presents
Home for the Holidays
Rod Vester, director
Friday, December 1, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Glaize Studio Theatre
Shenandoah Conservatory
My Favorite Things
Richard Rodgers (1902–1979)
I’ami Argueta, voice
Michel Fantom, keyboard
Jacob Blair, drum set
Charles Perry, bass guitar
Blue Christmas
Billy Hayes (b. 1947)
Jay W. Johnson (1951–1990)
Bobby Bays, voice and guitar
Please Come Home for Christmas
Charles Brown (1922–1999)
Gene Redd (b. 1924)
Bobby Bays, voice and guitar
Isabella Mesfun, voice
Harambee Gospel Choir
What Christmas Means to Me
Anne Gordy Gaye (1922–2014)
George Gordy (1928–2011)
Allen Story (b. 1938)
Nitin Anish, voice
‘Tis the Damn Season
Taylor Swift (b. 1989)
Aaron Dessner (b. 1976)
Zoe Reséndez, voice
Mati Ford, voice
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve
Frank Loesser (1910–1969)
Petra Munter, voice
Memories We Never Made
Bailey Drew (b. 1998)
Bailey Drew, voice and guitar
The Christmas Song
Robert Wells (1922–1998)
Mel Tormé (1925–1999)
Mati Ford, voice
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
John Mason Neale (1818–1866)
arr. Tyler Robert Joseph (b. 1988)
Jose Rivas, voice and guitar
Trip Jones, announcer
Love to Keep Me Warm
Ted Shapiro (1899–1980)
Isabella Mesfun, voice
Mati Ford, voice
Mylah Kittle, clarinet
Jesse Eagle, clarinet
It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Meredith Wilson (1902–1984)
Roman Harris-Hernández, voice
Wrapped in Red
Kelly Clarkson (b. 1982)
Ashley Arrison (b. 1980)
Aben Eubanks (b. 1978)
Shane McAnally (b. 1974)
Jazmine Payne, voice
Loneliest Time of Year
Camille Purcell (b. 1988)
Mabel McVey (b. 1996)
Eliahna Heimann, voice
Stick Season
Noah Kahan (b. 1997)
Bailey Drew, voice and guitar
Aidan Oberle, cajon
Run, Run Rudolph
Chuck Berry (1926–2017)
Petra Munter, voice
Santa Baby
Joan Javits (1957–1981)
Philip Springer (b. 1926)
Tony Springer (b. 1960)
Zoe Reséndez, voice
This Christmas
Donny Hathaway (1945–1979)
Nitin Anish, voice
Social Media Assistants
Lily Kilduff
Rebekah Lamarre
Zoe Reséndez
Audio Engineers
Daniel-Jericho Johnson
Nicky Marrero-Ocasio
Studio Vocalists
I’ami Argueta
Mati Ford
Isabella Mesfun
Jazmine Payne
Zoe Reséndez
Dean Jeffrey Marlatt
David Greenberg and his team
Courtney Reilly
Alisa Holley
Kathyrn Green
Myles Hairston
Trip Jones
Michel Fantom
Charles Perry
Jacob Blair
Harambee Gospel Choir
Alison Crockett
Jacqlyn Edwards
Kate Elmemdorf
Casey Joiner
Madison Tarbox
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