To Drive the Cold Winter Away - November 27

Or, "To Drive the Cold Winter Away with Stuff Amy Likes." So SamTheDrummer has named this year's annual holiday concert, which will take place on November 27th. Last year's theme was "French." The year before, "Lullabies." The year before that, "Irish."

 This year: Traditional carols and Amy's original music.

All the music came to me in sections, not in a single theme. There's the Holly and the Ivy set, with a new piece I learned in Ireland. There's the Three Ships set, with a new piece I wrote in Ireland. There's the piece I wrote for Prima Vox in Paris last year, "Fire and Ice." There's the piece I wrote for Prima Vox in Ireland this year, "Ave."

I love it all. I didn't want to cut any of it for the sake of fitting into a theme. So I just went with my original gut choices, put it into a set list order that flows, arranged it for the band and for me. And then I emailed the set list to the band with the note: "There's really no theme this year, just stuff I like."

I can't wait to bring the music alive for you.