49th Season in 2025-2026
December Concerts – Saturday, December 6, 2025
The Spirit of the Holidays
Location: Bel Air High School
Time: 11 am (shortened family concert) and 7 pm
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Sheldon Bair – Music Director
Georges Bizet – Farandole (March of the Kings) from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Manfred Reek – Fantasie im Schnee (Fantasy in the Snow) premiere
Percy Grainer/arr. Carl Simpson – Sussex Mummers Carol
Richard Maltz – Dance of the Inflatables (a Christmas lawn ornament fantasy) premiere
Dana Friedman and Robert Wendel – A Chanukah Overture
Brian Folus, conductor
Chip Davis, arr. Calvin Custer – Stille Nacht (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement)
Julia Dather, cello
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Polonaise from Christmas Eve Suite
Bob Good – Olivia, The Witch and the Christmas Tree
Grace Callwood, narrator
Sheldon Bair – Christmas Sing Along
October Concert – Sunday, October 12, 2025
A Melange of Art: Music, Pictures, and Dance
Location: STAR Centre, Havre de Grace
Time: 3 pm
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Sheldon Bair – Music Director
Karen Gorden – Guest Conductor
October – A Melange of Art: Music, Pictures, and Dances
Modest Mussorgsky, orchestrated by Maurice Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
Karen Gorden, conductor
Promenade
Gnomus
The Old Castle
The Tuileries
Bydlo
Ballet of the Unhatched Chickens
Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
The Market Place of Limoges
Catacombs
The Hut on Fowl’s Legs
The Great Gate of Kyiv
Florence Price, orchestrated by William Grant Still – Dances in the Canebrakes
Nimble Feet
Silk Hat and Walking Cane
Tropical Noon (Cotton Dance)
Sir Malcolm Arnold – Scottish Dances
Pesante
Vivace
Allegretto
Con Brio
Antonin Dvořák – Slavonic Dances Op. 46, two selections:
No. 4 in F Major Sousedská
No. 8 in G Minor Furiant
