Spring Vocal Concert 2025

POLYARTS 2025 Spring Arts Festival

Vocal Music Concert

Thursday, April 24 7:00 PM | Memorial Chapel

A Note from the Performing Arts Department I love how spring brings a sense of possibility—a shift in the air that reminds us that change is constant. The trees now budding with small, tender leaves make the world feel like it’s waking up after a long rest. Spring feels like an invitation for renewal, to stretch out from the winter’s quiet reflection, welcoming you to be more vibrant, more alive.

There’s something hopeful about spring, a rhythm in the season, a reminder that things evolve, grow, and shift. The changes are slow and subtle, but always there, building toward something beautiful.

Tonight, I invite you to recognize and celebrate our students; their growth from winter to spring is apparent and brings so much joy. Join me as I bask in the wondrous tones and sounds of our vocal groups and welcome the energy of spring.

Ashley Hacker Performing Arts Department Chair

Excellence in the Arts Certificate Program: Class of 2025: Griff Allen, Cate Ferreira, Gabrielle Flinn-Beane, Stavroula Gabriel, Ryan Geisler, Isabelle Gerling, Esme Hort, Juliet Michaelis, Leo Mullin, Reese Roaman, Donald Shields, Sophia Taylor, Drew Waldman, Jasper Whiteley Class of 2026: Maggie Cochran, Tessa Cooper, Devan Jiang, Carolina Lisk, Ben Robb

A Note from the Music Department We all understand from our own life experiences the power that music has to bring us together, but to me, there’s an extra degree of communion when it’s vocal music. An audience watches orchestras and bands alike wield their instruments, making sounds and motions exotic to the non-instrumentalist.

But with vocal music, two groups of people sit across from each other, holding the same tools, and making an array of sounds anyone can relate to on some level.

The tones, however refined by the singer, are still coming from the same places of our own laughs, cries, conversations, and hollers. No matter who you are, you have sung along to something in your life. A favorite song, a TV commercial, a tune in your head—so you’ve all accessed and experienced this internally before. Tonight, as you’re listening, I urge you to think about that connection to the music. Search for the new sounds, hum along to ones you know, and enjoy the shared experience of the voice!

Vincent Iannelli Choral Director & Music Programs Coordinator

Advanced Musical Theater Magic To Do from Pippin

By Stephen Schwartz Directed by Mariko Watt Olivia Chu, Kailynn Hernandez, Hutch Karp, Spencer Udin

Quarter Notes Not Strong Enough

By Boygenius Directed by The Quarter Notes Griff Allen, Donald Shields, Cate Ferreira, Sophia Taylor

Advanced Musical Theater A Step Too Far from Aida Music

By Elton John Lyrics by Tim Rice Directed by Mariko Watt Olivia Chu, Kailynn Hernandez, Hutch Karp, Spencer Udin

Young Singers Birds of a Feather

By Billie Eilish Directed by Vincent Iannelli Olivia Brown, Ava Dar, Jessa Margolin, Stevie Menegatos, Sloane Millar, Thandi Partee, Jaden Pelson, Persephone Rodriguez-Miarmi, Ella Rosario, Kate Schlesinger, Ramsey Smulian, Claire Tejani, Dylan Whitenack, Zoe Wolf

Harmonics You’re So Vain

By Carly Simon Arranged by Teagan Hughes Faculty Advisor: Mariko Watt Phoebe Allen, Isa Anderson, Sonia Bogomolova, Isabella Carire, Maggie Cochran, Tessa Cooper, Chloe Einaudi, Cate Ferreira, Lucy Fleishhacker, Stavroula Gabriel*, Ryan Geisler*, Isabelle Gerling, Sasha Gilyadoff, Kailynn Hernandez, Esme Hort, Isabelle Kelley, Kiera Kinnane, Carolina Lisk, Sasha Londoner, Juliet Michaelis, Grayson Monacelli, Adelaide Swartz, Drew Waldman, Stella Yukhimets *Co-leaders 2024–2025

Tower Singers Tongo Polynesian Folk Song Arranged by Greg Gilpin LYRICS: Tongo, Tongo Jim-nee bye bye oh Tongo Oom ba de kim bye oh Tongo Ooh a lay Mah le ka ah lo way Blitzkrieg Bop

By The Ramones Directed by Vincent Iannelli GRADE 7: Tobi Amusan, Serena Anderson, Jack Belford, Lucas Betita, Clementine Carty, Milly Doniger, Micah Drucker-Mann, Jonathan Durando, Mae Foley, Hannah Fulmer, Eve Furst, Mireya Grasso, Charlie Hummel, William Hyman, Fiona Jaffe, Sameer Kalhans, Emerson Khanna, Lily Klingensmith, Finn Lippert, Amanda Lvovsky, Eugenia Mazur, Grant McGruder, Ben McKenzie, Sam Mezhburd, Nadia Muchinsky, Elena Niccolai, Mia Ortiz de Zevallos, Azula Partee, Caroline Phillips, Alex Pipitone, Erin Reddy, Kiera Reddy, Liam Rodriguez-John, Liliana Ruiz, Reid Ryland, Allegra Sabal, Robbie Sabbagh, Malakhi Seales, Levi Stein, Mischa Stein, Teddy Thanopoulos, Adelaide Tilove, Maddie Ulloa, Caden Yang GRADE 8: Alex Arniotis, Leo Arons-Labaton, Jackson Arrington, Olive Baird, Drew Brandmeyer, Cooper Brenner, Siya Cann, Livia Coppola, Zoe Del Valle, Simon Dull, Sarah Etienne, Grace Garner, Josie George, Martina Gerardino Galarraga, Valeria Giraldo, Hayden Glaser-Lin, Smith Glaser-Lin, Dalia Golomb, Lila Sage Gray, Olivia Harris, Zoey Hawthorne, Romy Heller, Bailey Hill, Elle King, Charlotte Langlais, Alessandra Lisk, Roxy Londoner, Caitlin McGovern, Jo-Lee Mckenzie, Esteban Mierisch, Sylvia Milstein, Liv Nesdale, Ava O’Connor, Marley Parikh, Emma Perez, Charlie Plosser, Lucy Plosser, Lily Retman, Jenna Reyfman, Skyler Reyfman, Eva Rosen, Audrey Scherquist, Mera Schoenburg, Sadie Schwartz, Maddie Shields, Sage Smith, Zoe Steele, Max Stein, Kitty Unis, Gemma Vitolo, Simone Ward, Ana Wisk, Lillian Ziff, Katherine Zimmer

Blue Notes My Girl

By The Temptations Arranged by Stefan Wyatt Directed by Daniel Doughty Griff Allen, Kaleb Asamoah, Alex Amorosino, Tyler Chan, Jack Collier, Caleb Cuti, Levi Drucker-Mann, Shane Goldberg, Christopher Howell, Charles Jaffe, Devan Jiang, Hutch Karp, Bodhi Kehoe, Leo Mullin, Ben Robb, Jedi Scott, Lester Shamos, Donald Shields, Sam Swartz, Bryson Sylvain, Spencer Udin, Mick Waldman, Jasper Whiteley, Isaac Wise

Concert Choir Vamundara

By Dumisani Maraire So Happy Together

By The Turtles Arranged by Vincent Iannelli Directed by Vincent Iannelli Layla Adediran, Skindoo Adefris-Yaxley, Phoebe Allen, Kaleb Asamoah, Owen Berkley, Sonia Bogomolova, Celia Camara, Isabella Carire, Kedar Carrington, Logan Chaudoir, Caleb Cuti, Levi Drucker-Mann, Lucy Fleishhacker, Maeve Flynn, Kiana Freeman, Harper Giskan, Briyana Hart, Charles Jaffe, Mali Jalloh, George Jigarjian, Landon Lipton, Walker Lipton, Piper Lipton, Maddie Lucas, Maya Magnus, Nili Maltzman, Parke McDonald, Sydney McFarlane, Michael Menegatos, Alex Mezhburd, Carlyle Muldrow, Caroline Nemeth, Emmanuel Nikitiades, Benicio Quinones, Kara Shum, Zaire Spencer, Aviva Treister, Francis Van De Gevel, Mick Waldman

A Cappella Dreams

By Fleetwood Mac Arranged by Maddy Wyatt Directed by Maddy Wyatt Griff Allen*, Phoebe Allen, Isa Anderson, Isabella Carire, Tyler Chan, Caleb Cuti, Cate Ferreira*, Lucy Fleishhacker, Gabrielle Flinn-Beane, Stavroula Gabriel, Kailynn Hernandez, Charles Jaffe, Isabelle Kelley, Kiera Kinnane, Donald Shields*, Spencer Udin, Drew Waldman, Jasper Whiteley, Isaac Wise, Wendy Zhou *Co-leaders 2024–25

Advanced Concert Choir Coney Island Baby/We All Fall

By Les Applegate Hotaru Koi (Ho, Firefly) Traditional Japanese Arranged by Ro Ogura Kanaval

By Sydney Guillame Directed by Vincent Iannelli Griff Allen, Henry Crowley, Chloe Einaudi, Cate Ferreira, Gaby Flinn-Beane, Eliana Friedman, Stavroula Gabriel, Ryan Geisler, Isabelle Gerling, Esme Hort, Devan Jiang, Isabelle Kelley, Izzy Leyton, Zoe McCullough, Leo Mullin, Reese Roaman, Téa Sabbagh, Jedi Scott, Lester Shamos, Donald Shields, Adelaide Swartz, Sophia Taylor, Spencer Udin, Drew Waldman, Jasper Whiteley

Senior Song Godspeed

By Frank Ocean Arranged by Ryan Geisler Senior chorus members: Griff Allen, Alex Amorosino, Cate Ferreira, Gaby Flinn-Beane, Stavroula Gabriel, Ryan Geisler, Isabelle Gerling, Briyana Hart, Esme Hort, Christopher Howell, Izzy Leyton, Landon Lipton, Juliet Michaelis, Leo Mullin, Reese Roaman, Sadie Schoenberger, Donald Shields, Sophia Taylor, Drew Waldman, Jasper Whiteley, Wendy Zhou

Our Production Would Not Be Possible without the Generous Support of: John Rankin Interim Head of School Michal Hershkovitz P’16, ’18 Assistant Head of School, Academics Sarah Bates Head of Upper School Daniel Doughty Head of Middle School Michael S. Robinson Head of Arts Ashley Hacker Performing Arts Department Chair Vincent Iannelli Music Programs Coordinator The members of the Performing Arts faculty, the Engagement & Communications Department, the Admissions Department, the Poly Prep IT staff, the Facilities and Maintenance Department, the Security staff, the Kitchen staff, and the Middle & Upper School deans.

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Join Us for These Upcoming Performing Arts Events Special Reunion Showcase POLY ARTS CENTER TERRACE Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 1:00 PM Spring Arts Festival Thursday, May 1, 2025 VISUAL ARTS | 6:00 PM | POLY ARTS CENTER HOWARD AIBEL LOBBY GALLERY INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT | 7:00 PM | MEMORIAL CHAPEL Speech and Debate Showcase JOSEPH DANA ALLEN LIBRARY Wednesday, May 7, 2025 | 4:00 PM & 6:10 PM Upper School Musical Theater Cabaret POLY ARTS CENTER DANCE STUDIO Friday, May 16, 2025 | 4:30 PM Middle School Musical: Disney’s Newsies Jr. Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by Jack Feldman Book by Harvey Fierstein RICHARD PERRY THEATRE Friday, May 16, 2025 | 7:00 PM Saturday, May 17, 2025 | 2:00 PM

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