Kick off your holiday season with the School of Music as we celebrate the season and present holiday favorites performed by the KSU Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and choirs. This performance will feature carols sung by KSU choirs, a special  Christmas at the Movies  medley performed by the KSU Symphony Orchestra including music from Home Alone, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Polar Express, and more.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1992/thumbnail.jp

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Cole, Judith

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 Friday, December 1, 2017 at 8 pmDr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center, Morgan HallSixty-second Concert of the 2017-18 Concert SeasonKENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC2017Holiday ConcertLEROY ANDERSON (1908–1975)Sleigh Ride (1948)Wind EnsembleDavid T. Kehler, conductorarr. HOWARD HELVEY (b. 1968)Ding! Dong! Merrily on High (2003)ChoraleChamber SingersJudy Cole and Sherri N. Barrett, pianoLeslie J. Blackwell, conductorJ. S. BACH, arr. ALFRED REED (1921–2005)Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (1981)Wind EnsembleDavid T. Kehler, conductorBRIAN GALANTE (b. 1974)Exsultate (2015)Chamber SingersLeslie J. Blackwell, conductorarr. CLAUDE T. SMITH (1932–1987)Rhapsody on Christmas Carols (1987)Angels We Have Heard On HighAway In A MangerDeck The HallsGreensleevesJoy To The WorldO Come, O Come ImmanuelIn Dulci JubiloWind EnsembleDavid T. KehlerIntermissionprogramarr. BOB KROGSTAD (1951–2015)Christmas at the MoviesOverture from Miracle on 34th Street"The Polar Express" from The Polar Express"Somewhere in My Memory" from Home Alone"Making Christmas"  from The Nightmare Before Christmas"Where are you Christmas?" from How the Grinch Stole ChristmasSymphony OrchestraNathaniel F. Parker, conductorDAN FORREST (b. 1978)There is Faint Music (2014)Women’s ChorusAlison Mann, conductorVICTOR HERBERT (1854–1924)"March of the Toys" from the operetta Babes in ToylandSymphony OrchestraNathaniel F. Parker, conductorVIA OLATUNJI, arr. WILLIAM WHALUM (1931–1987)Betelehemu (1992) Nigerian Christmas SongJeremiah Robinson and Lucas Gray, soloistsMen’s EnsemblePercussion EnsembleLeslie J. Blackwell, conductorarr. RANDOL ALAN BASS (b. 1953)A Symphony of CarolsChanticleerPat-a-PanFum, Fum, FumStille NachtStill, Still, StillAdeste FidelesWomen’s Choir, Men’s Ensemble, and ChoraleSymphony OrchestraNathaniel F. Parker, conductorWIND ENSEMBLEDavid Kehler, Music Director and ConductorFLUTE / PICCOLOCorrine VealeLorin GreenBrittany PietschJessica ShawOBOE / ENGLISH HORNSavannah EnglishRachel RabeneckBASSOON / CONTRA BASSOONDustin PriceGrayson SaylorBriana CurtisCLARINETMatthew HodgettsFaith KirkpatrickJessica BellBrenden AyestaranMichael KorwekJonathan ItkinNatalie KleinEdie SinclairSAXOPHONENick LeonAndrew Shaw Jonathan SteltzerMason UpshawKevin WorleyHORNWill WorthanHaydn McAfee Janet JohnsonVirginia HydeTRUMPETJacob GreifingerMichael BrownJeremy PerkinsJake GearrinMiles BonakerTROMBONESam BoegerDevin Witt Kirill Wood EUPHONIUMConnor SullivanMike LongAndrew BerryTUBAKobe GreeneNick CollinsPERCUSSIONJoe DonohueJosh BoulandMary Madison JonesMichael OllmanMichael MakridesChristopher BowersHARPTeresa SheppardpersonnelSYMPHONY ORCHESTRANathaniel F. Parker, Music Director and ConductorFLUTELorin GreenBrittany PietschCorinne Veale, principalPICCOLOLorin GreenBrittany PietschOBOEAmelia Lee, principalChristina PacettiENGLISH HORNRachel RabeneckCLARINETJessica Bell, principalFaith KirkpatrickBASS CLARINETMatthew HodgettsBASSOONBriana CurtisDustin Price, principalCONTRABASSOONGrayson SaylorHORNVirginia HydeJanet JohnsonHaydn McAfee, principalWilliam WorthanTRUMPETJon Klausman, principalJordyn MaderAndrew OlsenTENOR TROMBONEMatt Scott, principalVictoria ShroteBASS TROMBONETrevor HassellTUBAKobe GreeneTIMPANIJosh BoulandJoe DonohuePERCUSSIONJosh BoulandChristopher BowersJoe DonohueMary Madison JonesMichael MakridesMichael OllmanHARPLaurel BuchananKEYBOARDJordan SommerVIOLINZoë CesarKynan ClymoreMary Catherine DavisNassar EdwardsNicholas FelderRyan FinlaysonJenna FlohrLauren GreeneMary Katharine Guthrie,  associate concertmasterMilan HaddadBethany Johnston, associate principalVIOLIN (cont.)Rachel LaRoccaHuijeong LeeJung Hyun LimMatthew MarcacciCharles PageMichael ParrishJustin Rawlings,  principalNathaniel Roberts, concertmasterVIOLARachel Fishback, principalElijah MastinuBrianna Spottsville, associate principalJachai WilmontCELLOJoseph GrunkemeyerLacee Link, principalCora MeadorAnthony NewmanGabriella Paul, associate  principalNino PogorelovaMichael RobertsDorian SilvaBASSAsuria Austin, associate principalDaniel Kim, principalSYMPHONY ASSISTANTSRachel LaRoccaGabriella PaulMichael RobertsCHAMBER SINGERS Leslie J. Blackwell, conductorSOPRANOEmma BryantMary Allison Hamby Emily HeringMolly JenningsSierra MansonClaire PappasCallaway PowlusNasia Shearod ALTOAshley HudsonZiara GreeneEricka PalmerLindsay PetersonALTO (cont.)Regan RomunoAbigail SnyderMacy SwansonTessa WalkerDeondria WestTENORBrandon CaliTaylor Hall Anthony MorrisJeremiah RobinsonCaleb StackMichael StewartJared WeatherfordBASSMarcel Benoit IIILucas GrayKevin LogginsNick O'NeillCody O'SheaTrevor WalkerMatthew WelshUNIVERSITY CHORALELeslie J. Blackwell, conductorSOPRANOTori AndersonDaneel BennettColby BlickLauryn DavisXandy EdwardsLily KoClaire LivingstonSierra MansonKayla MarksTatyana PopovychEmma RaboineMarielle ReedLindsey SandersJanelle SchultzSarah SeippelElizabeth ShaverSarah ShiverHannah SmithAllie SzatmaryTalbot Tindall-BalchChloe TurnerNaomi WilliamsALTOSimona CofrancescoJoi CrumpAshlyn DewberryLauren FaulknerTalia GallagherAislinn GastiaburoAllis GilstrapAlejandra HillierJoey JacquesDeanna JohnsonBecky MedinaHannah NortonLulu PearceTENORMatthew BoatwrightMatthew BurleyJesse CookConnor FintonDylan PeltonenJacob StewartMichael StewartBASSMiles ClaytonMichael EggertDean EmertBlake EmmonsAndrew HughesDavid MauldingSteven MayoColin McGarrBenjamin MillerKenan MitchellKyle RobinsonWOMEN'S CHOIRAlison Mann, conductorSOPRANO 1Karen CouvillonMegan CrosbyHannah ElliottAshley HudsonClaire LivingstonKaitlin MaginnisAnne MichaloveLindsey SandersElizabeth ShaverTyler StoreySOPRANO 2Daneel BennettColby BlickTaylor CampbellCaty Mae LoomisCrystal MaldonadoKayla MarksMadeline MeinertMarielle ReedSOPRANO 2 (cont.)Regan RomunoNasia ShearodTeresa SheppardAyana ThomasMadelyne WatkinsNiccole WinneyALTO 1Emma CalhounRebekah CleggLauren FaulknerTalia GallagherAislinn GastiaburoZiara GreeneFaith HortenstineBecky MedinaEricka PalmerApril SchlinkertHeather TowheyGraciela VeraALTO 2Savana ChapmanAllie HillierEmma KirwinDeborah MatthewSarah McPhersonHannah NortonKatherine ThomasMEN'S ENSEMBLELeslie J. Blackwell, conductorTENOR 1Brandon CaliAnthony MorrisJeremiah RobinsonTravis St. DicCaleb StackAlex TurnerJared WeatherfordTENOR 2Matthew BoatwrightConnor FintonGregor HaasTaylor HallTyler LaneDylan PeltonenTENOR 2 (cont.)Joss StarkJacob StewartMichael StewartBARITONEAndrew BlandRiley CarsonWill GarretLucas GrayJack GrishamCody O’SheaMichael Risacher Kyle RobinsonJeremy Valore BASSMarcel Benoit IIIJacob Chalk-HildrethJake DrukmanPatrick DudleyAbisai PenaJimmy Roberts Trevor WalkerMatthew WelshLeslie J. Blackwell is the Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Music and Music Education at Kennesaw State University where she has directed choral activities since 1998. Dr. Blackwell’s duties include conducting the KSU Men’s Ensemble, KSU Chorale, and KSU Chamber Singers as well as teaching advanced choral conducting and literature. A native of Georgia, Blackwell received the Associate of Arts degree from Gordon Junior College (1982), the Bachelor of Music in Music Education from West Georgia College (1984), the Master of Music from Georgia State University (1991), and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Kentucky (2002). Choirs under Dr. Blackwell’s direction have performed at National, Regional, and State conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, National Conferences of the National Collegiate Choral Organization National Conference as well as numerous Georgia Music Educators Association State Conventions. The KSU Chamber Singers are salted to perform at the 2018 Georgia Music Educators Conference this January. Recognized for her work with men’s voices, Dr. Blackwell served six seasons as the Artistic Director of the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus. She established the annual KSU Male Chorus Day at Kennesaw State University, bringing upwards of 200 high school male students to campus. Dr. Blackwell is sought after as a guest conduct for All-State Men’s Chorus around the country. Under Dr. Blackwell’s direction the KSU Men’s Ensemble, a non-auditioned ensemble, has achieved prestigious accomplishments on a State, Regional, and National stage. The KSU Men’s Ensemble was selected to perform at the 2013 American Choral Directors National Conference in Dallas, Texas, the 2014 and 2016 American Choral Directors Southern Division Conferences. David T. Kehler has served as Music Director and Conductor of the KSU Wind Ensemble since 2009. In addition, Dr. Kehler teaches courses in instrumental conducting, symphonic repertoire, and 20th century music. Along with his university responsibilities, professor Kehler currently serves as Music Director and Conductor of the Atlanta Wind Symphony, and as Vice-President for the College Band Directors National Association-Southern Division. biographiesAn advocate of new music, Professor Kehler has commissioned nearly two-dozen leading composers, including several Pulitzer Prize winners to write new compositions for wind ensemble. During these commissions, composers often come to KSU, working directly with the KSU Wind Ensemble as they prepare the premiere of these new works. Performing music beyond the KSU campus, the KSU Wind Ensemble can also be heard frequently on 90.1, Atlanta Public Radio, along with having been a featured ensemble at the College Band Director’s National Association Convention (two times), and most recently at the 2016 GMEA State Conference, in Athens, Georgia. In 2013, the KSU Wind Ensemble won the American Prize for best university wind ensemble/concert band recording in the United States. Previously, Dr. Kehler served as Associate Conductor of America’s Premiere Windband; The Dallas Winds, and served as Founder and Conductor of the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony. Previous academic appointments were at Southern Methodist University, the University of Rhode Island, and Bay City Western High School, in Bay City, Michigan. Growing up in Michigan, Dr. Kehler received his Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music in Conducting degrees from Michigan State University, followed by his Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in instrumental conducting from the University of Texas at Austin. Alison Mann is Associate Professor of Choral Music Education and Program Coordinator for Music Education at Kennesaw State University where she teaches coursework in Choral Methods, Advanced Choral Conducting and Literature, Foundations of Music Education, and Vocal Pedagogy for Ensemble Singing. Mann also supervises student teachers, coordinates edTPA, and serves as Conductor of the KSU Women’s Choir. Additionally, she is a founding singer and personnel manager for Atlanta based professional chamber choir, Coro Vocati.Dr. Mann received her Ph.D. in Music Education and Choral Conducting from the University of Oregon, and a Masters of Choral Music Education and Bachelors of Choral Music Education from Florida State University. Dr. Mann has studied conducting and music education with André Thomas, Kevin Fenton, Sharon J. Paul, and Judy Bowers. Dr. Mann is currently the Southern Division ACDA Women’s Choir Repertoire and Standards chair, and the Georgia state ACDA Membership Chair. She serves on the executive planning committee for the Southern Division American Choral Directors Association. Her professional affiliations include the American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Education, Georgia Music Educators Association, National Collegiate Choral Organization, and the International Society for Music Education. Her research has been presented at the state, regional, and international levels. Dr. Mann is an active conductor, clinician, and adjudicator, and has conducted state ACDA honor choirs, and All State choruses in multiple states.Nathaniel F. Parker, a talented and versatile musician, has conducted orchestras in the United States, Peru, Russia, Poland, England, and the Czech Republic. Equally at home working with professionals and training future generations of musicians, Dr. Parker is Director of Orchestral Studies at the Kennesaw State University School of Music—serving as Music Director and Conductor of the Kennesaw State University Symphony Orchestra and Conductor of the Kennesaw State University Opera Program—and Associate Conductor of the Georgia Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Parker is the recipient of numerous honors, awards, and scholarships. He was named a finalist for a Conducting Fellowship with the New World Symphony, a semi-finalist for a Conducting Fellowship at Tanglewood, and a Candidate for the Respighi Prize in Conducting; he also received a Citation of Excellence in Teaching from the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. An active scholar, Dr. Parker’s writings have been published by the Conductors Guild and the College Orchestra Directors Association (CODA). He has presented research at the College Orchestra Directors Association’s national and international conferences and is Editor of the Journal of the Conductors Guild.Parker earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting from Michigan State University where he studied with Leon Gregorian and Raphael Jiménez, a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting from Bowling Green State University where he studied with Emily Freeman Brown, and Bachelor of Music in Bassoon Performance from Arizona State University where he studied with Jeffrey G. Lyman. For more information, please visit www.nathanielfparker.com.SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY AND STAFF                 Stephen W. Plate, DirectorMusic EducationJudith BealeJanet BonerNancy ConleyKathleen CreasyCharles JacksonAlison MannAngela McKeeRichard McKeeHarry PriceTerri TalleyPaula Thomas-LeeCharles TigheAmber Weldon-   StephensMusic History & AppreciationDrew DolanEdward EanesHeather HartKayleen JustusMusic Theory, Composition, TechnologyJudith ColeSteve DanczKelly FrancisJennifer Mitchell Laurence SherrBenjamin   WadsworthJeff YunekWoodwindsKelly Bryant, Flute, Chamber MusicRobert Cronin, FluteTodd Skitch, Flute Christina Smith, Flute Cecilia Price, Flute, Chamber MusicBarbara Cook, OboeElizabeth Koch Tiscione, Oboe John Warren, Clarinet, Chamber Music Andrew Brady, Bassoon Sam Skelton, SaxophoneLuke Weathington, SaxophoneBrass & Percussion Doug Lindsey, Trumpet, Chamber MusicRyan Moser, TrumpetMike Tiscione, TrumpetJason Eklund, HornRichard Williams, HornTom Gibson, TromboneNathan Zgonc, TromboneBrian Hecht, Bass Trombone Jason Casanova, Tuba / EuphoniumPaul Dickinson, Tuba / EuphoniumMarja Kerney, PercussionJohn Lawless, PercussionStringsHelen Kim, Violin Kenn Wagner, Violin, Chamber MusicStephen Majeske, Orchestral StudiesCatherine Lynn, Viola Paul Murphy, ViolaCharae Krueger, CelloJames Barket, Double BassJoseph McFadden, Double Bass Elisabeth Remy Johnson, Harp Mary Akerman, Classical GuitarVoiceJessica JonesEileen MoremenOral MosesNathan MunsonValerie WaltersTodd WedgeJana YoungPianoJudith Cole, Collaborative Piano Erika Tazawa, Collaborative PianoJulie CoucheronRobert HenryHuu MaiJohn MarshJazzJustin Chesarek, Jazz PercussionWes Funderburk, Jazz Trombone, Jazz   EnsemblesKarla Harris, Vocal JazzTyrone Jackson, Jazz PianoMarc Miller, Jazz BassSam Skelton, Jazz EnsemblesRob Opitz, Jazz TrumpetTrey Wright, Jazz Guitar, Jazz CombosEnsembles & ConductorsLeslie J. 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Grant Robinson, Associate   Director for AdministrationJoseph Greenway, Assistant Director for    Production & TechnologyDan Hesketh, Assistant Director for    Marketing and OutreachJune Mauser, Administrative AssociateDaniel Pattillo, Technical ManagerRichard Peluso, Coordinator of Band   Operations and OutreachShawn Rieschl Johnson, Associate   Director for Operations & ProgrammingEnsembles in ResidenceKSU Faculty Jazz ParliamentGeorgia Youth Symphony Orchestra   and ChorusKSU Faculty Chamber PlayersSummit Piano TrioKSU Community and Alumni Choirabout the school of music`/musicKSU     t@musicKSU     y/musicKSU         @musicKSUmusicKSU.comVisit the Live Streaming page on musicKSU.com to watch live broadcasts of manyof our concerts and to view the full schedule of upcoming live streamed events.Please consider a gift to the Kennesaw State University School of Music. http://community.kennesaw.edu/GiveToMusicconnect with usWelcome to the Bailey Performance Center! The School of Music at Kennesaw State University is an exciting place! We have a wonderful slate of performances planned for this year's Signature Series, and if you have not yet purchased your season tickets, I encourage you to do so as soon as possible. The Atlanta Symphony returns again this year as well as a wonderful slate of other performances.The Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center is celebrating its 10th Anniversary Season this year. When this building opened in October of 2007, it was transformational for the School of Music and for KSU! It continues to be a jewel in our crown and musicians from around the world love to perform here because of the wonderful acoustic properties of Morgan Hall.We would love to have you join us the weekend of October 7th-8th. We will have an alumni recital on the 7th and a grand celebration Sunday afternoon October 8th, with full choir and orchestra to celebrate all this Center has meant to us these past 10 years! 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