Holiday Pops 2023

NEWS CONTACT:

Jennifer Brink, Executive Director

Phone: (518) 793-1348

E-mail: exdir@gfso.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

November 21, 2023

The Glens Falls Symphony joins High Schol Choruses from Glens Falls, Queensbury and Hudson Falls for Holiday Pops! Concert on December 10 with guest appearance by NewsChannel 13 Anchor Mark Mulholland

The holidays are upon and the Glens Falls Symphony will be performing with their longtime holiday favorite concert on December 10 at 4pm for their Holidays Pops! Concert. Joining the musicians and Music Director Charles Peltz on stage will be NewsChannel 13’s Mark Mulholland, who will be reading “’Twas the night Before Christmas”. Also featured in the program of music by Johannes Brahms (“Lo, how a rose e'er blooming"), J.S. Bach (Wachet Auf), and popular favorites like “All I want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey.

Music Director Charles Peltz has invited his director colleagues who lead the choruses of Glens Falls, Hudson Falls, and Queensbury High Schools to bring their top voices to join in the music-making. Each high school chorus will sing a work with the orchestra alone, and then they will join together for the finale.

The Symphony is also reviving a much-beloved holiday tradition of inviting local celebrities to campaign for the baton to conduct the orchestra. This year, after a 4-year hiatus from the silly fun of this event, the conductor candidates who have put their hat in the ring are: Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner, GF Hospital VP and Musician Ray Agnew, and Glens Falls School District Superintendent Dr. Krislynn Dengler. Each one has already begun vying for the baton by posting on social media and attracting “voters” at the fall Symphony concerts. Each vote costs $10, and all proceeds go to the Glens Falls Symphony educational and performance programs.

In celebration of the Symphony’s 40th anniversary season, the holiday concert will be joining forces with the WAIT House, which serves runaway and homeless youth in upstate NY. Families and any audience members who come to the concert are encouraged to bring items that the center can use, such as: dish soap, laundry detergent, tall and small garbage bags, batteries, light bulbs, cereal, canned soups, rice, tortilla shells & taco seasoning packets, pasta sauce and tomato sauce, peanut butter, jelly, salsa, canned tuna, or canned fruit/vegetables/beans.

Executive Director Jennifer Brink shares, “This holiday concert is a favorite tradition for so many people in our region and beyond. We are especially delighted this year to be joining forces with the choral students from the three high schools to bring musical joy to so many people. This year, tickets are selling sooner than they ever have, so we encourage people to get their preferred seats soon. We invite people in the community to bring new items to donate for the homeless youth in our region, and in this way, we can all celebrate the spirit of giving at this special time of year.”

Concert Sponsor:

Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company

Program

Christmas Fantasy                             

A Holst Christmas                             

 with Glens Falls High School Chorus- Meredith Reed, Director

Lo, how a rose e'er blooming              Johannes Brahms

Night Before Christmas                     

with Narration by News13 Anchor Mark Mulholland

Homeward Bound                              

with Queensbury High School Chorus-Matt Gaulin, Director

Wachet Auf, ruft uns die stimme

Intermission

Christmas Eve

There’s Christmas in the Air             

The First Noel                       

with Hudson Falls High School Chorus- Diane Havern, Director

All I Want for Christmas is You!

Sleigh Ride                                        

            With Conductor’s Contestants: Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner, GF Hospital VP and Musician Ray Agnew, Glens Falls School District Superintendent Dr. Krislynn Dengler vying for the chance to conduct Leroy Anderson’s beloved “Sleigh Ride”

O Come, All ye Faithful       

Christmas Festival                 

We Wish you a Merry Christmas    

About Glens Falls Symphony

Since Maestro Charles Peltz’ arrival in 2000, the fully professional Glens Falls Symphony has performed a dynamic repertoire, regularly including musical premieres and world-renowned guest artists while expanding musical offerings to include family concerts, summer pops programs and more. Cited as “one of the great orchestras of our country” by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Joseph Schwantner, the orchestra comprises professional musicians who come from all over the Northeast to perform.

Glens Falls Symphony 

2023-24 Season

All concerts on Sunday at 4pm

Glens Falls High School Auditorium

Free Pre-Concert Talk at 3pm (FREE with price of Ticket)

 TICKETS

Season and single tickets are priced in three tiers: (Tier 3/2/1)

Season Tickets: $105/$90/$72

Adult: $26/$33/$39

Student: $10

NEW! Family Season Ticket: Two Adults and Two Children: $165 for all Three Remaining Concerts.

Location: Glens Falls High School Auditorium, 10 Quade St, Glens Falls, NY 12801

For information regarding ticket pricing and seating for season, visit www.theglensfallssymphony.org, call the Symphony office at (518) 793-1348 or stop by the office, upstairs in the LARAC Gallery building: 7 Lapham Place in Glens Falls. Office hours are Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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