Lemont High School’s Music Department Set For Upcoming Holiday Concerts

LEMONT, IL — With temperatures dipping below freezing and snow on its way, the time has arrived for Lemont High School’s holiday concerts. The school’s music department will hold concerts on Dec. 4 and Dec. 11, featuring the school’s band and choir, the school shared in a news release.

Both concerts will begin at 7 p.m., with the Performing Arts Center doors opening for general seating at 6:30 p.m.

On Dec. 4, members of the band, choir, and general music classes in forming numerous small ensembles to put on a “Prism” concert. The Dec. 11 event will feature both the bands and choir in a more traditional concert, with the ensembles performing full group numbers, according to LHS.

The Lemont High School band is under the direction of Ben Clemons, while Dave Nommensen leads the choir. The band and choral programs will perform a range of selections over the two events.

The “Prism” show on Dec. 4 will offer both music written for the genre, as well as a myriad of holiday favorites, according to LHS. It will feature an array of small student-led ensembles, including percussion, vocal, brass, woodwind, and mixed instrument duets, trios, quartets, quintets and more. The audience will be treated to a continuous stream of performance, “fusing” the music of several ensembles into a continuous stream of sound. Special lighting effects will add to the event, providing those in attendance with a sampling of the very best the school’s music department has to offer.

The combined Concert Bands will perform several selections at the Dec. 11 concert, including “Winter Dances” by Brian Balmages, “And With This New Day” by William Owens, “Christmas at the Movies” arranged by John Moss, “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson, and “A Holiday Sing-Along” arranged by John Moss.

The Choir is slated to perform “Pure Imagination” by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, “It Had Better Be Tonight” by Henry Mancini, the traditional folk song “Nine Hundred Miles,” “December In My Hometown” by Pink Zebra, and “Candy Cane Lane” by Jennifer Zuffinetti.

Admission to each concert is free. Lemont High School is located at 800 Porter Street in Lemont. Attendees for either concert are encouraged to park in the Performing Arts Center Lot, Parking Garage or the West Lot, all of which are accessible off of Julia Street.