Featuring the beautiful voice of Soprano, Ashley Knaack, this is a gorgeous Christmas ballad written and composed by John Rutter. The lyrics are so beautiful, I just had to include it on this album. I hope it will become one of your favorites, as it has mine.

Q Voices makes an appearance on this track singing the choral vocals. They are a group I have dubbed, "Quintessential Voices" ("Q Voices" for short). Many more songs are to come that will feature this group. In this case, it's a mixed quintet of one woman and four men, but will be any number and combination of voices in the future. My concept for them is mostly a mixed a cappella vocal group that sings sacred and secular music with a jazz flavor. Look for them on future tracks and compositions.

Original published score by John Rutter

Ashley's Bio: Soprano, Ashley Knaack, is a recent BFA Musical Theatre graduate of Shenandoah Conservatory. A classically trained cross-genre vocalist, she has lent her voice to such stage productions as Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's Cymbeline, 5 Star Theatrical's Beauty and the Beast, The Dream Maker, a contemporary opera by composer John Haukoos, and Shenandoah Summer Musical Theatre's productions of Sweeney Todd, My Fair Lady, and The Pirates of Penzance to name only a few. She was also a member of the Cantus Singers, Shenandoah Conservatory's resident women's choir, and can be heard on the original albums of several new musicals. Website: http://www.ashleyknaack.com

Ashley also happens to be the fiancée of my son, Danny, which is how I knew of Ashley's beautiful voice to begin with. I asked her if she would like to collaborate with me on this album, and fortunately for all of us, she said "Yes!" I think you'll agree, she's done an amazing job! I'm so happy I asked her to sing with me, and that she also said "Yes!" when my son asked her to marry him. :)

This is my debut album. I hope you enjoy it. If so, please "like, comment and share" with your friends and family.

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