Elemental Music Winter Concert January 9, 2022
3:00pm facebook.com/ElementalMusicSM
Prelude The Monkey Song Folk song French Folk Song Traditional Violin Viola Penelope Axe Harhin Chiang Cole Deshant Alexander Sirh Roman Gabriel Dustin Jericiau Avalyn McSherry Weston Plambeck Thomas Ward Olivia Eggleston
Cello Victor Dargeou Emelie Dechant Maddie Dishman Liam Gillespie-Breslo Maxwell Prado Ayla Silverman Jacob Sobelsohn
Prelude Mentor: Oscar Hughes
Intro Guitar Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Traditional Jolly Old Saint Nicholas Traditional Carol Will Bahen Morgan Bitterolf Marco Ceballos Abigail Centeno Dylan Geary Dechen LeMond Max Navarro
Ross Nelson Spencer Nelson Leif Reyna Kirana Swiderski Caleb Velazquez Devin Watson Felix Wessling
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Elemental Choir My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers, arr. by Linda Spevacek Pō La’i E (Silent Night with Peace Carol) Traditional by Franz Gruber with additional words and arr. by Linda Spevacek Soloists: Isabel King and Carina Redmond Lucy Arndt Helena Busquets Victoria Caceres Julianna Gergis Isabel King
Fen Rattray Carina (Cora) Redmond Eleanor (Nora) Redmond Chloe Roberts Sora Shimizu
Elemental Choir Mentors: Claire Baboujon Eden Penugonde
Elemental Guitar Lagrima Francisco Tarrega, arr. by Matt Hinsley Olé by Richard Corr Karina Aragon Mateo Melis Behrens Owen Benham Koa Entsminger Lorelai Jones Diego Lopez
Allison Valeria Medrano Miles Miller Jaxon O'Bryan Yaneisy Ramirez Layla Wiley Alex Zelenovic
Elemental Band 12 The Clock Strikes Rob Grice The Tenth Planet Michael Story
Flute Rafael Aerni Malena Eichholz Katherine Evangelista Steffi Griffith
Clarinet Ethan Blackman Madeleine Forrer Kaitlyn Nosho Jaden Steiglitz Alto Saxophone Leo Eastwood
Trumpet Miles Boelke Luis Zambrano Percussion Roan Haykinson Aidan Hill Josh Weil
Elemental Band Mentors: Eva Cederbaum, flute Curtis DiMundo, trombone Teddy Forrer, clarinet Nikolas Senchuk, trombone Ryder Williams, trumpet
Elemental Strings Sinfonia Sword Dance Thoinot Arbeau, arr. by Bob Phillips Hunters’ Chorus (from Der Freischütz) Carl Maria von Weber, arr. by Richard Meyer First Violin Ysara Anaya Julia Cadena Fiona Debonis Mikayla Garza Shrey Maniar David Wittnebel
Second Violin Elodie Barker Cassie Duane Jacob Gergis Amina Jooma Maya Marrero Abby Mathur
Viola Layla Chavez Hahrin Chiang Resi Griffith Ruby O'Donovan Nicole Rojas Charlotte Sloca
Cello Lila Felson Adelaide Ged Seth Yadidi
Elemental Strings Mentors: Tanya Cortes Loa Garcia-Lopez
Chamber Orchestra Night Shift Richard Meyer Dance of the Tumblers Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. by Bob Lipton First Violin Lana Bui Jade Martinez Julia Sheu Tennessee Sullivan Charles Wittnabel James Wood
Second Violin Maëlle Daniels Sabrina Kainbacher Meyla Sigbaum Ross Sullivan Sonia Teng Candice Yan
Viola Gabriel Lamm Neve Toren
Cello Micah Applebaum Maximilian Bui Ren Newhall Shai Painter
Academy Philharmonic Barber of Seville Overture Gioacchino Rossini, arr. Richard Meyer Shaker Variants Elliot Del Borgo
Flute Arianna French, principal Amber French
French Horn Ethan Crawford, principal Anna Wilsen
Clarinet Daniel Karpoukhin, principal Will Balsley Theodore Forrer Valentine Travers
Trumpet Ryder Williams, principal
Second Violin Jude Toren, principal Eleanor Cadena, assistant principal Tanya Cortes An Ngo Julian Luis Sophie Lefevre Lily Segall Uzai Bautista Nina Garemani Joshua Wood
Viola Jackson Mayeda, principal Georgia Rowe, assistant principal Sara Lord
Trombone Nikolas Senchuk, principal
First Violin Sashya Rucka, concertmaster Jacob Ortega, assistant concertmaster Katlyn Chang Guadalupe de Pablo Alexander Douglas Jason Foronda Grant Jensen Luci Jahng Selin Kocataskin Megan Kovac Theodore Mihalev
Cello Razz Lee, principal Donovan Feves, assistant principal Mason Gravelle Elleri Klein
Staff Prelude Erin Little, Director and Lower Strings Jayla Tang, Upper Strings Elemental Strings Sinfonia Jason Aiello, Co-Director of ES and Lower Strings Emily Call, First Violins Morgan Gerstmar, Second Violins Elemental Strings Chamber Orchestra Josephine Moerschel, Director of ES and First Violins Cicely Nelson, Second Violins Erin Little, Lower Strings Elemental Guitar Mak Grgic, Director Bokyung Byun, Assistant Director and Intro Guitar Brandon Grabowski Buzz Gravelle Elemental Choir Jessi Spike Gravelle, Director Basia Bochenek, Vocal coach and accompanist Elemental Band Peter Senchuk, Director and Brass Emily Senchuk, Woodwinds Yuri Miyoshi, Percussion
Academy Philharmonic Peter Senchuk, Director and Brass Sofia Kim, Upper Strings Betsy Rettig, Lower Strings Amanda Walker, Woodwinds Erin Wells, Upper Strings Chamber Music Institute Emily Call, Director Bokyung Byun Christie Glaser Leslie Lashinsky Betsy Rettig Jordan Warmath Bergmann Program / Encore Emily Senchuk, Director Juanita Devis, Translator Emily Call, violin/viola John Cross, trumpet, French horn Susan Feldman, violin/viola Morgan Gerstmar, violin/viola Christie Glaser, flute Holly Hu, oboe James Klopfleisch, double bass María Eugenia León, voice Erin Little, cello/double bass Early McCalister, clarinet/saxophone Josephine Moerschel, violin/viola Cicely Nelson, violin/viola Betsy Rettig, cello Susan Rishik, violin Eric Shetzen, double bass Aaron Smith, percussion Linda Szeto, clarinet Jordan Warmath, violin/viola
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Our season would not be possible without the support of... Our site principals: Edison Principal Lori Orum Franklin Principal Cynthia McGregory John Adams Principal Steve Richardson Lincoln Principal Florence Culpepper Olympic Principal Anthony Fuller Obama Center Principal Jessica Rishe Will Rogers Principal Ryan Bourke
The SMMUSD Facilities Team, especially Jerry Gibson and Deena Burkett, for all of their help coordinating our rehearsals and performances. Grant Principal Christian Fuhrer for hosting our concert recording this winter! Westside Music Foundation for the free loan of several instruments to our students. Gowtham Madeti for his beautiful graphic design work on our flyers this season! Sean Longstreet and Nick Toren for helping document our students in beautiful photographs this year . All the parent volunteers who have helped make our transition to inperson rehearsals as smooth as possible. We could not have done this without your support!
We wanted to especially thank the Parent Task Force for the leadership and support you provide our staff, and for bringing our community closer together: Kim Crawford Silke Eichholz Claudia Guerra John Jericiau Mya Painter Debbie Yadidi Our wonderful middle school mentors, who assisted during rehearsals each week, and served as role models for our students. Elemental Choir Claire Baboujon Eden Penugonde Elemental Band Eva Cederbaum, flute Curtis DiMundo, trombone Teddy Forrer, clarinet Nikolas Senchuk, trombone Ryder Williams, trumpet Elemental Strings Tanya Cortes, violin Loa Garcia-Lopez, violin Prelude Oscar Hughes, violin
Season Sponsors Conductor
W.I. Simonson Concertmaster
Providence Principal
Vicente Chamber Orchestra Sameday Health Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel Our programs are made possible, in part, due to the generous grants and support from the following agencies this season: City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission The LA Board of Supervisors through the LA County Department of Arts and Culture California Arts Council Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation Colburn Foundation Kiwanis Club Santa Monica The Music Man Foundation Rotary Club of Santa Monica
We also want to thank all families and individuals for their support so far this season: BENEFACTOR ($1,000 AND ABOVE) Anonymous (2) Abendroth LLC Jamey Anderson and Brian Driscoll Marcia Capparela Nimish and Nancy Patel
OAL Foundation Santa Monica Travel and Tourism Sirius XM Smith & Berg Sullivan Family ANGEL ($500-$999) Anonymous (4) Carolyn Alexander MD Aaron and Lauren Applebaum The Brady Family Sandra Driscoll Grace Gabe Ted and Ingrid Hutman** Martin and Akieva Jacobs Randy Keen Alex and Ali Kohner Maniar family Munjal Family O'Donovan Family Grace Phillips Christina Rogers Maria V. Ventura and Roberto Ballinas Veloz Margy Yuspa and David Blackman PATRON ($250-$499) Anonymous Enrico Cascio Gail Fiorini (in honor of Brian Driscoll) Allison Hart** Anna Hasle** The Jewish Community Foundation Kristen Kaneko and Bryan Mayeda Chris Kyriakos Yan Liu and Rong Yan The Rev. Canon Melissa McCarthy The Miller Family Sarah Starks and Robert Cadena Tim Tortora Joyce Yang Judy Yang
FRIEND (up to $249)
Steaven and Jacquelyn Chen** Sydney Cheng Anonymous (10) Tarry Chung Michael and Lily Afar Nancy Corshen Debbie Afar Crawford Family** Grace Akazawa Karine Dargeou Albert and Denise Claudia De La Roca Dr. Alan Alexander Katrina DeBonis Alice Kathleen Dechant S. Amani Rosario del Castillo and Maria Carlos and Shari Anaya Teresa del Castillo Zoe Anaya Lynn Sha Deligny Helane Marie Anderson Arati Desai Wagabaza Noreen Applebaum The Family of Clyde Applegate** Alejandro Devis Meghan Dishman Jill and Ted Atkatz Carol Dizack Auntie Abby & Sunbed Bob & Jill Dizack The Axe Family Joe and Leslie Domingue The Bahadur Family Darren Duane Barkan/Lamm family Dan & Tetz Duane Greg Barker Miranda Duncan Lizbeth M. and Dale W. Bell Ann and John Dunn Carole Bender Dr. Kiersten Elliott Camilla and Matthew Benham Elvis Ed and Marcia Berg Esteban, Heather y Milo Tamara Berg Jim Falk Krissie Berg-Reyno Josh Fanner Sandip Bhowmik Daniel Fanner Billy Marcus Field Marilyn/Arnold Boelke Janice Feinstein Janna and Mark Boelke The Forrer Family Joel Boelke The Freedland Family Jane and Christian Bordal Friends of Brian and Jamey Sarah Bouissou Willow G Clem and Judy Boylan Marion Galliford Chelsea Scout Brandwein Sydne Garchik Kate and Bill Breslo** Claudia R Garcia Brian & Leslie Maria Elena Garcia Stewart and Lillian Burns Evan Garcia and Anne Hiura** Burr Family Oswaldo Busquets & Heather Fox Garza-Chang Family Harry and Cindy Gephart Blanca C Cadena Scott and Jamie Ginsburg Emily Call & John Eagle Sherri and Dennis Gossman Tia Cami Dennis M Gossman Kim Campillo Buzz and Jessi Gravelle Diane Cancino** Roberta and Doug Gravelle William and Christine Carey Annemarie Greenwood Jacqueline Chan Marina Grozdanovic Jennifer Chang Veronica Gutierrez Paul Chase
Shirley Gypes Cristin H Haggerty and Falk Family Scott Handorff Debbie Harris Saffiya Hasan Denise Hauptly The Havel Family Hedges Family Hernandez Family Dennis & Kathie Hill Sarah Hooks Jim and Dorinda Jenkins John Jericiau & Alen Voskanian MD Barbara Jericiau Jonathan & Jane Tina K. Mimi Kahn Linda & Jay Kaneko Kristin Kanjo Debby & Henry King Kate Knight The Kocataskin Family Tristan Komlos Trini Koury Iryna Krechkovsky Loucks MaryAnn Lague Mabel and Cody Lai Penny Lai Pio and Cody Lai K. K. Y. Lai Vincent Landay and Cheryl Clark Jeremy Langer Leif's aunt The Lerner Family Yolanda Lewis Lucy Liao Mike Limanon Joy Limanon Ling Ling Erin Little Sophia Liu Yan Liu and Rong Yan Gabriela M Helane Marie Anderson Lidia Martinez Julian Martinez
Allison & Brian Massey Madalene Mathur Philip Mathur Marti McElreath Vanessa McLean Julie Millett Mima and Mem Mimi & Papa anna minutillo Mario Miralles Rita S Moerschel Cedar and Sage Moore Family Daniela Morato Merle Mullin Music Enthusiast and Supporter Glenda Nanny Lily Naomi Segall Jessie and Jona Newhall Neli Nikolaeva and David Low Esmé Nix Eric Nomura IRMA M. OLMEDO Dani Orozco Mya & Shai Painter Deborah Pasachoff The Philbin-Watson Family Ben Piner Neal Pourroy & Family Proud grandparents Ramos Family Fiona & Sandy Rattray Ray Ray and Nino Mao Jennifer Raymond Steve Raymond Karen Raz The Razz Lee Family Mary Jane and Alex Ricciardulli Birgit and Kevin Roberts Francesca Rodriguez Carlos Rodriguez Imogen Rogers Dave Sadwick Karen and Jeff Safrit** Zach Saidiner** Abu Sanchez Bustamante Stephanie Sawatzke Sandra Scholes Meredith L Schweig Adam Scott, CFP®
Nancy Sefton Patricia Segall Lily Segall Lily Segall Elaine Seipp Jeremiah Selvey Emily Senchuk Bob and Helen Senchuk Sadie Sheldon and Family Shellie Wendy Sheu & Andrew Liu Gene Sheu Grandma & Grandpa Shimahara Brandon Shimahara and family Noel Shimizu Linda & Steve Siegel Alexander Sirh Sloca Family Natalie Smith Nikki and Daniel Sobelsohn Kethura & Silvia Solano Sophie's mom Barbara and Tom Spike J. Staley Stewart Suzy Swimmer-Glenney family Christine Thomas Tino Elise and Nick Toren Michael Toren The Traill Family The Trevellin Family Kenny Tse Ming Tsu Rhoda H. Tuit Barbara Tye Utami-Swiderski Alejandra Velazquez The Vogel Family VSM Mike and Tara Wann Elisabeth and Tim Ward Michael and Lynne Ward Welsch family Wessling Family** JD and Linda Wessling Diana Williams Wilsen Family Reed and Diane Wilson
Wood Family Noah helped Seth Yadidooodaa Wenchi Yang Selzer Suzi Young Siyan Yu Dennis Yuan Zaczepinski Family** Catie Ziller **indicates Team Rondo sustaining donor
Adminstrative Staff Josephine Moerschel, Executive & Artistic Director Emily Call, Marketing & Communications Director Emily Senchuk, Operations and Programs Director Juanita Devis, Translation Liaison Karen Safrit, Development Associate Kian Tung, Academy Philharmonic Program Assistant
Board of Directors Brian Driscoll, President Brenda Benson, Secretary Victor Komlos. Treasurer Alan Alexander Marcia Capparela Janie Docter Lynn Hutchinson Arati Desai Wagabaza
Advisory Board Varina Bleil Buzz Gravelle Kevin McKeown Joni Swenson Tim Tortora Jim Wang Angela Woo Vic Zaud
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