Shaker Heights Middle School Winter Choir Concert 2023

Shaker Middle School Choirs

present a Winter Concert

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.

Shaker Middle School Auditorium Mrs. Suzanna Adkins, Director Ms. Madeline Levitz, Accompanist

Order of Performance All Choir Welcome Rise.....................................................................................Arianne Abela From the Justice Choir Songbook

7th Grade Choir Rain Dance................................... Berta Poorman and Sonja Poorman Inspired by Native American Music Al Shlosha D’Varim......................................................Allan E. Naplan Text Pirkei Avot (Jewish Morality laws) J’entends Le Moulin (I Hear the Windmill)..................Emily Crocker French Canadian Folk Song

8th Grade Choir Amavolovolo................................................................Rudolph de Beer Traditional Zulu Dowry Song Shoshone Love Song (The Heart’s Friend)................Robert Emerson Traditional Native American Lyric Hands are Knockin’.........................................................Kyle Pederson Davion Smith, Percussion

Challenge Choir Thula Kilzeo..................................................................Joseph Shabalala Happier.................................................................... arr. Jacob Narverud

Combined Choir Lift Every Voice and Sing.............................John Rosamond Johnson Resilience.............................................................................Abbie Betinis From the Justice Choir Songbook

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7th Grade Choir: Eden Bracey Imani Chanoine Essence Chavis Nickson Conley Adrienne Craft Ariana Davis Eunice Doukrou Gia Edwards Roberta Esteve Jakayla Harris Elizabeth Harbaugh Jordyn Holmes Shaiyla Johnson

Chloe Jones Delontae Jones Veronika Lastochkina Ella LoPresti Josephine Lyles Kim Nguyen Jada Perry Matias Pusa Brooklyn Roscoe Erionne Rosser Aiva Sancho-Gales Aya Sliman

Parsa Sharifi Rielle Stover Aminah Taylor ArrynThomas Na’Jaiya Tyus Kimberly Van Leer Gabriela Vergel Jeremih Westry Paige Whitaker Alaijha Williams Kurtis Williams

Welcome!

Thank you for joining us this evening! In our music classes, we have learned not only how to be good performers, but how to demonstrate great audience behavior. As the audience, you are an important part of tonight’s concert. The audience’s responsibility at formal concerts is to honor the efforts of the performers by providing a listening atmosphere in which all can appreciate their performance. Will you help us tonight?

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• Please do not talk when students are performing.

Please don’t walk around during the performance. If you need to step outside, please do it between songs.

• Please do not call out or wave to students on the risers.

• Show your appreciation with applause and be sure to congratulate our performers tonight.

We have worked very hard to prepare an exceptional evening of music for everyone to enjoy. Thank you, in advance, for your assistance in helping this to be a wonderful experience for all of us.

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8th Grade Choir: Maysarah AbdulKhaliq Muhammad Ahmad Darrell ArringtonBey Daniel Bowen Cheniya Collins Zarena Collins Ezrah Cook Chris Cunningham Frankie Dawson Jaylana Eaddy Kennedy Eubanks DeJuan Fuentes Tamyra Garner

Gabby Green Johannes Hagenaars Kadehn Harris Janiya Harris Jayah Hines May Hunsaker Isaiah James Nadia James Chris Jardine Iyonna Jardine Kelley Jenkins Jamiyah Johnson Anthony Jones Julia Leach Zoe Lewis

Shia Owens Luvirt Parker Braelin Prior Shania Prichett Aaron Register Adrian Rolf Davion Smith Felton Smith Matthew Smith Tatiyanna Tate Jaiden Tunson Jordan Ware Anthony Watkins Giani White

Challenge Choir: Daniel Bowen Yukhan Brown Roberta Esteve Elizabeth Harbaugh

May Hunsaker Julia Leach Killian McCandlish Maya Shrestha

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Rachael Timberlake Jordan Ware Paige Whitaker

Upcoming SMS Choral Concerts & Events May 17, 7 p.m. - Pops Choir Concert, MS Auditorium May 20, All Day - Cedar Point Adjudicated Festival

Acknowledgements Superintendent Dr. David Glasner The Shaker Heights City School Board of Education Principal Michelle Hughes & Assistant/Acting Principal Jalen Brown & Assistant Principal Thomas Flood The entire administrative team for their support of this concert and of arts in general Ms. Madeline Levitz for accompanying our concert Mr. Charles Tisdale for the lighting and recording of this concert Our Orchestra and Band colleagues for their continued teamwork and inspiration

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Start a Shaker Student Travel Savings Fund Today!

At the high school level, a great number of travel opportunities exist for students–whether touring in Europe with fellow students from the band, choir or orchestra, engaging in a language immersion program to Chile or Germany, or participating in a service project in Southeast Asia.

While all student travel experiences have fundraising opportunities to support the trips, we know these costs are great. The time to start saving is NOW! Our partnership with Huntington will allow you to start a Student Travel Savings Fund now.

Your savings today will give your student the experience of a lifetime in high school! To start your student’s travel fund, contact Brandon Tufts at Huntington’s Fairmount Circle branch at 216-515-0285.