The music department at North Platte Community College will be singing in the Christmas spirit next week.

A holiday concert is planned for 7 p.m. Tuesday in the McDonald-Belton Theater on NPCC’s South Campus. The performance is free and open to the public.

“Anyone who loves Christmas music will love this concert,” said Pam Koch, interim music instructor. “It will feature a wide variety of both traditional and modern songs and will showcase the tremendous amount of musical talent this college has to offer.”

The music department’s full choir, jazz combo and newly created swing choir will all perform. Selections will range from “The First Noel,” to “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.”

Koch will direct the jazz combo. Angelina Gradel will direct the choirs. Kristin Simpson will serve as the accompanist for the choirs, and the percussionists will be Gregg Todd and Brodie Lienemann.

“We would encourage the entire community to come out and support our students,” said Koch. “Not just for the enjoyment, but also because the students perform best in front of an audience. It invigorates them. The more people we have sitting in the audience, the more our musicians will feed off that and the more exciting the performance will be.”

The following is a list of the performers. A “*” denotes members of the swing choir.

Full choir:

§ Case Axthelm*
§ Kelsey Folchert*
§ Chelsea Fraser*
§ Erinn Hajj
§ Lisa Hodgen*
§ Emily Keltz
§ Justin Morgan*
§ Danny Muñoz
§ Malachi Murtaugh*
§ Marissa Pascoe*
§ Madelyn Peters
§ Tia San Miguel*
§ Skylar Stethem*
§ Jon Wardyn*
§ Maximus Wohler*

Jazz Band

§ Chelsea Fraser
§ Marissa Pascoe
§ Malachi Murtaugh
§ Holly Williams