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Eighth grade honored in final MS strings concert
The Strings Orchestra Concert featured an emotional finale by the eighth-grade strings students in their last performance as middle schoolers. Strings Director Jessica Li, who arrived to RE with the eighth-grade class three years ago, celebrated each eighth grader with a mini-tribute before the students concluded the evening with music from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
"This eighth-grade class has a very spcial place in my heart," Li said during the May 5 event in Swenson Hall. "Their first year here was my first year here. I feel like we've all grown up together ... I'm so proud of you. We had such a blast, and gained so many memories in these last three years."
Li also paid tribute to Mercury Sawatari '17, who was her first Upper School strings student three years ago – in a class of one. He joined the finale with eighth graders Daniel Amron '21, William Brodsky '21, Jean Pierre Decker '21, Alessia Gangone '21, Javier Garcon '21, Fahrenaz Hatami '21, Ysa Hernandez '21, Jordan Hoffman '21, Nikhil Kumar '21, Samuel Lindemann '21, Frank McPhillips '21, Nikhil Seshadri '21, Andres Soto '21 and Justin Wong '21.
"Thank you for the memories," Li said. "And congratulations."
The concert also featured pieces from the Beginning Orchestra, Intermediate Orchestra, Advanced Orchestra, Chamber Ensemble and Upper School Ensemble. Sofia Wolf '23 (violin), Donna Zheng '19 (erhu), Wong (violin), Garcon (violin) and Soto (violin) performed solos.
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Li also paid tribute to Mercury Sawatari '17, who was her first Upper School strings student three years ago – in a class of one. He joined the finale with eighth graders Daniel Amron '21, William Brodsky '21, Jean Pierre Decker '21, Alessia Gangone '21, Javier Garcon '21, Fahrenaz Hatami '21, Ysa Hernandez '21, Jordan Hoffman '21, Nikhil Kumar '21, Samuel Lindemann '21, Frank McPhillips '21, Nikhil Seshadri '21, Andres Soto '21 and Justin Wong '21.
"Thank you for the memories," Li said. "And congratulations."
The concert also featured pieces from the Beginning Orchestra, Intermediate Orchestra, Advanced Orchestra, Chamber Ensemble and Upper School Ensemble. Sofia Wolf '23 (violin), Donna Zheng '19 (erhu), Wong (violin), Garcon (violin) and Soto (violin) performed solos.
Beginning Strings
Andre Coscarelli ’23
Ethan Francis ’23
Esther Gao ’22
Annika Gelber ’23
India Harrelson ’23
Aden Lazarus ’23
Dadly Leon ’23
Kyle Ng ’23
Joaquin Palacino ’23
Nadia Pevida ’23
Austen Prescott ’23
Alyssa Suarez ’23
Taylen Toomer ’23
Intermediate Strings
Arjun Badwal ’23
Aliyah Cohen ’22
Phillip Craft ’22
Santiago Duckenfield-Lopez ’22
Mollie Forand ’22
Chrissy Francis ’22
Alessia Gangone ’21
Fahrenaz Hatami ’21
Lauren Heller ’22
Ysa Hernandez ’21
Jordan Hoffman ’21
Joseph Moskovitz ’22
Mihir Pabby ’22
Justin Saphier ’23
Thomas Segrera ’23
Catherine Villano ’22
Sofia Wolf ’23
Advanced Strings
Daniel Amron ’21
Antonia Awad ’23
Ian Barnett ’23
William Brodsky ’21
Branden Cabrera ’23
Jean Pierre Decker ’21
Javier Garcon ’21
Nikhil Kumar ’21
Samuel Lindemann ’21
Isabella Marquez ’22
Jackson McAliley ’23
Frank McPhillips ’21
Gabriel Mora ’22
Nikhil Seshadri ’21
Andres Soto ’21
Alexander Van Lidth ’22
Justin Wong ’21
Mary Logan Woolsey ’22
Noah Zaldivar ’22
Chamber Ensemble
Ian Barnett ’23
Branden Cabrera ’23
Gabriel Mora ’22
Isabella Marquez ’22
Andres Soto ’21
Alexander Van Lidth ’22
Upper School Ensemble
Sebastian Artze ’20
Zachary Buttrick ’20
Ashlyn Cowgill ’19
Jennifer Lin ’20
Laura Liu ’19
Mercury Sawatari ’17
Zoe Sawatari ’20
Gabriel Varra Gonzalez ’20
Zachary Vuong ’19
Donna Zheng ’19
Andre Coscarelli ’23
Ethan Francis ’23
Esther Gao ’22
Annika Gelber ’23
India Harrelson ’23
Aden Lazarus ’23
Dadly Leon ’23
Kyle Ng ’23
Joaquin Palacino ’23
Nadia Pevida ’23
Austen Prescott ’23
Alyssa Suarez ’23
Taylen Toomer ’23
Intermediate Strings
Arjun Badwal ’23
Aliyah Cohen ’22
Phillip Craft ’22
Santiago Duckenfield-Lopez ’22
Mollie Forand ’22
Chrissy Francis ’22
Alessia Gangone ’21
Fahrenaz Hatami ’21
Lauren Heller ’22
Ysa Hernandez ’21
Jordan Hoffman ’21
Joseph Moskovitz ’22
Mihir Pabby ’22
Justin Saphier ’23
Thomas Segrera ’23
Catherine Villano ’22
Sofia Wolf ’23
Advanced Strings
Daniel Amron ’21
Antonia Awad ’23
Ian Barnett ’23
William Brodsky ’21
Branden Cabrera ’23
Jean Pierre Decker ’21
Javier Garcon ’21
Nikhil Kumar ’21
Samuel Lindemann ’21
Isabella Marquez ’22
Jackson McAliley ’23
Frank McPhillips ’21
Gabriel Mora ’22
Nikhil Seshadri ’21
Andres Soto ’21
Alexander Van Lidth ’22
Justin Wong ’21
Mary Logan Woolsey ’22
Noah Zaldivar ’22
Chamber Ensemble
Ian Barnett ’23
Branden Cabrera ’23
Gabriel Mora ’22
Isabella Marquez ’22
Andres Soto ’21
Alexander Van Lidth ’22
Upper School Ensemble
Sebastian Artze ’20
Zachary Buttrick ’20
Ashlyn Cowgill ’19
Jennifer Lin ’20
Laura Liu ’19
Mercury Sawatari ’17
Zoe Sawatari ’20
Gabriel Varra Gonzalez ’20
Zachary Vuong ’19
Donna Zheng ’19
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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.