Over 100 Suzuki flutists, ages 4-18, presented two holiday concerts at the annual Festival of Lights, held at the Visitors’ Center of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints, on December 19th, 2011. Pianist Melinda Baird performed holiday prelude music and accompanied the flute choir.
Students from the studios of Joyce Bennett, Charlotte Day, Rebecca Collaros, Martha Ethington, Anne Smith and Heidi Schuller, performed selections of Christmas carols and arrangements of traditional holiday works for a full house of visitors who came to enjoy the music and the Center's 450,000 Christmas lights, live outdoor nativity scene, and decorative Christmas trees.
Charlotte Day led the group in a set of traditional Christmas carols performed from memory, and Joyce Bennett conducted selections featuring the massed flutes in multi-part choir arrangements.