2025 Athenas Winter Concert

The Los Angeles Athletic Club presents Athenas at 25: At the Beginning Sunday, December 7, 2025 4:00 p.m. John R. Wooden Award Court Dr. Stephen Pu, Artistic Director Jim Furmston, Pianist The Athena Women’s Chorus The Athenas’ first full concert, a quarter-century ago this year, was titled New Beginnings. The Los Angeles Athletic Club was 120 years old that year, and it had hosted a men’s chorus since 1932. But this was something new. Started by six women in the club, this fledgling choir was already 30 voices strong. Today, the Athenas are one of the largest intraclubs within LAAC, with an active governing board, two concerts a year, and comprise 60 singers. Our ambitions are still growing, and even after 25 years, we are still “At the Beginning” of a long and wonderful musical journey. Thank you for celebrating our 25th year with us! PROGRAM PERSONENT HODIE Arranged by Lara Hoggard and Adapted by Stephen Pu JOURNEY TO THE PAST From the TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Motion Picture “tANASTASIA” Music by Stephen Flaherty and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens Arranged by Teena Chinn LIGHT THE LEGEND Music by Michael Isaacson, Lyrics by Susan Nurenburg and Hebrew Lyrics by Stephen Ruben SOLSTICE From Fearful Symmetry Music by Randall Thompson and Lyrics by Robert Lee Wolff STARS I SHALL FIND Composed by Victor C. Johnson from the poem by Sara Teasdale MY FAVORITE THINGS Music by Richard Rodgers and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, II Arranged by Mac Huff DONA NOBIS PACEM Traditional Latin Arranged by Mary Lynn Lightfoot DING-A DING-A DING Words and Music by Greg Gilpin MERRY CHRISTMAS, DARLING Words and Music by Frank Pooler and Richard Carpenter Arranged by Mac Huff IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR Words and Music by Eddie Pola and George Wyle Arranged by Carl Strommen THIS IS MY WISH Words and Music by Kevin Ross Arranged by Stephen Pu Soloist: Amy Rowe HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS Words and Music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane Arranged by Roger Emerson HAPPY HOLIDAY/A HOLIDAY TO REMEMBER “Happy Holiday” by Irving Berlin, arranged by Mac Huff “A Holiday to Remember” composed by Mac Huff MARY HAD A BABY Words and Music by Roland Carter Arranged by Stephen Pu Soloist: Trang Nguyen AT THE BEGINNING Music by Stephen Flaherty and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens Arranged by Stephen Pu