It is with heartfelt thanks and deep gratitude that we offer our musical holiday gift to you. Our world-class music faculty combined with our extremely gifted student musicians brought this project to life in a true labor of love. It was humbling to see these inspiring performances, one after another, with the single purpose of creating an extraordinary musical treat for the holidays. The selections represent a diverse cross-section of the Jacobs School, from jazz to classical, including voice, piano, guitar, and organ. We give special thanks to professors Konrad Strauss and Mark Hood of the Jacobs School’s Department of Recording Arts as well as to Kevin Loyal, whose artistry and experience in the studio brought our music to you in a beautiful and natural way. Finally, we would like to thank Dean Gwyn Richards, who shared in this vision from the start and helped to make it happen. -- Steve Houghton