December 17, 2006, 2 p.m.

Sounds of the SeasonStephen Carswell, Shae Chappell, Ralph Coleman, Walt Hayworth, Lynn Jacobson, Chrystal Staples and Shannon WatsonThe First Coast Clarinet Society was founded in 2005 by Shannon Watson, and always has fun playing and sharing music for multiple clarinets. This is their second holiday concert for the Library and a sure way to keep the season bright!For more information about the Society please contact Shannon Watson at shawatson13@yahoo.com.

PROGRAM SELECTIONS

• • Frosty the Snow Man

  • Away in the Manager

  • Christmas Festival

  • Up on the Rooftop

  • Deck the Halls

  • Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

  • Joy to the World

  • O Tannenbaum

  • Good King Wenceslas

  • 12 Days of Christmas

  • Carol of the Bells

  • Trepak from The Nutcracker Suite

• Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride

Ralph Coleman (B-flat Clarinet & Bass Clarinet) is the string instructor at Pine

Forest Elementary School of the Arts, and previously served as middle school

band director in Baker, Clay and Duval Counties for 28 years. He is the music

director at Terry Road Baptist Church and has been associated with the Florida

Baptist Convention All-State Orchestra since 1984. A Jacksonville native, Ralph

has been playing the clarinet since he was in junior high school.

Walt Haworth (B-flat Clarinet) is a musical instrument repair specialist at Music

Time on Dunn Avenue. Walt, a Jayhawk from Kansas, played in an U.S. Army

Band for 20 years before moving his family to Jacksonville.

Lynn Jacobson (B-flat Clarinet) is the Head of the Cataloging Department for

the Jacksonville Public Library, and holds a music history degree from the University

of Southern Mississippi and a Master's degree in library science from the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lynn is a member of the First Coast

Pops Orchestra and the Jacksonville Community Band, and she has been playing

clarinet since she was in middle school.

Chrystal Staples (B-flat Clarinet) received her B.A. in music education with

emphasis in performance from the University of West Florida. She was formerly

the band director at both Nathan B. Forrest High School and Orange Park High

School. Although she now has her hands full as a full-time mom, Chrystal still

has time to assist husband Kent Staples, the current music director at Forrest

High. She is the band director at Jacksonville Country Day School, and is also

a woodwind instructor for the First Coast Community Music School located at

FCCJ's South Campus.

Shannon Watson (B-flat Clarinet, E-flat Alto Clarinet) recently left jacksonville to become

the Technical Services Librarian for Hernando County Public Library in Brooksville,

Florida (yes, she still comes back to Jax for practice!). Originally from

Cortland, Ohio, Shannon has a degree in music education from Youngstown

State University and taught private music lessons in Ohio before coming to

Florida (and no, she doesn't miss the snow!). She's been playing clarinet since

middle school and also plays bassoon, saxophone, and baritone.