Breck Performing Arts Department proudly presents Stringfest 2021:
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Concert
Featuring the Breck Middle and Upper School Orchestras
Claudette Laureano, Orchestra Director May 28, 2021 | 7:00 pm
Stringfest
2021:
A
Funny
Thing
Happened
on the Way to the Concert
May 28, 2021 | 7:00 P.M.
5/6 Beginning Orchestra (Blue Cohort)
Orpheus in the Underworld Jacques Offenbach/arr. Sandra Dackow
5/6 Beginning Orchestra (Gold Cohort)
“Tortoises” from The Carnival of the Animals.................................................... Camille Saint-Saëns; arr. Claudette Laureano
Fiddler’s Frolic ................................................................................................................... arr. McAllister
Anna Russ, viola soloist
Advanced 5/6 Orchestra
Selections from The Royal Fireworks Music George Fredrick Handel; The Rejoicing • Minuet arr. Robert Frost
“Hornpipe” from Water Music George Fredrick Handel/arr. Richard Meyer
7/8 Intermediate Orchestra (Blue Cohort)
“Fossils” from The Carnival of the Animals Camille Saint-Saëns; arr. Richard Bell
7/8 Intermediate Orchestra (Gold Cohort)
“Colors of the Wind” from Pocahontas
Alan Menken/arr. Claudette Laureano
I’ve Got Plenty of Nuthin’.................................................George Gershwin/arr. Claudette Laureano
Marin Wilson, cello soloist
Advanced 7/8 Orchestra
Theme from Symphony No. 1, Mvt. 3
Gustav Mahler/arr. Brad Pfeil
Suzukiyaki .................................................................................................................. arr. Richard Meyer
String
Orchestra
Symphony No. 94 in G (Surprise) Franz Joseph Haydn/arr. Sandra Dackow Andante
Santa at the Symphony arr. Mark Williams
Rosin-Eating Zombies from Outer Space Richard Meyer
Featuring Bobbie Tonkin’s First-Grade Class
Breck Chamber Players
The Remote Control ....................................................................................................... Richard Meyer
Chameer St. Urbain ’17, alumni guest artist
Passacaglia in C Minus (A Quodlibet for String Orchestra) Peter Schicklele
Symphony No. 45 (Farewell) .................................................. Franz Joseph Haydn/arr. Grant Gilman Presto-Adagio
Smile Charlie Chaplin
The Artists
5/6 Beginning Orchestra (Blue Cohort)
VIOLIN
Jack Brasser
* Ryan Caicedo
** Amelia Dyrstad
Hazel Garrison
** Justin Gehrman
Sofia Grein
Calvin Lahn
CELLO
Caitlin Ahluwalia
** Anika Jackson
7/8 Intermediate Orchestra (Gold Cohort)
VIOLIN
Sammy Rucker
CELLO
Marin Wilson
BASS
Jared Noble
5/6 Beginning Orchestra (Gold Cohort)
VIOLIN
Nicole Murphy
VIOLA
* Anna Russ
Sam Snyder
CELLO
Calvin Mumma
** Taylor Williams
PIANO
• Sharon Mazion
5/6 Advanced Orchestra
VIOLIN
** Sara Ali
* Alexandros Hennessey
Jake Iwan
Eileen Mortimer
Avery Nicholson
• Ezra Satran
VIOLA
** Anna Harrington
Nalah Satran
CELLO
Morgan Backstrom
** Henry Childs
Ellorie Lampe
HARP
Aria Veldey
7/8 Advanced Orchestra
VIOLIN
* Ezra Satran
Isaac To
VIOLA
Nicholas Brown
Samantha Dvorak
** Jojo Naya
Greta Wilson
CELLO
Téa Johansson
** Berkeley Lin
Michael Setterberg
Elizabeth Stutsman
Charlotte Vasicek
** Ruby Wold
7/8 Intermediate Orchestra (Blue Cohort)
VIOLIN
Cayla Cavanaugh
Hannah Cavanaugh
* Esme Gulbransen
Margaux Henderson
Nick Iwan
String Orchestra
VIOLIN
º Romer Asis
*º Baraka Gordon
** Cinnabar Lindquist-Gonzalez
* Kevin Munsie
Belae Huss
** Louis Kelley
Nora Kushner
Amrit Menon
Breck Chamber Players
VIOLIN
Joshua Goh
*º Amaryllis Hennessey
Corinne Moran
Li Mei Sawinski
Aiko Sims
Olivia Teeter
Lauren To
** Vladimir Tspir
Remote Learning Orchestra Students
Akilah Anderson
Julia Rosenman
Sara Rosenman
VIOLA
** Anders Dean
SiYan Jensen
Maggie Ott
Paul Wiese
CELLO
Robert Brown
** Lily Suckow-Ziemer
Annika Wilson
PIANO
Robert Brown
VIOLA
** Quinton Steeves
CELLO
** Gabrielle Johansson
Floria Elliott
º William Kelley
º Benjamin Rex
BASS **º John Cardwell
REMOTE CONTROL
• Chameer St. Urbain ’17
* Concertmaster
** Principal
º Senior
• Guest Artists
There are so many friends of the Orchestra program that I want to thank. Many thanks to:
Bobbie Tonkin and her first-grade students | Melita Anderson | The orchestra parents, for their support of these young musicians. | The administration and the compliance team, for working with me to allow us to rehearse during these difficult times. | Karyl Rice for all her artistry and work in creating our beautiful program. | Denny Arons and Terry Parks, for running security on the weekends. | Nathan Wilson, for his help in running all the online classes for the 5th and 6th grade orchestra students. | Dale Siewert, Walter Walker, Paul Blesi, and Mark Nolan, who helped to regulate the humidity in the orchestra room and for keeping my room ship shape. | Sharon Mazion, who offered constant support and guidance. | Eric Gustafson for running the theater during our live presentation. | The Lux String Quartet for their recording of the Passacaglia in C Minus.
My greatest and heartfelt thanks go to every single one of my “orchestra kids.” This year’s Stringfest was a labor of love by these dedicated students! Many of my young musicians, grades 5 through 12, participated in Saturday rehearsals throughout much of the year. Without that commitment and hard work, tonight’s concert would not have been possible.
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