St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute Presents
Joy to the World! A Christmas Concert
Rockwell Hall Performing Arts Center Buffalo State College December 15th, 2021 7:00 pm
Production Staff DR. CHRISTOPHER FULCO, ED. D
President
MR. JAMES SPILLMAN ’95
Principal
MR. MICHAEL FOLTS ’98 MS. ANN MARIE SPITZER MR. MICHAEL HOOKER ’06
Vice-Principal for Students Vice-Principal for Academics Choral Music Director
MR. JEFF WALLING
Instrumental Music Director
MRS. TONI DENTICO
Swing Choir Choreographer
MR. ANTHONY SHILEN
Swing Choir Moderator
MRS. NADEJDA NIGRIN
String Ensemble Director
MRS. JESSICA SCIBETTA
Dept. Chair, Visual Art Teacher
MR. TOM KOSTUSIAK MR. TOM OCHS
Production Manager Lighting Designer
MR. ANDREW BORCHIK
Sound Designer
MR. STEVEN HARTER ’03
Technical Director
MR. DAN HAYDEN ’10 MARCUS HARTER, LIAM DEYELL, OWEN BEMBENISTA
Assistant Technical Director Student Assistants
*Special thanks to Nicole Carocci, SHA ’16 for the program graphic artwork.
String Ensemble Directed by Mrs. Nadeja Nigrin, Artist in Residence
Echoes of Bartok
arr. Walter Cummings
Ukrainian Bell Carol
Mykola Leontovych
Joy to the World
GF Handel
VIOLIN Joel Silva Charles Salvati Daniel Roehmoldt
BASS Carson Napolitano Daniel Barwell Zachary Petroski
VIOLA Zach Terry
SJCI Jazz Lab Band Directed by Mr. Jeff Walling
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
arr. Mike Collins
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Vince Guaraldi Arr. Paul Murtha
Tidings of Comfort and Jazz
Traditional
Last Christmas
George Michael
All I Want for Christmas Is You Robert Anspach III Eric Aquilina x Alec Barlow Jackson Blum * Dylan Cavarello Elek Clark x Micheal Helfrich Parker Jaros x Joseph Kuhn x
Mariah Carey & Walter Afanasieff Elias Lesswing x Ben Mazurkiewicz Caleb Parisi Zachary Petroski Owen Roberts Harrison Sly Jared Sokolik x Lukas Wolfe x Audree Woods **
* Christ the King School ** Mount St. Mary Academy x Jazz Combo Class
Swing Choir Mr. Michael Hooker, Director Mrs. Toni Dentico, Choreographer Mr. Anthony Shilen, Moderator
Hope
Brown
I Love You, Lord
Klein
It Don’t Mean a Thing / Sing Sing Sing
Ellington, Prima. arr. Anderson
Step in Time
Sherman. arr. Kern
Still My Soul Be Still
Getty, Townend. arr. Koerts
One Day
Miller. arr. Hooker
WOMEN Maddie Baumler Courtney Beals * Emily Cannon Caroline Cook Becki Digby * Lourdes Johnson
MEN
Faith MacKinnon Ana Marciniak ~ Haley Nitsche Adrianna Schreck Sophia Stang ~ Maddy Zgoda
BAND Alec Barlow, Keys Dylan Cavarello, Keys Ben Leahy, Guitar Eric Aquilina, Bass Elijah Gehl, Bass Lukas Wolfe, Drums
Aaron Ackley *~ Ted Brown * Ben Grande Andrew Jasinski Seamus Keane Kellen O’Connor
Officers Caroline Cook, Co-President Faith MacKinnon, Co-President Ben Tocke, Vice-President Emily Cannon, Secretary Andrew Jasinski, Goodwill Ambassador
Max Riso ~ Max Stanger Ben Tocke Josh Weil Tim Whipple
TECH Liam Deyell Owen Bembenista
— INTERMISSION — **Be sure to view the artwork in the lobby from students in the Studio 3 and 4 classes.
* Section Leader ~ Dance Captain
Concert Band, Percussion Ensemble, Varsity Singers, Glee Club, Freshman Singers & Swing Choir Introduction of the 2021 Fine Arts Wall of Honor Inductees The Saints Hallelujah Concert Band
Bios at the end of this program
arr. C. Custer
A Garland of Carols Varsity Singers, Glee Club
Traditional, arr. Spevacek-Avery
O Come, O Come Emmanuel Varsity Singers, Glee Club
Traditional
Pat a Pan Percussion Ensemble Ave, Ave the Angel Sang Varsity Singers, Glee Club Angels in the Bleak Midwinter Concert Band A King is Born Varsity Singers, Percussion Ensemble Joy to the World Combined Ensembles Do You Hear What I Hear? Combined Ensembles
arr. J. Gotry R. Lau arr. L. Clark Hosman, arr. Sarsany Handel, Watts, arr. Proulx Regney, Shayne, arr. Crocker, Moss
Varsity Singers Directed by Mr. Michael Hooker SOPHOMORES Sean Baldi Joseph DiMaio Dominic Paglino Noah Roshong Josh Weil OFFICERS Co-Presidents: Aaron Ackley Kellen O’Connor Vice President: Ben Grande Secretary: Max Riso
JUNIORS Owen Bembenista Carlos Calderon Jr. Dwayne Jones Seamus Keane Conner Luzon-Sax Brendan Murphy Joseph Pawelczyk Max Riso SENIORS Aaron Ackley Ryan Bevilacqua Ted Brown
Robbie Cehulik Evan Folsom Marc Gengo Ben Grande Andrew Jasinski Patrick Killian Ben Leahy Michael Noonan Kellen O’Connor Liam Post Alex Roberts Max Stanger Ben Tocke William Wiedenbeck
Glee Club FRESHMAN Ben Spillman Tim Whipple
SOPHOMORES JUNIORS Andrew Connolly Marco Gasbarre Jacob Crozier Ryan McLaughlin Josh Gawron Kai Messmer Derek Gottler Vinny Pantano Koby Huynh Matthew Sarkisian Ryan Marcolini Gianni Potter SENIORS Michael Romance Daeshyon Riley Arad Sadahiani Tabrizi Cameron Stadelmaier Luke Sweeney
Freshman Singers Dylan Capone Tino Cimato Jr. Jackson Debottis Peyton DePerno Jack Duggan Caleb Gatas Noah Gatas Nico Giammusso Mekhi Gidney
Reginald Hollinsworth Fin Moore Noah Nelson Joe O’Brien Colin O’Leary Brett Pettit Risal Singh Steven Varallo John Winner
Concert Band Directed by Mr. Jeff Walling Robert Anspach III Jude Barry Peyton Brock Gabriello Casilio Dylan Cavarello John Cianciosa Aiden Dickerson Ben DiPasquale Jack Ernst Brennan Frazier
Patrick Frazier Rose Genco + Micheal Helfrich Samuel Herr Parker Jaros Jaylin Johnson Ethan Kane Mason Kelly Amaree Knox Christian Koeller
Luke Kopacz Joseph Kuhn Christian LeBlanc Elias Lesswing Ben Mazurkiewicz Mallory McMahon ++ Annie Mercure + Thomas ModicaAmore Jacob Murphy Caleb Parisi
Keean Patel Joseph Piwko Willard Pottle Griffin Rao Owen Roberts Harrison Sly Jared Sokolik Henry Voelkl Keen Williams + Sacred Heart Academy ++ City Honors School
Percussion Ensemble Alec Barlow Ryan Barstys Elek Clark Joshua Elliott Harrison Latona
Raymond Maney Isaiah Odom Jack Slaugenhoupt Lukas Wolfe
Visual and Performing Arts Department Calendar of Upcoming Events Swing Choir Dessert Show Saturday, January 15 and Sunday, January 16, 2022 at SJCI Cullen Center for the Arts
Jazz Band Dinner Dance Saturday, March 25, 2022 6:00PM at Classics V.
Spring Musical Auditions Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Wednesday, January 5, 2022 3PM at SJCI Cullen Center for the Arts
Fine Arts Wall of Honor If you know an alumnus from any of our arts programs that you would like to nominate, please check out the alumni section of our website for the online nomination form and/or contact the alumni development office.
FINE ARTS WALL OF HONOR INDUCTEES
FINE ARTS WALL OF HONOR INDUCTEES
FINE ARTS WALL OF HONOR INDUCTEES