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15 tracks | 34 minutes
Released Nov 2007
on Pomco Records, LLC
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:28 Angels We Have Heard On High lyrics BUY MP3 01:28 Angels We Have Heard On High lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:28 Angels We Have Heard On High
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:01 I Saw Three Ships lyrics BUY MP3 01:01 I Saw Three Ships lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:01 I Saw Three Ships
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:11 Away in a Manger lyrics BUY MP3 04:11 Away in a Manger lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:11 Away in a Manger
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:57 O, Christmas Tree lyrics BUY MP3 01:57 O, Christmas Tree lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:57 O, Christmas Tree
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:33 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen lyrics BUY MP3 02:33 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:33 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:28 O, Holy Night lyrics BUY MP3 03:28 O, Holy Night lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:28 O, Holy Night
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:21 Hark, the Herald Angels Sing lyrics BUY MP3 01:21 Hark, the Herald Angels Sing lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:21 Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:24 We Three Kings of Orient Are lyrics BUY MP3 01:24 We Three Kings of Orient Are lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:24 We Three Kings of Orient Are
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:03 O Little Town of Bethlehem lyrics BUY MP3 02:03 O Little Town of Bethlehem lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:03 O Little Town of Bethlehem
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:27 Good King Winceslas lyrics BUY MP3 01:27 Good King Winceslas lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:27 Good King Winceslas
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:09 The Holly and the Ivy lyrics BUY MP3 01:09 The Holly and the Ivy lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:09 The Holly and the Ivy
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 00:54 Joy to the World lyrics BUY MP3 00:54 Joy to the World lyrics "GIFT MP3" 00:54 Joy to the World
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:48 Silent Night lyrics FREE 04:48 Silent Night lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:48 Silent Night
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:41 O Come, All Ye Faithful lyrics BUY MP3 02:41 O Come, All Ye Faithful lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:41 O Come, All Ye Faithful
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:40 Auld Lang Zyne lyrics BUY MP3 03:40 Auld Lang Zyne lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:40 Auld Lang Zyne
A soothing compilation of instrumental Christmas music featuring such classics as Silent Night, Angels We Have Heard On High, Away in A Manger, Auld Lang Zyne, and much more.
Bio / Background
At the young age of two, Merietta Oviatt began studying music and her journey as a musician commenced. Though she began her studies on the violin, fate brought her to try the viola at age 11, and she has had a musical love affair with the viola since.
Merietta attended Idyllwild Arts Academy in Idyllwild, California and made her debut at the age of 16 with the Desert Symphony Orchestra. After graduating from Idyllwild, Merietta received a full scholarship to attend Louisiana State University where she majored in viola performance. After her studies at LSU, Merietta accepted a Dean of Arts position with the Uintah School of Music and the Arts in Vernal, Utah. While in Utah, Oviatt completed her Bachelor of Science Degree in History and English from Utah State University. She most recently lived in Louisiana where she was the Principal violist of the Rapides Symphony, and violist with the Acadiana and Southeast Texas Symphonies.
↓ more ↓She taught full-time Suzuki strings at the Acadiana Symphony Conservatory of Music and she was also the full-time Suzuki strings teacher at the J. Wallace James Arts and Technology Academy where she volunteered her time to be the faculty advisor for the Tri-M Music Honor Society as well as the Star Blazing Fiddling Club. Merietta taught Suzuki viola, violin, and cello at Pomco Music Studios and was the Artistic Director at Pomco Records, LLC. Merietta is an extensive performer/soloist and speaker on issues dealing with music/arts in the schools and arts integration in the classroom. Oviatt recently moved to Las Vegas where she will complete her graduate studies in Music Performance and Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She will continue to teach Suzuki strings in Las Vegas and will continue to pursue her performing , speaking, and teaching careers.
Merietta’s teachers have included Jack Ashton, Allen DeVeritch, Christopher McKellar, David Dalton, Clyn Barrus, Jersey Kosmala, Andrew Duckles, and Karen Ritscher. She has been chosen to participate in master classes held by such notable names as Karen Tuttle, Donald McGinnes, Carol Rodland, Jeffery Irvine, and Kim Kashkashian.
Oviatt has been a certified viola/violin Suzuki teacher for eight years. She has trained with such notable Suzuki teacher trainers as Elisabeth Stuen-Walker, Edmund Sprunger, Dee Martz, Vera McCoy-Sulentic, and master teacher trainer William Pruecil.
Merietta is an adjunct board member of the Uintah School of Music and the Arts, which she co-founded, and holds memberships in the American String Teachers Association, American Viola Society, International Viola Society, MENC, National Federation of Music Teachers, National Music Teacher’s Association, ASCAP, and the Suzuki Association of the Americas, amongst others. Merietta recently performed at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall this June, spoke at the KIPP School Conference in Arizona on Arts Integration in the Classroom in August, and performed at the 2007 Latin Grammy's in Las Vegas. Merietta released her debut CD in December of 2005 and work has already begun on her next CD to be released soon. Samples of her current CD have brought rave reviews by fellow musicians as well as critics as being “different” and “exciting”. In addition to her musical releases, Oviatt is also planning to release her first children’s book, which is centered on music education. She hopes that her performing, publications and speaking engagements will help bring more attention to the need and importance of music/art education and integration into the classrooms of both public and private schools
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