{"id":108673,"date":"2026-01-02T11:56:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=108673"},"modified":"2026-01-02T11:56:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:56:50","slug":"3rd-annual-valley-harmony-lessons-carols-for-12th-night-concert-set-for-january-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2026\/01\/02\/3rd-annual-valley-harmony-lessons-carols-for-12th-night-concert-set-for-january-3\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Annual Valley Harmony \u2018Lessons &#038; Carols for 12th Night\u2019 Concert set for January 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hold on to the festive season just a little longer. The 12th Night celebration is a very old tradition, dating back to medieval times, and the Lessons and Carols tradition dates back to 1880.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Depending on who\u2019s counting, Twelfth Night is either Jan. 5 or 6. Valley Harmony will opt for Saturday, Jan. 3, and their version of \u201cLessons and Carols for 12th Night\u201d will begin at 2 p.m. at the Newark Valley United Church of Christ \/ Community Connection, located at 32 South Main St. in Newark Valley, New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Valley Harmony will vary their typical four-part a cappella format, pulling in their guest performers, both vocal and instrumental, for numerous musical selections. Vocal guests include Greg Keeler, tenor, and Heather Jones, soprano. The instrumentalists are Rhonda Moulton on piano, Anne Austin on flute, and Laurie Holdridge playing a variety of woodwind instruments.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">All eight will perform \u201cThe Snow Begins to Fall,\u201d \u201cA Tiny Child Will Come,\u201d and \u201cFor the Beauty of the Earth.\u201d Keeler and Jones will join Valley Harmony for a cappella renditions of Franz Biebl\u2019s stunning \u201cAve Maria,\u201d Chris Rupp\u2019s melodious arrangement of \u201cWhat Child Is This,\u201d and the rousing French carol \u201cSing We Now of Christmas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/d28r85ckdoaa46.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/02115530\/Concert2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-108675 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/d28r85ckdoaa46.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/02115530\/Concert2.jpg\" alt=\"3rd Annual Valley Harmony \u2018Lessons &amp; Carols for 12th Night\u2019 Concert set for January 3\" width=\"400\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"http:\/\/d28r85ckdoaa46.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/02115530\/Concert2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/d28r85ckdoaa46.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/02115530\/Concert2-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Jones and Keeler will sing two duets, accompanied by Moulton on piano: \u201cThe Prayer,\u201d made famous by C\u00e9line Dion and Andrea Bocelli, and Andrew Lloyd Weber ethereal \u201cPie Jesu.\u201d Jones will also sing Amy Grant\u2019s passionate and moving \u201cBreath of Heaven.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The instrumentalists will serenade the audience with \u201cUnder Winter Moon\u201d and \u201cWinter Is at Hand,\u201d two lilting, touching songs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Of course, Valley Harmony will do what they do, sing a cappella. \u201cCarol of the Bells\u201d is one of their seasonal favorites, as is \u201cLo, How a Rose e\u2019er Blooming,\u201d and they will do a unique arrangement of \u201cWe Three King of Orient Are.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Moulton will also accompany Valley Harmony member J. Ladd Yost as he solos on \u201cLullaby,\u201d which is Carl Orff\u2019s \u201cIn Trutina,\u201d with new lyrics by George Lohmann.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Most of the \u201clessons\u201d will be poetry and carols that follow the traditional Advent, Mary\u2019s experience, the birth of Jesus, and the adulations from the angels, shepherds, and magi chronology. Valley Harmony member George Lohmann will deliver one of his favorite poems, T. S. Eliot\u2019s \u201cJourney of the Magi\u201d and Keeler will offer lesson nine, \u201cThe Work of Christmas\u201d by Howard Thurman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Valley Harmony is an all-male a cappella quartet founded in 2007 by bass George Lohmann from Berkshire. Beside tenors Mike Sheldon, also of Berkshire, and J. Ladd Yost of Nichols, Randy Kerr of Newark Valley sings baritone. They will open the program with \u201cO Come, O Come, Emmanuel,\u201d joined by Keeler and Jones.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Come early, between noon and concert time, and enjoy brunch in the chapel next door. Suggested donation for brunch and the concert is $10 for adults and $6 for seniors and children, while a free will offering for just the concert will be graciously accepted.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hold on to the festive season just a little longer. 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