SC Music Department to Present
Winterfest Concert
Winfield, Kan., Nov. 21, 2023 — The Southwestern College music department
will present its annual Winterfest concert on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m., in the
Richardson Performing Arts Center. There is no admission charge and the
public is invited to attend.
The concert is sponsored by Gail Burden, OD.
This year’s Winterfest is a collaboration between the Southwestern
Children’s Choir, Builder Band-Its, A Cappella Choir, and the South Kansas
Symphony (SKS). Conducting the program will be Simon Hill, director of
choral activities and voice; Nikki Kirk, director of the Southwestern
Children’s Choir; Jeremy Kirk, director of bands, and Michael Christensen, SKS
conductor.
The program will feature Dr. James Leland providing organ accompaniment
of Christmas Carol Hymn Singing in addition to Deanne Wehmeier accompanying the
A Cappella Choir. The concert will include the SKS, A Cappella Choir, and
alumni performing F. Melius Christiansen’s “Beautiful Savior.” Other selections
will range from traditional to contemporary. The concert will conclude with Dan
Goeller’s “Christmas Carol Sing-Along.”
