One More Song!

Jeevika Siddharth Yadav playing 'Carol of the Bells' (Music: M ykola Leontovych  | Lyrics: Peter J. Wilhousky ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 15 - December 15, 2025 “Carol of the Bells” is based on the Ukrainian folk chant “ Shchedryk ” , arranged by composer Mykola Leontovych   sometime before 1916. “Shchedryk” was not originally a Christmas song at all — it was a New Year’s carol  sung to bring prosperity and good harvests.

Dylan Serrao playing a non-traditional version of ' God rest ye merry, Gentlemen ' 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 14 - December 14, 2025 “ God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen ,”  is one of the oldest traditional folk and most beloved English Christmas carols. Dating back to the 1500s, this joyful song was once sung by London night watchmen , preserved through centuries of cultural change, and later revived in the Victorian era throug

OneMoreSong Chorus (SSA) & OneMoreSong Jr. Choral Ensemble singing Joy, Joy, Joy to the World (Lyrics: Isaac Watts | Music: George F. Handel | arr. Ken Berg ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 13 - December 13, 2025 : ‘ Joy to the World ’: A carol born by accident! was written in 1719 , by English minister and hymnist Isaac Watts  as a poem — not  a Christmas song. It appeared in his book Psalms of David Imitated in the Langua

Sian Machado playing ' Jesus, Jesus, rest your head ' 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 12 - December 12, 2025 : “ Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head ” is a gentle Appalachian folk carol  with roots deep in the oral traditions of rural Kentucky. Like many American folk hymns, its exact origin is unknown, but its earliest documented collection comes from John Jacob Niles , a pioneering folklorist and composer who traveled through the App

Andrea Correia Serpes (Voice) | Larissa Rose Fernandes (Piano) ( Hugh Martin  & Ralph Blane) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 5 - December 5, 2025 : “ Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas ” is a warm, bittersweet timeless holiday classic that blends gentle nostalgia with heartfelt hope, but behind its warm melody lies a surprisingly emotional dramatic backstory. It was written in 1943 by Hugh Martin  and Ralph Blane , for the fi