Holiday Pops
The Zeiterion
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
The Showstoppers
Southeastern Massachusetts Youth Orchestra
Round up your favorite people—kids, grandparents, neighbors, friends—and celebrate the season together at Holiday Pops. It’s festive, high-spirited, and just the right mix of laughter, nostalgia, and music you’ll be humming all the way home.
The hall sparkles, the energy is contagious, and the music delivers that unmistakable holiday glow. The Showstoppers join forces with members of the Southeastern Massachusetts Youth Orchestra alongside Yaniv and your NBSO musicians for a feel-good celebration that brings every generation together.
Choose your moment: the 3:30 PM concert is a lively, one-hour experience—perfect for families and younger listeners. The 7:00 PM performance lingers a little longer, letting you settle in and savor the full sparkle of the evening. Both are seamless and nonstop, with no intermission—just pure holiday joy from start to finish.
Feel the season come alive!
Concert Sponsor:
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 May 16, 2026, concert only. Please click here for the official 2025-2026 roster, which includes recognition of our valued musician chair supporters.
Francesca Anderegg
Bryce Martin
Theo Ramsey
Tessa Sacramone
Jennifer Memoli
Linda Scenna
Ming-hang Tam
Meghan O’Connor
Sean Larkin
Lino Tanaka
Violin II
Emmalee Holmes-Hicks
David Rubin
Nozomi Murayama
Fariba Hunold
Raluca Dumitrache
Yeonji Shim
Sophia Bernitz
Adam Jeffreys
Laura Gulley
Mina Lavcheva
Viola
Anna Griffis
Chris Nunn
Elisa Birdseye
Maureen Heflinger
Sam Kelder
Sofia Nikas
Sachin Shukla
Gillian Gallagher
Leo Eguchi
Soobin Kong
Peter Zay
Sam Boundy
Fabrizio Mazzetta
Stefan Gabriel
Holly Dyer
Bonnie Harlow
Double Bass
Peter Walsh
John Shiu
Kiefer Fuller
Luke Rogers
Caroline Samuels
Flute
Timothy Macri
Elzbieta Brandys-O
Piccolo
Caitlyn Schmidt
Oboe
Laura Shamu
Laura Schaefer
Michael Bellofatto
Paulina Dixon
Nicholas Rubenstein
Brianna Kirkland
Clarinet
Nick Brown
Margo McGowan
Contra Bassoon
Susannah Telsey
Bassoon
Rachel Juszczak
Brooke Allen
Trumpet
Andrew Sorg
Kyle Spraker
Geoffrey Shamu
Seth Budahl
Robert Hoveland
Bass Trombone
James Monaghan
Timpani
Eric Huber
Percussion
Dylan Barber
Gregory Simonds
Piero Guimaraes
Harp
Maria Spraker
Piano
Pei-yeh Tsai
Orchetra Personnel
Wesley Hopper
Orchestra Librarian
Andrés Almirall
Director of Concert Operations
Roberta Kennedy
CHORUS OF WESTERLY
ANDREW HOWELL Andrew Howell, Music Director
Mike Anderson
enjamin Baldwin
Erma Basila
John Bennett
Ginny Bitting
Harvey Blanchette
Tim Blevins
Soshannah Block
Susan Bosworth
Janelle Boucher
Audrey Cardany
Jennifer Chaffiotte
Kip Coerper
Janet Conte
Sami Deeb
Lara Dill
Deborah Dunham
Eric Dunham
Grace Gagnon
Alba Grandidge
Aura Grandidge
Sofia Grandidge
Michael Grillo
Ravi Hauser
Carley Heck
Meagan Hey
Maggie Hosford
Eli Hosford
Alison Hosford
Sadie Howell
Rowan Howell
Henry Howell
Melissa Kwan
Sophia Lamphere
James Larson
Maarja Larson
Noah LaValley
Deb Litterer
Susan Maguire
Isobel McCullough
Marty Minich
Jessica Morrissey
Lindsey Mullen
Debby Musto
Cassiopeia Nicolas
Simone Nunes-Düby
Seth Paradise
David Purrington
Mac Richardson
Alek Robbins
Dee Roberts
Randy Roorbach
Josh Saunders
Charlie Saunders
Elizabeth Saunders
Melena Schug
Kerstin Seitz-Müller
Clare Stone
Tori Sylvestre
Sage Sylvestre
Stephanie Szczepanski
AnneMarie Tavares
Jessica Tetlow
Samantha Tetlow
Jim Tiernan
Melinda Tyler
Dan Van Winkle
Christine Warren
Veronica Willetts
Nan Young
Wendy Zecchino
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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