Winter Arts Festival 2021

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Winter Arts Festival — Performing Arts Concert hursday, December 9, 2021 T 7:00 PM | MEMORIAL CHAPEL

A Note from the Performing Arts Department It is hard to believe that it has been two years since we last gathered together as a community to celebrate our student musicians. While we continue to live with the ongoing pandemic and are just beginning to understand how the past two years have affected us all, this concert feels like a big step in moving us toward a post-pandemic world.

It has been such a joy to hear our students making music together again, and, for me, at least, it has been more restorative and healing than I could have imagined. I hope you enjoy our performances tonight and that you, too, feel restored by the magic of community music-making.

Daniel Doughty Director of Music

The following students featured in tonight’s performance are members of the Excellence in Arts Certificate Program: Class of ’22: Soph Cimmino, Issey Gestel, Brandon Jackson, Nayan Khambhla, Caleb Kim, Jack Lille Yerington, Hannah Smith, Jack Yan Class of ’23: Leo Yihan Wang, Cooper Flinn-Beane, Adrianna Neal, June Dorsch, Jen Lavagnino-Sisk, Katie Lopez, Brianna Kwan

Concert Band Africa

By David Paich and Jeff Porcaro Arranged by Jerry Davis Jack Bogner, Zeraun Daniel, Arthur Dieme, June Dorsch, Jessica Dossik, Justin Durso, Brandon Jackson, Noah Katzer, Mary Kinnane, Jen Lavagnino-Sisk, Harry Lucas, Ben Mansfield, Cole Marciano, Shaza Mousa, Jason Rodino, Samantha Rodino, Ian Sonenblick, Armaan Suri, Kenny Thompson

Advanced Concert Band Greensleeves Traditional English Folk Song Arranged by Richard Williams and Jeff King A Selection of Chorales and Hymns Arranged by Charles Whitmer Arthur Dieme, June Dorsch, Jessica Dossik, Justin Durso, Mary Kinnane, Jen Lavagnino-Sisk, Samantha Rodino, Ian Sonenblick

Concert Band Mars from The Planets

By Gustav Holst Arranged by Andrew Balent Jack Bogner, Zeraun Daniel, Arthur Dieme, June Dorsch, Jessica Dossik, Justin Durso, Brandon Jackson, Noah Katzer, Mary Kinnane, Jen Lavagnino-Sisk, Harry Lucas, Ben Mansfield, Cole Marciano, Shaza Mousa, Jason Rodino, Samantha Rodino, Ian Sonenblick, Armaan Suri, Kenny Thompson

Advanced Concert Choir Sicut Cervus

By Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594) Like as the deer desireth the water brooks, So longeth my soul after thee, O God Mata Del Anima Sola

By Antonio Estévez (1916–1988) Tree of the soul lonely, wide opening of the riverside long now you will be able to say: Here slept Cantaclaro. pilin, pilin, pilin,....

With the whistle and the sting of the twisting wind, the dappled and violet dusk quietly entered the corral. pilin, ....

The night, tired mare, shakes her mane and black tail above the riverside; and, in its silence, your ghostly heart is filled with awe.

Directed by Daniel Doughty Marta Balikcioglu, Jasmine Donald, Genevieve Fitzpatrick, Cooper Flinn-Beane, Mia Gordon, Nayan Khambhla, Caleb Kim, Jack Lille Yerington, Lulu McDonald, Adrianna Neal, Cosmo Oliveira Evans, Kai Sergeant, Hannah Smith, George Thanopoulos, Zeke Wise, Jack Yan

String Rays Finale from Symphony No. 12

By Franz Joseph Haydn Arranged by Carrie Lane Gruselle Selections from Hamilton featuring: My Shot, Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story, and You’ll Be Back Words and Music by Lin Manuel Miranda Arranged by Douglas E. Wagner Directed by Carrie Dowell Assisted by Kristen Drymala and Andrew Hall Lucas Basham, Marie Culmine, Issey Gestel, Jasmine Grant-Phillips, Mary Howell, Cinthya Sanchez, Fiona Spillane, Maia Steiner, Marisa Triola, Alex Xiao; Joined by MS cellists; Nikhil Bhavnani and Jack Pfeiffer

Harmonics Bring Me To Life

By Amy Lee/Evanescence Arranged by Soph Cimmino Faculty Advisor: Alexis Perez Anjali Budhram, Soph Cimmino,* Jasmine Donald, Catherine Ferreira, Stavroula Gabriel, Ryan Geisler, Isabelle Gerling, Esme Hort, Katie Lopez, Lulu McDonald, Juliet Michaelis, Adrianna Neal, Sadie Schoenberger, Hannah Smith,* Drew Waldman *21–22 Co-presidents

Blue Notes Build Me Up Buttercup

By Mike d’Abo and Tony Macaulay Arranged by Alyssa Daniels Griffin Allen, Jack Chiong, Jackson Deans, Cooper Flinn-Beane, Khari Freeman, Lucas Hunter, Brandon Jackson, Tristan Kelley, Jack Lille Yerington,* Nayan Khambhla,* Caleb Kim, Nico Menegatos, Nicholas Olive, Cosmo Oliveira Evans, Hayden Purcell, Oliver Roaman, William Rorech, Hank Schilling, Kai Sergeant, Kerry Song, George Thanopoulos, Zeke Wise, Jack Yan *21–22 Co-presidents

Tower Singers Be The Light

By Franklin Willis Lyrics inspired by Amanda Gorman Change

By Christina Aguilera, Fancy Hagood, and Flo Reutter GRADE 7 Nicollette Avdeychik, Runa Bhandari, Celia Camara, Livy Chu, Charlie Garner, Cate Goldschmid, Jordan Greenberg, Kailynn Hernandez, Charles Jaffe, Lulu Kenney, Emma Lattinelli, Layla Lloyd, Sasha Londoner, Nili Maltzman, Momo Mandelbaum-Quiroga, John Miller, Julian Miravete, Emmanuel Nikitiades, Lauren Pauls, Soleil Pena, Jesse Rogers, Tea Sabbagh, Lester Shamos, Adelaide Swartz, Annabelle Thompson, Spencer Udin, Shannon Walsh GRADE 8 Sergio Abboud, Luca Assante, Anna Brandmeyer, Maggie Callahan, Kaya Freeman, Alexandra Gerling, Kiera Goodman, Madeline Gross, Noah Henry, Alex Hill, Lily Lanzetta, Tessa Lawson, Alexa Leahy, Piper Lipton, Peytin Metz, Carlyle Muldrow, Marlon Rapoport, Dillon Rapp, Ben Robb, Jedi Scott, Niko Thanopoulos, Ellie Warwick

Advanced Strings Super Mario Brothers theme for String Trio

By Koji Kondo Arranged by Alan Silvestri Directed by Carrie Dowell and Kristen Drymala Lucas Basham, Issey Gestel

A Cappella Seasons of Love From Rent

By Jonathan Larson Arranged Philip Lawson Griffin Allen, Marta Balikcioglu,* Junie Blaise, Soph Cimmino, Jasmine Donald, Cooper Flinn-Beane, Stavroula Gabriel, Mia Gordon, Tristan Kelley, Brianna Kwan, Mary Lin, Nico Menegatos, Leo Wang, Zeke Wise, Jack Yan, Wendy Zhou *21–22 Co-presidents

Concert Choir Here’s Where I Stand From Camp

By Michael Gore and Lynn Ahrens Arranged by Greg Gilpin Sleigh Ride

By Mitchell Parrish and Leroy Anderson Arranged by Michael Edwards A-O-K

By Tai Verdes Directed by Daniel Doughty Accompanied by Simone Ferraresi and the students of Collaborative Piano Skills Dylan Addis, Kiki Ahmadi, Abdul Barrie, Myrtle Bonjean-Alpart, Jackson Deans, Sebastian Ferre, Gaby Flinn-Beane, Isabelle Gerling, Jacob Gil, Hannah Goldberg, Abe Herzog, Dashiell Hort, Christopher Howell, Holyn Karp, Tristan Kelley, Mary Lin, Holden Lipton, Landon Lipton, Hilary Nnajiofor, Holleder Novogratz, Reese Roaman, Donald Shields, Sam Swartz, Sophia Taylor, Julissa Velazquez, Drew Waldman Collaborative Piano Skills Directed by Simone Ferraresi Andy Fu, Wyatt Jung, Jane Littleton

Jazz Band Milestones

By Miles Davis Arranged by Paul Murtha Christmas Time Is Here

By Vince Guaraldi Arranged by Mark Taylor Lowie Giles....................................................................................................Tenor Saxophone Daniel Kenigsberg..............................................................................................Electric Guitar Katie Lopez............................................................................................................. Electric Bass Maximillian Mackler........................................................................................................... Vibes Zachary Ramseur..................................................................................................................Bass Noah Saivetz.................................................................................................Tenor Saxophone Julian Schwartz.......................................................................................................... Trombone Kai Sergeant....................................................................................................................... Drums Zachary Udin........................................................................................................................ Piano

A Note About Our Rehearsal Process and Safety Protocols, and Guidelines for Tonight’s Concert: Due to the current health and safety protocols, we made several adjustments to our rehearsal process outlined below. These protocols were developed with Sarah Zuercher, Director of Health and Well-being and COVID Safety Coordinator: For rehearsals: Vaccinated students were allowed to sing and play masked while maintaining a 3-foot distance. Special masks and bell covers were used on all wind instruments.

For tonight’s concert: All students were tested before the concert and given the option of performing without a mask.

Our Production Would Not Be Possible without the Generous Support of: Audrius Barzdukas P’20 Head of School Michal Hershkovitz P’16, ’18 Assistant Head of School, Academics Sarah Bates Head of Upper School André Del Valle Head of Middle School Michael S. Robinson Head of Arts The members of the Performing Arts faculty, the Engagement & Communications Department, the Poly Prep IT Staff, the Facilities and Maintenance Department, Security Staff, Kitchen Staff, and the MS and US Deans.

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