The Kennebec Performing Arts Company (KPAC) will “Celebrate the Season” at its annual holiday concerts on Friday, December 5, 7 p.m., at Winthrop High School and Saturday, December 6, 5 p.m., at Cony High School in Augusta.
The KPAC Wind Ensemble, directed by John Neal, will present festive favorites such as Celtic Carol by Robert W. Smith and A Christmas Celebration. A special highlight will be Log Cabin Blues, featuring xylophone soloist Sophie Komiega. Assistant Director Dan Gilbert will take the podium to conduct The Eighth Candle by Steve Reisteter, a symphonic treatment of traditional Hanukkah themes. Holding with tradition, the group will close this portion of the program with Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride.
The concert will continue with the KPAC Jazz Band, led by new director Russell Caverly, featuring the premier performance of a specially commissioned work by Terry White, a noted Maine music educator, composer, and bandleader.
The evening will conclude with the KPAC Choir, directed by John Neal, performing a beautiful selection of seasonal works, including Candlelight Carol by John Rutter, Ose Shalom (The One Who Makes Peace) by John Leavitt, the traditional Hispanic carol A La Nanita Nana, Glory, Glory, Glory to the Newborn King by Moses Hogan, Festival Gloria by Craig Courtney, and He Watching Over Israel by Mendelssohn.
Admission is free and open to the public, thanks to KPAC’s generous sponsors and a grant from the Onion Foundation.
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The Kennebec Performing Arts Company (KPAC) will “Celebrate the Season” at its annual holiday concerts on Friday, December 5, 7 p.m., at Winthrop High School and Saturday, December 6, 5 p.m., at Cony High School in Augusta.
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