Program
Conducted by
Charlie Kim, Artistic Director
Bob Remstein, Piano
No Intermission
Deck the Hall
arr. John Rutter
Good Ale
John Rutter
Narrator 1: Sarah Taylor
Christmas Is Coming
arr. Mack Wilberg
Soloists: Meg Foss & Diane Lindley
Christmas Children
by Leslie Bricusse
arr. Mac Huff
Narrator 2: Audrey Grossman
We’ll Dress the House
Alfred Burt
Narrator 3: Anita Beckenstein
Fruitcakes
by Peter Tchaikovsky
arr. Cliff Duren
Words by Phil Barfoot and Rebecca J. Peck
Soloist: Caleb Heulitt
Crazy Relatives
by Peter Tchaikovsky
arr. Cliff Duren
Words by Phil Barfoot and Rebecca J. Peck
Soloist: Anita Beckenstein
Narrator 4: Steven Barnett
Gift of Winter
Clark William Lawlor
We Are Lights
Stephen Schwartz
Narrator 5: Laurel Eu
Christmas Don’t Be Late
by Ross Bagdasarian
arr. Jeff Bratz
Rushin’ Dance
by Peter Tchaikovsky
arr. Cliff Duren
Words by Phil Barfoot and Rebecca J. Peck
Narrator 6: Julie Anne Bermel
Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
arr. Steven Landau
Narrator 7: Meg Foss
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Johnny Marks
(Sing along)
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 could even say it gloves
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
You’ll go down in history
There’s Always Tomorrow
by Johnny Marks
arr. Stephen DeCesare
Narrator 8: Diane Lindley
All I Want For Christmas
arr. Michael D McClish
Soloist: Julie Anne Bermel
Narrator 9: Kayla Sawoski
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Walter Kent
Performed by: Anita Beckenstein, Michelle Hoisch, Laurel Eu, Ellen Ford, Diane Lindley, Charlie Kim, Jean-Paul Jones, Steven Barnett, Caleb Heulitt
Christmastime In California
Matthew Brown
Performed by Kevin Dalbey
Narrator 10: Charlie Kim
Santa Baby
arr. Bob Remstein
Performed by SFVMC Cadenzas*
Narrator 11: Caleb Heulitt
Believe
arr. Jason Retana
Ensemble
Sopranos
Julie Anne Bermel*
Anita Beckenstein*
Marina Kobryn Collins
Laurel Eu*
Catherine Donoghue
Stacey Goldstein
Audrey Grossman*
Michelle Hoisch
Marla Lowrey*
Patricia McLaughlin
Mallory Montes
Altos
Janet Anderson
Sabra Chili*
Ellen Ford*
Meg Foss*
Holli Gajadhar
Cynthia Jacobs
Diane Lindley
Rachel Markenson
Ruth Markenson
Kim Messedieh*
Marcie Queen
Kayla Sawoski*
Sarah Taylor*
Tenors
Howie Anderson
Jean-Paul Jones
Nate Owen
Baritones & Basses
Steven Barnett
John Bergquist
Kevin Dalbey
Dominic Delzompo
Caleb Heulitt
Thank You
Artistic Team & Advisory Committee
Charlie Kim – Artistic Director
John Bergquist – Associate Artistic Director
Julie Barnett – Executive, General & Social Media Director
Bob Remstein – Piano Accompanist
Sergio Barer – Composer-in-residence
Steven Barnett – Treasurer
Marla Lowrey – Assistant Executive Director
Mary Ann Hurst – Secretary
Michelle Hoisch – Membership Director
Sarah Taylor – Membership
Diane Lindley – Marketing Director
Meg Foss – Development
Ellen Ford – Front of House
Anita Beckenstein – Outreach Director & Librarian
Sabra Chili – Co-Outreach Director
Laurel Eu – Donor Relations
Jean-Paul Jones – Social Media Co-Director
Cindy To – Box Office
Henry Eu – Box Office
Aleta Williams – Volunteer
Leslie Huber-Yedlin – Photographer
Thank you to First Presbyterian Church of Encino,
our Board of Directors, volunteers, and all our donors!
The San Fernando Valley Master Chorale is supported in part by the Los Angeles Country Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture. We are also supported in part by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.