JWCC holiday music concert set for Friday night at Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium

QUINCY— Audiences will be treated to a variety of vocal and instrumental selections performed by area students during a holiday music concert presented by John Wood Community College’s fine arts department at 7 p.m. Friday in the Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium at the JWCC Paul Heath Center, 48th and Harrison.

JWCC’s concert choir, band and vocal show ensemble will provide a showcase to appeal to all ages.  The choir and band will perform new holiday compositions and arrangements of traditional favorites. The vocal show ensemble will perform musical selections from Broadway shows, and the band also will perform seasonal music.  The show will culminate with all groups performing together in a single piece.

Students are admitted free of charge.  Monetary donations will be accepted at the door. Proceeds will support the groups’ tours.

The concert choir and vocal show ensemble are under the direction of Steven Soebbing, JWCC instructor of music and theatre. The band is under the direction of Jessica Achelpohl Snider.