Under the direction of Dan Dorty, Director of Music and Organist, the choirs of Derry Church present “A Derry Christmas” concert as part of the church’s 2024-25 Arts Alive cultural series.

Sanctuary doors open at 2:30 pm. A free will offering will be received. The concert is in person only, no streaming.

The program looks to the Nativity with works such as The Angel Gabriel, Paul Manz’s E’en So Lord Jesus Quickly Come, and Mack Wilberg’s beloved Gloria in Excelsis Deo featuring choir, orchestra, organ, percussion, and liturgical dance.

Journeying to the manger, we look to those surrounding the Christ child by singing We Three Kings, Lo’ How a Rose E’er Blooming, and Seth Bingham’s stunning setting of Away in a Manger. The Derry Ringers handbell ensemble will ring Douglas E. Wagner’s jubilant setting of My Spirit Be Joyful from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cantata No. 146 and Sandra Eithun’s stunning arrangement of O Holy Night, featuring Derry’s five-octave set of Malmark handbells and choirchimes, with added windchimes.

The audience will be invited to sing along on selections including Come, All Ye Faithful, Angels We Have Heard on High, and Mack Wilberg’s setting of Joy to the World.

Featured soloists include Charley Miller, Bass; Janice Click Holl, Soprano; Julie Miller, Soprano; and Loren Geeting, Tenor. A handbell quartet will ring What Child is This, an exciting arrangement set by Kevin McChesney.

Lift your voices this joyous Christmastide with the choirs of Derry Church, as we celebrate the birth of our Savoir Jesus Christ!