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The Coal City High School Choirs held their annual winter concert on Tuesday, December 2, at the Coal City Performing Arts Center. The event, themed "A Winter’s Night," featured a selection of seasonal songs.
The Coaler Choir opened the evening with “One Horse Open Sleigh,” a new arrangement of “Jingle Bells.” They also performed “Snow on Snow” by Andy Beck, with student Jaiden Leman accompanying on piano.
Coal City’s Footnotes show choir followed with “Jingle Bell Rock.” The Concert Singers presented four pieces: “What Were You Thinking,” based on the “12 Days of Christmas,” as well as “Ding-a Ding-a Ding,” “Above the Weary Waiting World,” and concluded with Peter Angela’s “Jubilate Deo.”
Matthew Felbein directs all Coal City Choirs. The concert also included a performance by the Coal City High School Madrigals, who sang three songs from their upcoming annual Madrigal concert. This event is scheduled for December 13 at 7 p.m. and December 14 at 2 p.m., also in the Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $12 per person at the door and include hors d'oeuvres and dessert served 45 minutes before each performance.
The next music department event will be on Thursday, December 4, featuring fifth and sixth grade bands under Andrew Brimm's direction. Additional winter concerts include high school bands performing on Tuesday, December 9; middle school band concerts set for Tuesday, December 16; and a middle school choir concert on Thursday, December 18. All performances start at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.
Coal City Community Unit School District 1 oversees schools in Grundy and Will counties—including Coal City Early Childhood Center, Elementary School, Intermediate School, Middle School, and High School (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). According to data from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), the district employs 153 teachers—77.9 percent women and 22.1 percent men—with an average salary of $69,297 before pension contributions (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). ISBE data shows that none of these teachers had more than ten absences in a year (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
Demographically, Coal City Community Unit School District 1 is composed of approximately 86.9 percent White students; Hispanic students make up about 9.6 percent; Black students account for around 0.6 percent; and Asian students comprise another 0.6 percent (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/). In terms of finances, in fiscal year 2020 the district spent $21,619 per student—a total expenditure reaching $47 million (https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/).
"Coal City Choirs are directed by Matthew Felbein."
"The group presented three of the songs that will be performed during the annual Madrigal concert...Tickets for this event are $12 per person at the door and includes an hors d'oeuvres and dessert reception —featuring the Madrigals popular wassail—that begins 45 minutes prior to each scheduled performance."
"The next Coal City Music Department concert will be tomorrow—Thursday, Dec. 4—featuring the fifth and sixth grade bands under the direction of Andrew Brimm."
"Additional winter concerts will take place Tuesday, Dec. 9 featuring the high school bands...Coal City Middle School concerts are scheduled for Tuesday, Dec.16 highlighting the bands and choir will take stage Thursday Dec .18.The band & choral concerts will all begin at seven pm.in Performing Arts Center."
