Holiday Music Festival 2020
The Holiday Music Festival online was a great success, thanks to everyone’s spirited musical contributions. In living rooms and assisted living centers, carols rang out and the Hallelujah Chorus could be heard in 4-part harmony. Students young and young-at-heart performed for their teachers, peers, neighbors, and grandparents around the country. Together we sang, danced, and played along to songs celebrating winter, Christmas, Hanukkah, Solstice, Kwanzaa, snow, and the year coming to an end.
It was wonderful to see and hear all of you through the magic of the internet! Enjoy these photos of our favorite moments, and don’t forget that you can replay events at your convenience, and find all our faculty holiday greetings on the festival website at uvmusic.org/holidays.
Jennifer Hansen led the first Caroling session from the Bach Room.
Festival by the numbers:
- Attendance: Over 1,000
- Student performers: 113
- Recitals: 12
- Classes: 11
- Participatory Events: 6
- States represented: 28
- Video views online: 2,000+ and counting
Families gathered in living rooms to sing along with carols.
Family, friends and teachers listen while students perform in recitals.
Jennifer Hansen led the first Caroling session from the Bach Room.
Mark Nelson taught a class on the history of Handel's Messiah
Piano students gathered for a studio recital.
The Piano faculty collaborated to host four studio recitals on December 12.
The Piano faculty collaborated to host four studio recitals on December 12.
Students and faculty gathered for a virtual Bach Room recital.
Adult students gathered for a Salon recital on December 13.
Students and alumni performed solos from Handel's Messiah.
Students and alumni performed solos from Handel's Messiah.
Suzuki students played along to holiday tunes.
Messiah fans got to sing along to the Hallelujah Chorus several times through.
Messiah fans got to sing along to the Hallelujah Chorus several times through.
Jane Woods led caroling on December 11, with ranging from spirituals to popular singers to Hanukkah songs.
Mark Nelson led the bass section in the sectional rehearsals before singing the Hallelujah Chorus.
Julie Ness led the soprano section in the sectional rehearsals before singing the Hallelujah Chorus.
Students of Nic Zannoni performed in a Zoom studio recital.
Students of Nic Zannoni performed in a Zoom studio recital.
Students of Nic Zannoni performed in a Zoom studio recital.
Students of Nic Zannoni performed in a Zoom studio recital.
Guitar students of Tristan Bellerive shared performances in a studio recital.
Guitar students of Tristan Bellerive shared performances in a studio recital.
Lisa Piccirillo led a Songs of the Season class for young families.
Brooke Wilkinson led a Songs of the Season class for young families.
Music Together teacher Brooke Wilkinson led babies, toddlers and preschoolers in Songs of the Season.
The University of Massachusetts Graduate Student Quartet led a chamber music listening party with Q&A.
The Suzuki program hosted a holiday music jam, with play-along track for favorite songs.
