BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRESENTS OUR THIRD ANNUAL
ELEMENTARY MUSIC SHOWCASE 2026-2027 October 8, 2026 Parkway Middle School of the Arts Broward County Public Schools 7:00 PM
In Appreciation In Appreciation Dr. Howard Hepburn, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Angela Fulton, Deputy Superintendent Dr. Fabian Cone, Chief Academic Officer Dr. Valerie S. Wanza, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer Melissa Holtz, Director, Elementary Learning Guy Barmoha, Director, Secondary Learning Dr. Jermaine Fleming, South Regional Superintendent Dr. Ted Toomer, Central Regional Superintendent Alan Strauss, North Regional Superintendent Patty Brown, Director, Athletics and Student Activities Eric O’Neal Principal Parkway Middle School of the Arts
Special Thanks Special Thanks Joseph Luechauer, Music & Performing Arts Supervisor, K-12 Donna Haynes-DeGraaf, Visual Arts Supervisor, K-12 Ronald Jules, Broward Music Education Association President, New River Middle School Debera Thompson, President, Broward Elementary Music Education Association Jessica Gronberg, Elementary Music Showcase Committee Member Emerson Oliver, Elementary Music Showcase Committee Member Sahamaris Orta-Perez, Elementary Music Showcase Committee Member Nayomi Braaf, Magnet Coordinator, Parkway Middle School of the Arts, Host School Kimberly Annis, Music & Performing Arts Instructional Facilitator, K-12 Chantal Bandoni, Visual Arts Instructional Facilitator, K-12 Participating School Principals
School Board School Board Members Members Sarah Leonardi, Chair Dr. Jeff Holness, Vice Chair Lori Alhadeff Maura McCarthy Bulman Adam Cervera, Esq. Debra Hixon Nora Rupert Rebecca Thompson Dr. Allen Zeman
TONIGHT’S PROGRAM TONIGHT’S PROGRAM JUNIOR HONOR JUNIOR HONOR ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE Under the direction of various BCPS Elementary Music Teachers Star-Spangled Banner............................................................................Francis Scott Key Virginia Reel........................................................................................................Traditional Oh How Lovely is the Evening................................................................German Canon
ELEMENTARY MUSIC ELEMENTARY MUSIC RECORDER RECORDER ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE Under the direction of Stephanie Colman March 1 and 3......................................................................................Stephanie Colman Ode to Joy.................................................Ludwig von Beethoven/arr. Camberlango When the Saints Go Marching In...................................................................Traditional Frère Jacques........................................................................................French Folk Tune Low Rider......................................................................................................................War
ELEMENTARY MUSIC ELEMENTARY MUSIC ORFF ORFF ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE Under the direction of Sarah Johns Color Song from Music for Children, Vol 1 ............................................Orff/Keetman Green Song from Music for Children, Vol 1 ...........................................Orff/Keetman Blue Song Erstes Spiel am Xylophone #35..................................................................... Red Song (Fuego) “Tambourin” from Modal Adventures..........Joanne Pasquinelli Color Song Reprise from Music for Children, Vol 1 ..............................Orff/Keetman
TONIGHT’S CONDUCTORS TONIGHT’S CONDUCTORS ELEMENTARY RECORDER ELEMENTARY RECORDER CHOIR CHOIR Under the direction of Stephanie Colman
CONDUCTOR BIO CONDUCTOR BIO Stephanie Colman is a retired music educator from the Broward County Public Schools. She began teaching in 1984 and retired after 31 dedicated years in 2015. Ms. Colman has a Master of Arts Degree from Queens College of the City University of New York in Musicology. She served as an adjunct instructor at Saint Leo University teaching Music Education courses for 11 years, and has presented numerous workshops and clinics on elementary instrumental and general music. She was honored to be the guest conductor for the Seminole All County Instrumental Ensembles, and the conductor of the Broward All County Honors Orchestras for three seasons. in 2016 and 2017. Ms. Colman is a National Board Certified Music Educator teacher and was nominated Teacher of the Year twice in her career. Ms. Colman's performing ensembles included string orchestra, percussion groups, and her award-winning Recorder Ensemble, which had consistently exhibited excellence throughout her career. Their music has graced the stages of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, the Signature Grand, and as a featured performing group at the Florida Music Educators State Conference in Tampa, Florida. Ms. Colman has served as president of the Broward Music Educators Association and has presented herself as a true leader of music education throughout her career. On a personal note, Ms. Colman is a professional pianist, a bugler for the military, a member of American Mensa Ltd., and the Principal Percussionist in the Broward Symphony and 4 leading orchestras and symphonic bands in the area.
ELEMENTARY ORFF ELEMENTARY ORFF ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE Under the direction of Sarah Johns
CONDUCTOR BIO CONDUCTOR BIO Sarah Johns, music teacher at Beachside Elementary, has taught general music for over 20 years. A former high school band director, she found her true calling once she stepped foot in the elementary music classroom. She is a two-time Teacher of the Quarter and Beachside Elementary's Teacher of the Year in 2021. Sarah holds a Bachelors in Music Education from Appalachian State University in North Carolina and a Masters in Music Education from Winthrop University in South Carolina. She has completed AOSA Teacher Education Levels I-III, including postlevel master work in 2024. She is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the Florida Music Education Association, the American Orff-Schulwerk Association and is an active member of both the North Florida Orff Chapter in Jacksonville and the Daytona State Community Flute Choir. Sarah resides in Daytona Beach with her Orff-supporting husband, Dale and their two cats, Skeeter and Hobie.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS School Bayview Elementary School Christ Church School Coconut Palm Elementary School Davie Elementary School Harbordale Elementary School Hawkes Bluff Elementary School Hollywood Central Preparatory K-8 Hollywood Hills Elementary Norcrest Elementary School Pembroke Pines Charter West Elementary Pines Lakes Elementary School Sheridan Park Elementary School Stephen Foster Elementary School Tamarac Elementary School
Director Debera Thompson Phillip Woodward Ana Valdes Sahamaris Orta-Perez Anthony Ciotti Jessica Gronberg Claris Procianos Giovanni Bonelli Emerson Oliver Isabelle Gonzalez Christine Antmann Dr. Kathy Kerstetter Pauline Latorre Antonio Williams
Principal Mr. Michael Breslaw Mrs. Tane Bonham Mr. Juan Alejo Ms. Delicia Joyce Collins Ms. Jennifer Kashdin Mrs. Melinda Cunningham Ms. Jennifer O’Neal Ms. Christine Ringler Ms. Vanessa Schnur Mr. Michael Castellano Dr. Tracy Jackson Ms. Jacqueline Carro Mr. Ricardo Grimaldo Mr. Richard Garrick
ELEMENTARY MUSIC ELEMENTARY MUSIC SHOWCASE SHOWCASE STUDENT PERFORMERS STUDENT PERFORMERS JUNIOR HONOR JUNIOR HONOR ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE Valerie Alvarez Lila Baker A’mir Bernard Kent Bills Maria Bolivar Ailani Brooks Angel Cardona Nohla Cashwell Damon Castro Jesiah Cepeda Lucas Cespedes Samuel Diaz Reynoso Mara Diknash Everly Donaldson Libby Firtel Emili Fokina Mila Fretwell Arielle Garcia Alison Grillo David Guzman Skylar Hamra Julia Haynes Destiny Jemison Alice Kisileva Amanda Martin Pedro Easton McGee Julia Miller Eliam Molina Alanna Montana Julian Montes Bella More Luna Narvaez Isabella Nip Fong Mason Pierce Savannah Pop Ahleah Rizzi Giulia Souza Carone Akira Torraca Mika Torrech
Hollywood Hills Elementary School Bayview Elementary School Pines Lakes Elementary School Sheridan Park Elementary School Stephen Foster Elementary School Pines Lakes Elementary School Stephen Foster Elementary School Hollywood Central Preparatory K-8 Harbordale Elementary School Hawkes Bluff Elementary School Davie Elementary School Sheridan Park Elementary School Davie Elementary School Pembroke Pines Charter West Elementary School Bayview Elementary School Bayview Elementary School Pines Lakes Elementary School Norcrest Elementary School Hawkes Bluff Elementary School Hollywood Hills Elementary School Hollywood Hills Elementary School Harbordale Elementary School Norcrest Elementary School Harbordale Elementary School Stephen Foster Elementary School Davie Elementary School Hollywood Hills Elementary School Sheridan Park Elementary School Stephen Foster Elementary School Sheridan Park Elementary School Sheridan Park Elementary School Stephen Foster Elementary School Pines Lakes Elementary School Hawkes Bluff Elementary School Hawkes Bluff Elementary School Harbordale Elementary School Harbordale Elementary School Pembroke Pines Charter West Elementary School Hollywood Hills Elementary School
ELEMENTARY MUSIC ELEMENTARY MUSIC SHOWCASE SHOWCASE STUDENT PERFORMERS STUDENT PERFORMERS RECORDER CHOIR RECORDER CHOIR Isabella Beasley Autumn Beyer Joseph Beyer Jr Skylar Blake Josiah Bonamy Zuriel Brown Ayia Burroughs Issa Bustos Gonzalez Maria C. Torres Millan Cabrera Mateo Caisapanta Neyzan Condori Jasmine Contreras Penelope Delgado Elias Dogagis Carlos Fonseca Alexa Forrester Lola Fuschillo Zoey Gannon Julie Hall Andrew Janssen Francis Kannikal Mariangel Lainez Sofia Legkova Vivanco Zia Lewin Astrid Lopez Cameron Lorenzo Alexa Maria Mia Martinez Kyle Moore Miguel Narvaez Enzo Olivera Joaquin Osorio Millie Powell Dylan Rodriguez Isaiah Ruiz Lilya Saidji Riley Sainvil Amanda Santos Gracie Schilling Rianna Silvera Lania Thorpe Brynn Tuttle
Tamarac Elementary School Davie Elementary School Davie Elementary School Tamarac Elementary School Davie Elementary School Tamarac Elementary School Stephen Foster Elementary School Hollywood Central Preparatory K-8 Davie Elementary School Stephen Foster Elementary School Pines Lakes Elementary School Stephen Foster Elementary School Bayview Elementary School Sheridan Park Elementary School Christ Church School Coconut Palm Elementary School Pembroke Pines Charter West Elementary School Sheridan Park Elementary School Hawkes Bluff Elementary School Harbordale Elementary School Hawkes Bluff Elementary School Pembroke Pines Charter West Elementary School Pines Lakes Elementary School Bayview Elementary School Harbordale Elementary School Stephen Foster Elementary School Hawkes Bluff Elementary School Pembroke Pines Charter West Elementary School Sheridan Park Elementary School Pines Lakes Elementary School Stephen Foster Elementary School Davie Elementary School Pembroke Pines Charter West Elementary School Hawkes Bluff Elementary School Sheridan Park Elementary School Coconut Palm Elementary School Harbordale Elementary School Tamarac Elementary School Harbordale Elementary School Harbordale Elementary School Pines Lakes Elementary School Tamarac Elementary School Hawkes Bluff Elementary School
ELEMENTARY MUSIC ELEMENTARY MUSIC SHOWCASE SHOWCASE STUDENT PERFORMERS STUDENT PERFORMERS ORFF ENSEMBLE ORFF ENSEMBLE Lily Barbour
Christ Church School
Edwin Batres
Stephen Foster Elementary School
Malcolm Bills
Sheridan Park Elementary School
Yeferson Blandon
Stephen Foster Elementary School
Madi Borges
Hawkes Bluff Elementary School
Caleb Camacho Rivera
Davie Elementary School
Aviana Cardona-Llufrio
Sheridan Park Elementary School
Cailyn Collins
Davie Elementary School
Trudiana Conenna
Harbordale Elementary School
London Cook
Pines Lakes Elementary School
Brenda Costa
Bayview Elementary School
Kaia Cunningham Tom da Silva Machado Roman DelSolar Katherine Donaldson
Christ Church School Norcrest Elementary School Stephen Foster Elementary School Pembroke Pines Charter West Elementary School
Rose Fanea
Stephen Foster Elementary School
Marseille Fernandez
Hollywood Hills Elementary School
Chloe Gannon
Hawkes Bluff Elementary School
Anelim Garcia
Norcrest Elementary School
Giuliana Giannino Eva Gut Zen
Christ Church School Bayview Elementary School
Kiara Gutierrez
Sheridan Park Elementary School
Julia Hainey
Harbordale Elementary School
Aurora Henderson Daileth Herrera Hernandez Alfie Hill
Bayview Elementary School Stephen Foster Elementary School Christ Church School
ELEMENTARY MUSIC ELEMENTARY MUSIC SHOWCASE SHOWCASE STUDENT PERFORMERS STUDENT PERFORMERS ORFF ENSEMBLE ORFF ENSEMBLE Romy Hite Sasha Johnson
Hollywood Hills Elementary School Pines Lakes Elementary School
Victoria Johnson
Pembroke Pines Charter West Elementary School
Francesca Kantor
Christ Church School
Olivia Martinez
Hollywood Hills Elementary School
Elbe Nguyen
Davie Elementary School
Patricia Orozco
Norcrest Elementary School
Lucia Ortiz Velarde
Harbordale Elementary School
Samaya Permenter
Pines Lakes Elementary School
William Pernes
Harbordale Elementary School
Ethan Potvin Evelyn Rudner
Hollywood Hills Elementary School Bayview Elementary School
Aubree Sabatino
Pines Lakes Elementary School
Yasmeen Saleh
Pines Lakes Elementary School
Ivyliece Sanchez
Davie Elementary School
Matthew Sotting
Pembroke Pines Charter West Elementary School
Veda Sullivan Masha Tapiero Trochez Keturah Thomas
Hawkes Bluff Elementary School Davie Elementary School Norcrest Elementary School
Colin Tuttle
Hawkes Bluff Elementary School
Alyssa Ulloa
Hollywood Central Preparatory K-8
Jack Vickers
Hawkes Bluff Elementary School
Daniel Volynets Leila Watler Hailey Zabadal
Harbordale Elementary School Hollywood Hills Elementary School Norcrest Elementary School
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