2024 Holiday Season Performances

Come join music director Stephen Squires and The Illinois Brass Band for an afternoon filled with of the music and sounds of the season.

With the holiday season quickly approaching it is now the time to order your tickets to our ever popular “Holiday Classics” with the Illinois Brass Band. These exciting and upbeat performances suitable for young and old alike will be filled with Christmas fanfares, popular Christmas favorites, sacred carols, instrumental soloists from the band, and our featured vocalist, Amy Bearden.

New this year is an exciting festive work from the pen of composer Philip Rayment,”City of David.” The work features a trio of carols associated with the place of Christ’s birth, “Once in Royal David’s City”, “O Little Town of Bethlehem”, and “How Far is it to Bethlehem.” This piece was premiered in 2023 by the Canadian Staff Band of the Salvation Army. This will be its first performance in the Chicago area.

Also featured on the program will be carols by John Rutter, Bach’s “Ava Maria”, “Frosty the Snowman”, “White Christmas”, and the seldom heard Ken Norman arrangement of “Jingle Bell Rock”, along with many other holiday classics.

Visit the performances page to see all the details!

Upcoming events

Friday, November 1, 2024

Fall Concert
Time: 7:00 PM
First United Methodist Church of Arlington Heights
1903 E Euclid Ave
Arlington Hts, IL
Fall concert featuring cornet soloist, Dr. Bruce Briney

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