Holiday Pops: Jazzy Winter Wonderland

Our annual Holiday Pops returns with a soulful, jazz-infused twist on your favorite holiday classics. Join vocalist Sara Jones, the Spokane Symphony Chorale, and the full orchestra for a night of festivities—complete with Santa Claus and our signature holiday sing-a-long!

Morihiko Nakahara, conductor

Sara Jones, Vocals

SATURDAY DOORS 6:30PM | SHOW 7:30PM

SUNDAY DOORS 2PM | SHOW 3PM

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Sara Jones

The first-place winner of the Billie Holiday Vocal Competition and semi-finalist in the American Traditions Competition, jazz vocalist Sara Jones has toured 49 states and performed in numerous concert halls across the country.

Jones has performed as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, and Ravinia Festival Orchestra, under the batons of Emil de Cou and Erich Kunzel. An additional highlight includes a solo performance on the Esplanade with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra. In the Baltimore/Washington area, Jones was a featured vocalist with the Jazz Ambassadors and has graced the stages of the Hippodrome Theater, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Strathmore Mansion, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Jones, who began her musical career as a pianist, received her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and her Master of Music in Piano Accompanying at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. After graduation, she chose to pursue a professional vocal career with the Soldiers’ Chorus of the U.S. Army Field Band, where she served for six years. Now a civilian, Jones maintains an active performing schedule and has a CD recording, Daydream A Little on Petite Musique Records. A collection of beloved jazz standards and bossa novas, it features Jones and major Brazilian Jazz Group, Trio Da Paz. Jones’ schedule can be found on her website, sarajones.com.

Also a former educator, Jones was a professor at Towson University where she taught Jazz and Commercial Voice and directed the Towson Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Recent engagements for Jones include a performance by the Sara Jones Trio at the 2024 Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, CA, and a guest artist appearance in 2025 with the Buffalo Symphony and Chesapeake Symphony Orchestra. In 2026, Jones will appear with the Columbia Orchestra and the Spokane Symphony.

Program

Polonaise from Christmas Eve, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

A Christmas Overture (Variations on Deck the Halls), Jeff Tyzik

I’ll Be Home for Christmas, Kim Gannon & Walter Kent, arr. Mark Hayes

Christmas Time is Here, Vince Guaraldi & Lee Mendelson

I’m Dreaming of Home, Philippe Rombi, arr. Fedor Vrtacnik

Jazz Pizzicato, Leroy Anderson

I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm, Irving Berlin

Carol of the Kings, Trad., arr. Jeff Tyzik

The Skater’s Overture (Variations on a theme by Waldteufel), Emile Waldteufel, arr. Jeff Tyzik

The Christmas Waltz, Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn

Let It Snow!, Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn

Nutcracker Mini Jazz Suite, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. Jeff Tyzik

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane

The Christmas Song, Mel Tormé, Robert Wells, arr. Mark Hayes

The Twelve Days of Christmas, Trad., arr. Matt Catingub

Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town, J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie

Sleigh Ride, Leroy Anderson & Mitchell Parish

Christmas Singalong, arr. John Finnegan

Ticket Information:

Phone: 509-624-1200

Box Office: The Fox Theater, 1001 West Sprague Avenue

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