College of the Ozarks Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band to perform concert Friday, Dec. 6
POINT LOOKOUT, MO. — The College of the Ozarks Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band will present a Christmas concert that will take place Friday evening, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m. in the Royal Oak Forum at The Keeter Center. This concert is free and open to the public.
Dr. Kevin Powers, associate professor of music and concert director, shared what the audience can expect while attending this performance.
“This concert will feature both the C of O Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band. The Jazz Ensemble will be playing some great big-band Christmas tunes. Following the Jazz Ensemble, the Concert Band will perform Christmas pieces with a few patriotic selections as well,” Powers said. “Rehearsals have been going very well, and I can’t wait for everyone to hear the music we have prepared.”
The Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band performance will consist of the following:
Jazz Ensemble
God Rest Ye Merry Samba — arranged by Paul Baker
Yo Tannenbaum! — arranged by Gordon Goodwin
White Christmas — by Berlin/ arranged by Roger Holmes
Sing, Sing, Sing — by Louis Prima/ arranged by Mike Lewis
Up on the Housetop — by Benjamin Hanby/ arranged by Paul Clark
Concert Band
Sleigh Ride — by LeRoy Anderson
We Wish You a Mambo Christmas — arranged by Erik Morales
On That Night All Was Silent — by David Samuel
Colossus of Columbia — by Russell Alexander/arranged by Glenn Cliffe Bainum
The Golden Age of Broadway — by Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers/ arranged by John Moss
This is My Country — by Al Jacobs, Don Raye/ arranged by Jerry Brubaker
Blue Christmas — by Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson/ arranged by Jay Dawson
The Stars and Stripes for Christmas — by John Philip Sousa/ arranged by Robert E. Foster