Annual Christmas band concert set for Tuesday, Nov. 29

Sounds of Christmas will fill the air on the Tusculum College campus Tuesday, Nov. 29, as the Tusculum College Band program presents its annual holiday concert.

The local community is invited to the performance, which is free and open to the public.

Beginning at 7 p.m., the concert will feature the Concert Band, Jazz Band and Handbell Choir.

The Concert Band and Jazz Band’s repertoire includes some Christmas favorites as well as some pieces that may be new to the audience. The Concert Band will be performing “Feliz Navidad,” “Brazilian Bell Carol,” “Christmas Variants,” “Christmas Declaration” and “Fantasia on Silent Night.”

Toes will be tapping with the Jazz Band’s renditions of “Jingle Bells,” “Winter Wonderland,” “O Holy Night,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”

The Handbell Choir will be performing four pieces of diverse styles – “On Christmas Day in the Morning,” “Noel Nouvelet,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Still, Still, Still.”

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 annual Christmas Concert by the Tusculum College Band Program will be at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Building on campus.