POPS POPS POPS
Arvada West Choirs
May 10, 2025
4:30 PM | AWHS Front Lawn
Vocal Chords
JusttheTwoofUs..........................................................................................................................arr.CalvinLenox Braiden Portie, soloist
BreaktheIce.......................................................................................................................arr.JesseVanlandingham
SweaterWeather.......................................................................................................................TheNeighbourhood
Kaydence Schissler and Sakara Two-Eagles
TheCraving................................................................................................................................Twenty-OnePilots Logan Millard
Varsity Tenor-Bass
FlyMetotheMoon....................................................................................................................arr.RogerEmerson
Penny Appl, Paige Rodgers, and Ahna Smith
Running
HolyRoller...............................................................................................................................................ZachBryan
Isaac Carroll and Hannah Gilpatric
RumorHasIt/SomeoneLikeYou.................................................................................................arr.MarkBrymer
Alyson Erekson, Sonia McCabe, Kendall Reffel, Elijah Rueda, Allison Wennen, and Sydney Witte
Orin Edwards AChangeisGonnaCome.......................................................................................................................SamCooke Braiden Portie Concert Choir
I’mStillStanding.........................................................................................................................arr.RogerEmerson
IRememberEverything......................................................................................ZachBryanandKaceyMusgraves
Ellie and Nora Wallace
DidIMention......................................................................................................................................MitchellHope Nancy and Nelly Branstiter
WhenSheLovedMe.....................................................................................................................arr.PhilipLawson
Kaitlyn Adams
Peytynn Adams
Reese Ames
Patience Ayers
Jessica Cassano
Emery Chapla
Cadence Donovan
Molly Dugan
Kenzie Dwyer
Sofie Frappier
Kaia Guttenberg
Kaiya Harris
Grace Hoyt
Verona Jarschke
TREBLE CHORUS
Hallie Johns
Ash Keith
Brooke Leischer
Sonia McCabe
Bee McWhirter
Dani Milligan Ellenburg
Charlotte Nations
Cora Nichols
Wako Okutake
Kadin Patterson
Erina Pantina
Kendall Reffel
Carolina Reynolds
Luna Rotunno
FREE AGENTS
Timothy Donovan
Luke Hamilton
Vinny Hooper
J.J. Jones
Mark Kondratishin
Michael Kondratishin
Penny Appl
Evelyn Donaldson
Taylor Foster
Chak Ting Li
Issa Malu
Alonzo Medina
Oliver Nations
Cutter Nunley
Matthew Petersen
CAMERATA
Rosie O’Dorisio
Paige Rodgers
Ahna Smith
MANTASTIC 4
Isaac Carroll
Jordan Fair
Charles Geisz
Braiden Portie
Jacob Carpenter*
Caleb Fleming*
Luke Foster*
Onyx Svoboda*
*Denotes Incoming Members
Elijah Rueda
Lily Ruiz
Kailee Schissler
Em Schumacher
Addison Sharkey
Casey Sheskier
Hadley Stice
Allison Swindle
Marilyn Vickroy
Ellie Wallace
Jalyn Wells
Elizabeth Willis
Sydney Witte
Tymofii Salomatin
August Stevens
Jude Wilson
Nora Wallace
Julia Wilson
Brandon Bittick
Nelly Branstiter
Izaiah Brees
Delaney “DJ” Brown
Michelle Davila Rojas
Charlie Durant
CONCERT CHOIR
Luke Foster
Zoe Harms
Ryn Haynes
Reagan Hoskinson
Orania Morgan
Ben Rankin
COMPANY WEST
Liz Aguilar Perez
Phi AhSing
Marley Allen
Nancy Branstiter
Nelly Branstiter
Maggie Cota
Michelle Davila Rojas
Maya Doust
Sasha Duran
Kaelyn Eastman
Brody Anderson
Penny Appl
Lucie Brown
Sophie Call
Jacob Carpenter
Isaac Carroll
Roen Casari
Elora Chism
Erick Cochenour
Maggie Cota
Mia Dark
Evelyn Donaldson
Jordan Fair
Caleb Fleming
Luke Foster
Taylor Foster
Brody Anderson
Penny Appl
Isaac Carroll
Elora Chism
Alyson Erekson
Aspen Garcia
Rylee Kardoes
Maryana Kondratishin
Kira Lacey
Alyssa LaMaster
Emily Lien
Elle Molinaro
Shekinah Padron
Emma Richter
VOCAL SHOWCASE
Charles Geisz
Hannah Gilpatric
Hannah Hinkle
Rylee Kardoes
Owen Kingham
Kira Lacey
Cha Lawrence
Lily Lemmon
Maci Lesh
Ella Lockhart
Lydia Mauger
Elizabeth McDonald
Lee Metzinger
Logan Millard
James Morrow
Aaron Nyquist
Lillian Nyquist
VOCAL CHORDS
Jordan Fair
Luke Foster
Taylor Foster
Rosie O’Dorisio
Hannah Rumley
Cody Shacklee
Kaydence Schissler
Summer Stamps
Isabella Streeter
Sakara Two Eagles
Paige Rodgers
Azariah Rohrs
Kate Sanders
Kiana Smith
Allison Wennen
Julia Wilson
Ally Wohlcke
Quinn Zimmer
Rosie O’Dorisio
Shekinah Padron
Anjalie Pasrich
Zoe Piatt
Braiden Portie
Lena Redford
Lily Rosset
Elora Rowland
Alli Sault
Ahna Smith
Julia Stamps
Jackson Stevens
Onyx Svoboda
Sylvia Van Stelten
Nora Wallace
Allison Wennen
Lincoln Wicke
Braiden Portie
Sakara Two-Eagles
Ahna Smith
Onyx Svoboda
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Music Changes Lives.
Beyond learning notes and rhythms, our singers are developing skills and essential characteristics for a successful future. The choir classroom provides a safe space for students to express themselves, take risks, and collaborate with others. We inspire confidence, build effective communication, promote analytical reasoning and problem-solving in addition to learning vocal technique and theory. With your help, we can continue to create art for the Arvada community and you will be instrumental in bringing our song to life!
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T A Y L O R R O D G E R S
Taylor Rodgers, a native of Oklahoma, is the Director of Choral Activities at Arvada West High School in the Jeffco School District Prior to his time at Arvada West, he served as the choral director at Dunwoody High School in Dunwoody, GA He currently teaches six ensemble classes, including Free Agents, the Treble Choir, Concert Choir, the Varsity Tenor/Bass Choir, Company West, and Vocal Showcase.
In addition to his work at the school level, Taylor has been highly involved in the Georgia Music Educators Association, serving as the District IV Choral Chair. He was also selected to lead as the choral chair for DeKalb County Most recently, Taylor finished his eighth summer at the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, where he’s had the opportunity to work alongside conductors such as Grammy Award winners Dr. Jeffrey Murdock, Charles Bruffy and Vance George, Dr. Cari Earnhart, Dr Rob Ward, Dr Paul Tucker, Dr Pearl Shangkuan and composer David Brunner
Taylor holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Central Oklahoma He is a member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), the National Association for Music Educators (NAfME), and the Colorado Music Educators Association (CMEA) He is certified by the AP CollegeBoard to teach AP Music Theory, and he regularly collaborates as a pianist.
Reece Classen is a pianist, musician and educator residing in Golden Graduating from MSU Denver in 2020 with BA’s in Piano Performance and Music Composition, he is always looking for unique and fresh ways to share his love for music with others Since his time at MSU, he has recorded and performed with various groups in the area as well as honing his skills as a producer to share his own music in a new way He also teaches private music and piano lessons with a focus on helping students learn music that interests them In the rare occasion that Reece isn’t making music, you’ll likely find him on top of a 14er or spending time with family in the mountains
“Music is the harmonious voice of creation; an echo of the invisible world.”
- Giuseppe Mazzini
Wewouldliketoextendoursincerestthankstoourour incredibleadministrationfortheirunwaveringsupport, toeachyourfamilies,ouralumni,andtoour ElementaryandMiddleSchoolFeederprograms.Music isaliveandwellatArvadaWest,andthiswouldnotbe possiblewithoutyourjointefforts.