West Mifflin Area High School Presents…
The High School Band & Orchestra Concert Wednesday, December 20, 2023 7:00 PM, West Mifflin High School Auditorium Donation accepted at the door
Program Concert Band and Wind Ensemble
A Christmas Festival……………………..Leroy Anderson, tr. Robert W. Smith Winter on Emerald Bay…………………...……………………Alan Lee Silva On This Day Earth Shall Ring………………Gustav Holst, arr. Robert W. Smith String Orchestra
Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24……….……O’Neill and Kinkel, arr. Bob Phillips The Sleigh Ride (from 3 German Dances, K.605)…....….W.A. Mozart, arr. Selden Ashokan Farewell…………………….………………..Jay Ungar, arr. Custer Inverno, Scenes from Vivaldi’s Winter……….……Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Parrish A Dickens Christmas Carol Suite………………..…Traditional, arr. Dabczynski I. Prologue - Christmas Bells in London Town II. Scrooge and Marley III. The Ghost of Christmas Past IV. The Ghost of Christmas Present V. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come VI. The End of It Radetzky March……………………...………………Johann Strauss, arr. Meyer
HIGH SCHOOL BAND Mr. Jeff Kesser, Director
FLUTES Mallory Bennett Abigail Catullo-McArdle MacKenzie Cochenour Lily Debiak Zoey Gajewski Delena Galiyas Jocelyn Giuntini Hailee Goonetilleke Kayla Gumina Payton Jackson Tera Mitchell Krystal Rodriguez Guzman Katerina Rubright Aubrie Stoecker Grace Zagorski CLARINETS Kailee Barber Marlowe Buck Grace Cutshall Xionah Jackson Cynthia Kleinhans Payton Lazzini Madyson Michalski Sarah Phillippi Maura Tiboni Shea Tomko BASS CLARINETS Rachel Smartnick ALTO SAXOPHONE Logan Barva-Hamlin Ava Burns Cameron Finn Danica Kuhns Karryn Lee Myles Sacunas
TENOR SAXOPHONES Charity Zagorski BARI SAXOPHONE Kyla Karasinski TRUMPETS Bree Benson-Richards Addison Benson-Richards Troy Ferchak Joseph Gajewski Heather Hall James Minydzak Sarah O'Halloran Brianne Snell FRENCH HORN Devin Reinhart TROMBONE Sarah Jakub Samantha Tomko TUBA Anthony Balint PERCUSSION Abigail Bennett Chase Benson-Richards Marianna Bodzenski Aubrey Cherwinko Ava Davis Dylan Gavron Ryan Graham Max Hagan Kendall Kerrigan Ricardo Lizarraga Richard Oienak Alaynna Pedrotty Kenneth VanMeter
HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Mr. Jeff Kesser, Director VIOLINS Abigail Bennett Mia Black Kayla Brill Lily Debiak Lorianna Durica Adrianna Fleckenstein Jayden Hoang Laketon Johnson Kendall Kerrigan Santiago Martinez-Lopes Adam McElhinny Timothy Mitrik Lola Pattillo Haley Pipich Devin Reinhart Emma Schrader Angela Thorpe Alonna Ball VIOLAS Anna Curcio Izzabella Madden Mia McDermot Rickard Olenak
CELLOS Davianna Beatty Elizabeth Kozar Leah Roberts Isaac Wilson BASSES Alexander Eager Troy Ferchak Eric Lara Timothy Walasik
Tri-M Music Honor Society Officers President- Kayla Brill Vice President-Mackenzie Cochenour Secretaries-Haley Pipich & Danica Kuhns Historian- Anna Curcio ExecuAve Board- Riley Burow, Kylie Hibbets, and Kyla Karasinski
Members of the Tri-M Music Honor Society Tiona Gullen
Adam McElhinny
Alaynna PedroJy
Adrianna Fleckenstein
Alonna Ball
Analise LesuAs
Angela Thorpe
Anna Curcio
Aubrey Achtzehn
Ava Burns
Brooklyn Harris
Carmen Pasquantonio
Cassiopeia Schneider
Cynthia Kleinhans
Devin Reinhart
Dylan Gavron
Emma Link
Frankie Stamerra
Gina Warren
Grace Cutshall
Gracie Zagoroki
Heather Hall
Isaac Wilson
Izzabella Madden
Jasmine Youngman
Jocelyn GiunAni
Julia Lazar
Kenneth VanMeter
Leah Roberts
Lily Debiak
Lily Horvat
Livia Blazevich
Logan Schweitzer
Madyson Michalski
Maela Kearns
Marlow Buck
Maura Tiboni
Payton Jackson
Renna Eager
Rylee ScoJ
Taylor Nagy
Tim Walasik
Vinesha Hampton
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Special Thanks To… All the students on stage for continuing to strive for improvement every week. The high school staff, administration, and school board for their support. The band parent officers for their countless hours of sometimes thankless work. Mr. Kocher for organizing the sound and lights. The custodial staff for always keeping our facilities clean and in working order. Thanks to Cullen Kesser, Jayson Monroe and Hailee Showers for covering parts tonight. Thank you to all parents and community members who continually support the band program and music department here at West Mifflin. West Mifflin Area Administration Mr. Jeffrey Soles, Superintendent Dr. Jeffrey Solomon, Assistant Superintendent Mr. Edward Wehrer, Director of Finance and Operation Mrs. Noelle Haney, Director of Pupil Services, Dr. Dayna Sikora, Director of Special Education Mr. Mark Zidek, Facilities Director Mr. Chad Licht, MS School Principal Mr. Robert Yeschenko, Assistant Principal Dr. Brian Plichta, WMCA Principal Mr. Mark Bonacci, Dean of Students Mr. Devon Smeal, Music Department Head
West Mifflin Board of Directors Matthew J. Blazevich, President Kevin Squires, Board Vice-President Judith Ahern Anthony DiCenzo Mark R. Donahoe Gina Englert Joseph Gajdos Janelle Kopay Mark J. Yuhas
West Mifflin Music Department Upcoming Concerts and Events February 29 – March 2…HS Musical at HS Auditorium (7 p.m.) March 3…HS Musical (2 p.m.) March 16...Marching Band at the Pgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade March 20…Music In Our Schools Month Concert at HS Auditorium (7 p.m.) **This concert may include ensembles from all district schools** April 5 – 6…Middle School Musical Production at MS Auditorium (7 p.m.) April 10 – 13…HS Music Trip to Orlando, Florida* April 16…Elementary Music Festival at HS Auditorium (7 p.m.) April 23…MS Orchestra & Alumni Strings Concert at MS Auditorium (7 p.m.) April 30…MS/HS Bands Concert at H.S. Auditorium (7 p.m.) April 24…H.S. Orchestra & Alumni Strings Concert at H.S. Auditorium (7 p.m.) May 2…HS Drama Senior Show at HS Auditorium (7 p.m.) May 7…H.S. Chorus Concert at H.S. Auditorium (7 p.m.) May 8…M.S. Chorus Concert at M.S. Auditorium (7 p.m.) May 23…H.S. Bands Perform at Graduation at Titan Stadium (6 p.m.) August 5 – 9 & August 12 – 16…H.S. Band Camp at H.S. Complex
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