Carol Sing-Along

Posted by MaryO on November 10, 2016

Ring in the holiday season at Reston Town Center with the annual tree lighting ceremony followed by a sing-along of holiday favorites led by members of The Reston Chorale with a brass quintet.

Friday, November 25, 2016 at 6:00 pm

FREE – Everyone welcome!

🍁 Fall Listening and Coloring Pages
The Shades of Sound Listening and Coloring Books are a great way to encourage students to listen to great piano and orchestral repertoire. Students of all ages will love coloring the fun pictures while listening to and learning from the music of the great composers. This Shades of Sound Halloween edition includes 13 spooky pieces […]
🎃 Blog Posts Halloween Music: Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky
Night on Bald Mountain refers to a series of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881). Inspired by Russian literary works and legend, Mussorgsky composed a “musical picture”, St. John’s Eve on Bald Mountain on the theme of a witches’ sabbath occurring on St. John’s Eve, which he completed on that very night, June 23, in 1867.
🦇 Bat von Flapp’s Fairy Tales and Scary Tunes, V. U. Level D
Interested early-primer OCMS Students may get this (in addition to all music used for lessons) free this week and next to be ready for Halloween. Bat von Flapp’s Fairy Tales and Scary Tunes, V. U. Level D will delight your young piano players with SPOOKtacular musical twists on popular fairy tales. Children using this early […]
☦️ Hymn History: How Great Thou Art
“How Great Thou Art” was the opening hymn at Pender's 9:00 am Traditional Service on October 1, 2023 It was sung by Pender's Sanctuary choir, congregation and accompanied on piano by Heidi Jacobs.
🎃 Halloween Music: In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg
The translation of the title of this piece from Norwegian isn’t quite literally “mountain king”. The “king” in this instance is actually a troll that Peer Gynt invents in a fantasy. The introduction of this movement is, “There is a great crowd of troll courtiers, gnomes and goblins. Dovregubben sits on his throne, with crown […]
🎃 Halloween Music: Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns
Danse macabre, Op. 40, is a tone poem for orchestra, written in 1874 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. It started out in 1872 as an art song for voice and piano with a French text by the poet Henri Cazalis, which is based on an old French superstition. In 1874, the composer expanded and reworked […]
🎃 Blog Posts Halloween Music: Dies Irae
Although not technically a “halloween piece” this very old Gregorian Chant (from the 300s!) is used in a lot of music that sounds spooky. Dies Irae is a Latin term that means “Day of Wrath”.
🎃 Blog Posts Halloween Music: “Catacombs”
Modest Mussorgsky composed this multi-movement work in memory of his friend, artist Viktor Hartmann. Each movement corresponds to a picture in Hartmann’s gallery, with one pairing with Hartmann’s Paris catacombs.
🔔 Free Handbell Concert
Come experience the joy and beauty of handbell music on Saturday, November 21, at 2:30 p.m. in the Grace UMC Fellowship Hall in Manassas! We’re especially excited that Pender’s Joy Ringers and Carillon will be among the 10 handbell choirs coming together for this special concert, directed by renowned composer and conductor Jason Krug. (MaryO […]
🔔 Adult Handbells!
Handbells are not just for children and teens! We have adult handbell groups for beginner to advanced ringers. The difficulty level of handbell music is rated from Level 1 (easy) to Level 6 (most difficult). Each of the groups rings 6-8 times in worship between September and June and participates in the annual Christmas handbell […]

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