Keene State College TubaChristmas Info – Dec. 7, 2025
Greetings friends, and Merry (soon-to-be) TubaChristmas!
My name is John Hart, and I’m the Coordinator and Conductor of the Annual Keene State College TubaChristmas! Now that we are approaching the one month mark for our December 7th event, I wanted to let everyone know the essential information about this year’s 51st Anniversary TubaChristmas Celebration:
The 51st Anniversary TubaChristmas at Keene State College
Sunday, December 7th, 2025
Keene State College
The Student Center, Mabel Brown Room (2nd floor)
Parking: guests can park in the Holloway Lot off of Winchester Street.
11:00am - Registration
• $15 registration fee for players (cash, card, or check)
11:30am – Rehearsal
12:30pm – Lunch (pizza and gluten-free options, salad, water will be provided, or BYO)
1:00pm – Concert, free and open to the public
Publicity:
PLEASE help us publicize this TubaChristmas event by distributing the flyers anywhere you think will garner attention!
Merchandise, etc.:
• All performers will need to have towels or moisture collecting pads to empty their water keys.
• At the merchandise table, we’ll have the official books of TubaChristmas music, as well as a number of festive TubaChristmas items (hats, headbands, scarves, tote bags) for sale. Cash, card, and checks all accepted. Credit/debit card payments preferred.
• Customizable Ornaments – Continuing from last year, please customize an ornament or two — write the names of loved ones who’ve passed, your family’s names, or a happy holiday message — and go hang it on the TubaChristmas tree next to the stage. We’ll save your ornaments after the performance and hang them up for you every year or take them with you and hang them at home.
Audience Members:
• We recommend arriving around 12:20 to get the best seats!
• Referring to the attached parking map, attendees and their guests can park in any of the Faculty/Staff, or Commuter lots on campus. We recommend the Holloway, Student Center, or Science Center lots.
• The Sing-Along is back to stay. If you’re feeling a little under the weather, either wear a mask or consider staying home. It’s always standing-room-only, so be mindful of your and others’ health.
Repertoire:
Here are the tunes we most frequently play at our event, marked in bold and with asterisks. Note: these are the "usual suspects," with the approximate metronome markings (written in bpm, beats per minute); we may expand, shorten, or alter the program if necessary:
1. Adeste Fidelis (108)*
3. Deck the Halls (128)*
4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (128)*
5. The First Noel (88)*
6. Good King Wenceslas (124)*
7. Go Tell It On The Mountain (120)
8. The Holly and the Ivy (124)*
9. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (50)*
10. O Little Town of Bethlehem (92)*
11. Silent Night (72)*
13. The Wassail Song (108)
14. Joy To The World (aka, Joy "Tuba" World) (108)*
15. We Three Kings (148)*
17. Angels We Have Heard on High (120)*
19. O Come, O Come Emmanuel (98)
20. Komm, Süsser Tod (46 - very slow!)*
21. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (92)*
23. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (128)*
24. O Christmas Tree (80)*
25. Away in a Manger (80)
26. Hark the Herald Angels Sing (112)*
28. Carol of the Bells (136)*
30. Fum, Fum, Fum (half note = 88)
32. O Holy Night (60)*
33. Jingle Bells (120)*
I am really looking forward to seeing lots of you at this year’s Keene State College TubaChristmas. Please invite as many fellow tuba & euphonium (etc.) players to join us as possible. The more the merrier! Each TubaChristmas event I’ve conducted at Keene State has been utterly magical, and it’s an honor to make music with you all again at New England’s second-oldest TubaChristmas!
If you have further questions or have any special needs of which I should be aware, you can reach me anytime at
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Warmest regards,
John Hart
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