Dear Friends: The Corvallis Community Band will present its Annual Holiday Concert on Saturday, December 13, 2025, at 2 pm, in the auditorium at the Ashbrook Independent School. Cheryl Martinez, our Artistic Director, has put together an attractive program including some traditional favorites and some brilliant new music that will enhance our impressions of the Holiday season. Featured will be the dancers from the Willamette Apprentice Ballet.
The title of the program is “Snowflakes Are Dancing,” also the title of one of the pieces we are playing. The rhythms are tricky, but I think you’ll be able to close your eyes and imagine snowflakes dancing past your vision. A sort of companion piece is “Thawing,’ depicting how life and color return as the frozen world thaws, Other winter-related selections include “Snow Day Celebration,” capturing the joyous mood of a happy childhood memory—a Snow Day! And speaking of childhood memories, another selection is “ A Childhood Remembered,” that will take you back to the carefree days and starry nights of childhood.
A pair of piano works by Claude Debussy, transcribed for band, will challenge us to play lyrically and dreamily – and Softly – to do justice to these beautiful pieces: “Reverie” and “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair.”
Traditional holiday works include “Ukranian Bell Carol,” “Pat-A-Pan,” “White Christmas,” and ending with Handel’s magnificent “Hallelujah Chorus,” with audience participation!
I hope you’ll join us on Saturday, December 13 to celebrate the season.
Happy Holidays from the Corvallis Community Band. We appreciate the gift of your presence when we play!
Sue
We value our “friends” who come to our concerts in the summer and throughout the year. We have an e-mail list to inform you about what we are doing and what volunteer opportunities we have.
E-mail List
We send out a newsletter approximately once a month, with a calendar of our concerts and information about the band. During the summer, the newsletters are a little more frequent, since we play so many concerts in June, July, and August.
If you would like to be on that list to receive Community Band News, please send your request to Sue Borden (sueborden@comcast.net). We’d like to know your mailing address and phone number, as well as your e-mail address, but the only really necessary information is your email address.
Volunteer Opportunities
From time to time, we need non-band members to help us with tasks that we often can’t do ourselves. Here’s a list of some of those:
- Ushering at indoor concerts during the academic year
- Managing sales of Band items at concerts (both summer and winter)
- Marketing – distribution of posters
- Publicity – speaking about the band at club meetings
- Expertise – help with fundraising, marketing, logistics, sound, lights
If you would like to volunteer, please contact Sue Borden (e-mail address above) who will put you in touch with our volunteer coordinator, or put you to work directly. We are always open to ideas you have, so don’t hesitate to contact us.