
  • Hand bells playing at concert.
  • Marching band in front of stage.

 

Students and faculty from the University of South Alabama Department of Music performed their annual Holiday Concert Thursday evening at the USA Mitchell Center. The event was free and open to the public.

This year’s theme, Jaguar Jingle all the Way, was a play on the Christmas classic “Jingle Bells.” The University Chorale sang John Leavitt’s arrangement entitled, “Dashing Through the Snow,” the USA Wind Ensemble performed “Jingle Bells Fantasy” and the USA Trombone Choir performed the Tommy Peterson arrangement of the song.

Diverse musical selections included “My Favorite Things” from the Sound of Music, performed by the Tuba Euphonium Ensemble; “Christmas Klezmer Fantasy” by the Clarinet Ensemble, “We Three Kings” by the Percussion Ensemble and “Danse Villageoise” by the Lavender Brass Quintet.

For the first time, the concert featured a handbell choir. The handbells were donated to the University by the south Brookley United Methodist Church in Mobile and added a festive touch during the performance of the English Christmas Carol, “I Saw Three Ships.”

As always, the concert culminated with Leroy Anderson’s “A Christmas Festival,” a medley of Christmas favorites by the Wind Ensemble, Concert Choir, Opera Theatre, Chorale and Jaguar Marching Band. SouthPaw entered the arena on a giant sleigh pulled by a golf cart.

The Department of Music performed its first Holiday Concert in 2011.

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