C-Notes Christmas Concert - Adeste Fidelis

The Chaminade C NOTES Present ADESTE FIDELIS

Saturday, December 10, 2022 7:00 p.m. Tutor Center for the Performing Arts Chaminade College Preparatory HS Campus West Hills, CA

Mission Statement

Music is a means of expanding one’s knowledge, developing discipline, and forming achievable life goals. As a community based on Marianist values, the Chaminade Choral Music Program is committed to providing a thorough music education. Integrating all types of musical genres and techniques allows us to master the universal language of music with the aid of fellow musicians and singers. Music brings us together through camaraderie and a sense of family which makes the program successful. This places aspiring singers and musicians in an enriching environment where they can grow not only as singers but as people of character and strong leadership skills.

The Chaminade Choral Music Program helps develop and nurture individuals to reach the highest level of personal integrity. It is through dedication, determination, and leadership, provided through the love of music, that every musician of the program can apply what they have learned into their lives, with the aim to become leaders and benefactors of our future.

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Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything!

A non-auditioned middle school choir open to all sixth, seventh and eighth grade students. Students are given opportunities to express their individual musical talents, and develop life skills that result in confident and expressive singing. Students learn proper vocal reading technique, strengthen sight reading skills, and perform a wide variety of song repertoire while experiencing the joy of choral singing.

Over the years, the C-Notes have performed at Chaminade University (Hawaii); Heritage Choral Festival (Anaheim & San Diego, CA), Music in the Parks Choral Festival (Placentia & Valencia, CA) and other events such as the America Sings Festival (Washington DC).

Each year, the C-Notes take a Vocal Soundtrack Recording workshop at Disneyland in Anaheim and/or participate in an adjudicated choral festival where they have consistently earned a “gold” ranking in the middle school concert choir division.

The Chaminade C-Notes have had the distinct honor of performing on the Carnegie Hall stage in 2011,2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019 and were selected by audition to be the “feature choir” in the National Youth Festival at Carnegie Hall in 2011, 2013, and 2015.

The C-Notes are busy preparing for an adjudicated choral festival at Queens College and for another memorable performance at Carnegie Hall. They are thrilled to travel to New York city in March 2023 to participate in Choirs of America Nationals for Top Choirs.

C-NOTES 2022-23

8th Grade

Camille Bayreuther

Brian Borck

Joshua Borck

Haley Boyd Mira Charach Marcus Chow

Diliana Fu Hadley Gannaway

Alyson Goldstein

Olivia Honeycutt

Benjamin Infield

Amelia Kim

Laila Kim

Devin Koresh

Maxx Krickler

Bani Kumar

Lola Legg

Isaac Montañez

Max Mortensen

Nikan Sanii

Trevor Skyers

Lila Tegtmeyer

Brodie Vehling

Cassidy Walters Violet Wilson

7th Grade

Saira Daryanani

Charlotte Dichter

Lucas Dunlop Haylie Durghalli Sydney Flowers

Ava Golisch

Emma Grossman Xitlali Gutierrez

Nicholas Kasparian

Dylan Kim

Samantha Kosla Jackson Money Tessa Nabavi Leah Newman Eghosa Oronsaye

Cecilia Perez Manny Sassounian Beatrix Schmidt Lauren Tenggardjaja

Dylan Toth Ethan Urquico Anya Vaswani Zoya Vaziri Sophia Yeganeh Luca Yotnegparian

C Notes Leadership Team

President Maxx Krickler

Vice President Laila Kim

Secretary Bani Kumar & Dylan Kim

Librarian Haley Boyd & Amelia Kim

6th Grade

Lexi Bowen

Natalia Castillo

Erica Cohn

Vivienne Doss Brayden Goodman Jaymin Goodman

Avi Gupta

Luna Hammer Madison Holzer

Addison Honeycutt

Vera Jacobson Stella Mas Mason Portillo Maggie Vehling

Spiritual & Wellness Alyson Goldstein & Lila Tegtmeyer

Media Relations Jackson Money & Isaac Montañez

Team Building Hadley Gannaway & Sophia Yeganeh

C Notes Influencer Diliana Fu

C7 is a select a cappella group which began eight years ago by student director Veronica Mansour ‘18. Since then, C7 has continued the a cappella tradition led by high school student directors, Denise Enrique ‘20, Brendan Teehan ‘21, and currently by Lauren Effertz ’23 and Alyssa Judge ’25. This group consists of eight members from the C Notes choir from all grade levels. Each year, they sing arrangements of every genre from jazz standards to modern day pop. These students have dedicated themselves to learning complex harmonies and have grown as singers.

High School Student Directors

Lauren Effertz ‘23 Alyssa Judge ‘25

Members of C7

Lucas Dunlop

Maxx Krickler

Sydney Flowers Jackson Money

Hadley Gannaway Maxx Mortensen

Dylan Kim Trevor Skyers

Laila Kim Cassidy Walters

CHAMINOTES and CHAMINETS

This vocal ensemble is open to students in sixth, seventh and eighth grade. These auditioned singers learn and perform a cappella style of music and learn to blend and sing in close harmonies. The ensembles perform pieces in the traditional “Barbershop” style as well as in “contemporary popular” style. These students are all members of the Chaminade C Notes and perform in the Christmas and Spring Concerts as well as other Chaminade events throughout the year.

CHAMINOTES Barbershop BOYS Quartet

Dylan Kim

Maxx Krickler

Jackson Money

Trevor Skyers

CHAMINETS Barbershop GIRLS Quartet

Haley Boyd

Sydney Flowers

Emma Grossman

Laila Kim

ADESTE FIDELIS

O Come All Ye Faithful Intro

Soloist: Manny Sassounian

Adeste Fidelis/O Come All Ye Faithful

Welcome by Mrs. Kathy Rohrs

J.F. Wade

J.F. Wade, F. Oakeley

Carol of the Bells................................... P. Wilhousky, M. Leontovich, Arr. P. Liebergen

Sisi Ni Moja (We Are One) ..............................................................................J. Narverud

Intro: Charlotte Dichter

A Million Dreams

B. Pasek, J. Paul, Arr. L Effertz

C7 Ensemble: Lucas Dunlop, Sydney Flowers, Hadler Gannaway, Dylan Kim, Laila Kim, Maxx Krickler, Jackson Money, Max Mortensen, Trevor Skyers, Cassidy Walters HS Student Conductor: Lauren Effertz ‘23

The Christmas Waltz.....................................................................................

S. Cahn, J. Styne Soloist: Alyssa Judge ’25

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Intro: Bani Kumar Chaminotes: Dylan Kim, Maxx Krickler Jackson Money, Trevor Skyers

Traditional English Carol

Someday at Christmas ......................................................................

Duet: Sydney Flowers & Laila Kim

R. Miller, B. Wells

Prelude No. 5 ..............................................................................................Rachmaninoff

Piano Solo: Maxx Krickler

Intro to Carnegie Pieces by Mrs. Kathy Rohrs

Cerf volant (Kite Flying) ............................................................

C. Barratier, B. Coulais Soloist: Lucas Dunlop

El Vito

Traditional Spanish Folk Song, Arr. J. Jensen Soloist: Laila Kim

J. Herman, Arr. R. Emerson Elf Dancers: Vivienne Doss, Haylie Durghalli, Sydney Flowers, Alyson Goldstein, Luna Hammer, Madison Holzer, Vera Jacobson, Samantha Kosla, Bani Kumar, Leah Newman, Lila Tegtmeyer, Anya Vaswani Tree Decorators: Brian Borck, Joshua Borck, Diliana Fu

Irving Berlin Medley

Berlin, Arr. M. Brymer, M. Brown Dancers: Mira Charach, Lucas Dunlop, Diliana Fu, Hadley Gannaway, Maxx Mortensen, Brodie Vehling Please Come Home for Christmas

C. Brown, G. Redd HS Soloist: Lauren Effertz ’23

Feliz Navidad

Feliciano

Intro: Bani Kumar Chaminotes: Dylan Kim, Maxx Krickler Jackson Money, Trevor Skyers

Mistletoe and Holly

F. Sinatra, D. Stanford, H. Sanicola, Arr. M. Hayes Soloists: Zoya Vaziri, Jackson Money

Arr. J. Ray C7 Ensemble: Lucas Dunlop, Sydney Flowers, Hadler Gannaway, Dylan Kim, Laila Kim, Maxx Krickler, Jackson Money, Max Mortensen, Trevor Skyers, Cassidy Walters HS Student Conductor: Alyssa Judge ‘25 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

H. Martin, R. Blane, Arr. D. Enrique Soloist/Guitar: Denise Enrique ‘20

Winter Wonderland

D. Smith, F. Bernard, Arr. J.E. Waesche

Intro: Bani Kumar Chaminets: Haley Boyd, Sydney Flowers, Emma Grossman, Laila Kim

A. Adam Soloists: Lucas Dunlop, Isaac Montañez, Emma Grossman

Music and Choral Director

Kathy Rohrs

Harpist, guitarist, conductor, composer

Kathy joined the Chaminade faculty in 2001 as the general music and choral director. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Classical Guitar and a K 12 Secondary Music Credential in Music Education from California State University, Northridge.

Mrs. Rohrs has been honored for her excellence and achievements throughout the years with awards such as the Bravo Award Specialist Teacher, William Joseph Chaminade Award, Creative Arts Teacher of the Year, Innovation in Education Award, semi finalist for the first Grammy Music Educator award.

Undoubtedly, Mrs. Rohrs believes strongly in the value of music education. Her experience and dedication challenges students intellectually, socially, physically, and psychologically, which allows them to attain the skills necessary to be successful in life.

HS Student Directors

Lauren Effertz ’23 is a Chaminade High School senior and C7 student director. As a former member of C Notes and C7 in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, Lauren is absolutely honored to work with these talented students. She has loved watching each and every singer grow and is so thankful for being able to continue to work with the C Notes and C7. Lauren would like to thank Mrs. Rohrs for dedicating herself to this wonderful program, Mrs. Enrique for working so hard behind the scenes, and Ally Judge for being a fantastic co director. She would also like to thank her parents for their love and support.

Alyssa Judge ’25, a sophomore, is a C Notes/C7 alumni and C7 co director. She is so proud of C7’s progression across the semester, and wants to thank all members for being wonderful students. She would also like to thank her c director Lauren for being such an inspiration, and her mum for always being there for her.

Concert Musicians

Matthew Park has worked 29 years as a musician and director. He is currently music director at St. John Eudes Catholic Church in Chatsworth, California where he directs 3 different choirs. He also serves as the director of the San Fernando Valley Male Chorus and has toured throughout Europe and Asia with various choirs. Matthew serves as the accompanist for 4 different school's choral programs and has been with the Chaminade Family for about 17 years. In addition, he directs/accompanies several musical theatre shows a year. Venues include: Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, CSUN, Hunger Artist's Theatre, Santa Monica Playhouse, High Street Theatre, SCCT, Granada Theatre, TROLL, IOTA, Not So Artful Productions, Chaminade College Preparatory, Santa Susana High School, and Alemany High School. He would like to thank his wife Ana Maria and their dog Charlie for their love and support.

Tina Curtis holds a Bachelor’s of Music degree (CSUN), Master’s Degree in Music (U.S.C.), and teaching credential (CSUN). As a freelance drummer/percussionist, Ms. Curtis has had the pleasure of performing with people such as Motown Legend Smokey Robinson, jazz great Lionel Hampton, and the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) among others. As an educator, Ms. Curtis has enjoyed teaching percussion studies at Glendale College & Ventura College and is a highly sought after private music instructor. Ms. Curtis is the percussion ensemble and choir director at Robert Frost Middle School in Granada Hills since 2006.

Special

Thanks To OUR Chaminade Fund Donors

Dikran and Houri Sassounian

Contributions to THE CHAMINADE FUND support our efforts to develop and maintain a rich arts program, and ensure that our students have an outstanding experience while learning, rehearsing, and performing. To invest in the C Notes program today, visit www.chaminade.org/giving or contact the Advancement Office at advancement@chaminade.org or 818.360.0615.

Special Thanks from the C-Notes

For the vision and support of our Chaminade Choral Music Program:

Rob Webb, President

Luis Guerra, High School Principal

Mike Valentine, Middle School Principal

Dorothy Kane, Middle School Vice Principal

Carolina Gunter, Middle School Vice Principal

For making every C-Note performance at the Tutor Center for the Performing Arts Theater special and for their continued support of the C Notes: Yvette Bishop, Director of High School Drama Program Mike Davis, Technical Director/Theatre Manager

To The Chaminade Players High School Stage Managers and Technical Crews, for their expertise and support of the C Notes.

To Janet Koller, Trish Lyons, Connie Jimenez, Bo Anderson, Michael Lehrmann, and Cassie Bedoya for all their help in the business office with C Note related activities.

To Patricia Fernandez, for sharing her wonderful creativity in designing uniform sweatshirts for C Notes choral festivals, especially the NYC 2023 Carnegie Hall trip in Jan 2023 and for providing QR codes for our concert program.

To Tommy Smeltzer, for his expertise in filming and recording our beautiful concert.

To Kathy Willmont, for coordinating and ordering uniform merchandise for C Notes.

To Matthew Park, our incredible piano accompanist, we appreciate your years of dedication, talent and time that you share with us each week during rehearsals and concerts.

To Tina Curtis, our wonderful percussionist, thank you for sharing your gift of music with us over the past many years at each of our concerts.

To Lauren Effertz and Alyssa Judge, for being outstanding student directors and mentors to “C7” students as well as sharing their time and talents with all the C Notes throughout their middle school and high school years.

To Kathleen Baucom Acker & Jill Teehan for their support and for helping the students learn the French lyrics for Cerf volant (Kite Flying).

To Mike Russ, Cynthia Snyder, Heather Eaton, Sara Shenouda, Annette Damien, Bobby Jones, and Kerrie O’Shea, for their never ending willingness to help, encourage and support all C Notes at rehearsals, events and activities throughout the year, and in preparation for NYC.

To Charisse Enrique, C Notes Parent Assistant, Uniform/Snack Coordinator and Admin/Events Support, for her countless hours of planning, preparation, and assistance in all C Notes activities. Mrs. Enrique, you are my angel!

To Juliane Chilopoulos, for putting together the Liturgical Choir musician books for all our school liturgies.

To Maxx Krickler, for his creative expertise in designing the concert program cover and for being our C-Notes piano accompanist during Monday rehearsals.

To the Borck, Chow & Krickler families for repairing the gold silver fans used during this concert. We appreciate your work in helping restore all the fans back in good condition. A special mention to the Borck family who fixed 50+ fans in one weekend and the Chow family who eagerly made last minute repairs after rehearsals this week.

To Mrs. Jaime Grossman, Mrs. Margret Kim, Mrs. Reesa Krickler for their continued help and support wherever and whenever needed at rehearsals, events and activities.

To Dr. Brian & Mrs. Jiaying Kim, for sharing their wonderful photos and videos of the C Notes during festivals and concerts through the years.

To C Notes parent alum (Azniv Sahakian), C Notes alumni (Carelle Enrique, Adri and Arpi Sahakian) and HS students (Riley Flowers and Karina Vaswani), for their willingness to assist and support the C Notes during this concert by ushering and helping Mrs. Rohrs where needed.

To all our wonderful C-Notes parents and friends who generously share their time, energy and talents. Thank you to all rehearsal snack sponsors, concert attire helpers, donors of concert items in the lobby and snack bar, and all concert volunteers.

It takes a village to run this program.

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We appreciate everything you do to help the C Notes! It would not have been possible without your kind support.

are blessed to have you!

I’m DreamIng of a WhIte ChrIstmas

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write “May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white”

MARIANIST DOXOLOGY

May the Father and the Son, and the Holy Spirit Be glorified in all places Through the Immaculate Virgin Mary