Stringfest 2021: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Concert

Breck Performing Arts Department proudly presents Stringfest 2021:

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Concert Featuring the Breck Middle and Upper School Orchestras Claudette Laureano, Orchestra Director

May 28, 2021 | 7:00 pm

Stringfest 2021:

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Concert May 28, 2021 | 7:00 P.M.

5/6 Beginning Orchestra (Blue Cohort) Orpheus in the Underworld.................................................. Jacques Offenbach/arr. Sandra Dackow

5/6 Beginning Orchestra (Gold Cohort) “Tortoises” from The Carnival of the Animals..................................................... Camille Saint-Saëns;

arr. Claudette Laureano Fiddler’s Frolic....................................................................................................................arr. McAllister Anna Russ, viola soloist

Advanced 5/6 Orchestra Selections from The Royal Fireworks Music ................................................George Fredrick Handel;

The Rejoicing • Minuet arr. Robert Frost “Hornpipe” from Water Music.......................................George Fredrick Handel/arr. Richard Meyer

7/8 Intermediate Orchestra (Blue Cohort) “Fossils” from The Carnival of the Animals......................................................... Camille Saint-Saëns;

arr. Richard Bell

7/8 Intermediate Orchestra (Gold Cohort) “Colors of the Wind” from Pocahontas ................................ Alan Menken/arr. Claudette Laureano I’ve Got Plenty of Nuthin’..................................................George Gershwin/arr. Claudette Laureano Marin Wilson, cello soloist

Advanced 7/8 Orchestra Theme from Symphony No. 1, Mvt. 3.................................................... Gustav Mahler/arr. Brad Pfeil Suzukiyaki................................................................................................................... arr. Richard Meyer

String Orchestra Symphony No. 94 in G (Surprise) Andante

Franz Joseph Haydn/arr. Sandra Dackow

Santa at the Symphony ............................................................................................ arr. Mark Williams Rosin-Eating Zombies from Outer Space...................................................................... Richard Meyer Featuring Bobbie Tonkin’s First-Grade Class

Breck Chamber Players The Remote Control........................................................................................................ Richard Meyer Chameer St. Urbain ’17, alumni guest artist Passacaglia in C Minus (A Quodlibet for String Orchestra)....................................... Peter Schicklele Symphony No. 45 (Farewell)...................................................Franz Joseph Haydn/arr. Grant Gilman Presto-Adagio Smile................................................................................................................................Charlie Chaplin

The Artists

5/6 Beginning Orchestra

(Blue Cohort)

5/6 Beginning Orchestra

(Gold Cohort)

VIOLIN Jack Brasser * Ryan Caicedo ** Amelia Dyrstad Hazel Garrison ** Justin Gehrman

Sofia Grein Calvin Lahn

VIOLIN Nicole Murphy

CELLO Caitlin Ahluwalia ** Anika Jackson

VIOLA * Anna Russ Sam Snyder CELLO Calvin Mumma ** Taylor Williams PIANO • Sharon Mazion

5/6 Advanced Orchestra VIOLIN ** Sara Ali * Alexandros Hennessey Jake Iwan Eileen Mortimer Avery Nicholson • Ezra Satran VIOLA ** Anna Harrington Nalah Satran CELLO Morgan Backstrom ** Henry Childs Ellorie Lampe HARP Aria Veldey

7/8 Intermediate Orchestra

(Gold Cohort) VIOLIN Sammy Rucker CELLO Marin Wilson BASS Jared Noble

7/8 Advanced Orchestra

VIOLIN * Ezra Satran Isaac To VIOLA Nicholas Brown Samantha Dvorak ** Jojo Naya Greta Wilson

CELLO Téa Johansson ** Berkeley Lin Michael Setterberg Elizabeth Stutsman Charlotte Vasicek ** Ruby Wold

7/8 Intermediate Orchestra (Blue Cohort)

VIOLIN Cayla Cavanaugh Hannah Cavanaugh * Esme Gulbransen Margaux Henderson Nick Iwan

String Orchestra

VIOLIN º Romer Asis *º Baraka Gordon ** Cinnabar Lindquist-Gonzalez * Kevin Munsie Belae Huss ** Louis Kelley Nora Kushner Amrit Menon

CELLO Robert Brown ** Lily Suckow-Ziemer Annika Wilson

VIOLA ** Quinton Steeves

BASS **º John Cardwell

CELLO ** Gabrielle Johansson Floria Elliott º William Kelley º Benjamin Rex

REMOTE CONTROL • Chameer St. Urbain ’17

PIANO Robert Brown

Breck Chamber Players

VIOLIN Joshua Goh *º Amaryllis Hennessey Corinne Moran Li Mei Sawinski Aiko Sims Olivia Teeter Lauren To ** Vladimir Tspir

VIOLA ** Anders Dean SiYan Jensen Maggie Ott Paul Wiese

Remote Learning Orchestra Students

Akilah Anderson Julia Rosenman Sara Rosenman

* Concertmaster ** Principal º Senior • Guest Artists

There are so many friends of the Orchestra program that I want to thank. Many thanks to: Bobbie Tonkin and her first-grade students | Melita Anderson | The orchestra parents, for their support of these young musicians. | The administration and the compliance team, for working with me to allow us to rehearse during these difficult times. | Karyl Rice for all her artistry and work in creating our beautiful program. | Denny Arons and Terry Parks, for running security on the weekends. | Nathan Wilson, for his help in running all the online classes for the 5th and 6th grade orchestra students. | Dale Siewert, Walter Walker, Paul Blesi, and Mark Nolan, who helped to regulate the humidity in the orchestra room and for keeping my room ship shape. | Sharon Mazion, who offered constant support and guidance. | Eric Gustafson for running the theater during our live presentation. | The Lux String Quartet for their recording of the Passacaglia in C Minus.

My greatest and heartfelt thanks go to every single one of my “orchestra kids.” This year’s Stringfest was a labor of love by these dedicated students! Many of my young musicians, grades 5 through 12, participated in Saturday rehearsals throughout much of the year. Without that commitment and hard work, tonight’s concert would not have been possible.

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