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Winter concert brings out showtunes, a hoedown and classics

Upper school musicians and vocalists had members of the audience tapping their feet to Broadway showtunes, swaying to a lively hoedown and reveling in well-known classics by Handel, Bach and Strauss. The Winter Concert Dec. 1 at the upper school showed off the depth and breadth of the student performers' talents and skills under Director of String Ensembles Scott O'Donnell, Choral Director Laura Montes and Conductor and Musical Director of the Symphony Orchestra Jon Hamm.

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The concert opened with G.F. Handel's "Allegro" and Lorie Gruneisen's "Classic Hoedown" by the String Orchestra under O'Donnell, who also led the Advanced Chamber Ensemble in "Orion and the Scorpion" by Soon Hee Newbold and "Rhythm Dances" by Brian Balmages. The vocal ensemble performed five pieces including Sunday from "Sunday" from Sunday in the Park with George and "Everybody Says Don't" from Anyone Can Whistle under Montes. 

Director of Arts Shawn Costantino served as emcee.

The evening concluded with "Sleepers Wake" by J.S. Bach and Overture to "Die Fledermaus" by Johann Strauss under the direction of Hamm.

String Orchestra
Violin I
Nate Kaplan ’24*+
Sindhu Talluri ’25+
 
Violin II
Emma Fayad ’27*
Girish Raju ’27 
Brayden McDaniel ’27

Viola
Manuel Campos ’25+
Alicia Medina ’26
 
Cello
Ethan Moskovitz, ’27*

Advanced Chamber Ensemble
Violin I
Violet Martin ’24*+
Evelyn Yu ’24+
Sirja Joeveer ’25+
 
Violin II
Carlos del Canal Fernandez ’25*+
Camille Lugo ’24+
Gianna Carvalho ’26

Cello
Mikey Day ’25*+ 
Mateo Heitner ’25+ 
Tariq Maduro ’26 
Ephram Brandwayn ’26 
Felix Rodriguez ’24+
 
Viola
Christine Keedy Brown ’24*+
 
Bass 
Tariq Maduro ’26

Vocal Ensemble
Austin Aagaard ’26
Ale Andrade ’25+
Henry Berler ’25+
Lucia Corrochano ’26
Gustavo do Valle ’26
Daniel Fernandez ’24+
Daniela Garcia ’26
Christopher Harpe ’26
Emma Holtzman ’24+
Gracie Hucks ’24+
Julia Jacir ’27
Adrian Jagodzinski ’25+
Sander Joeveer ’24+
Charlotte Kennedy ’24+
Gabrielle Lieberman ’24+
Sophia Lopez ’25+
Matthew Moskovitz ’25+
Lilah Murphy ’27
Bella Ranawat ’26
Adria Rothfield ’27
Lucas Sanchez ’27
Armando Segrera ’25+
Miranda Silva ’26
Lucia Soto ’24+
Rowan Tolon ’24+
Halo Tucker ’27
Cianna Vengoechea Schiff ’25+
Morgan Williams ’26
Sasha Zack ’25+

Symphony Orchestra
Violin 1 
Violet Martin ’24+
Evelyn Yu ’24+
Sirja Joeveer ’25+
Nate Kaplan ’24+
Sindhu Talluri ’25+
 
Violin II
Carlos del Canal Fernandez ’25+
Camille Lugo ’24+
Gianna Carvalho ’26
Emma Fayad ’27
Braden McDaniel ’27
Girish Raju ’27
Carla Stampfer ’26
 
Viola
Christine Keedy Brown ’24+
Manuel Campos ’25+
Alicia Medina ’26
 
Cello
Mikey Day ’25 *+
Mateo Heitner ’25 +
Tariq Maduro ’26 
Ephram Brandwayn ’26
Felix Rodriguez ’24 +
Ethan Moskovitz ’27
Anu Tewari ’25 +
  
Bass
Isabel Chong ’24+
Eric Wilson ’24+
Noah Martin ’25+
Morgan Williams ’26
 
Flute
Vicky Pinilla ’25+
Emilia Awad ’26
Sukhari Afflick ’27
 
Clarinet
Avery Zubok ’27
 
Oboe
Santi Sauceda ’24+
 
Bassoon
William Ramirez ’27
Varun Raju ’24+
 
Alto Sax
David Luan ’25+
Roberto Erana ’27
 
Tenor Sax
Simone Carrasco ’27
 
Baritone Sax
Carlos Horcasitas ’25+
Trumpet
Martin Piedrahita ’24+
Miguel Arango ’24+
Aarav Jindal ’26
Pedro Jeressati ’26
 
Horn
Hudson Kaplan ’25+
 
Trombone
Will Malone ’24+
Edwin Carr ’26
Patricio de Lope ’25+
 
Timpani
Ari Bennett ’24+
 
Percussion
Griffin Nelson-Montet ’25+
Paloma Lopes ’25+
Sophia Rakhimi ’25+
Alexander Kazumoff ’25+
Lili Poses ’26
Antonio de Andrade ’27
 
+ inducted into the Tri-M National Music Honor Society, fall 2023
* principal

Jon Hamm, Conductor and Musical Director of the Symphony Orchestra
Scott O’Donnell, Director of String Ensembles
Laura Montes, Choral Director 
Arn Xu, Accompanist
Shawn Costantino, Director of Arts

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