Holiday Pops 2025
Sunday, December 14, 2025, 3:30 & 7 PM
Bronspiegel Auditorium, New Bedford High School
Yaniv Dinur, conductor and emcee
Appearances by the Southeastern Massachusetts Youth Orchestra and The Showstoppers
Please consider bringing a non-perishable food item to place in the United Way bins on your way in to the concert!
Round up the crew—kids, grandparents, friends who feel like family—and come kick off the season with our Holiday Pops concerts! It’s an all-out celebration filled with jingle-worthy music, belly laughs, and feel-good moments you’ll want to bottle up.
The hall will be decked, the vibe will be merry, and the music? Pure holiday magic. Yaniv and our NBSO musicians will be joined by local favorites The Showstoppers and members of the Southeastern Massachusetts Youth Orchestra for a show that’ll have everyone smiling.
The 3:30 PM performance is a breezy, one-hour concert—perfect for little ones (and early bedtimes). The 7:00 PM show runs a bit longer for those who want to soak up every sparkling note. Both performances are delightfully direct—no intermission, just nonstop joy.
Wrap yourself in music, joy, and holiday magic!
Pre-Concert Fun:
Bring the kids early to the 3:30 PM performance for a quick and delightful conducting lesson. They’ll learn the basics, then conduct our SEMAYO String Quartet with confidence and smiles!
And the fun doesn’t stop there—every child receives a gift after the concert!
Yaniv Dinur
Concert Sponsor:
View the 2025-26 Season Program Book Here! (Or wait to receive your printed version at the concert.)
NBSO MUSICIAN ROSTER
Yaniv Dinur, Music Director
Music Director Sponsors: Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield, Susan and Dexter Mead
Please note: The following roster is a listing of the musicians for the December 14, 2025, concerts only. Please click here for the official 2025-2026 roster, which includes recognition of our valued musician chair supporters.
Emma Powell
Bryce Martin
Jennifer Memoli
Kyra Davies
Theo Ramsey
Lino Tanaka
Tessa Sacramone
Violin II
Nozomi Murayama
Fariba Hunold
Adam Jeffreys
Jiuri Yu
Raluca Dumitrache
Sophia Bernitz
Viola
Chris Nunn
Maureen Heflinger
Elisa Birdseye
Jeremy Tonelli-Sippel
Leonardo Vásquez
Cello
Soobin Kong
Sam Boundy
Johnny Mok
Velleda Miragias
Zachary Sears
Double Bass
Kiefer Fuller
Luke Rogers
Joseph Bentley
Darren Sacks
Flute
Timothy Macri, Principal
Joshua Carter
Piccolo
Elzbieta Brandys-O
Oboe
Laura Shamu
Jillian Honn
Hannah Staudinger
French Horn
Brianna Kirlkand
Eileen Coyn
Sarah Gagnon
Hannah Messenger
Clarinet
Peter Bianca
Tristen Broadfoot
Bass Blarinet
Maxwell Reed
Bassoon
Dominic Panunto
Sally Merriman
Contra Bassoon
Susannah Telsey
Trumpet
Geoffrey Shamu
Eric Rizzo
Peter Everson
Tuba
Tyler Woodbury
Seth Budahl
Alexis Smith
Bass Trombone
James Monaghan
Timpani
Jonathan Hess
Percussion
Dylan Barber
Bruce Berg
Mike Williams
Jeff Sagurton
Harp
Yvonne Cox
Piano
David McGrory
Orchestra Librarian
Andrés Almirall
Director of Concert Operations
Roberta Kennedy
SEMAYO MUSICIAN ROSTER
Spencer Aston, Senior Conductor
Desmond Pacheco
Kaitlyn Arguin
Caroline Hopkins
Jordan Posey
Violin II
Patrick Curtis
Vincent Lam
Lily Shi
Milanie Veloso
Dominic Barnhart
Viola
Sophie Gelinas
Cello
Madalen Williams
Benjamin Fleming
Owen Avila-Martins
Trumpet
Angela Quartarone
Danielle Boardman
Benjamin Moniz
Alexander Baganha
Trombone
Ronan Soares
Tuba
Sam Jansen
Flute
Lillie Barreiros
Liam Casey
Oboe
Camille Roulleau
Clarinet
Jayden Bonilla
Mary Lyman
THE SHOWSTOPPERS
Kelly Zucco, Director
Olivia Charest
Olivia Carrillo
Lauren Dowd
Ayla Guillotte
Kaylin Guillotte
Nicolle Guillotte
Jack Nylin
Emma Pires
Margaux Poyant
Nicholas Szabo
Carson Tracey
Grace Twomey
SING TO ME
October 12 &13, 2024, 3 PM
Special Additional Performance: Friday, October 11, 7 PM, New Bedford Whaling Museum
On October 11, join us in the Harbor View Gallery and stay for an after-concert reception to mingle with guests and musicians while enjoying hors D'oeuvres and spirits.
A dazzling vocal journey
Featuring Philip Lima, baritone
Many thanks to Patty Plum Wylde, whose generous Gift of Music has made this concert possible. She dedicates her gift to all teachers of music for their devotion to the art of making music eternal.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Selections from Songs of Travel (arr. John Greer)
The Vagabond
Youth and Love
Whither Must I Wander?
Bright is the Ring of Words
I have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope
Samuel Barber: Dover Beach, Op. 3
Charles Ives: Songs
The Children's Hour
Tom Sails Away
The Circus Band
Three Spirituals
Wade in the Water (arr. Anthony Green)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arr. H. T. Burleigh/Green)
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (arr. Cynthia Jackson/Green)
Joly Braga Santos: Piano Quartet in D Major, Op. 26
Joaquín Turina: The Toreador's Prayer, Op. 34
Jesse Holstein, violin
EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, violin
Anna Griffis, viola
Leo Eguchi, cello
Janice Weber, piano
Lustrous baritone Philip Lima joins NBSO core musicians in an eclectic potpourri ranging from Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Songs of Travel and Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach to the earthy songs of Charles Ives and three spirituals. A piano quartet by Portuguese master Joly Braga Santos and The Toreador’s Prayer by Joaquín Turina offer interludes of instrumental poetry and brilliance.
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