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Holiday Jukebox Program

Coronado High School
December 9th, 2022 7:30P.M.

Conductor Bio

Geoff Neuman is an experienced conductor, music educator and musician. Having recently completed a doctorate degree in Orchestral Conducting, he has over 20 years of experience as a music educator including being the Music Director of the Las Vegas Youth Symphony. When he taught at Green Valley High School in the Clark County School District, he was part of the program that was named as the national Grammy Signature School. Geoff is an in demand clinician, where he works on various topics from string pedagogy, rehearsal techniques, jazz pedagogy and more.


Geoff is currently the Associate Conductor of The Henderson Symphony Orchestra and guest conducts various ensembles. He made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut and has conducted in various concert halls throughout the US and Europe. His ensembles have performed at prestigious conferences such as The Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic and American String Teachers Association National Conference.


As a bassist, Geoff is known for his versatility with both the electric and string bass in
classical, rock, jazz and other music genres. Neuman has played string bass with the Las Vegas Philharmonic for the past 20 years, and has also performed with artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Jennifer Hudson, Luciano Pavarotti, Kelly Clarkson, Elton John and many more. He has played at major venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Village Vanguard, and the Kennedy Center. Geoff performed as a substitute musician on production shows in Las Vegas including Cirque du Soleil’s Ka’, Show Stoppers, Lion King, Mamma Mia and more.

Music Performed

Prelude to Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck

Nutcracker Suite No. 1, op. 71a by Peter Ilitch Tchaikovsky

  1. Overture in Miniature

  2. March

  3. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

  4. Russian Dance (Trepak)

  5. Arabian Dance (Coffee)

  6. Chinese Dance (Tea)

  7. Dance of the Reed Pipes

  8. Waltz of the Flowers

Carol of the Bells by Peter J. Wilhousky

 

Coronado High School Choir

Christmas is Coming arranged by Lamplight Carolers

My Favorite Things arranged by Lamplight Carolers

Winter Song by Gregory Hutter

Ocho Kandelikas arranged by Joshua Jacobson

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas arranged by Lamplight Carolers

 

Henderson Symphony Orchestra and Coronado High School Choir

Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson

Hallelujah Chorus (Part II, no. 44 from The Messiah) by George Frideric Handel

Holiday Favorites arranged by Paul Lavender and Roger Emerson

Players

VIOLIN I 

Patrick Hsieh+ 

Alyson Maddalon 

Matthew Martin 

Alexandra Matloff 

Nancy Palmer 

Kay Sanderson 

Sandy Watson 

 

VIOLIN II 

Gabriela De La Torre  

Antonio Dias 

Christina Duke 

Barbara James 

Sabina Orlowska 

Lisa Riley 

Bob Taras 

Megan Thompson 

Eleonora Wilkinson 

 

VIOLA 

Ryan Villahermosa* 

Kelley Blatnik 

Ryder Mantane 

Monica Munoz-Kilgo 

Harriett Walker 

 

CELLO 

Christian Garcia* 

Lindsay Johnson 

Jonnie-Jo Didas 

Christina Hekkert 

Eric Lam 

Susan Maunder 

Adam Stiber 

 

 

 

 

BASS 

Tim Thomas* 

Bill Bailey 

Elise Eden 

Tim Harpster 

 

FLUTE 

Trey Sims 

Diane Camilleri 

Katie Wright 

 

OBOE 

Jimmy Nguyen 

Dani McCracken 

 

CLARINET 

Carol Embry* 

Aki Oshima 

Lindsey O’Connor 

 

BASSOON 

Christina Monaco 

Avery Mbuka 

 

FRENCH HORN 

Lee Higbie* 

Rick Crockett 

Matt Keenan 

Michael Weaver 

 

TRUMPET 

Larry Ransom 

John Dunia 

Josh Camper 

 

TROMBONE 

Matt Stofferahn* 

Nathan Geyer 

Duane Zook 

 

TUBA 

Jon Kercher 

 

 

 

KEYBOARD 

Kelli Edington 

Jae Ahn-Benton 

 

PERCUSSION 

John Nasshan* 

Amy Crosley 

Manny Gamazo 

Ashlynn Ringham 

 

 

+Concertmaster 

*Section Principal 

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