Christmas Concert

December 10, 2025

7:30 p.m.

Hurricane High School Auditorium


Conductors: Nick Lanners and Brian Thompson

A Mad Russian’s Christmas

Paul O’Neill, Robert Kinkel, and Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky/Bob Phillips

Rhapsody on “In the Bleak Midwinter”

Donald W. Sorah

Sleigh Ride

Leroy Anderson

Fantasy on “Sleepers, Wake”

Johann Sebastian Bach/Vernon Leidig

A Musicological Journey Through Twelve Days of Christmas

Craig Courtney

Featuring the Hurricane Valley Choir

A Canadian Brass Christmas

Luther Henderson/Calvin Custer

View a PDF version of tonight’s program here.


*Principal Player

Violin I

*Teya Applegate
Ashley Higbee
Ruth Luck

Kirsten Skow
Debra Thornton

Violin II

*Julianne Beecher
Nancy Crowley
Anita Parry
Janelle Ruesch

Telia West

Viola

Rebekah Marvin

Melissa Nay

Gerrod Nelson
*Krystin Richardson

Cello

*Ethan Allen
Nick Jeppson
Katelyn Johnson
Emily Wilson
Nataly Wixom-Burdick

Harp

*Savanna Krogh

Piano

*Lorraine Wixom

Flute/Piccolo

*Cari Bennion

Amber Bodell
Meridy Reeve

Clarinet

Joan Howell

David Stapleton
*Jacob Stewart

Horn

William Calban

Julie Curtis
*Sabrina Leavenworth

Trumpet

*Jenny Campbell
Nick Lanners
Scott Munson

Mike Crockett

Trombone

Brian Thompson
*Heber White

Percussion

Corban Beutler
Savanna Krogh

Zach Stapleton
*William Wixom-Burdick


Musician Spotlight

Corban Beutler

Corban Beutler

Instruments: Percussion, Piano

Corban has played the piano since he was five years old. He currently plays piano for the Hurricane High Jazz Band and Pit Orchestra. He composes music and teaches individual piano lessons. He has been playing percussion for the Hurricane Valley Symphony since the Fall 2024 season.

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Sabrina Leavenworth

Instruments: French Horn, Piano

Sabrina has always loved music. She began playing the piano at age six and that has brought a lot of joy to her life. In sixth grade she began playing the French Horn and continued to play it through college. She has been playing with the Hurricane Valley Symphony since its founding in 2018.

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Acknowledgements

Hurricane Valley Symphony gratefully acknowledges the following
for their financial donations:

Anonymous Donor

The Farm in Hurricane

Hurricane Valley Symphony gratefully acknowledges the following
for their support:

Hurricane City
Hurricane High School


Future Concerts

Please join us at a future concert

Winter Concert
Monday, March 2, 2026
7:00 p.m.

Spring Concert
Monday, April 27, 2026
7:00 p.m.

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