Spring Strings Concert 2017

ST. BENEDICT PREPARATORY SCHOOL STRINGS

Strings

May 24, 2017

Program Notes for 6th-8th Grade Strings HEDWIG’S THEME (NOTES BY DECLAN OCHOA AND ERIN EDLUND) This piece is from the famous Harry Potter series and was composed by John Williams in 2001. John Williams has composed music in other movies such as: Jurassic Park 2, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, E.T, the theme from Superman, and the Imperial March from Star Wars. This song is about the magic and mystery of the wizard world. It is played when Harry Potter is entering the wizard world or Hogwarts from a summer, spring, or winter break. It’s a very magical piece, because it feels like you’re in the movie.

The song has a happy and mysterious theme. The composer starts off the song as mesmerizing, and has some odd turns in the music. Towards the end it gets fast and then has a very surprising and sudden ending.

ADAGIETTO (NOTES BY STETSON ATWOOD, KATHLEEN BALCSIK, ALLISON FURMAN, AND MIMI RECTOR) Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 was composed between 1901 and 1902, and the movement we are playing (Adagietto) is in the key of F major and D minor. The original version of this piece is written for a full symphony orchestra, but we are playing a string orchestra arrangement.

The tone of this piece is quite sad. It is played slowly and on the low strings of the violin and cello for a while. Towards the end it sounds like it is starting to lean towards the happier end of the spectrum. The piece starts off piano (soft) and stays soft until the Continued on inside back cover>>

SPRING CONCERT 2017

STRINGS 5:30PM Band/Strings Teacher: Jenna Stamper Strings Teacher: Anna Piotrowski Accompanist: Jeremy Kiolbassa

1st Grade Go Tell Aunt Rhody……………………………..American Folk Song Frere Jacques……………………………..French Folk Song Allegro……………………………..Shinichi Suzuki

2nd Grade Old Joe Clark……………………………..Traditional Folk Song Perpetual Motion……………………………..Shinichi Suzuki

3rd Grade Old McDonald Had A Farm………………………American Folk Song Andantino……………………………..Shinichi Suzuki

3rd Grade Cellos Long Long Ago……………………………...T.H. Bayly Can-Can……………………………..Jacques Offenbach arr. John Higgins Bile em’ Cabbage……………………………..American Fiddle Tune

4th Grade/5th Grade Scottish Folk Song……………………………..Folk Tunes Arr. Keith Christopher The Four Seasonings……………………………..Antonio Vivaldi arr. Jeffrey E. Turner

6th-8th Grade Hedwig’s Theme……………………………..John Williams Adagietto……………………………..Gustav Mahler arr. Carrie Lane Gruselle Pirates of the Caribbean……………………………..Klaus Badelt arr. Ted Ricketts Sally Goodin……………………………..Traditional Fiddle Tune arr. Todd Parrish

STRING STUDENTS 1st Grade Strings Rory Burke Elle Colgan Rylee Cusick Margaret Dirlam Edward Doran Maura Doughty Ellie Dzamba Ana Sofia Fernandez Emily Firestone Katherine Grohman Emerson Hill JP Hortatsos Mary Klucznik

Zoe Lee Sophia Lundeen Molly Milanowski Kayden O’ Connell Eilish Ogren Samantha Olhava Kieran Pitts Abigail Radich Justin Rivas Brooke Sessa Tommy Stallings Sadie Stark Norah Walsh

2nd Grade Strings Jack Aylward Audrey Beebe Fiona Clarke Sonia Dillon Patricia Duke Marty Fisk Lucy Flores Grace Grohman Jonathan Hardin Will Hauman Colette Heneghan Samantha Knuckey

Anna Kramer Gus Nutkowitz Eliza Patras Elsie Polutnik Hannah Richter Ellie Roarty Kenneth Roberts Ainsley Rooney Clara Schlachter Sophia Sessa Will Walton Madeleine Whiteside

3rd Grade Strings Emory Alford Nick Betzen Finley Boron Fiona Burke Nico Donoso Lucia Fernandez Kiki Guzina Luwam Hailu Grace Hamister

Michael Lynch James Markul Keira MacMillan Darragh Nolan Maeve Ogren Amara Patras Kate Radich Reagan Stecz Ava Stern

4th Grade Strings Amia Carreno Isabel Grady Erin Guilfoyle Sophia Lee

Mattie Morales Javier Sulleiro Margot Walsh

5th Grade Strings Brigid Clarke Sofia Donoso Maggie Owens

Olivia Stern Lauren Walton

6th-8th Grade Strings Stetson Atwood Lilly Aylward Kathleen Balcsik Erin Edlund Louisa Ensor Maddie Fleming

Allison Furman Nicole McMahon Declan Ochoa Mimi Rector Sophia Schmeglar Salma Varela-Vera

climax of the piece, which happens at the end when it reaches fortissimo (very loud). It ends at the softest dynamic of the piece.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (NOTES BY LILLY AYLWARD AND MADDIE FLEMING) We are playing “The Medallion Calls” from the 2003 movie “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.” The composer also wrote many of the other songs in the movie, including “Blood Ritual” and “He’s A Pirate.” There are many sequels to the movie where the song is featured.

The song is very fast and dark. There are different terms used to describe how we should be playing during the piece. For example, in the beginning, it says to play it majestically. It becomes suspenseful and heroic before becoming bouncy at some parts.

It ends with quick, short notes.

SALLY GOODIN (NOTES BY LOUISA ENSOR, NICOLE MCMAHON, SOPHIA SCHMEGLAR, AND SALMA VARELA-VERA The song Sally Goodin is a collection of popular southern fiddle songs from the early 1900’s. The story behind Sally Goodin is that a man wanted to see Sally Goodin so badly that he gave all of his belongings away to see her. The form of the song is ABA. The A section, which is the beginning, starts loud and is lively and exciting, and in the B section we experiment with slides and shifting (where we play higher up on the instrument). The next A section is mostly like the beginning but it has a coda.

The coda (the very end of a piece) is different than the rest of the song, because it stays mostly on the E string, and uses continuous fast notes until quickly traveling down to the G string for the last note.

Special Thanks to:

FATHER JASON MALAVE RACHEL GEMO NANCY FEELY ERIKA MICKELBURGH HANNAH STAPLETON FOR RUNNING SOUND LORENZO RAMOS AND FACILITIES TEAM FACULTY & STAFF WHO ASSISTED AND ATTENDED THIS PERFORMANCE PARENTS AND FAMILIES WHO CONTINUALLY SUPPORT THE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PROGRAM

Concert Etiquette:

PLEASE REMAIN SEATED THROUGHOUT THE PERFORMANCE, ONLY MOVING IN BETWEEN MUSIC PIECES IF NECESSARY.

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