Please join us for the 2021 edition of Music of the Christmas Season. We will again explore the music of this joyous season with two brand new playlists. Session one will focus on the secular celebration of Christmas with recordings by popular artists who have made recordings over the years to help us celebrate the holidays. Session two will explore traditional sacred and classical Christmas music that has been an inspiration to many over the years. As a follow up to the spring 2021 class on Bach, we will hear two selections from cantatas that are related to the Christmas season. We hope you will join us for this class that will both inspire and entertain you as we celebrate Christmas 2021.

About the instructor: James Smith

Jim Smith was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Lansdale. He graduated from North Penn High School and earned a degree in music education from Mansfield University. Jim taught elementary vocal music at Hiram Dodd Elementary School in the Allentown School District from 1973 until his retirement in 2007. He serves as the organist at Sanctuary United Methodist Church in North Wales and occasionally plays the organ in the Dock Woods Chapel. Jim and his wife Sue lived in
Quakertown for 32 years. They moved to Dock Woods in 2014.