
December 4, 2022
Stockton Symphony ’Tis the Season – Pops at Atherton Auditorium
Featuring Guest Artist Monica Danilov, mezzo-soprano
Conductors & Performers
Peter Jaffe, Music Director
Monica Danilov, mezzo-soprano
Program
Kick off your holiday festivities with Sleigh Ride, Carol of the Bells, O Holy Night, sing-along carols, excerpts from the Nutcracker, Frozen, and many more!
Performances
Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 2:30 PM
Atherton Auditorium
5151 Pacific Ave Stockton, CA 95207
If you would like assistance purchasing tickets for patrons with disabilities, please call the box office at (209) 951-0196
Program Notes for Stockton Symphony – ‘Tis the Season: Holiday Pops
Sunday | December 4 2022 | 2:30 pm
Atherton Auditorium
Stockton Symphony
Peter Jaffe, conductor
Monica Donilov, mezzo-soprano
Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson
But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming from Messiah George Frideric Handel
Monica Danilov, mezzo-soprano
Christmas Waltz Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn, arr. Carmen Dragon
Il tamborillero (The Little Drummer Boy) Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone
Stockton Youth Chorale arr. Bob Cerulli
Christmas Sing-Along Traditional, arr. John Finnegan
Jingle Bells—Joy to the World—Hark, the Herald Angels Sing—
Silent Night—Deck the Hall—O Come, All Ye Faithful
Brazilian Sleigh Bells Percy Faith, arr. Lee Norris
Symph-Hanukkah arr. Peter Jaffe
intermission
Music from Frozen Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez,
arr. Bob Krogstad
White Christmas Irving Berlin, arr. Carmen Dragon
Una voce poco fa from The Barber of Seville Gioachino Rossini
Monica Danilov, mezzo-soprano
Carol of the Bells Mykola Leontovych, arr. Robert Wendell
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) Mel Tormé/Robert Wells,
Monica Danilov, mezzo-soprano arr. Carmen Dragon
O Holy Night Adolphe Adam/Placide Cappeau (French words)
John Sullivan Dwight (English words)
Monica Danilov, mezzo-soprano arr. Carmen Dragon
Waltz of the Snowflakes from The Nutcracker Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Stockton Youth Chorale
Concert sponsors: St. Joseph’s Medical Center/Dignity Health
Guest artist sponsors: Joe and Rita Sublett
Guest Artist

Monica Danilov received her bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from the Manhattan School of Music and master’s degree from the Conservatory of Music of Brooklyn College (CUNY) under the tutelage of Patricia McCaffrey. She was chosen to participate in the master class entitled ¨Music for the Masses¨ at the Metropolitan Opera Guild with renowned conductor Kent Tritle. She has worked with a host of renowned conductors such as Jun Nakabayashi, Alan Gilbert, Peter Jaffe, Gerassim Voronkov, Dante Ranieri, Olivier Grangean, and Richard Barrett and with directors Mitch Sebastian and Dona Vaughn, among others. She sang in world premieres of Marjorie Merryman’s Beauty, Grief and Grandeur and the U.S. premiere of Nunes Garcia´s best-known Requiem. She has sung at the Kennedy Center, the 92nd Street Y, Avery Fischer Hall, the Cairo Opera House, and in Algeria, Ghana, Ecuador, and Colombia.
Ms. Danilov also has experience in musical theater as Maria in The Sound of Music, produced by Misi Producciones (performed forty-two times), and the role of Aldonza/Dulcinea in Man of La Mancha performed at the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogota in 2016. She has sung important roles in zarzuela (Spanish opera with spoken dialogue on topical themes) and operas—Aurora la Beltrana in Doña Francisquita by Vives and Clarita in La del manojo de rosas by Sorozábal. Her opera credits include Paula in Florencia en el Amazonas by Daniel Catan, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Mercedes in Carmen, La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, Maria in Maria de Buenos Aires, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and Dido in Dido and Aeneas, among others.
Equally at home in the concert hall, Ms. Danilov has performed and worked with orchestras around the world such as the Sinfonica Nacional de Colombia, Orquesta Sinfonica EAFIT, Nueva Filarmonia, Filarmonica de Cali, and Filarmonica Juvenil. In Northern California she has appeared with the Folsom Lake Symphony and the Camellia Symphony Orchestra, and she returns to the Stockton Symphony after her her virtual appearance during the pandemic and her stellar performance in last season’s Messiah.
Stockton Youth Chorale, Joan Calonico, director
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The Stockton Youth Chorale is open to young singers who are in third through eighth grade. Students learn vocals, musiacal production, music reading, and performance etiquette, and have fun in the process. Children from throughout San Joaquin County participate in the Youth Chorale, and it is open to all children by a simple audition. A scholarship program is available.
Joan Calonico graduated from the University of Pacific Conservatory with a bachelor’s degree in music education. Since then she has been a general music and choral specialist with the Lincoln Unified School District and has served the district as mentor teacher and music teacher specialist. She served for many years as principal of Don Riggio School, where visual and performing arts are an integral part of every student’s education.
Ms. Calonico has sung with the Stockton Master Chorale and Stockton Opera, and she has served as a representative to the California Music Educators Association. She has also been a guest lecturer in music education at the University of the Pacific and a clinician and panelist for the American Choral Directors Association and California Music Educators Association. She has conducted middle school honor choirs throughout the region.
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