HOLIDAY AT PEACE
Presented by United Community Bank
Friday, December 17, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.
Peace Concert Hall
Edvard Tchivzhel, music director & conductor
Jamarcus Gaston, host
Karen Parks, soprano
International Ballet of Greenville
Vlada Kysselova, Artistic Director
Lighting Design by Tony Penna
Funded in part by a grant from the Metropolitan Arts Council, which receives funding from the City of Greenville, SEW Eurodrive, BMW Manufacturing Company, LLC, Michelin North America, Inc., and the South Carolina Arts Commission with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
This organization is funded in part by the
South Carolina Arts Commission which receives support
from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Christmas: A Medley of Well-Known Carols
Arranged by Arthur Harris
Christmas Eve in My Hometown
Music and lyrics by Stan Zabka and Don Upton
Orchestrated and arranged by Anthony Bisba
Karen Parks
There Are Angels Hovrin’ Round
African-American Spiritual Arranged by Uzee Brown, Jr.
Karen Parks
Around the World at Christmastime
Bruce Chase
Music from Frozen
Arranged by Bob Krogstad
Frozen Heart ● Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
In Summer ● Let It Go ● For the First Time In Forever
Sleigh Ride
Leroy Anderson
Overture from Nutcracker Suite
P.I. Tchaikovsky, arranged by Ellington/Strayhorn
Orchestrated by Jeff Tyzik
Trepak & Final Waltz and Apotheosis from Nutcracker
P.I. Tchaikovsky
International Ballet
INTERMISSION
The Bells of Christmas
Arranged by Bob Krogstad
Ave Maria
Bach/Gounod
Karen Parks and John Wickey, harp
O Holy Night
Adolphe Adam, Arranged and orchestrated by David T. Clydesdale
Karen Parks
Christmas at the Movies
Arranged by Bob Krogstad
Miracle on 34th Street ● The Polar Express
Somewhere in My Memory ● Making Christmas
Where Are You (Christmas?)
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Poem by Clement Clarke Moore
Original music by Bill Holcombe
Jamarcus Gaston, narrator
Caribbean Sleigh Ride
Robert Wendel
Royal Sec: A Champagne Galop
Victor Herbert
International Ballet and Karen Parks
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane
Arranged by Carmen Dragon
Karen Parks
Christmas Pops Sing-A-Long
Arranged by Lee Norris
FLUTE
Caroline Ulrich, Principal
Alice and Gerry Lenz Endowed Chair
Wendy Cohen
Lauren Watkins Vaughn
OBOE
Virginia Zeblisky Metzger, Principal
Guild of the Greenville Symphony Endowed Chair
Kelly Mozeik
Chelsea Russell (English Horn)
CLARINET
Anthony Marotta, Principal
Harriet and Jerry Dempsey Endowed Chair
Kyra Krenitsky Zhang
John Sadak (Bass Clarinet)
BASSOON
Allen Jiang, Principal
Anonymous Endowed Chair
Reed Hanna
SAXOPHONE
Clifford Leaman, Principal
Jack Murray
HORN
Anneka Zuehlke-King, Principal
Charles W. Wofford and Nancy B. Thomas Endowed Chair
Elizabeth Regas
Bill L. Tyler
Andrew Merideth
TRUMPET
Phil Elkins, Co-Principal
Beverley and Jim Whitten Endowed Chair
Gary Malvern, Co-Principal
Craig King
Chris Imhoff
TROMBONE
Michael Hosford, Co-Principal
Stephen Wilson, Co-Principal
Eric Henson
TUBA
Coleman Alexander
TIMPANI
Daniel Kirkpatrick, Principal
Nancy B. Stanton Endowed Chair in honor of Sherwood Mobley
PERCUSSION
Edward C. Nagel, Principal
Rick Blackwell
Omar Carmenates
Gary Robinson
Wesley Strasser
HARP
John Wickey, Principal
KEYBOARD
Lisa Kiser, Principal
Beth Marr Lee Endowed Chair
VIOLIN
Mary Lee Taylor Kinosian, Concertmaster
Leila Cunningham Roe Endowed Chair
Xiaoli Saliny, Assistant Concertmaster
Uwe Diestel Endowed Chair
Joanna Mulfinger, Principal Second Violin
Deirdre N. Hutton, Assistant Principal Second Violin
Melissa Dant
Jessica DeMare
Robin Hague Els
Elizabeth Fee
Catherine Hazan
Hui-Hsuan Hsu
Shawn Hurt
Emily Kirkpatrick
John Malloy
Lisa Munoz
Inez Hullinger Redman
Carol Roosevelt
Essena Setaro
Jonathan Urizar
VIOLA
Kathryn Dey, Principal
Erika and Chuck Riddiford Endowed Chair
Bryan Alvoy, Jr., Assistant Principal
Carolyn Alford
John Young Shik Concklin
Scott Garrett
Kara Poorbaugh
Emily Schaad
Juliet White-Smith
CELLO
Seth Russell, Principal
Guild of the Greenville Symphony Endowed Chair
Robert O'Brien, Assistant Principal
Miro Gomez
Katie Hamilton
Christopher Hutton
Matthew Pierce
David Saliny
Dusan Vukajlovic
DOUBLE BASS
Tim Easter, Principal
Anonymous Endowed Chair
Ian Bracchitta, Assistant Principal
Jose Carrion
Levi Gable
Rich Harbison
OPERATIONS & PERSONNEL
Angie Jones
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Laura Auvil
PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN
John Wickey
JANUARY
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Saturday, January 22 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, January 23 at 3:00 pm
Masterworks - Peace Concert Hall
Carolyn Kuan, guest conductor
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 3
ASSAD Suite for Low Strings
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tickets start at just $19.
FEBRUARY
VIRTUOSOS of the GSO
Friday, February 4 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, February 5 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, February 6 at 3:00 pm
Chamber - Gunter Theatre
BRAHMS String Quintet No. 2
HANDEL Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
CHEETHAM Brass Menagerie
SORG Mental Disorders
ROBLEE Blues for Brass
The Greenville Symphony Orchestra thanks Community Journals and Salem Media Group (94.5 FM "The Answer," 103.3 FM & 95.9 FM "The Earth" and 96.9 FM "Rejoice") for providing promotional support.
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie
You better watch out, you better not cry. You better not pout, I'm telling you why: Santa Claus is coming to town!
He's making a list and checking it twice. Gonna find out who's naughty or nice. Santa Claus is coming to town!
He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake!
Oh! You better watch out, you better not cry. You better not pout, I'm telling you why: Santa Claus is coming to town!
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Meredith Wilson
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go. Take a look in the five and ten, glistening once again, with candy canes and silver lanes aglow.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, toys in every store. But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be on your own front door.
Silver Bells
Jay Livingston & Ray Edwards
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style; in the air there's a feeling of Christmas. Children laughing, people passing, meeting smile after smile, and on every street corner you hear: silver bells, silver bells, it's Christmas time in the city. Ring-a-ling, hear them ring, soon it will be Christmas day!
Winter Wonderland
Felix Bernard & Richard B. Smith
Sleigh bells ring, are you list'nin? In the lane, snow is glist'nin, a beautiful sight, we're happy tonight, walkin' in a winter wonderland!
Gone away is the bluebird, here to stay is a new bird; he sings a love song, as we go along, walkin' in a winter wonderland!
In the meadow we can build a snowman, then pretend that he is Parson Brown. He'll say "Are you married?" We'll say, "No, man! But you can do the job when you're in town!" Later on, we'll conspire, as we sit by the fire, to face unafraid, the plans that we've made, walkin' in a winter wonderland!
Frosty the Snowman
Gene Autry, Steve Nelson & Walter E. Rollins
Frosty, the snowman, was a jolly happy soul, with a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal. Frosty, the snow man, is a fairytale they say. He was made of snow but the children know how he came to life one day.
There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found. For when they placed it on his head, he began to dance around. Oh, Frosty the snowman, was alive as he could be, and the children say he could laugh and play just the same as you and me.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Johnny Marks
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, had a very shiny nose, and if you ever saw it, you would even say it glows. All of the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Rudolph, join in any reindeer games.
Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say: "Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?" Then how the reindeer loved him, as they shouted out with glee: "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you'll go down in history."
White Christmas
Irving Berlin
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know, where the treetops glisten, and children listen, to hear sleigh bells in the snow.
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas with every Christmas card I write: "May your days be merry and bright, and may all your Christmases be white."
