HOLIDAY CONCERT

Two weeks before their Italian concert tour, the Select Ensemble joined the seventh grade and faculty choirs in a concert of holiday favorites at the Bank of America Theatre on December 9 The concert, entitled Peace, Peace, was the first holiday concert open to the public since 2019, as only the families of singers were able to attend the 2020 and 2021 events due to COVID-19 The choirs were accompanied by Lucinda Shields on piano, Eben Trobaugh on the djembe drum, and strings players hired from outside the Hammond community

Like in the Select Ensemble’s tour program, the concert began with the South African gathering song “Tshotsholoza” with tenor Drew Springs ‘23 as soloist. However, the programs of music sung at the holiday concert and on tour were largely separate, requiring the choir to prepare over twenty pieces of music over the course of the fall semester