Panoramic Voices Proudly Presents

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2022, 7:00 PM

AUSTIN SCOTTISH RITE THEATER

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Juli Orlandini
Executive Director and Conductor

Katrina Saporsantos
Associate Conductor

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Benjamin Dia, keyboard
Adrienne Inglis, flute
Jill Csekitz, drums
Brittany Koepp, bass guitar

A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR:

Welcome to FAs & LAs, Panoramic Voices’ 2022 holiday program! We know you have a lot of choices for how to celebrate your Christmas season, and we’re so glad you chose us!

Today’s program is a healthy mix of classics, pop, movie music, and of course, singalongs! We’re thrilled to complement this with an artisan craft fair, thanks to the hard work of Nancy Stallcup!

Panoramic Voices is a beautiful community of singers diverse in age, skill level, and social/economic background. Everyone is welcome here! In fact, we’ve actively removed barriers to participation, such as auditions and fees. Our “music without borders” approach is what makes us special and unique in the Austin arts community. We hope that we can share just a tiny piece of that with you today!

Registration is open for our next concert series; performances are on February 19 at KMFA Classical 89.5. We will be premiering a new, innovative work by local composer Nathan Felix, which will fill the entire space of KMFA, much like musical exhibits in a museum. His new work will tell border stories of Austin’s vibrant Hispanic community.

If you are interested in joining our vibrant choral community, please know that you—YES, YOU—are invited. Check out the “Register to Sing” button below for more information.

As always, we encourage you to sing along… and dance… and clap/holler when you like a solo… and take a break when you need it. We will have a slightly extended intermission to allow for more craft shopping.

Thank you for coming—have a safe and happy end of the year!

-Juli

PROGRAM

(Soloists are listed in order of appearance)

O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL
by John Francis Wade
Arranged by Dan Forrest 

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CHRISTMASTIME IS HERE
Music by Vince Guaraldi
Words by Lee Mendelson
Arranged by John Alexander

SMALL GROUP:
Blaire Kniffin, Cecily Johnson, Cristina Carter, Diane Skeel, Elise Ragland, Emily Morris, Jennifer Inglis Hudson, Kay Inmon, Kristy Markell, Meiling Chang, Pat Reed, Sarah Cook, Sarah Manna

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SINGALONG
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen…
But do you recall
The most famous reindeer of all?

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!"

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THREE HOLIDAY SONGS FROM HOME ALONE
1. Somewhere in my Memory
2. Star of Bethlehem
3. Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

Music by John Williams
Words by Leslie Bricusse

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THE CHRISTMAS SONG
By Robert Wells and Mel Tormé
Arranged by Benjamin Dia

 Katrina Saporsantos, soprano

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SINGALONG
Hallelujah
From Handel’s “Messiah”

INTERMISSION

WALKING IN THE AIR
Theme from “The Snowman”
By Howard Blake

Steven Sérpa, Countertenor

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GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
Arranged by Michael Engelhardt

SMALL GROUP:
Danna McVey, Cies Charbeneau, Cristina Carter, Kristin Blake, Elise Ragland, Emily Morris, Gretchen Riehl, Pat Reed, Sarah Manna

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THAT’S CHRISTMAS TO ME
By Scott Hoying and Kevin Olusola
Recorded by Pentatonix
Arranged by Stephen Hatfield

Alex Rendahl, Tenor
André Trahan, Bass
Kristen Beiler Thomas, Alto
Sharon Burley, Soprano
Steven Sérpa, Alto
Trevor Shaw, Tenor

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SINGALONG
White Christmas/Jingle Bells

WHITE CHRISTMAS
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know—
Where the tree tops 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 Christmas' be white.”

JINGLE BELLS
Dashing through the snow
On a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go,
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tail ring,
making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A sleighing song tonight

Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh!

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FELIZ NAVIDAD
By José Feliciano
Arranged by Audrey Snyder

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PEACE, PEACE
By Rick and Sylvia Powell
Arranged by Fred Bock

At the third verse, please join us singing “Silent Night”

Silent night! Holy night!
All is calm, all is bright,
’Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child!
Holy infant so tender and mild;
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.

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I SAW THREE SHIPS
Arranged by Mack Wilberg

HANDBELLS:
Annie Atcheson, Cecily Johnson, Nathan Patrick, Sara Golombeck, Sharon Burley, Sherrille Reed

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING “FAs & LAs” TONIGHT!

Get home safely, and mark your calendars for our next concerts: “Borderland” on Saturday, February 18, 2023, with afternoon and evening performances at KMFA Classical 89.5.

Thank you to Nancy Stallcup for organizing and running our craft market!

Thank you to A Cappella Texas for lending us risers!

Thank you to Texas Commission on the Arts for their support!

Thank you to OUR SEASON SPONSORS!