Metropolitan Wind Symphony - Holiday Pops

Join the MetWinds in kicking off your holiday season with a concert featuring your musical holiday favorites. Along with creative arrangements of Christmas and Hanukkah music, this program will feature Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by J. S. Bach and the classic symphonic band work by Alfred Reed, Russian Christmas Music. John Higgins pays tribute to holiday music made famous from the Broadway stage in his arrangement Christmas On Broadway. This concert will also provide an opportunity for you to participate in a sing-a-long of Warren Barker’s Christmas Serenade. The concert will close in a fun-filled journey of Larry Mactaggart’s arrangement Jingle Bells, complete with cheering crowds and sounds of merriment.

Don’t miss the festive cocktail hour at 6 pm and the amazing desserts afterwards. All proceeds will benefit St. John of Damascus. Tickets may be purchased in advance, online, starting October 1^st at  www.stjohnd.org/pops or at the door on the night of the concert. They are not available on the MetWinds website.

An American Christmas	Robert W. Smith
Overture to a Winter Festival	James Curnow
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring	J. S. Bach / arr. Alfred Reed
Russian Christmas Music	Alfred Reed
A Hanukkah Festival	Chris Bernotas
Christmas On Broadway	arr. John Higgins
Christmas Serenade	Warren Barker
Laughing All the Way	Larry Mactaggart