Brett Cox, Instrumental Music Director Brett Cox joined the NHS faculty in August for his first year teaching instrumental music. From Denton, NC, he attended Southwestern Randolph High in Asheboro and graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as part of the NC Teaching Fellows Program. He performed with the UNC Wind Ensemble and was a member of the UNC Trombone Quartet. Cox has served as the Low Brass Instructor, Marching Instructor, and Drill Writer at West Stanly High School in Oakboro. This will be his fifth year affiliated with the West Stanly High School program.
Matthew Hanson, Choral Music Director This is Matthew Hanson’s third year teaching choral music and guitar at Northwood. He graduated in 2012 from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he received both his Bachelor of Music Performance and Bachelor of Music Education degrees. Hanson is an active member of the National Association for Music Education as well as the American Choral Director’s Association. He serves as the faculty advisor for the Tri-M Music Honor Society and music director/arranger for Northwood’s a cappella group, Pitch Please. He resides just outside of Asheboro with his wife, Rebekah, his daughter, Annabelle, and their dog, “Ellie.”
cNorthwoodArts Patronsd
This year contributions have been made In Honor of Lori Major Carlin & In Memory of Mary Hayes Steed Show Stoppers ($125–$499) Anonymous Communitas Virginia Buysse Judy Oakes Jack Shuler & Barbara Ann Hawk
Applause ($10–$49) Dorothy Cilent Cindy Lodestro Kimmel McDiarmid Hats Off ($50—$74) Tami Eddins Jay Hargrove Mark & Julia Yigdal Curtain Call ($75—$99) Daisy D Designs Encore ($100—$124) Pam Carter O'Brien
Benefactors ($500+) The Harrison Family Harrison Bros.
Northwood Music Department presents
A Sky Full of Stars A Fall Concert featuring music by
the NHS Symphonic Band (Brett Cox, director) the NHS Vocal Ensemble and Pitch Please (Matthew Hanson, director)
Students & Young Alumni Kaitlyn Jones Morgan Yigdal Samantha Yigdal
Visit www.NHSAEF.org or www.NHSBFAA.org to make your contribution supporting this award-winning program.
Upcoming Events November 6-8
And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank
Don't miss this unique theatrical experience by James Still: a multimedia play combining videotaped interviews with Holocaust survivors Ed Silverberg and Eva Schloss with live actors recreating scenes from their lives during WW II. (recipient of the 2000 AATE Distinguished Play Award) tickets available online from www.SeatYourself.biz/Northwood
November 11
NHS BFAA Golf Tournament
The Preserve at Jordan Lake Golf Club. Register by October 25. Visit www.NHSBFAA.org to register and for sponsorship opportunities. Proceeds benefit the BFAA General Fund.
Thursday, October 23, 2014 7 o’clock in the evening Benjamin J. Lee Auditorium Northwood High School Pittsboro, NC
NHS Symphonic Band Flutes Shannon Brennan Tala Farah Sara Heilman Mairead Maley Megan McLean Rachel Montgomery Lilly Neal Faith Peoples Haley Sanzone Sarah Terzotis Cassidy Welge Jasmine Wilke Clarinets Ethan D. Fernandez Jeff Haskell Natalie Huggins Emily Miskow Sarah Montgomery Sandra Norma Schaedler Miranda Svirk Hannah Tate
Alto Saxophone Kristian Eanes Tanya Gore Haydn Spurrell Zoe Windsor Trumpet Grayden Knoll Tommy Lorbacher Moses Palacios-Rosas William Baron Vose Horn Elizabeth “Betty” Her Trombone Skyler Herrick Seth Jackford Maynard Lea Malania Torenko Zdanski Baritone Elizabeth B. Nava Percussion Eric Franklin Max Gore Jesse Singh
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Chamber Ensembles Andante & Rondo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Hook transcribed by Harry R. Gee Tanya Gore & Kristian Eanes Swimming Swing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bernard Dewagtere Elizabeth Her & Sandra Norma Schoedler Eye of the Tiger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frankie Sullivan III & Jim Peterik arr. Victor Lopez Miranda Svirk & Sarah Montgomery Invention No. 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. S. Bach arr. Larry Clark Rachel Montgomery & Cassidy Welge
NHS Symphonic Band To Dream in Brushstrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Oare
Chamber Ensembles No. 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seltner Grayden Knoll & Tommy Lorbacher Allegro for Musical Clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beethoven Faith Peoples & Tala Farah Slavonic Dance No. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dvorak Sara Heilman, Mairead Maley & Jasmine Wilkie
NHS Vocals 1 Ensemble Sierra Blackwell Kevin Bowick Leanna Burgess Randall Dowdy Alissa Elenbaas Nathan Fox Zhaliah Gunter Annabel Hablutzel Jessica Hart Hunter Hicks Anastasia Hillsgrove Connor Lewis Henry London Josiah Moore-Marsh
Lillian Parsons Joshua Pendleton Thomas Ritter Crystal Rivera Willissa Smith Rachel Stanley Akera Street Myracle Tyson Skylar Walsh Connor Webster Robert Wheeler Meriah Williams Cerina Ziemke
NHS Symphonic Band Cavata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francis McBeth
Vocals 1 Ensemble Morning Song (Cherokee Amazing Grace) . . . . . . . . James E. Green Haley Poythress, Flute Nick Dean, Percussion May the Road Rise Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Jay Rouse Wondrous Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Paul Christiansen Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Paich & Jeff Procaro arr. Roger Emerson Sean Thompson, Vocal Percussion
Pitch Please
Emerson Batche Corbin Edwards Arlo Estill Ellie Frost Jacqueline Helgans Kaitlyn Jones Ali Knowles Connor Lewis
Jawuanna McAllister Katie Robbins Brenda Ruto Olivia Somers Sean Thompson Silas Waller Timmie White Lea Zdanski
Pitch Please Sky Full of Stars/Viva La Vida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coldplay arr. M. Hanson Olivia Somers & Connor Lewis Lullaby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Billy Joel arr. Kirby Shaw Ain’t it Fun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paramore arr. M. Hanson Kaitlyn Jones
NHS Symphonic Band Flutes Shannon Brennan Tala Farah Sara Heilman Mairead Maley Megan McLean Rachel Montgomery Lilly Neal Faith Peoples Haley Sanzone Sarah Terzotis Cassidy Welge Jasmine Wilke Clarinets Ethan D. Fernandez Jeff Haskell Natalie Huggins Emily Miskow Sarah Montgomery Sandra Norma Schaedler Miranda Svirk Hannah Tate
Alto Saxophone Kristian Eanes Tanya Gore Haydn Spurrell Zoe Windsor Trumpet Grayden Knoll Tommy Lorbacher Moses Palacios-Rosas William Baron Vose Horn Elizabeth “Betty” Her Trombone Skyler Herrick Seth Jackford Maynard Lea Malania Torenko Zdanski Baritone Elizabeth B. Nava Percussion Eric Franklin Max Gore Jesse Singh
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Chamber Ensembles Andante & Rondo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Hook transcribed by Harry R. Gee Tanya Gore & Kristian Eanes Swimming Swing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bernard Dewagtere Elizabeth Her & Sandra Norma Schoedler Eye of the Tiger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frankie Sullivan III & Jim Peterik arr. Victor Lopez Miranda Svirk & Sarah Montgomery Invention No. 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. S. Bach arr. Larry Clark Rachel Montgomery & Cassidy Welge
NHS Symphonic Band To Dream in Brushstrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Oare
Chamber Ensembles No. 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seltner Grayden Knoll & Tommy Lorbacher Allegro for Musical Clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beethoven Faith Peoples & Tala Farah Slavonic Dance No. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dvorak Sara Heilman, Mairead Maley & Jasmine Wilkie
NHS Vocals 1 Ensemble Sierra Blackwell Kevin Bowick Leanna Burgess Randall Dowdy Alissa Elenbaas Nathan Fox Zhaliah Gunter Annabel Hablutzel Jessica Hart Hunter Hicks Anastasia Hillsgrove Connor Lewis Henry London Josiah Moore-Marsh
Lillian Parsons Joshua Pendleton Thomas Ritter Crystal Rivera Willissa Smith Rachel Stanley Akera Street Myracle Tyson Skylar Walsh Connor Webster Robert Wheeler Meriah Williams Cerina Ziemke
NHS Symphonic Band Cavata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francis McBeth
Vocals 1 Ensemble Morning Song (Cherokee Amazing Grace) . . . . . . . . James E. Green Haley Poythress, Flute Nick Dean, Percussion May the Road Rise Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Jay Rouse Wondrous Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Paul Christiansen Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Paich & Jeff Procaro arr. Roger Emerson Sean Thompson, Vocal Percussion
Pitch Please
Emerson Batche Corbin Edwards Arlo Estill Ellie Frost Jacqueline Helgans Kaitlyn Jones Ali Knowles Connor Lewis
Jawuanna McAllister Katie Robbins Brenda Ruto Olivia Somers Sean Thompson Silas Waller Timmie White Lea Zdanski
Pitch Please Sky Full of Stars/Viva La Vida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coldplay arr. M. Hanson Olivia Somers & Connor Lewis Lullaby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Billy Joel arr. Kirby Shaw Ain’t it Fun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paramore arr. M. Hanson Kaitlyn Jones
Brett Cox, Instrumental Music Director Brett Cox joined the NHS faculty in August for his first year teaching instrumental music. From Denton, NC, he attended Southwestern Randolph High in Asheboro and graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as part of the NC Teaching Fellows Program. He performed with the UNC Wind Ensemble and was a member of the UNC Trombone Quartet. Cox has served as the Low Brass Instructor, Marching Instructor, and Drill Writer at West Stanly High School in Oakboro. This will be his fifth year affiliated with the West Stanly High School program.
Matthew Hanson, Choral Music Director This is Matthew Hanson’s third year teaching choral music and guitar at Northwood. He graduated in 2012 from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he received both his Bachelor of Music Performance and Bachelor of Music Education degrees. Hanson is an active member of the National Association for Music Education as well as the American Choral Director’s Association. He serves as the faculty advisor for the Tri-M Music Honor Society and music director/arranger for Northwood’s a cappella group, Pitch Please. He resides just outside of Asheboro with his wife, Rebekah, his daughter, Annabelle, and their dog, “Ellie.”
cNorthwoodArts Patronsd
This year contributions have been made In Honor of Lori Major Carlin & In Memory of Mary Hayes Steed Show Stoppers ($125–$499) Anonymous Communitas Virginia Buysse Judy Oakes Jack Shuler & Barbara Ann Hawk
Applause ($10–$49) Dorothy Cilent Cindy Lodestro Kimmel McDiarmid Hats Off ($50—$74) Tami Eddins Jay Hargrove Mark & Julia Yigdal Curtain Call ($75—$99) Daisy D Designs Encore ($100—$124) Pam Carter O'Brien
Benefactors ($500+) The Harrison Family Harrison Bros.
Northwood Music Department presents
A Sky Full of Stars A Fall Concert featuring music by
the NHS Symphonic Band (Brett Cox, director) the NHS Vocal Ensemble and Pitch Please (Matthew Hanson, director)
Students & Young Alumni Kaitlyn Jones Morgan Yigdal Samantha Yigdal
Visit www.NHSAEF.org or www.NHSBFAA.org to make your contribution supporting this award-winning program.
Upcoming Events November 6-8
And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank
Don't miss this unique theatrical experience by James Still: a multimedia play combining videotaped interviews with Holocaust survivors Ed Silverberg and Eva Schloss with live actors recreating scenes from their lives during WW II. (recipient of the 2000 AATE Distinguished Play Award) tickets available online from www.SeatYourself.biz/Northwood
November 11
NHS BFAA Golf Tournament
The Preserve at Jordan Lake Golf Club. Register by October 25. Visit www.NHSBFAA.org to register and for sponsorship opportunities. Proceeds benefit the BFAA General Fund.
Thursday, October 23, 2014 7 o’clock in the evening Benjamin J. Lee Auditorium Northwood High School Pittsboro, NC