Joys of the Season

The 30-minute broadcast premieres Monday, Dec. 9, at 6 p.m. on MTSU’s True Blue TV and YouTube channels. “Joys of the Season” will re-air on True Blue TV throughout the month of December, on NewsChannel 5+ in the Nashville market on Sundays at 6:30 p.m. beginning Dec. 15 through Jan. 5, and a special broadcast this year on Nashville PBS on Friday, Dec. 20, at 9:30 p.m., which will also include the airing of the 2023 “Joys of the Season” concert at 9 PM. For more information on how to watch Nashville PBS programming, visit https://www.wnpt.org/watch/. 

This year’s show features performances by:

• MTSU’s Department of Theatre and Dance will perform “Twelve Days to Christmas,” from the musical “She Loves Me,” directed by associate professor and department chair Kristi Shamburger
• An MTSU Cello Ensemble, representing the School of Music’s Instrumental Performance Program, will perform “Halls Upon the Merry Housetop,” arranged by assistant professor Bryan Hayslett.
• MTSU Department of Art and Design professor and coordinator of art education Debrah Sickler-Voigt shows how to make a one of a kind stamped flour clay ornament with a haiku. This is the first time the annual “Joys of the Season” program has had a holiday craft segment.
• MTSU Dance Program students perform “Waltz of the Flowers,” choreographed by dance lecturer Kim Holt. Originally from “The Nutcracker,” the piece is the final dance of the ballet and is where all the Sugar Plum Fairy’s sweets celebrate Clara and the prince.
• The MTSU Symphony Orchestra will end the program with a performance of “Sleigh Ride” under the direction of Carol Nies, associate music professor.