Saturday, December 14, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Dimnent Chapel, Hope College
Johannes Müller Stosch, Music Director and Conductor
Jennie Judd Reyes, Soprano
Suite from Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66a
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Apotheosis
Panorama
Valse
O Holy Night
Adolph Adam, arr. David T. Clydesdale
Dusk Waltz
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
“Alleluia” From Exsultate jubilate
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to Hansel and Gretel
Engelbert Humperdinck
Still, Still, Still
Trad. German, arr. Robert Sterling
See Amid the Winter's Snow
Edward Caswall & John Goss, arr. Dan Forrest
Places Far Away
Daniel Fisher
Christmas Singalong
John Finnegan
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Walter Kent, arr. Marty Gold
“My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music
Richard Rodgers, Robert Russell Bennett
Breath of Heaven
Chris Eaton & Amy Grant, arr. Lloyd Larson
Sleigh Ride
Leroy Anderson
Concert Suite from The Polar Express
Alan Silvestri, arr. Jerry Brubaker
Holland Symphony Orchestra presents a concert of tradiitonal holiday classics as we celebrate the season. Local favorite Jennie Reyes will join HSO to share her gifts with us.
Tickets are $29 for adults and $10 for students through college.
We will be hosting not only the Classical Chat series at Freedom Village, but also Pre-Concert Talks! Details below:
Classical Chats at Freedom Village: These informative and fun talks are led by Johannes Müller-Stosch and take place at 3:00pm on the Thursday before each Classics concert. (Freedom Village, 6th Floor Auditorium, 145 Columbia Ave.)
Pre-Concert Talks: These talks, led by Johannes Müller-Stosch and Amanda Dykhouse, are online under the "Pre-Concert Talk" Tab.
New to the Symphony? Check out the Frequently Asked Question page…
Parking Map at the Miller Center
Holland Symphony Orchestra will reserve and monitor Lot 40 for handicapped parking. The faculty parking lots are available for parking after 5pm
Soprano, Jennie Judd Reyes is recognized for her vocal versatility and stage artistry, singing repertoire that spans from the baroque to the present as a soloist, chamber musician, and stage performer. Upcoming performances include Frasquita in Carmen; a collaboration with Deos Contemorary Ballet in their Ember series; Baroque Meditations, featuring works by Telemann, Bach, and Couperin; Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater; and Free at Three Concert Series in Holland, Michigan.
Recent engagements as a featured soloist include Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben BWV147 (VoxGR); Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 61 (Holland Bach Society); Considering Matthew Shepard (Fountain Street Church); Handel’s Messiah (Zeeland Civic Chorus); Broadway Holiday (Williamsport Symphony Orchestra); and Showtime: A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch (Illinois Valley Symphony).
Judd is equally at home performing both operatic and musical theatre works. Recent stage credits include Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Opera Grand Rapids), Mabel in Pirates of Penzance (Opera Grand Rapids 2022; Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company, Chicago 2020), Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel (West Michigan Opera Project), Maria in The Sound of Music (Shadblow Theatre), Cunegonde in Bernstein’s Candide, Proserpine in Charpentier’s La descente d’Orphée aux enfers (UM Opera), Susanna (cover) and Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro (Janiec Opera Company), and ensemble in NOAH and Miracle of Christmas (Sight & Sound Theatres).
Judd is a proud alumna of the University of Michigan (M.M.) where she peformed with the Contemporary Directions Ensemble, premiering new works such as George Lewis’, P. Multitudinis with members of the International Contemporary Ensemble, Steve Reich’s, “Tehilim,” and she sang the US premiere of Oliver Knussen’s, “O Hototogisu!” Judd worked closely with composer, Shuying Li performing the title role of Older Sister in “Who Married Star Husbands.”
Judd graduated from Wheaton College Conservatory of Music (B.M.) and spent two summers with the Janiec Opera Company at the Brevard Music Center, where she received the Linda Candler Award for Outstanding Opera Student in 2016.
In addition to performing, Judd is the Operations Manager for the Holland Chorale and is an Adjunct Professor of Voice at Hope College.