Chuck Cooper, Sean Palmer, Daniel Reichard, et al. Featured on A Christmas Carol: The Concert CD

Lawrence Clayton, Chuck Cooper, Merwin Foard, Sean Palmer, and Daniel Reichard will be featured on A Christmas Carol: The Concert two CD-set, to be released by Newport Classic on October 19. The recording will be available on iTunes on October 18.

Bob Christianson provides the music and Alisa Hauser provides the lyrics and adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic which is performed with a full symphony orchestra, choir, and rock/pop rhythm section.

Christianson is the co-composer of the holiday concert, Too Hot To Handel, and with bookwriter and lyricist Bill Nabel has written the musical Take Me America.

Hauser, with Philip Palmer, has written the short musical The Weather Man. In addition, she, with Stephen Sislen, has written songs for John Tartaglia’s television show, Johnny and the Sprites.