Holiday Joy

Soprano Jessamyn Anderson and the Indiana Wind Symphony celebrate the joys of the holiday season in a concert that includes a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus.

The Program
Charles Conrad, conductor
Jessamyn Anderson, soprano
Ken Knowles, Santa Claus
Anne Conrad, Mrs. Claus

BECKEL: A Christmas Fanfare
SOPER: Jingle Bells March
Selection to be announced
Jessamyn Anderson, soprano
NESTICO: A Fireside Christmas
GIROUX: Away in a Manger
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Carl Butler, flute; Melissa Gallant, harp
LOVRIEN: Minor Alterations 2—Carols from the Dark Side

Intermission

ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride
LONG: The Night Before Christmas
Ken Knowles and Ann Conrad
REINEKE: Merry Christmas Everyone
Ken Knowles and Ann Conrad
GRUNDMAN: Nocturne for Harp
Melissa Gallant, harp
NESTICO: Good Swing Wencelas
ADAM: O Holy Night
Jessamyn Anderson, soprano
ANDERSON: Christmas Festival

About Jessamyn Anderson
Jessamyn Anderson, soprano and Carmel, IN native, recently graduated cum laude from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with a B.M. in vocal performance. Her IU Opera Theater credits include Nellie Forbush in South Pacific, Cousin Hebe in H.M.S. Pinafore, and Margot in The Merry Widow. Also at IU, she played the title role in Iolanthe, the first show produced by the University Gilbert & Sullivan Society and premiered the role of Mooch in Mooch the Magnificent, a children’s opera written for Re-Imagining Opera for Kids. During the summer of 2015, Jessamyn was a young artist with Ohio Light Opera Company, where she portrayed Claudine in Can-Can, Constance in Oh, Kay!, and Babbie in Friederike. As a studio artist at Opera in the Ozarks, Jessamyn played the Fairy Godmother and an ugly stepsister in an outreach, mash-up opera production of Cinderella as well as Isabel in the mainstage production of Pirates of Penzance. Other favorite roles include Mrs. Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly!, Aunt Eller in Oklahoma!, and Judy Wentworth in I Married an Angel, a role that earned her Indianapolis Encore Award nominations for Best Female Vocalist and Best Supporting Actress. She is thrilled to return as a soloist with the IWS this season!