Part 1 - Chanukkah
Hanerot Halalu
by Baruch J. Cohon
arr. Blanche Class
Chancel Voices
Hanukkah Music & History
Ma'oz Tzur
by E.B. Cohen
traditional Hanukkah song
Rabbi Mark Goodman
Chanukkah Song (We Are Lights)
Si vi von (traditional Hanukkah song)
by Stephen Schwartz
Cara Kowalczyk & Son Austin
Chanukah, Chanukah
Silver Jubilee Ringers
Part 2 - World Music
Winter Solstice Moon
by D. Long
Chancel Voices
Diwali Music & History
Milan Samplewala
Drs. Chander and Balbir Arora
Shabe Yalda (Yalda Night) Music & History
Five Songs Based on Poetry of Hafez
by Kamyar Mohajer
Pictures of the Hidden (Song I)
It's Sunrise (Song IV)
Jessie Massoudi soprano
Timothy Leon piano
Carol of The Bells
Ukranian
Silver Jubilee Ringers
African Noel
arr. Andre Thomas
Chancel Voices
Kwanzaa Music & History
Maia the Artiste
Harambee
by J. Jennings
Chancel Voices
featuring soloists Todd Withers, Jane Bates, and Noelle Flinn
with percussionists Sherri Canon, Stuart Waxman, and Emma Karzin
INTERMISSION
Part 3 - Christmas
Jingle Bells
Preschool Kids
Noelle Flinn, music teacher
Gesu Bambino
Constanze Bonelli
A Christmas Song
by Ariel Quintana
Patrick Hare
Timothy Leon piano
Holy Child
by Steve Green
Shawn Taylor
Love is Christmas
by Sarah Bareilles
Dr. Cassie Gonzalez
Evening Prayer
from Hansel and Gretel
by Engelbert Humperdinck
Dr. Kimberlyn Jones
Constanze Bonelli
Christmas Nights in Blue
by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Aaron Miller
Carols of Christmas
a sing-a-long
Silver Jubilee Ringers
The Heart of Christmas
by Jan Sanborn
Chancel Voices
Silent Night with Candlelight Vigil
English
German
Hebrew
Italian
Farsi
French
Welsh
Portuguese
Hindi
Spanish
English
Patrick Hare
Constanze Bonelli
Cara Kowalczyk
Tim Leon
Jessie Massoudi
Brandon Coprich
Dick Hughes
Josh Wentz
Chander Arora
Shawn Taylor
ALL with candles
and lights fading
Mission Opera is an OPERA America professional opera company located in Santa Clarita, CA, serving the Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valleys. As an educational performing arts charity, we present live theater, opera, musical theater, and various educational outreach initiatives, in addition to our diverse programming of concerts and events in and around Southern California.