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Featuring harpist Alexandra Nieuwsma
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Presenting seasonal favorites in new holiday stylings
 
 
Performed Monday, December 16, 2013 - 7:30 p.m.
Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church
1801 Lacassie Ave., Walnut Creek CA

   
 
Free Admission
Free Parking
 

 

 PROGRAM

Winterfest .................................................................................................. Arr. Stephen Bulla
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing • Ding Dong Merrily on High
The First Noël • Angels from the Realms of Glory
Silent Night • We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Away in a Manger ..........................................................................................  Arr. Julie Giroux

Concerto for Harp  ......................................................  Geo. F. Handel/Arr. C.T. Yeago
I. Allegro
Alexandra Nieuwsma, Harp

Jingle Them Bells (after J.L. Pierpont's Jingle Bells)  .....................................  Arr. Julie Giroux

We Wish You a Mambo Christmas  .............................................  Traditional/Arr. Erik Morales
Ben Loomer, Conductor

It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year .......................................................  Arr. Chris Sharp
Ben Loomer, Conductor

Good Swing Wenceslas  ...........................................................................   Arr. Sammy Nestico
Ben Loomer, Conductor

Christmas Time  ..........................................................................................  Jan Van der Roost
Greensleeves • Deck the Halls
Ben Loomer, Conductor

Dona Nobis Pacem  ............................................................................................  Thomas Doss

Carol of the Shepherds - Meditation on "Quem Pastores Laudavere" .................  Philip Sparke

Christmas Lights  .............................................................................................  Arr. Chris Sharp
Ukranian Carol • Coventry Carol • Toyland
Good Christian Men, Rejoice • The Holly and the Ivy

It's Christmas!  (Sing Along)   ......................................................................  Arr. Warren Barker
Jingle Bells • O Come All Ye Faithful • Joy To The World
Deck The Halls • Silent Night • We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Sleigh Ride  .......................................................................................................  Leroy Anderson

 

Bios

 
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BEN LOOMER  earned an associates of arts degree in music from Los Medanos College and a bachelor’s degree in music education from University of the Pacific. This is Loomer’s sixth year of teaching music in the San Ramon Unified School District. He has taught music from elementary to high school and has definitely found his place at Stone Valley Middle School. He also teaches marching band at Northgate High School, in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District. Along with teaching, Loomer plays with the Contra Costa Wind Symphony, works as a freelance musician with the Diablo Theatre Company, and has performed with the Ashmolean Singers and the Diablo Women’s Chorale. He serves on the board of The California Association for Music Education (CMEA), and leads a brass ensemble and directs the bell choir at Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church.

 
 
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ALEXANDRA NIEUWSMA, in her third year as the harpist of the Contra Costa Wind Symphony, is the featured soloist in this season’s Winterfest concert, performing Handel’s Concerto in B flat for harp.  Alexandra has played harp with the Oakland Youth Orchestra, Young People’s Symphony Orchestra, and Berkeley Youth Orchestra.  Last year Alexandra made her solo debut with the CCWS performing Ian Frenkel’s “Harp Christmas”.  This past January, she was selected to perform in the Festival Orchestra in the Bay Area Youth Orchestra Festival 2013 at the Sonoma State Green Center.  Alexandra also plays in an all-harp ensemble with her three sisters, known as The Four Graces.   Alexandra has studied harp for 8 years with Jessica Siegel.  


 
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