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By Kathryna Hoyman<\/a> · Managing Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Audrey Crawford performing Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1, Mvt. 2 at Wednesday’s Carnegie Christmas Concert. \u2014 AMANDA MITTELMAN<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another year, another brilliant snowfall and another week of the Grove City College Department of Music knocking the socks \u2014 or should I say stockings \u2014 off the student body and local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the headship of Music Department Chair Jeffery Tedford, the department practices tirelessly throughout the academic year to put on seasonal performances. Their Christmas events are particularly spectacular, and certainly not performances to miss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every day this week from Monday through Thursday, the department partnered with the college’s Office of Alumni Relations to bless the Carnegie Alumni Center with festive music to celebrate the season. The performances involved over 100 students and featured voice majors, choirs, string quartets, bells, brass groups, flute choirs and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carnegie Christmas has been a staple for Christmastime at Grove for over 30 years. The performances are largely student-led and reflect each class’s individual tastes and strengths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“(The) tradition started in the early 1990s for the college, especially the Music Department, to engage with our local community,” Tedford shared. “The last several years have seen 150 to 200 people attend these concerts each day, and attendees have ranged in ages from six months to 90+ years old. It really is an awesome week of Christmas concerts and reaches almost 1,000 people in our community and our livestream.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the wandering souls who missed Carnegie’s festivities or want more of the college’s merry musical talent, the seventh annual “A Musical Christmas at Grove City College” will be held tonight, following its premiere on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Some of the songs are secular, some are sacred, but all are performed by our amazing students as a gift to our campus and local community,” Tedford said. “We come together with the Jazz Ensemble, Stage Band, Wind Ensemble, Concert Choir, GCC Singers and Chamber Orchestra to perform these works individually, and then a combined singalong with the audience at the end. It is an amazing display of musical artistry and community.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tickets were free to students and the community, and Tedford encourages those who do not already have them for tonight’s final performance to arrive early to reserve the tickets still available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A Musical Christmas” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Ketler Auditorium in the Pew Fine Arts Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At both Carnegie Christmas and “A Musical Christmas at Grove City,” the Music Department’s efforts to foster cheer and sentimentality in the students, alumni, locals and relatives were evident and, in true fashion of the department, a roaring success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t miss tonight’s opportunity to wonder in the joy of the season and the hope of Emmanuel that it calls us to remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Student plays the piccolo at the Carnegie Christmas Concert. \u2014 GCC<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The GCC Singers performing under the baton of Dr. Paparone. \u2014 AMANDA MITTELMAN<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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