Tusculum band program to present Christmas concert Tuesday, Dec. 6

Members of the Jazz Band at Tusculum College get in the Christmas spirit during a recent practice for the upcoming concert.

The sounds of the holidays will fill the air Tuesday, Dec. 6, when the Tusculum College band program presents its first Christmas concert.

The concert, which is free and open to the public, will be at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Building.

Performing will be the Handbell Choir, a Brass Quintet, the Jazz Band and Concert Band in a seamless format with continuous music. The Brass Quintet will set the mood for the concert, opening with “Deck the Halls.”

The Handbell Choir will perform such standards as “Jingle Bells” and join with the Concert Band for “Christmas Bells Overture,” On This Day Earth Shall Ring” and “Happy Christmas (War is Over).”

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” medley, “Christmas Fantasy for Jazz Band” and “And the Angels Swing” will feature the Jazz Band.

The Concert Band will be performing such holiday pieces as the “Celtic Bell Carol,” “All is Calm,” “Appalachian Carol” and “An American Christmas.”

The band program began in 2010 with the formation of a pep band and has grown to include a Marching Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Handbell Choir and various small ensembles. The Jazz Band performed its first concert in April and joined the Concert Band and Handbell Choir for a concert in May.