UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY
SOUNDS OF THE SEASON
UVU CHAMBER CHOIR
UVU DEEP GREEN
UVU EMERALD SINGERS
UVU SYMPHONY
UVU TUBA/EUPHONIUM STUDIO
December 4–5, 2025
7:00 p.m.
Concert Hall
PROGRAM
Alleluya (Nativitas) Perotin (c.1200)
UVU Chamber Choir
Dr. Reed Criddle, conductor
Logan Bishop & Danny Di Girolamo, tenors
Jesu, Rex admirabilis (1586) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525–1594)
UVU Chamber Choir
Dr. Reed Criddle, conductor
Jesus, wondrous king And noble conqueror, Sweetness most ineffable In whom all joys are found,
Remain with us, Lord, And shine your light upon us, Drive away the darkness of our minds, Fill the world with sweetness.
Nunc Dimittis (1915) Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
UVU Chamber Choir
Jonathan Peterson, assistant conductor
Lord, now latest thou thy servant
Depart in peace according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared Before the face of all people. To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, And to be the glory of thy people Israel.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, And to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, And ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Sugarplum Fairy and Trepak
Piotr I. Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) from the Nutcracker Suite
UVU Symphony Orchestra
A.J. Peery, conductor
Wexford Carol Traditional Irish carol/arr. Ken Berg
UVU Emerald Singers
Dr. Cherilyn Worthen, conductor
Ashley Vazquez, piano
Steven Dulgar, french horn
Good people all, this Christmas time
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved son
With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas Day
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born
Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep
To whom God’s angels did appear
Which put the shepherds in great fear
‘Prepare and go, ‘ the angels said
‘To Bethlehem, be not afraid
For there you’ll find, this happy morn
A princely babe, sweet Jesus born
With thankful heart and joyful mind
The shepherds went, this babe to find
And as God’s angel had foretold
They did our Savior Christ behold
Within a manger he was laid
And by his side the virgin maid
Attending on the Lord of life
Who came on earth to end all strife
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) arr. Ralph Greaves
UVU Symphony Orchestra
Brian Rowes, conductor
UVU Deep Green
Ashley Vazquez, piano
Brian Southwick, assistant conductor
Jonathan Peterson, soloist
A Wishful Carol: Carol of the Bells/ Mykola Leontovych,Arthur Warrell
We Wish You a Merry Christmas arr. Giovanni Ochoa
Pat-a-Pan
Bernard de La Monnoye arr. Alec Wilder & Norman Bewley
A Christmas Medley for Low Welsh Traditional, Brass Octett : Deck the Halls, Meredith Wilson, Robert Wells
It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas, & Mel Torme, James Pierpont The Christmas Song, Jingle Bells arr. Alexander Jensen
UVU Tuba/Euphonium Studio
James Andrus, conductor
Little Child
UVU Chamber Choir
Dr. Reed Criddle, conductor
This newborn babe so innocent and sweet, Our hearts as one with this little babe do beat. With love through this child our better selves do we meet, From inward spreading love a greater world we greet. Little child, use your eyes to see past all the sin.
Robert Kechley
Blue Christmas Billy Hayes and Jay Johnson
Little child, use your ears to hear beyond the din. Little child, use your hands to give us a gentle shove, That we may see and hear the world through eyes and ears of love.
Hungarian Dance from Swan Lake Suite Piotr I. Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
UVU Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Cheung Chau, conductor
Audience Sing Along
A Holiday Sing Along arr. Aubrey Snyder and John Moss
UVU Chamber Choir
UVU Deep Green
UVU Emerald Singers
UVU Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Cheung Chau, conductor
Deck the Halls
Deck the hall with boughs of holly, fa la la . . .
‘Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la . . .
Don we now our gay apparel, fa la la . . .
Troll the ancient Christmas carol, fa la la . . .
Fast away the old year passes, fa la la . . .
Hail the new, ye lads and lasses, fa la la . . .
Sing we joyous all together, fa la la . . .
Headless of the wind and weather, fa la la . . .
Jingle Bells
Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh, O’er the fields we go laughing all the way, Bells on bobtail ring, making spirits bright, What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight! Oh, Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh!
O Christmas Tree
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how lovely are your branches, O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how lovely are your branches. Not only green in summer’s glow but ever green mid winter snow, O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how lovely are your branches.
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Glad tidings we bring to you and your kin; Glad tidings for Christmas and a happy new year. We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, (Slower)
And a Happy New Year!
UVU Chamber Choir
UVU Deep Green
UVU Emerald Singers
UVU Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Cheung Chau, conductor
The First Noel arr. Dan Forrest
Soprano 1
Megan Benson
Charlotte Hill
Hélène Loosli
Bethany Rasmussen*
Soprano 2
Boston Bean
Makinley Brown
Carissa Sharp
Lindsey Uhl
Alto 1
Emma Carbine
Samantha Castleton
Mallory Keele
Lisy Stevens (Fall)
Savannah Webb
Tenor 1
Luc Faucette
Krysteen Markham
Timmy McHugh
Spencer Morgan
Brian Southwick*+
Danny Di Girolamo
Benji Lopez
CJ Miller
UVU Chamber Choir
Dr. Reed Criddle, conductor
Alto 2
Caryn Allen*
Jill Campbell (Fall)
Madison Partridge
Olivia Robbins
Robin Van Cott
Tenor 1
Danny Di Girolamo*
Tyler Gladden
Benji Lopez
Brian Southwick (Fall)
Tenor 2
Sawyer Daniel
Luc Faucette
Clinton “CJ” Miller
Jonathan Peterson+
Kaleb Shelley
UVU Deep Green
Dr. Reed Criddle, conductor
Tenor 2
William Bradshaw
Sawyer Daniel
Spencer Hewitt
Jonathan Peterson*
Eli Palmer
Jose Marquez Trujillo
Baritone
Devan Hair
Matthew Millet
Cameron Raps
Taylor Sorenson
Ember Thompson
Jamon Zohner *
Bass 1
Logan Bishop
William Bradshaw
Ryan Call *
Trenton Chandler
Scott Schilling
Bass 2
Braden Johnson
Talmage Ricks
Daniel Turgeon
Jonah Walker
* Section leader + Assistant conductor
Bass
Frederick Chase Beesley
Roy Ferguson
Nathan Mills*
Anthony Procopio
Jordan Sabey
Willow Watts
* Section leader + Assistant conductor
Soprano 1
Charlee Sorensen*
Ella Lamaroux
Emma Wells
Jayci Christensen
Kate Murdock
Leah Hamby
Lindsey Sorenson
Miyah Lukengha
Savannah Hutchings
Tami Rasmussen
Mae Redmond
Sara Nielsen
Soprano 2
Amy Laudie
Bianca Miller
Carsyn Cosgrave
Chelen French*
Emmeline Dally
Hope Broman
Katherine Bobo
Lavender Lee
Maely Cardon
Rachel Schmutz
Miriam Ellis
Monique Robbins
UVU Emerald Singers
Dr. Cherilyn Worthen, conductor
Alto 1
Ali Rowley
Alina Simpson
Ariana Anderson
Ashley Reger
Brooklyn Mchonnhey
Kiersten Phelps
Lily Garrett
Lisy Godfrey+
Lynn Handy
Makalya Gibson
Sara Rasmussen*
Sidney Ciminski
Sylvie Butterfield
Vanessa Melena
Alto 2
Alex McDowell
Alissa Castro
Ana Jenkins
April Lewis
Caryn Allen+
Eliza Lowry
Jane Miller
K Cogbill
Maikol Krohn
Maya Snideman
Meg Pfister
Rayanne Taylor
Sam Castleton*
Sarah Foutz
Sasha Andrews
Tessa Larsen
* Section leader + Assistant conductor
1st Violins
Nathan Phillips
Valentin Torres
Elsa Saunders
Amber Griffin
Brian Rowe
Joshua Sharp
Ashlyn Smith
2nd Violins
Mikayla Billings
Elizabeth Allred
Sophie Lewis
Brett Sorensen
Gretchen Kuhlman
Mauriele Stokes
Levi McKell
Lacie Frampton
Violas
McKinley Lucas
Hailey Staker
Brennon Clinton
Ava Lillywhite
Jonah Collier
Cellos
Nathan Mills
Elise Johnson
Andrew Marett
Rosamae Norton
Salomé Passaruab
Avery Snarr
Thayne Heywood
UVU Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Cheung Chau, conductor
Basses
Maxwell Hansen
Gabriel Rayback
Isabella Beckenbach
Flute
Cami Bartholomew*
Jennifer Swanson, piccolo
Ashley Toomey
Oboe
Ayden Wiggins
Emily Adams
Clarinet
Kaydence Butler*
Alec Russell
Julia Taniguchi
Kathleen Williams
Bassoon
Joshua Magnusson
Horns
Steven Dulger
Cora Jackson
Andrew Williams
Michael Rodeback
Trumpets
Hugo Thompson
Carl Burningham
Jordan Toomey
Trombones
Michael Ferrier
Declan Cottle
Millie Knowlton
Tuba
Jarom Lewis
Percussion
Sofina Child
Stephen Tullis
Piano/Celesta
Marissa Curtis