LHS Music Department Presents Two Holiday Concerts

LEMONT, IL — The Lemont High School music department invites the community to jingle down to the school’s Performing Arts Center as it spreads some holiday cheer with two upcoming holiday concerts. The concerts, which will be held on Thursday, Dec. 7, and Thursday, Dec. 14, will feature different levels of the school’s band and the choir. Both concerts will begin at 7 p.m., with the doors opening for general seating at 6:30 p.m.

The school said On Dec. 7, members of the band and choir will form numerous small ensembles to put on a “Prism” concert. The Dec. 14 event will feature both the bands and choir in a more traditional concert, with the ensembles performing full group numbers.

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

The “Prism” show on Dec. 7 will offer both music written for the genre as well as a myriad of holiday favorites, and will feature an array of small student-led ensembles - including percussion, vocal, brass, woodwind, and mixed instrument duets, trios, quartets and quintets, according to the school.

The school said fresh off its Dec. 4 performance at the Chicago Symphony Center, the combined Concert Band will perform several performances at the Dec. 14 concert, including “Illumination” by David Maslanka, “A Longford Legend” by Robert Sheldon, Eric Whitacre’s “The Seal Lullaby” and “Ukranian Bell Carol” arranged by Richard Saucedo.

The choir is slated to perform “Jingle Bells” arranged by Ray Charles, “Cool Yule” arranged by Kirby Shaw, and Morten Lauridsen’s “Dirait-on.” The A Cappella Choir will entertain with “Mary Did You Know” arranged by Pentatonix, as well as Kirby Shaw’s “Jamaican Noel.” According to the school, the concert finale will feature all of the choir and band students teaming for their annual fan favorite sing along performance of Leroy Anderson’s “A Christmas Festival.”

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.

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.

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