NEWS RELEASE
ORILLIA SILVER BAND
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The Orillia Silver Band celebrates the holiday season with its traditional Sleighbells and Brass Christmas Concert. The concert takes place on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022, 2 p.m. at the Orillia Opera House. Concert tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for students/children and are available from the Orillia Opera House Box Office.
Neil Barlow, the band’s Music Director and Conductor has made sure that there is plenty of traditional holiday music on offer. Plus, the band has a special guest soloist, sure to be of interest to all music lovers!
Among the items to be performed by the band during the Christmas concert this year are Gustav Holst’s Christmas Day, Kevin Norbury’s exciting Gaudete!, and a wonderful setting of Joy to the World by William Himes. Also included is a set of dances from the beautiful Nutcracker Ballet by Tchaikovsky.
By special arrangement, the band will host the world-renowned cornet soloist Mr. Tom Hutchinson on this concert. Mr. Hutchinson is the Principal Cornetist of the European champion Cory Band based in Wales, United Kingdom.
The Orillia Silver Band is thrilled to be able to bring a soloist of Mr. Hutchinson’s stature to the City of Orillia, especially in time for the 2022 holiday season! Mr. Hutchinson will perform several selections with the band, so come prepared to experience a wide variety of cornet music, delivered by a world-famous master of the art.
This year, in addition to the exciting offerings described above, the band will present the beloved holiday medley A Christmas Festival by Leroy Anderson. And it wouldn’t be a Silver Band Christmas concert without an audience-request sing-a-long. So come prepared to exercise the vocal chords with your favourite Christmas carols.
Please don’t miss this exciting afternoon of holiday cheer!
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