Singing on science

Sunday night's sleet and freezing rain, though cold, could not dampen the spirits of those gathered at SS. Peter and John Episcopal Church for the Syracuse University Brass Ensemble holiday concert.

Listeners old and young smiled, tapped their feet, and sometimes sang along, voices and horns resonating in the majestic sanctuary of the church.

The program boasted an enormous variety of music - everything from traditional Christmas carols like “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” to Robert Ward's “In Praise of Science,” a piece so new that last night was only the second time it has been publicly performed.