RCSJ Bands to Play Festive Music at Annual Holiday Concert

Vineland – The Rowan College of South Jersey–Cumberland (RCSJ) campus bands will showcase their musical talents at this year’s annual Holiday Campus Concert on Wednesday, Dec. 11. This celebratory program, which is free to the public, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the legendary Guaracini Center.

The College’s Jazz Band and Wind Symphony will perform a repertoire of seasonal favorites at this year’s holiday concert.

“The holiday season concerts are always the highlight of every performance year,” said Joseph Akinskas, adjunct professor, campus band director, RCSJ.

As the cold winds of winter creep up in, concertgoers will feel warm and tingly inside while listening to the jazz band’s interpretation of classic holiday tunes like “Feliz Navidad” and “Santa Baby.”

The wind symphony will help to elevate the festive atmosphere by performing songs like “An Appalachian Carol Festival,” “Festive Sounds of Hannukah,” and perennial holiday favorite, “A Christmas Festival,” by Leroy Anderson.

The Cumberland campus bands will continue their tradition of spreading holiday cheer throughout the area this holiday season.

“We appreciate having another opportunity to participate in the city of Vineland’s Olde Fashioned Christmas on the Ave with a Dec. 7 performance in the Landis Theater to kick off the holiday season,” said Akinskas, founding director of the RCSJ–Cumberland campus bands.

“We hope the community will join us at our Dec. 1 campus concert and at our annual ‘Shopping Concert’ at the Cumberland Mall on Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 7 p.m. Happy Holidays!”

For more information about this year’s RCSJ-Cumberland campus bands’ holiday performances, contact Joseph Akinskas at jakinska@rcsj.edu