[198] Christmas Favorites On Tap For Nov. 30 Pipes And Pistons Concert

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 18, 2009
CONTACT: Tim Musselman, School of Music, 615-898-2919

CHRISTMAS FAVORITES ON TAP FOR NOV. 30 PIPES AND PISTONS CONCERT
Free & Open Performance Features MTSU Quintets and Ensembles, FUMC Choirs

(MURFREESBORO)—The second concert in the three-part MTSU Piston and Pipes Concert Series will feature Christmas favorites beginning at 7 p.m. Nov. 30 at the First United Methodist Church, 265 W. Thompson Lane, in Murfreesboro.
Free and open to the public, the upcoming performance will feature the MTSU Faculty Brass Quintet, the MTSU Symphonic Brass Ensemble and Sandy Arndt, FUMC organist and MTSU faculty member, as well as choirs from the FUMC.
"(This concert) s a unique collaboration between FUMC and the MTSU School of Music," said Michael Arndt, professor of trumpet at MTSU.
The first half of the concert will feature Gigout's Grand Dialogue, Timothy Hubler's Die Gipfelfanfare, Gabrieli's Canzona in Double Echo and Bach's Movements from the Christmas Oratorio (for brass).
The second half of the concert will include holiday favorites, including Phil Snedicor's inspiring arrangements of the Wexfords Carol and Greensleeves, Arndt said.
The final work, which will be conducted by FUMC Music Director Elliott Peterson, will be John Rutter’s Gloria for choir, organ, brass and percussion
"It is a pleasure to collaborate with First United Methodist Church in the performance of such great works," Arndt said.
The final concert in the Piston and Pipes Concert Series will feature the MTSU Wind Ensemble on April 15, 2010.
For more information on this and other concerts by the MTSU School of Music. please visit www.mtsumusic.com or call 615-898-2493.


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