What's Happening in Colchester, VT…

An event coming up in Colchester will welcome the holiday season with a song.

The Bella Voce Women’s Chorus will present their “Cool Yule!” concert at the McCarthy Arts Center Recital Hall, which is on the campus of Saint Michaels College. The program features holiday classics reworked in a jazzy style by Dr. James Stewart, a Vermont composer. Dr. Stewart is the Music Director of the Montpelier Community Gospel Choir, the Burlington Choral Society, and the Rock City Chorus in Barre, Vermont, and has composed works for every genre from symphony orchestras to rock bands.

One of the highlights of the concert is Stewart’s arrangement of “Deck the Halls,” which critics describe as “delightfully wicked.” The arrangement features the Bella Voce voices, Dr. Stewart, Sam Whitesell at the piano, and Sam’s brother Jake on saxophone.

Stewart and the Whitesells will play the “Sentimental Christmas Medley,” a nostalgic and lush arrangement featuring “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” Arrangements of traditional carols and beautiful tributes to the winter season will complete the program.

The choir plans two concerts, December 5 and December 6, at 3.00 pm on both days. Tickets are $30 each and the concerts are two hours in length. When they plan events like this, organizers can work with brochure printing to create programs for the audience, who often enjoy learning more about the performers.