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Holiday Spectacular – Ames

Holiday Spectacular – Ames

DATE

Saturday, December 13, 2025
7:30 pm

VENUE

Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall
Simon Estes Music Hall
Iowa State University

Performance Details

We can’t wait for you to join us for our annual Holiday Spectacular—a joyful, hilarious, and heartwarming celebration of the season! We’re bringing this show to both the Staplin Performing Arts Center and Iowa State’s Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall in Ames. Whether you like your holidays cozy or comical, this is your new favorite tradition.

Program

A Most Wonderful Christmas
, arr. Robert Sheldon
A Winter’s Journey
- Randall Standridge
In Heavenly Peace
- Franz Gruber
, arr. WIlliam Owens
Jingle Them Bells
- James Pierpont
, arr. Julie Giroux
Nutcracker Fantasia
- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
, arr. Julie Giroux
Silent Night in Gotham
- Franz Gruber
, arr. Julie Giroux
Snow on Snow
- Megan Vinther
The Twelve Days of Christmas
, arr. Julie Giroux
Walking Down Christmas Lane
, arr. Jarod Hall
What Child is That Playing Carol of the Bells?
, arr. Julie Giroux
Yuletide Sleigh Rides
- Josh Trentadue

Featuring

Christian Carichner
Dr. Christian Carichner
artistic director & conductor

Community Partner

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Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall
Iowa State University
2427 Union Drive
Ames, Iowa

Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall
Simon Estes Music Hall
Iowa State University

The Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall is considered one of the premier acoustic environments in the midwest. The recital hall auditorium has 305 seats and has seating onstage for approximately 75 musicians.

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