A JANN ARDEN
CHRISTMAS
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CONCERT PROGRAM
Traditional/arr. Carmen Dragon
Deck the Halls
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
John Williams
“Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas”
from Home Alone
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Jerry Herman/arr. Larry Blank & Robert Wendel
The Best Christmas of All
Felix Bernard/arr. Ralph Hermann
Winter Wonderland
Edward Pola/George Wyle/orch. Dave Pierce
“It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year”
Mel Tormé/Robert Wells/orch. Dave Pierce
“The Christmas Song”
8:00pm
2:00pm
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
8:00pm
Steven Reineke
conductor
Jann Arden
vocalist
Etobicoke School of the
Arts Holiday Chorus
Megan Benjafield
Music Director
Anne Loree/orch. Dave Pierce
“Insensitive”
Gary Davis/Ian Fraser/Larry Grossman/
orch. Dave Pierce
“Little Drummer Boy”
PRESENTING PARTNER POPS CONCERT SERIES
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MEDIA PARTNER
Steven
Reineke
Principal Pops
Conductor
The holiday season is such a wonderful time for music—we hear everywhere
during this period of the year some of the finest classical music written for the
occasion as well as inspiring traditional carols and tuneful popular classics. The
brilliant, multi-talented Canadian artist Jann Arden recently recorded her take
on the season’s most beloved songs and I’m thrilled to have her perform them
in her début with your Toronto Symphony Orchestra! The beautiful voices of the
Etobicoke School of the Arts Holiday Chorus also join us for this performance,
and you, too, will have the chance to contribute to this Christmas soundscape
in our annual sing-along. May this concert of holiday music warm your hearts
and get you in the holiday spirit!
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CONCERT PROGRAM
continued
Jann Arden/Russell Broom/orch. Dave Pierce
“Waiting for Canada”
Charles Brown/PED/orch. Dave Pierce
“Please Come Home For Christmas”
Intermission
Jerry Herman/arr. Robert Wendel
“We Need A Little Christmas” from Mame
Mykola Leontovych/arr. David Hamilton
Carol of the Bells
John Lennon/Yoko Ono Lennon/orch. Dave Pierce
“Happy X-Mas (War is Over)”
Kim Gannon/Walter Ken/Buck Ram/orch. Dave Pierce
“I’ll Be Home For Christmas”
Adolphe Adam/arr. Bob Rock, Jamie Edwards/orch. Dave Pierce
“O Holy Night”
Meredith Wilson/orch. Dave Pierce
“It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas”
Jann Arden/Bob Foster/orch. Dave Pierce
“Good Mother”
James Stephenson
A Charleston Christmas
Tradiitional/arr. Sam Shoup, Steven Reineke/orch. Sam Shoup
The Jingle, Jangle Sing-along
(Text on facing page)
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The Jingle, Jangle Sing-along Text
Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
You know Dasher and Dancer
and Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen,
But do you recall
The most famous reindeer of all?
Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer
Had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw it
You would even say it glows.
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games.
Then one foggy Christmas Eve,
Santa came to say,
Rudolph with your nose so bright,
Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then how the reindeer loved him,
As they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer
You’ll go down in history.
Frosty, The Snowman
Oh Frosty the Snowman
Was a jolly happy soul
With a corncob pipe and a button nose
And two eyes made out of coal.
Frosty the Snowman
Is a fairytale, they say
He was made of snow but the children know
How he came to life one day.
There must have been some magic
In that old silk hat they found
For when they placed it on his head
He began to dance around.
Oh Frosty the Snowman
Was alive as he could be
And the children say
He could laugh and play
Just the same as you and me.
Thumpity thump thump
Thumpity thump thump
Look at Frosty go,
Thumpity thump thump
Thumpity thump thump
Over the hills of snow.
Here Comes Santa Claus
Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus,
Right down Santa Claus Lane.
Vixen and Blitzen and all his reindeer
Pulling on the rein.
Bells are ringing, children singing,
All is merry and bright.
Hang your stockings and say a prayer,
‘Cause Santa Claus comes tonight.
Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus,
Right down Santa Claus Lane.
He’s got a bag that’s filled with toys
For boys and girls again.
Hear those sleigh bells jingle jangle,
Oh, what a beautiful sight.
Jump in bed and cover up your head,
‘Cause Santa Claus comes tonight.
Jingle Bells
Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
O’er the fields we go
Laughing all the way,
Bells on bob-tail ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight.
Refrain
Oh jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh. (Repeat refrain)
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THE ARTISTS
Steven Reineke
conductor
Steven Reineke’s boundless enthusiasm and exceptional
artistry have made him one of North America’s most
sought-after pops conductors, composers, and arrangers,
and an audience favourite in Toronto since his début
with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) in 1994. In
addition to being Principal Pops Conductor of the TSO,
Mr. Reineke is the Music Director of The New York Pops
at Carnegie Hall, Principal Pops Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Principal Pops Conductor
Designate of the Houston Symphony.
Mr. Reineke is a frequent guest conductor with The Philadelphia Orchestra and
has been on the podium with the Boston Pops, The Cleveland Orchestra, and the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia. His extensive North American conducting
appearances include San Francisco, Seattle, Edmonton, Pittsburgh, Vancouver,
Ottawa (National Arts Centre), Detroit, Milwaukee, and Calgary.
As the creator of more than one hundred orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati
Pops Orchestra, Mr. Reineke’s work has been performed worldwide, and can be
heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label. His
symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Casey at
the Bat are performed frequently in North America. His numerous wind ensemble
compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company and are performed by
concert bands around the world.
A native of Ohio, Mr. Reineke is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, where he earned
Bachelor of Music degrees with honours in both trumpet performance and music
composition. He currently resides in New York City with his husband Eric Gabbard.
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Jann Arden
vocalist
These performances mark Jann Arden’s TSO début.
Jann Arden is a Canadian-born singer, songwriter,
broadcaster, and author. The much-celebrated, multiplatinum award–winning artist catapulted onto the
Canadian music scene in 1993 with the release of her
début album Time For Mercy. A year later with Living
Under June, she would have her career breakout hit, “Insensitive”, that would solidify
her position in the music world. Arden has released 12 albums with 19 top ten
singles. Her most recent recording, A Jann Arden Christmas, was released in 2015. To
date, she has received eight JUNO Awards (including Female Artist of the Year and
Songwriter of the Year), and is also the recipient of ten SOCAN Awards, four Western
Canadian Music Awards, a Much Music Video Award, three Prairie Music Awards, and
an Alberta Recording Industry Association Award. Jann is also the proud recipient
of a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame; she has been inducted into the Canadian
Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, and has been given the Vantage Women
of Originality Award. In 2012, she was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal
and in 2013 was inducted into the Western Canadian Music Alliance Hall of Fame.
In addition to being a singer/songwriter, Arden is an author of note. She has written
three books—If I Knew, Don’t You Think I’d Tell You, and I’ll Tell You One Damn
Thing, That’s All I Know—and her best-selling self-penned memoir, Falling Backwards.
Arden is also a much in-demand speaker, peppering her words of wisdom with her
signature humour.
In 2010, Jann took on broadcast duties as the host of Being Jann, an hour-long
talk show on CBC Radio, and in 2011, she sat in the judge’s chair for Canada Sings
(Global TV). She has also produced two documentaries—Free and Jann Takes
Manhattan, both of which were met with favourable reviews.
Arden’s philanthropic work has included World Vision, as well as performing at Live
8 and MAC Cosmetics Fashion Cares AIDS benefits. In recent years Jann has also
supported Gilda’s Club in Toronto.
Whether she is captivating audiences with her heartfelt music, entertaining them
with her quick wit, or sharing her written word in a boldly honest voice, Jann Arden is
a Canadian original—a brilliant multi-dimensional talent.
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THE ARTISTS
Etobicoke School of the Arts
Holiday Chorus
Megan Benjafield
Music Director
The Etobicoke School of the Arts Chorus made its
TSO début in November, 2008.
The Etobicoke School of the Arts Chorus is comprised
of the Grades 11 and 12 music theatre classes at
the Etobicoke School of the Arts (ESA). The music
theatre department, headed by Paul Aikins, is one
of six majors offered at ESA, which is the oldest free-standing arts-focused high
school in Canada. In the music theatre program, students are involved in intensive
“triple threat” training, and gain experience and instruction in voice, drama, dance,
and theoretical studies. Every year, they hone their craft with a full-scale musical, in
addition to showcase performances. Students from this chorus are also involved in
a number of extra-curricular ensembles, including SPLASH and GLO, ESA’s awardwinning show choirs, and MusicFest national invitees Chamber Choir, JAMME, and
WOCO. This year’s chorus is led by Megan Benjafield with rehearsal accompanist
Michael Vieira.
Kaelin Agar
Mackenzie Bamford
Matias Bessai
Edi Bijvoet
Nicola Bijvoet
Gareth Black
Caroline Boerner
Annie Boss
Lina Botyrius
Alexia Cain
Bianca Caklos
Tess Capern
Callum Challis
Bernice Chan
Alexia Christie
Alex Clementi
Sophie Currie
Patrick Dale
Jordan Davis
Leah DeBorba
Kenzo Divic
Natasha Evangelista
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Cabot Fox
Catherine Gava
Cian Gazeley
Tashi Gombu
J.J. Greenberg
Karissa Hare
Russell Hassan
Skylar Heldt Large
Emma Helm
Sabrine Huntzinger
Charlotte Johnson
Jenna Johnston
Bridget Kennedy
Ryun Kim
Daniel Klapman
Daisey Kurelek
Jarek LandoriHoffmann
Troy Lebane
Jade Lotter
Trinity Lougheed
Mavis Lyons
Emily MacDonaldRoach
Erika MacKenzie
Sarah MacNaughton
Katie Mal
Samantha Mallen
Alaney Marinucci
Christopher MartelFauteux
Erica Marshall
Tammy Martinez
Annie McBrien
Annie Messenger
Henry Newediuk
Sydney Newediuk
Ashley Offman
Marcos Paredes
Fernandez
Emily Parker
Tega Paul
Jordan Pike
Mikayla Pozzobon
Kirsten Read
Charlotte Reynolds
Asia Rosa
Rachel Sanders
Bridget Saunders
Jarrod Schroll
Isabel Shapiro
Vivien Shepherd
Maddie Sherman
Alexis Silver
Olivia Solomos
Alexa Speyer
Natalie Stringer
Quinn Tabbitt
Ezra Tennen
Zoe Vegh-Gross
Gabriela Velasquez
Icaza
Henry Voskuill
Marigold Vousden
Lauryn Withnell