Modern Marimba’s 2021 holiday program is a free live stream concert. Listen to vibraphonist Cecilia Smith and pianist Lafayette Harris, Jr. perform and tell exciting stories of the origin of their winter music selections.
Available Monday, December 20, 2021 – Friday, January 7, 2022
Free Admission / $10 donation suggested to The Newtown Nation
PROGRAM
Joseph Mohr & Franz Gruber, reharmonization by C. Smith – Silent Night
John H. Hopkins – arr. L. Harris, Jr. – We Three Kings
Traditional Chanukah Folk Song – S’vivon
Charles Mims & Patsy Moore – Umoja (Kwanzaa)
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Phil Springer, Tony Springer & Joan Javits – Santa Baby
Traditional Folk Song, lyrics by Melchior Franck – O Tannenbaum
French Folk Song, arr. C. Smith – Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Mel Tormé & Robert Wells – Christmas Song
Vince Guaraldi – Linus and Lucy
James L. Pierpoint, arr. L. Harris, Jr. – Jingle Bells
Mykola Leontovych – Carol of the Bells
Ludwig van Beethoven, text by Henry Van Dyke, arr. L. Harris, Jr. – Ode to Joy/Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee
PERFORMERS
photograph by Gulnara Niaz
CREDITS
Production Manager: Michelle Etwaroo
With gratitude to the following collaborators:
VCU Health Arts in Health, Director Philip “Muzi” Branch
Gifts of Art, Michigan Medicine, Director Elaine Sims, Performance Director, Carrie McClintock
Amherst Glebe Arts Response, (AGAR), Inc., Director Lynn Kable
This project is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture (Section 286.25, Florida Statutes).
