SC Music Department to Present Winterfest Concert
Winfield, Kan., Nov. 29, 2022 — The Southwestern College music department
will present its annual Winterfest concert on Sunday, Dec. 4, 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, SC Jazz Band, A Cappella Choir, and the South Kansas Symphony
(SKS). Conducting the program will be Amber Peterson, associate professor
of music; Simon Hill, assistant professor of music; Nikki Kirk, director of the
Southwestern Children’s Choir; and Jeremy Kirk, associate professor of music
and division chair of performing arts.
The program will also feature James Leland providing organ accompaniment
of Christmas Carol Hymn Singing. The concert will open with the SKS, A
Cappella Choir, and alumni performing F. Melius Christiansen’s “Beautiful
Savior.” Other selections will range from traditional, contemporary, and jazz Christmas
music. The concert will conclude with Dan Goeller’s “Christmas Carol
Sing-Along.”
