Lemont High School Music Department Set for Holiday Concerts

The Lemont High School music department invites the community to ‘Jingle All the Way’ to the school for a pair of concerts featuring different levels of the school’s bands and the choir. The holiday concerts will be held on Thursday, December 3, and Friday, December 4. Both concerts will begin at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.

On December 3, the bands and choir will put on a traditional concert, with the ensembles performing group numbers, On December 4, select members of the choir, along with members of the band, will form numerous small ensembles to put on a “Prism” concert.

Lemont High School’s bands are under the direction of Matt Doherty and Dave Nommensen, while Stephanie Cesaroni leads the choirs. The band and choral programs will perform a range of selections over the two events.

The December 3 concert will include several pieces from the Concert Band, including “Romanza” by Ralph Ford, “The Christmas Song” by Ted Ricketts, and David Shaffer’s “Parade of the Bumbling Soldiers.” The Choir is slated to perform “Bidi Bom” by David Eddleman, “Text Me Merry Christmas” by Dave Javerbaum, and Stan Pethel’s “New Fallen Snow.” The Symphonic Band also will perform various pieces, including “Deck the Halls” arranged by Chip Davis, “Two Grainger Melodies” by Percy Grainger, and “A Charles Dickens Christmas” arranged by William Ryden. The three groups will team up for a sing along performance of Leroy Anderson’s “A Christmas Festival.”

December 4’s “Prism” performance will offer both music written for the genre as well as a myriad of holiday favorites, and will feature an array of ensembles - including percussion, vocal, brass and woodwind, and mixed instrument duets, trios, quartets and quintets. The audience will be treated to a continuous stream of performance, “fusing” the music of several ensembles into a continuous stream of sound. Special lighting effects will add to the event, providing those in attendance with a sampling of the very best the school’s music department has to offer.

Admission to either concert is free, but attendees are encouraged to bring a canned good or paper good, which will in turn be donated to local food pantries. Seating for both concerts is general admission.

Lemont High School is located at 800 Porter Street in Lemont. Attendees for either concert are encouraged to park in the Performing Arts Center Lot, Parking Garage or the West Lot, all of which are accessible off of Julia Street.