2023 Spring
Choral & Instrumental Concert Featuring
Upper School Chorus
Upper School String Ensemble
Middle School String Ensemble and the Middle School Band
Ben Krauss, Choral Director
David A. Gold, Strings Instructor
Dr. John Girvin, Band Director
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
The Theater at Founders Hall
MIDDLE SCHOOL STRING ENSEMBLE
Oh, How Lovely ................................................................................. English Round
Banuwa Liberian Round
“Ode to Joy”, from Symphony No. 9 ................................Ludwig van Beethoven arr. Gold
MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy .............................................................................. Joe Zawinul
Just the Two of Us ................................................................ Grover Washington, Jr
Watermelon Man ............................................................................ Herbie Hancock
UPPER SCHOOL STRING ENSEMBLE
Cello Rondo........................................................................................... M.L. Daniels
Cellos Ole! .......................................................................................... Richard Meyer
Enigma .......................................................................................... Benjamin P. Snoek
Duet for Viola and Cello in E-flat Major (“Eyeglasses”) ................. Ludwig van I. Allegro Beethoven
David Gold, viola Sohan Norden, cello
UPPER SCHOOL CHORUS
Soon and Very Soon ......................................................................... Andrae Crouch arr. Benjamin Harlan
Beautiful City ................................................................................Stephen Schwartz arr. Mac Huff
Come Again Sweet Love ...................................................................John Dowland
Seal Lullaby ..........................................................................music by Eric Whitacre
text by Rudyard Kipling
Homeward Bound Marta Keen
arr. Jay Althouse
Bring Me Little Water Sylvie ..................... Huddie Ledbetter (aka, Lead Belly) arr. Moria Smiley
MIDDLE SCHOOL STRING ENSEMBLE
VIOLIN
Roshan Kothari
Dairelys Espinal
Lilly Espinal
MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND
TROMBONE
Spencer Traub
KEYBOARD
Jack Becker
Nicholas Tucker
MALLETS
VIOLONCELLO
Timothy Wei
Haeden Norden
Nicholas Chung
Alexander Kothari
Calcifer Persaud
BASS
Nicholas Tucker
UPPER SCHOOL STRING ENSEMBLE
VIOLIN I
*Joseph Geoghan
Mya Leines
VIOLIN II
Antonella Ortega
Valerie Vega
VIOLA
*Jack Cueto
Olivier Phanord
Catherine Sheehy
VIOLONCELLO
Sohan Norden
*Norah Aycock
Sarah D’Mello
UPPER SCHOOL CHORUS
SOPRANO
*Kaitlin Brown
*Juliette Joubran
Julia Karosen
Maya LeVasseur
Kassy Patino
Charlotte Sussman
Isabella Villanova
ALTO
Riley Engman
*Bridget Ewing
Indiya Weinmann
Alyssa Wooden
TENOR
Salvatore D’Agostino
*Henry D’Andrea
Daniel Raimer
PERCUSSION
Armaan Ahsan
Jared Palker
Dylan Temple
CONTRABASS
*Zubin Pande
Christopher Blancuzzi
*Experienced Strings
BASS
Patrick Birnbaum
Dylan Mandel
*Experienced Chorus