Choral professor Timothy Smith (far right) conducts MCCC chorus members Emily Trube, Elissa Duncan, Carly Hill, Celina Hicks, Devon Berrien and Edgar Relevante.
Members of the MCCC Jazz Band. Band director Jim Kelly, McCann Painter on guitar, Morgan Cole on upright bass, William Hawthorne III on electric bass, Melissa Olmeda and Rachel Cohn on clarinet, AJ Mostrangeli, Brian Sierkerka and Ryan O’Neill on saxophone and Luis Rosario on trumpet.
Mercer County Community College jazz band and chorus are set to present holiday concerts.
Both concerts are free and open to the public. They are scheduled to take place at Kelsey Theatre, locacted at the MCCC’s West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.
The chorus, directed by Timothy Smith, is scheduled to present Songs of the Season 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10. The group plans to perform a variety of works celebrating the holiday season by composers including Mel Torme, John Rutter, Harold Darke and Alfred Burt. The program also includes vocal solos by several music majors.
The jazz band, led by professor James Kelly, is set present its Winter Concert 8 p.m. Dec. 11. This year’s concert includes Latin, swing and bebop classics by John Coltrane, Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Songs will feature improvisations by jazz students, who will perform in small groups as well as in the full band.
The band is also sent to perform Baby It’s Cold Outside with two top student vocalists.
More information is online at mccc.edu.
UPDATE: The chorus concert has been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17.
