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Middle school musicians demonstrate progress and dedication

RE's middle school musicians and singers showed their promise and dedication at the end-of-year Middle School Strings & Chorus Concert at Swenson Hall on May 13. The lively concert featured all three levels of the middle school string orchestra, five songs by the middle school chorus and special recognition for the program's eighth graders. Strings Music Director Scott O'Donnell and Middle School Choral Director Arn Xu offered the Swenson Hall audience insight into their students' progress, the performance choices and their students' efforts. Photo Gallery
It's such a joy to see all of you here tonight as we celebrate the hard work, progress and passion of our middle school string students," O'Donnell said to the audience. "This concert is more than just a performance, it's a reflection of months of preparation, discipline, but also technical, musical and artistic growth. These students have been learning not just notes and rhythms, but how to listen, collaborate and express themselves through the gift of music."

O'Donnell and Xu honored the following eighth graders:

Alexander de Souza '29, Nathan de Souza '29, Cole Durham '29, Sidney Schwartz '29, Hannah May '29, Sydney Forrester '29, Jayden Thomas '29, Raif London '29, Porter Sanderson '29, Ciaran Clingan '29, Jahan Jayanetti '29, Gillian Carvalho '29, Eve Kingdon '29, Lily Kingdon '29, Esha Nagalla '29, Alyssa Wang '29, Ria Pabby '29, Xavi Awad '29, Becca Haywood '29, William Phillips '29, Karim Ghandour '29 and Julia Bernstein '29.

Chorus
Jade Caruncho ’31
Alexander de Souza ’29
Nathan de Souza ’29
Anson Dover ’31
Cole Durham ’29
Axel Fraser ’31
Mila Gutt ’31
Freya Samuel ’30
Sidney Schwartz ’29
Mia Weber ’31
Johnny White ’31
 
Arn Xu, Choral Director
 
Beginning String Orchestra
Violin I
Sebastian Hosien ’31
Juan Andres Dasburg ’31
Eduardo Do Valle ’31
Daniel Kong ’31

Violin II
Camila Vera Aguilar ’31
Zoe Glick ’31
Vale Valerio ’31
Savi Cernuda ’31
Julian Andrade Burbano ’31

Viola
Alexa Lau ’31
Edie Hoenig ’31
Matteo Del Lucchese Aiman-Smith ’31
Liam Maruri ’31
Arya Punnen ’31
Luke Frey ’31
Iggy Munoz Montes ’31

Cello
Vinay Rajadhyaksha ’31
Chase Lucas ’31
Ivy Chen ’30
Hudson Milam ’31

Bass
Ivar Kostowicz ’31
 
Intermediate String Orchestra
Violin I
Hannah May ’29
Felicia Bland ’30
Sydney Forrester ’29
Jayden Thomas ’29

Violin II
Mason Pearce ’30
Raif London ’29

Viola
Porter Sanderson ’29
Ciaran Clingan ’29
Georgie Karavetsos ’30
Jake Reinhard ’30

Cello
Celine Dubose ’30
Gigi Gurandiano ’31

Bass
Noah Lopes ’30
Jahan Jayanetti ’29
 
Advanced String Orchestra
Violin I
Gillian Carvalho ’29
Eve Kingdon ’29
Lily Kingdon ’29
Esha Nagalla ’29
Alyssa Wang ’29
Adam Rizvi ’30

Violin II
Noam Cariglio ’31
Ethan Siesel ’30
Ria Pabby ’29
Maya Sigelman ’30
Xavi Awad ’29
Becca Haywood ’29
William Phillips ’29

Cello
Karim Ghandour ’29
Julia Bernstein ’29
 
Scott O’Donnell, Strings Music Director

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Phone: 305 250 6850

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Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.