The Winter Concert brought Christmas spirit to Lincoln early, on December 2nd. The Intermediate band, Concert band, Orchestra and the Phille String Quartet filled the auditorium from classical music to rock music.

A nervous and excited music director Don Armistead dressed in a red collar shirt and tie and a black suit.

“Its my first concert here,” Armistead said.

The night started on a loud note, the intermediate band played “Dr. Rock”, a jazz piece; “Louie, Louie,” and “A Tribute of Carols.”

The concert band followed with music from “Gladiator,” “Anthem for Winds and Percussion,” “Erik The Red – A Tone Poem of The Vikings,” and “Jingle Bell Rock.”

The concert band had a trombone solo, and trumpet solo in “Jingle Bell Rock.”

“Both of the drummers sounded very good,” parent Carol Danstrom said.

After the intermission The Phille String Quartet played a piece called “The Phudge,” composed by senior Philbert Lee.

The Phille String Quartet has two violinists, Clark Ho and Jonathan Chan, a violist, Chett Lin, and a cellist, Regina Paek. “We’re friends outside of this class, so we get along very well,” Lin said.

They volunteered to be in the quartet and practice once a week during class.

Philbert Lee has composed over thirty rock and classical pieces. “Phudge” was the first piece Lee wrote.

“Phil is really committed to composing,” Chan said. The quartet musicians are friends with Lee in school and they really respect Lee.

“Phil put all the hard work in, and we just play his song to dedicate it for him,” Ho said. Lee appreciates the musicians and plans to compose more pieces in the future.

“They’re good musicians and I know I can trust them,” Lee said. The night finished with the string orchestra playing “Gollum’s Song” from the Lord of the Rights, “Sinfonia in D,” “Autumn Leaves,” and sent the audience home with “Holiday Cheers.”

When the concert ended, Armistead thought his first concert in Lincoln was “great.”

“We did have a few mishaps, but we handed it very well, I’m very proud of all the music students,” said Armistead.

Steven Rogers and Kurt Hillbrand, clarinet and trumpet players respectively, thought it was better than expected.

“I thought it was good, because we’ve only been working for a couple of months,” Rogers said.