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Merry Christmas
from the TCU School of Music
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Gloria In Excelsis Deo Janet Pummill*
orch. Ovid Young
TCU Concert Chorale
Ronald Shirey*, conductor
TCU Symphony Orchestra
German Gutiérrez*, conductor
What Sweeter Music
TCU Concert Chorale
Ronald Shirey*, conductor
John Rutter
Christmas Eve
John Giordano*
TCU Provost Nowell Donovan, narrator
TCU Symphony Orchestra
German Gutiérrez*, conductor
Christmas Triptych
arr. Curtis Wilson*
Once In Royal David’s City Henry John Gauntlett
In the Bleak Midwinter
Gustav Holst
The Holly and the Ivy
Traditional
TCU Concert Chorale
Ronald Shirey*, conductor
TCU Symphony Orchestra
German Gutiérrez*, conductor
Sleep Little Baby
Jack Noble White
The Pummill Family: Sallie, Amy, Julie, Janet*
Chuck Pinnell, guitar
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A Christmas Wish
The Pummill Family
Blaise Ferrandino*
The Christmas Waltz
arr. Micah Bell**
Micah Bell**, Trumpets
Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn
The Christmas Song Mel Torme
arr. John Higgins
TCU Wind Symphony
Bobby Francis*, conductor
Preston Lewis**, soprano saxophone soloist
Nutcracker Suite arr. Frank Comstock
TCU Jazz Ensemble
Curtis Wilson*, director
Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky
Deck the Halls Micah Bell**, trumpets
arr. Andrew Fowler**
*TCU School of Music Faculty
**TCU School of Music Student
It is behalf
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As in our previous Volume I, on this disc you will hear a mix of longtime favorites together
opening work, John Giordano’s beautiful Bells Across the Snow, to the TCU Wind Symphony’s
with what we know will become new seasonal favorites. From Janet Pummill’s majestic and
rendition of the well-known Sleigh Ride, the talents of wonderful TCU composers, conductors and
inspiring
Gloria In
Excelsis
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Deckof the
collaboration
of TCU students
student musicians
surely
will heighten
yourclosing
enjoyment
this Halls
magical
season.
Andrew Fowler and Micah Bell, the talents of TCU’s wonderful composers, conductors and students
Featured
this recording
are TCU faculty
John Giordano, Janet Pummill, Ronald Shirey,
surely
willonheighten
your enjoyment
of this members
magical season.
Germán Gutiérrez, Curt Wilson, Blaise Ferrandino, and Bobby Francis, together with TCU music
This
recording
features TCU
members
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Shirey, Symphony
German
students
Leah Edmondson
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Sallie,
Julie,
and
Patrick).
Of
special
note
are
the
original
compositions
and
arrangements
by
faculty
Chorale, Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, and Wind Symphony. Joining them in several
artists and
composers John
Giordano,
Blaise
Ferrandino,
Curt Wilson,
Pummill.
special
performances
are the
Pummills
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encouragement
and support
of this project.
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thisJohn
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have
been possible.
Ferrandino,
Curt Wilson, and Janet Pummill.
Merryvery
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is TCU Provost Nowell Donovan, narrator on John
Giordano’s
original
composition,
Christmas
Eve. We extend a special note of thanks to Provost
- Richard C. Gipson
Donovan
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his
encouragement
and
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this ongoing recording project as well as for joinDirector
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performance. Without Provost Donovan this recording project would not have
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Merry Christmas from the TCU School of Music.
-The
Richard
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TCU School
of Music is a nationally recognized, award-winning institution that features a distinguished, renowned
faculty
and a talented, energetic student body.
Director
Designated
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of Focus by the University, the School of Music offers students a wealth of diverse and professional
TCU School
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musical experiences while providing challenging academic opportunities in a liberal arts environment.
CHRISTMAS ECHOES
A Christmas Gift
For most of us, the first semester at University is a time of uncertainty as we learn new conventions
and,
withyears
varying
of shyness,
lay the
of new friendships.
long ago, aswith
my first
Many
agodegrees
my voice
teacher was
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Frederic H. Wood,
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familiarity
of home.
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the seventeenth
day, I cannot
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of
century.
sawhis
warm
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of swirl-paned
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habit,
carried overwindows
many years,
of commemorating
his friendships
by old-fashioned
composing
lights
and for
some
dark treesSubsequently
that cossetedthese
a garden.
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of antiquecollectively
oak chairsthey
thathold
sat, immutable,
a carol
Christmas.
carols
were published;
a special
in corners,
of
a
fire
that
always
welcomed,
of
solid
enduring
walls.
And
in
my
mind
was
set
forever an
place in my heart.
imagined memory of stagecoaches trudging through the snow, of top hats and crinolines, of geese and
Myand
hopemistletoe.
is that, with this collection of eclectic and happy music, the School of Music at TCU can
holly
establish a similar worthy tradition. Music plays tricks with our imagination. Thus, and
Christmas
is one of the great heartbeats of the world, pulsating with a rhythm that links us with future
sometimes
simultaneously,
we can us
be that
reminded
our mortality
andbyyet
be yardsticks
challengedthan
by the
dreams
and past
memories. It reminds
we canofmeasure
ourselves
other
those
prospect
of
immortality.
It
is
my
wish
that
the
music
recorded
here
will
take
you
to
a
land
of
of age and time. And the music of Christmas serves to soften and inspire, linking us across the years:
youthful memories, warm fires and universal goodwill. Christmas surely is a time to celebrate
“It came upon a midnight clear,
great human family.
all that is best about our
That
glorious song of old
On your behalf, I wouldFrom
near
the talented
earth faculty, staff and students of the
like angels
to thankbending
the many
highly
School of Music for their
To contributions
touch their hearts
of
gold.”
to our Christmas season.
On your behalf, and for the second time, I’d like to thank the marvelous faculty, staff and students
Cordially,
of the School of Music for singing that glorious song of old so beautifully.
Nowell Donovan
With
all best wishes for a great Christmas,
Provost
Nowell Donovan
Provost
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Bells
Across
the Snow
John
Giordano*
Gloria
In Excelsis
Deo Janet
Pummill*
arr.
orch.Janet
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TCU
Chorale
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Ronald
Ronald Shirey,
Shirey*,conductor
conductor
TCU Symphony Orchestra
Sweet
Jesusconductor
Boy
Robert MacGimsey
GermanLittle
Gutiérrez*,
arr. Janet Pummill*
What
Sweeter
Music
John Rutter
TCU
Concert
Chorale
TCU Concert
Ronald
Shirey,Chorale
conductor
Ronald
Shirey*, conductor
Leah
Edmondson,
soloist
Carol
A Christmas
Wish
6 Coventry
The Pummill Family
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Christmas Eve
John Giordano*
Christmas
Here narrator
Vince Guaraldi
TCU ProvostTime
NowellIsDonovan,
arr.
Wilson*Orchestra
TCUCurt
Symphony
TCU
Concert
Choraleconductor
German
Gutiérrez*,
TCU Symphony Orchestra
Christmas
arr. Curtis Wilson*
Curt
Wilson,Triptych
conductor
Once In Royal David’s City Henry John Gauntlett
In the Bleak
Midwinter
Gustav
Holst Brahms
Nanie,
Op.82
Johannes
The Concert
Holly andChorale
the Ivy
Traditional
TCU
TCU Concert
Ronald
Shirey,Chorale
conductor
Ronald
Shirey*,Orchestra
conductor
TCU
Symphony
TCU Symphony
Orchestra
Germán
Gutiérrez,
conductor
German Gutiérrez*, conductor
O Tannenbaum
arr. Micah Bell
Sleep Bell,
Littletrumpets
Baby
Jack Noble White
Micah
The Pummill Family: Sallie, Amy, Julie, Janet*
Chuck Pinnell, guitar
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Blaise Ferrandino*
The Pummill Family
Chuck Pinnell, guitar
The Christmas Waltz
Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn
Come
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Stan Applebaum
arr. Micah
arr.
Janet
Pummill*
Micah
Bell**,
Trumpets
TCU Concert Chorale
Ronald
Shirey, conductor
The Christmas
Song Mel Torme
TCU
arr. Symphony
John HigginsOrchestra
Germán
Gutiérrez,
conductor
TCU Wind
Symphony
Bobby Francis*, conductor
Waltz
the Flowers
Pyotr Ilychsoloist
Tchaikovsky
PrestonofLewis**,
soprano saxophone
arr. Bill Liston
TCU
Jazz Ensemble
Nutcracker
Suite Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky
Curt
Wilson,Comstock
director
arr. Frank
Wayne
Bergeron,
TCU Jazz
EnsembleGuest Trumpet Artist
Curtis Wilson*, director
More Than a Time
Blaise Ferrandino*
The
Pummill
Family Deck
the Halls
arr. Andrew Fowler**
Micah Bell**, trumpets
Sleigh Ride
Leroy Anderson
TCU Wind Symphony
Bobby
Francis,of conductor
*TCU School
Music Faculty
**TCU School of Music Student
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*TCU School of Music Faculty
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Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas
from the TCU School of Music
1.1.Bells
Across
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Gloria
In Excelsis
Deo
2.2.Sweet
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WhatLittle
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ChristmasTime
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Vince
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Johannes
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Jack Noble White
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Wish
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Flowers
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MelPyotr
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