December Concert Member Information
Gifts of the Season
Saturday, December 6, 2025, 7:30pm
Hamilton Fine Arts Center, Sussex WI
Saturday, December 20, 2025, 2:00pm
Germantown Performing Arts Center, Germantown WI (click for map)
Concert Repertoire
| Links to background on the composer, the works, estimated performance time (minutes), reference recordings and bowings | ||||
| Composition | Composer | Time | Listen |
Sheet Music |
| A Christmas Festival Overture | Leroy Anderson | 7 | Recording | Music |
| March of the Toy Soldiers from "The Nutcracker" | Peter Tchaikovsky | 3 | Recording | Music |
| Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies | Peter Tchaikovsky | 3 | Recording | Music |
| Arabian Dance | Peter Tchaikovsky | 5 | Recording | Music |
| March of the Toys | Victor Herbert | 5 |
Recording | Music |
| Russian Dance - Trepak from "The Nutcracker" (possible) | Peter Tchaikovsky | 2 | Recording | Music |
| Festival Sounds of Hanukkah | Bill Holcombe | 6 | Recording | Music |
| Waltz of the Flowers from "The Nutcracker" | Peter Tchaikovsky | 8 | Recording | Music |
| Bugler's Holiday | Leroy Anderson | 3 | Recording | Music |
| Minor Alterations: Christmas Throught the Looking Glass | David Lovrien | 7 | Recording | Music |
| Fiesta de Navidad | Dan Goeller | 6 | Recording | Music |
| Hallelujah Chorus, from "The Messiah" | George Frideric Handel | 4 | Recording | Music |
| Christmas Sing-Along | arr John Finnegan | 10 | Recording | Music |
| We Wish You a Merry Christmas | arr Bruce Chase | 2 | Music | |
Rehearsal Schedule
(all rehearsals at Hamilton High School Band Room - Sussex WI)
Monday, November 3, 2025 - 7-9:15 pm.
Monday, November 10, 2025 - 7-9:15 pm.
Monday, November 17, 2025 - 7-9:15 pm.
Monday, November 24, 2025 - 8-9:30 pm. (due to parent teacher conferences)
Monday, December 1, 2025 - 7-9:15 pm.
Saturday, December 6, 2025 - 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Dress rehearsal at Hamilton Performing Arts Center in Sussex.
Saturday, December 6, 2025 - 7:30 pm - Performance at Hamilton Performing Arts Center in Sussex. 7:00 pm call time.
Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 9:30 am - 12:00 pm - Dress rehearsal at Germantown Performing Arts Center in Germantown, WI.
Saturday, December 20, 2025 - 2:00 pm - Performance at Germantown Performing Arts Center. pm call time.
Orchestra Roster
Violin 1
- Shannon Iler**/Kathleen Melius
- Hannah Sternberg/Jamie Schroeter
- Andy Leppla/Sophia Kerkow^^
- Rachel Smith^
Violin 2
- Anna Rasmussen*/Holly June
- Denise Piche’/ Louise Adams
- Richard Schwinn/Beth Kreutzer
- Kassie Slotty
Viola
- Pam Kirk*^/Mary Jagusch
- Kasey Paulos^/Christina Sienkiewicz
- Florin Docea^/Liz Jorgenson
- Nancy Moreno
Cello
- Brian Smith*/Eric Lenz
- Michele Wolf/Christine Weise^
- Clare Schaeffer/Eric Slotty
- Jen Becker
String Bass
- Kevin Becker
- Jacob Beltz
- Adam Quiballo
Flute
- Nancy Wiecki*
- Sarah Marman^
- Holly Whitehead
Piccolo
- Holly Whitehead
Oboe
- Laura Beltz*
- Beth Nadolski
English Horn
- Beth Nadolski
Bassoon
- Lisa Weiss-Cornelius*
- Annette Abrahamson
Clarinet
- Mark Schrager*
- Carol Heim
Bass Clarinet
- Coryn Nordstrom
Trumpet
- Jordan McDonald*
- Jennifer Rose
- Gary Kilvinger
French Horn
- Judy Keene*
- Tristann Rieck
- Kurt Heins
- Brian Volkman
Trombone
- Mark Gerard*
- Kent Tess-Mattner
Bass Trombone
- Christina Chang
Tuba
- Karl Mueller
Percussion
- Robert Barwick*
Chris Hastreiter
Doug Thompson - Maureen Gerard
- Jeff Schneider
Harp
- Tahlia Morris