The Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra is presenting its popular annual Holiday Jazz Concert twice, first this Friday, Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at its home in the Trachte Music Center at Lycoming College and this Saturday, Dec. 21 at 7:30 p.m.at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro. 

Tickets for the Trachte Music Center concert in Williamsport on Dec. 20 are $20 and available at the door only. Students with ID are admitted free.
 
The Deane Center concert in Wellsboro on Dec. 21 is BYOB with audience members encouraged to reserve a table, bring their own favorite beverages and snacks and sit with family and friends to enjoy the music. There will be room for dancing. Admission is $20. For tickets and to reserve a table, visit www.deanecenter.com or call 570-724-6220. 
 
The concert will include big band holiday favorites. Among them are: the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra’s “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, Gordon Goodwin’s “The Little Drummer Boy”, the Overture from Shorty Roger’s “Swingin’ Nutcracker”, Trombonist Kevin Henry’s “Jazzige Nacht”, “O Holy Night” with Eddie Severn on trumpet, and vocalist Suezie Cioffi singing arrangements of holiday jazz classics “Cool Yule,” “Jingle Bells,” and “Frosty The Snowman.”

 
The Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra was founded in 2011 to showcase the Williamsport area’s talented jazz musicians, artists, teachers, and performers. Members include alumni of the Glenn Miller Big Band, the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, the Buddy Rich Band, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and many other famous jazz bands. 
 Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra members performing are: Rhythm section – Tim Breon (bass), Steve Adams (piano) and Bobby Leidhecker (drums); Trumpet section – Eddie Severn, Dale Orris, Jeff Smith and Doug LeBlanc; Saxophone section – Larry Fisher, Adam Wright, Dick Adams, Diana Bailey and Laura Garside; Trombone section – Kevin Henry, Becky Ciabattari, Mike Damiani and Bill Ciabattari; and Vocals – Suezie Cioffi.

The orchestra plays an exciting variety of big band tunes, from the popular and familiar to obscure and new. Performances on both Dec. 20 in Williamsport and Dec. 21 in Wellsboro are sure to appeal to all.

For more information about the orchestra, visit the Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra Facebook page or email wmsptcityjazz@gmail.com.