Holiday Bells, Mallets & Drums The Mt. Lebanon Percussion’s Holiday Bells, Mallets & Drums Concert Series has entertained thousands of Pittsburgh area residents since its inaugural season in 1996. Inspired by the University of Oklahoma Percussion Ensemble ’s popular CD Christmas Bells, Mallets & Drums, this concert series has become a Mt. Lebanon holiday tradition. In addition to performances at Mt. Lebanon High School , concert venues have included the Pennsylvania State Capitol, Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, The Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children as well as numerous area nursing homes and churches. Since 1996, the Mt. Lebanon Percussion has performed the music of Holiday Bells, Mallets & Drums as the featured musical ensemble for the KDKA-TV/Children’s Hospital Free Care Fund Telethon. This 3-hour live broadcast is viewed in more than 60,000 homes each year and has greatly contributed to the popularity of the Mt. Lebanon Percussion. The ensemble thanks Dr. Richard C. Gipson, former Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Oklahoma , for his many arrangements of holiday music contained on this CD and for his continued support of the Mt. Lebanon Percussion Ensemble.

To listen to a song sample, click any of the format links below. 1. Christmas Medley (Faulconer/Gipson) Windows Media 2. Away In A Manger (Wilber/Rogers & Gipson) Windows Media 3. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Martin & Blane/J. Smith) Windows Media 4. Sleigh Ride (Anderson/Faini & Cappellini) Windows Media 5. Silent Night (Traditiona/Gipson) Windows Media 6. Pat A Pan Medley (Traditional/Gipson) Windows Media 7. I Saw Three Ships (Wilberg/Gipson) Windows Media 8. The Christmas Song (Torme & Wells/Gipson) Windows Media 9. Carol Of The Bells (Traditional/Gipson) Windows Media 10-17. Nutcracker Sweets (Tchaikovsky/Steingquest) Windows Media 18. Marimba Carol Medley (Traditional/Gipson) Windows Media 19. Fum, Fum, Fum (Wilberg/Gipson) Windows Media 20. Deck The Halls (Bass/Gipson) Windows Media 21. O Holy Night (Traditional/Gipson) Windows Media 22. The Twelve Days Of Christmas (Traditional/Gipson) Windows Media 23. Troika (Prokofiev/Maricie) Windows Media 24. Christmas Time Is Here (Guaraldi & Mendelson/ Brooks & Madill) Windows Media 25. Festive Sounds of Hanukah Windows Media 26. The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy (Morris) Windows Media 27. We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Faulconer/Gipson) Windows Media