Festive Friday at the St. Louis Art Museum

Festive Friday at the St. Louis Art Museum

The stunning halls of the St. Louis Art Museum will welcome a number of talented WashU musicians performing throughout the spaces! Stroll through the galleries and discover music from the WashU Jazz Band, Concert & Chamber Choirs, Chamber Music Ensembles, instrumental and vocal soloists, and Jazz Combos.

December 6 - Festive Friday schedule 

 

Farrell Auditorium 


3:30 – 4:15 pm WashU Jazz Big Band, Christopher Becker, director

Program:
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (1928) Music by Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951) Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960) arr. Paul Baker (b. 1960) (This arrangement 2020)
Aaron’s Blues (2013) by Chip McNeill 
Angel Eyes (1946) Music by Matt Dennis (1914-2002) Lyrics by Earl Brent (1914-1977) Arr. Matt Harris 
     Robert Liu, vocalist
Ir-Reggae-Ular Blues (2015) by John la Barbera (b. 1945)
Aztup (2024) by Elijah Darden, WashU Jazz Band Member
A Foggy Day (in London Town) (1937) Music by George Gershwin (1898-1937) Lyrics by Ira Gershwin (1896-1983) arr. Scott Ragsdale
     Ida Maria Tello, vocalist
Kissing Bug (1945) Music by Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967) and Rex Stewart (1907-1967) Lyrics by Joya Sherrill (1924-2010) arr. Bill Holman (1927-2024)
Yes or No (1964) by Wayne Shorter (1933-2023) arr. Mike Tomaro (b. 1958)
 



Education Center 


5:00 – 5:45 pm – WashU Jazz Combo 

Arden Carlisle, piano
Anastasia Waid, voice
Josh Poeschel, trumpet 
James Baba, saxophone 

Program
The Days of Wine and Roses by Henry Mancini 
Lover Man by Jimmy Davis, Roger Ramirez, James Sherman 
Misty by Errol Garner 
Four on Six by Wes Montgomery 
Straight, No Chaser by Thelonious Monk 
All of You by Cole Porter 

6:00 – 6:45 pm – WashU Jazz Combo

Sam Patterson, piano          
Andrew Hyde, bass              
Braxton Hart, trombone             
Andrew Rothschild-Averbach, saxophone

Program
Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock 
Have You Met Miss Jones by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart 
Red’s Blue by Jerry Bergonzi 
When I Fall in Love by Victor Young & Edward Heyman 
Process of Illumination by Andy Laverne 
Seven Steps to Heaven by Miles Davis


 

Sculpture Hall 

5:45 – 6:15 pm – WashU Chamber Choir,  John McDonald, director 

Program to be selected from:
Weihnachten from Sechs Spruche by Felix Mendelssohn 
Lirum Lirum by Thomas Morley 
Carol of the Bells Traditional Ukranian, Arr. Peter Wilhousky 
In dulci jubilo Traditional Carol, Arr. Matthew Culloton 
Jolly Old St. Nicholas Traditional, Arr. Michael Wolniakowski 
Ding Dong Merrily on High Traditional, Arr. Charles Wood 
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Johnny Marks, Arr. Mark Hanson 

7:00 – 7:30 pm – WashU Concert Choir,  John McDonald, director

Angels We Have Heard on High Traditional, Arr. Peter Anglea 
Cold December Flies Away Traditional Catalonian Carol, Arr. Daniel Schreiner 
Carols of Christmas (Love is All Around) by Clark William Lawlor
Glow by Eric Whitacre 
Jingle Bells by James Pierpoint, Arr. Reginald Unterseher
Here we come a-wassailing Traditional English, Arr. Andrew Sims 


 

Grigg Gallery: 

5:00 – 5:45 pm – WashU Chamber Music

Suite for Left Hand Piano and Strings by Erich Korngold (Performers: Bradley Gober, Jessica Hu, Lucy Li, Zoe Zuo) 
Suite, Op. 71 by Moritz Moszkowski (Performers: Jake Tetenman, Ian Lee, Annabel Lee) 
Trout Piano Quintet by Franz Schubert (Performers: Charles McGrath, Delila Zacks, Zack Shoki, Jun, Yuqiao Zou) 

7:30 – 8:15 pm – WashU Piano Division

Avery Wang - Piano Sonata, Op. 109 by Beethoven
Eliza Podvalny - Intermezzo, Op. 118, No. 2 by Brahms
Jaden Lu - Piano Sonata, Op. 22, 1st mvt by Schumann
Lily Pate - Waltz in A minor by Chopin
Arowyn Casenhiser - Venetian Gondola Song by Mendelssohn
Josie Kopff - Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72, No. 1 by Chopin  
Jack Salamon - Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2 by Rachmaninoff
Ezra Miller - Diversions, Op. 23, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 9 by Muczynski


 

Gallery 251 

4:00-4:45 pm  – WashU Chamber Music 

Selections from “American” String Quartet, No. 12, Op. 96 by Dvořák (Performers: Caroline Kaplan, Etienne Strandberg-Houze, Ben Faden, Kevin Jia)  
Selections from String Quartet, Op. 10 by Debussy & String Quartet No. 8 by Shostakovich (Performers: Noah Kennedy, Matthew Du, Junyi Su, Eric Liu)   

6:00-6:45 pm – WashU Chamber Music

String Quartet No. 17 in B-flat Major “The Hunt” by Mozart (Performers: Yang Yang, Yussif Ramadan, Sara Strassberg, Kim)  
Seasonal Music - String Quartet (Performers: Irene Wang, Andrew Chen, Brendon Wang, Wonsang Lee)  

7:00-7:45 pm – WashU Chamber Music

Seasonal Music - String Quartet (Performers: Irene Wang, Brendon Wang, Wonsang Lee, Alex Zhang)  
Oboe Quartet by Vanhal (Performers: Alex Zhang, Lance Yeh, Jake Tetenman, Kim Jeong)  



Gallery 336 

4:00 – 5:15 pm – WashU Voice Division 

Brittany Rogus 
Vanya Agrawal 
TJ Cannistraro 
Emma Gerber 
Selah Pabon 
Ella Johnson 
Melena Braggs 
Emily Li 
Rachel Foulk 
Tatyana Tolliver-Hughes 
Reece Gray 
Kelly Daniel-Decker 

6:30 – 8:00 pm – WashU Soloists
 
6:30 – 7:00 pm – WashU Strings Soloists

Nora Navid  
Xiaoyu Luo  

7:00 – 7:30 pm – WashU Flute Studio Soloists 

Priya Ramotar 
Jason Tung 
Cynthia Yan 
Lillie Kang 
Cherie Liu 
Lena Stern 
Miranda Holloway 

7:30 – 8:00 pm – WashU Guitar Division Soloists 

Misty by Erroll Garner (1921-1977)
Idle Moments by Grant Green (1935-1979)
Nuages by Django Reinhardt (1910-1953)
     Ben Ewer

Etude 7, Op. 60 by Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853)
Un Dia de Noviembre by Leo Brouwer (b. 1939)
     Andres Orbegozo

Days of Wine and Roses by Henry Mancini (1924-1994)
Ceora by Lee Morgan (1938-1972)
Blues For Alice by Charlie Parker (1920-1955)
     Sam Herrera