Hello and Welcome!
Happy Holidays from all of us here at Central Florida Community Arts! We are overjoyed that you chose to spend this magical time of year with us, here at A Big Band Christmas! This year, the CFCArts Big Band presents a seasonal celebration filled with holiday cheer, just for you! We invite you to sit back, relax, and enjoy “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”
A Big Band Christmas is brought to stage by a 50-member ensemble made up of instrumentalists from all over our local community! The music and energy you are going to experience today is a result of our organization’s primary mission: to build community. The Big Band’s shared love of music has united and inspired our audiences for years and continues to grow each season.
We welcome you to unwrap the magic of the holiday season with us through a unique blend of holiday favorites and modern-day hits. With beloved holiday classics like “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “Winter Wonderland,” and “Joy to the World,” our ensemble creates a nostalgic warmth that will transport you back to your childhood Christmas memories. This year, we have also included some musical surprises and twists on your favorite songs including “(Not So) Silent Night,” “It Came a Samba Midnight Clear,” and so many more.
We hope this season is full of happiness, joy, peace, and time spent together with family and friends, and we hope CFCArts is part of creating new memories this year. Thank you for your support of CFCArts and our Big Band in 2024, and we can’t wait to see what the next year has in store!
Justin Muchoney
Music Director, Big Band
Artistic Director | Interim Executive Director
Hello and Welcome!
Happy Holidays from all of us here at Central Florida Community Arts! We are overjoyed that you chose to spend this magical time of year with us, here at A Big Band Christmas! This year, the CFCArts Big Band presents a seasonal celebration filled with holiday cheer, just for you! We invite you to sit back, relax, and enjoy “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”
A Big Band Christmas is brought to stage by a 50-member ensemble made up of instrumentalists from all over our local community! The music and energy you are going to experience today is a result of our organization’s primary mission: to build community. The Big Band’s shared love of music has united and inspired our audiences for years and continues to grow each season.
We welcome you to unwrap the magic of the holiday season with us through a unique blend of holiday favorites and modern-day hits. With beloved holiday classics like “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “Winter Wonderland,” and “Joy to the World,” our ensemble creates a nostalgic warmth that will transport you back to your childhood Christmas memories. This year, we have also included some musical surprises and twists on your favorite songs including “(Not So) Silent Night,” “It Came a Samba Midnight Clear,” and so many more.
We hope this season is full of happiness, joy, peace, and time spent together with family and friends, and we hope CFCArts is part of creating new memories this year. Thank you for your support of CFCArts and our Big Band in 2024, and we can’t wait to see what the next year has in store!
Justin Muchoney
Music Director, Big Band
Artistic Director | Interim Executive Director
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The CFCArts Big Band presents
A Big Band Christmas
Justin Muchoney, Music Director
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Eddie Pola and George Wyle
Arr. Paul Murtha
Winter Wonderland
Dick Smith and Felix Bernard
Arr. Jack Cooper
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
Johnny Marks
Arr. Chris Sharp
You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Dr. Seuss and Albert Hague
Arr. Chris Walden
Featuring Tameem Bakkar
The Christmas Waltz
Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
Arr. John Berry
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Kim Gannon and Walter Kent
Arr. Peter Blair
Santa Baby
Joah Javits, Phil Springer, and Tony Springer
Arr. Roger Holmes
Featuring Amanda Breivogel
It Came a Samba Midnight Clear
Edmund Sears and Richard Willis
Arr. Chris Sharp
Sleigh Ride
Leroy Anderson
Arr. John LaBarbera
Yo Tannenbaum!
Traditional
Arr. Gordon Goodwin
Intermission
(Not So) Silent Night
Franz Gruber
Arr. Mike Collins-Dowden
Comfort and Joy
Traditional
Arr. Rick Hirsch
Greensleeves
Traditional
Arr. Greg Yasinitsky
This Christmas
Donny Hathaway and Nadine McKinnor
Arr. Mark Taylor
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Johnny Marks
Arr. Chris Sharp
Christmas Time is Here
Vince Guaraldi
Arr. Mark Taylor
The Christmas Song
Mel Torme and Robert Wells
Arr. Mark Taylor
(Everybody’s Waitin’ for) The Man with the Bag
Harold Stanley, Irving Taylor, and Dudley Brooks
Arr. Rick Stitzel
Featuring Amanda Breivogel
Jingle Bells
J. Pierpont
Arr. John LaBarbera
Joy to the World
Traditional
Arr. Richard DeRosa
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Production Team
Production Manager, Sara Myers
Director of Production, Juan Torres
Personnel Manager, Allison Cothran
Front of House Manager, Sara Breitfelder
Special Thanks
St. John Evangelical Christian
Northland Church
Ashleigh Ann Gardner (For the Stage), event photography
CFCArts Board of Directors
Jessica Guthrie, Chair, One Compass Consulting
Dr. Meghan Brand, Vice Chair, Community Leader
Sara Osborne, Secretary, Orlando Health
Chad Faulkenberry, Treasurer, Chair-elect, Journey Strategic Wealth
Tom Clements, Treasurer-elect, Katmai Government Services and Ouzinkie Native Corporation
Dr. Glenn Dym, Florida Cardiology, P.A.
Rep. Anna Eskamani, Florida House of Representatives
Jack Feivou, Themed Entertainment Executive
Kris Gault, Samba Safety
Elisabeth Hurckes, Community Leader
Dr. Briyanna Jenkins, Seminole State College
Jason Locker, Orange County Public Schools
Rob A. Lott, Blue Trumpet Creative
Esu Ma’at, Orlando Magic
Jeffrey Moore, University of Central Florida
Mark Morales, Attorney, State of Florida, Dept of Children & Family Services
Gary Moss, Retired / Simon Malls
Jed Prest, BakerBarrios Architects
Dr. Jeffery Redding, University of Central Florida
Big Band
* Board of Directors
Alto Sax
Stephen Bacallao
Gregory Boger
Meghan Brand *
Josh Davidson
Eduard Hoffmann
Laura Ingemi
Robert Radovich
David Theisen
Sydney Winner
Tenor Sax
Adrienne Bell
Austin DeMuro
Glen Garnett
Jeremy Goodenough
Heather Horton
Ryder Jauschneg
Laney Myers
Jordan Ruhl
Amanda Russell
Rich Starcher
Bari Sax
Mercedes Da Silva
David Fox
Trombone
Joe DiMaio
Hugh Manning
Brandon Mason
Eric Myers
Alexandra Rodriguez
Jerry Rodriguez
Paul Rowley
Keith Walls
Trumpet
Marlana Antifit
Tameem Bakkar
Julia Clements
Tom Clements *
Jacob Cope
Rob Cothran
Sara Myers
Orlane Seguin-Cadiche
Ryan Stikeleather
Ken Tyndall
Robert Viehweger
Nicole Wik
Kyle Young
Piano
Leslie Kupetz
Christopher “Kits” Paul
Jihye Song
Guitar
Zakaria Antifit
Nate Chivers
Bass
Matthew Frederick
Drums
Christian Adkins
Chad Faulkenberry *
CFCArts Member Ambassadors
Lina Al-Wali, Symphony Orchestra
Edwin Alvarado, UpBeat! Theatre Troupe
Dr. Aleta Ashford, Community Choir
Kerri Byrd, Symphony Orchestra
Sharon Dentler, Arts in Action, Narrators, and Musical Minds
Emma Fitzhugh, Youth Orchestra
Grace Fitzhugh, Youth Orchestra
Hannah-Kate Garrett, Youth Theatre
Dustin Heil, Symphony Orchestra
Katrina Johnson, Community Choir
Travis Lefke, Symphony Orchestra
Lance Powers, Academy
Danny Seigler, Community Choir
Daisy Spann, Youth Theatre
Haylee van Dalen, Big Band
Beckie Ward, UpBeat! Theatre Troupe
Katy Reinsel Willis, Community Choir
CFCArts Staff
Sara Breitfelder, Member Experience Manager, Arts & Wellness
Caroline Del Rey, MM, MT-BC, NICU-MT, NMT, UpBeat! Jr. Associate Artistic Director
Brandon Fender, Community Choir Artistic Director
Christine Hicks, Narrators Associate Artistic Director
Olivia Knight, Marketing & Media Manager
Justin Muchoney, Interim Executive Director, Artistic Director
Sara Myers, Sr. Director of Member Experience & Program Operations
Hayden Patterson, Member Experience Manager, Youth Theatre
Leah Porrata, Youth Theatre Artistic Director
Rose Purdy, Patron Services Manager
William Tayek, UpBeat! Associate Artistic Director
Juan Torres, Director of Production
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
Central Florida Community Arts is funded in part by United Arts of Central Florida, home of OrlandoAtPlay.com and UAArtsEd.com, Orange County Government through the Arts and Cultural Affairs Program, the City of Orlando, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and the State of Florida.
CFCArts Giving Society Members
This list includes all individual donations from 12/4/23 through 12/4/24. We value your gifts, but sometimes mistakes happen – if your name is not listed the way you’d like to see it or you notice any other errors, please let us know so we can update it!
$10,000 +
Anonymous
Jim and Barbara Caldwell
Tom Clements
David Greene
Jeff and Mindy Moore
Pabst Steinmetz Foundation
Frank and Winn Merritt Fund within the GiveWell Community Foundation
$7,500 – $9,999
Jessica and Vance Guthrie
Gracia B. Livingston Foundation
Ann and John Pucci Charitable Trust
$5,000 – $7,499
Elisabeth Hurkes
Rob Josey
Lynne McCoy
Frank Santos
The R. and C. Airington Fund in honor of Stephanie Daugherty
$2,500 – $4,999
Carlos and Cathy Barrios
David and Lynn Berelsman
David and Carol Cowan
Chad and Amy Faulkenberry
Heather Gibson
Timothy Lentine
Christopher Scocco
Dr. Stephen Summers
Mark Thomason
Doug Whitehead
$1,000 – $2,499
Tessa Anodide
Jane Berg
Neal Blaher
Sara Brady
Don Chancy
Inge and Jay Clay
Angela Divjak in honor of Anette Boughner
Marcia Hope Goodwin and Ken Goodwin
Ian Gottschalk
Priscilla Greenough
David Gurney
Ame Haak
Paul Harmon
Marcy Heim
Laverne Herzog
Eduard Hoffman
Lynda and Darrell Jobman
Rebekah Kinard
Eva Krzewinski **
Arum Lansel
Katherine Leatherman
Deborah Mead
Carol and Clark Morris
Lettie Myers
Ted Nelson
Donna Nickel
Nichole and James Oxley
Shirley Piercy
Carol Ann Pohl
Jordan Ruhl
Robert and Nancy Shutts
Jennifer Smith
Hardy Vaughn
Tyler Whipple
Katherine Willis
Jen Zadell
Matt Zadell
** Posthumous Recognition
$500 – $999
Marouane and Marlana Antifit
Andrew Ayoob
Ken Bays
Tom Bissell
Dr. Megan Brand
Stephen Brannon
Marie and David Chivers
Lee and Louise Cooper
Elizabeth Conklin
Sandra Daum
Lisa Davidson
Melissa Deschamps
Nancy Deskins
Joan Dougan
Emily and Martin Glickstein
Chris and Carolyn Grant
Erica Huffstodt
Mimi Hull
Rod and Wesley Hunt
Venetta Jones
Kathryn and Gerald Keane
Bethany Kelly
Olivia and Micah Knight
Shelly Lanham
Clarie and Rich LeFlore
Rita Lowndes
Teresa Lucchese
Esu Ma’at
Julie Muchoney
Alyssa Noll
Mary Padilla
D.W. Perkins
Jed Prest
Maria Rubin
Haylee van Dalen
Stacia Wake
$250 – $499
Tracy Ainslie
Judith Bahr
Susan Barack
Nancy Barnette Rapport
Caridad Bergnes
Robert Brown
Karen Buchan
Sharon Dentler
Brandon Fender
Christy Folk
Monica and Martin Folk
Scott Galbraith
Kris Gault
Anna and Julie Guidubaldi
Brittony Happ
Zac Alfson and Bryan Henley
Danielle Holstine
Kimberly and Jay Hood
Patricia Houlihan
Bob Huffer
Robert and Teresa Hunt
Drew Hunt
Eric Johnson
Etta Jean Juge
John Kennedy
Sylvia Kirkendoll
Bob Kodzis
Myles Laffey
Blanche Marie Lewis
C.D. Lewis
Elias Mavrofrides
Justin Muchoney
Sherry Mulvaney
Mary Palmer
Robert Peale
Mary Recchia Brown
Darren Reynolds
Jeana Smith
Richard Starcher
Marty Sullivan
Kay Van Der Heyden
Keith Walls
Catherine Warner
Michael Wilson
Pamela Yarrington
William Zoon
$100 – $249
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Judith Alper
David Alter
Mateo Alvarez
Donna Anderson
Jennifer Anderson
David Andrade
Carlos Aquino
Aleta Ashford
Kathy Ashton
Tameem Bakkar
Michele Bell
Kyle Bergman
Christina Bianchi
Julie Bilinski
Carmen Bilinski
Hayley Black
Lisa and Gregory Boger
Anette Boughner
Jeffrey Brabham, MD
J. Joseph Brann
Leigh and David Brennan
Colleen and John Brost
Eric Kahn and Edward Bryant
Thomas Buckley
Marcia Buie
Elisabeth Butler
Kerri Byrd
Candi Calhoon
Stephen Catron
Karen Catron
Barbara Chambers
Carolyn Christena
Julia Clements
Rosemary Copple
Evan Couch
Arielle Courtney
Angela and Dylan Cox
Kelli Creech
Nancy Cruce
Diane Culler
Janet Darroch
Candy Dawson
Victoria Dean
Maxine Derington
Megan Derryberry
Joseph DiMaio
Gerald Dooley
Laura Dray
Glenn Dym
Mary Edwards
Whitney Egbert
Tom, Erika, and Vickie Emling
Anna Eskamani
Jennifer Evins
Jack Feivou
Richard Gibbs
Steffen Guenzel
David and Joanne Halloran
Lois Harkins
Roseann Harrington
Irene Haufman
Ralph Hewitt
Fraser Howe
Bonnie Hubbard
Lydia Hubbell
Dr. Christopher and Mrs. Rachel Hunter
Timothy Hurley
Sara Hurst
Jacquelyn Hurst
Kathleen and Ken Ingraham
Lynette Jackson
Craig Janisz
Nancy Janisz
Sylvia Johnson
Carlton Johnson
Denise Kay
RK Kelley
John Kennedy
Robert Kirby
Michelle Klein
Prabhakara Kunamneni
Deborah Labonge
Dr. Baskar and Dr. Ramaiah Lake, gastroenterology associates
Vicki Landon
Sherri Lava
Travis Lefke
Richard Lucchesi
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Melyssa Marshall
Borys Mascarenhas
Nancy Matherly
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Timothy McCann
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Sergio Menendez-Aponte
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David Mote
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Brian Paster
Carrie Pierce
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Richard Sandler
Marlene Schaus
Martha L. Schlenk
Patty Schmidt
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Anita Seufert
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Pamela Spears
Kim Spradlin
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PJ Storm
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Jenny Summers
Nicholas Summers
Julie Symonds
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John Thompson
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