Orchestra, band help bring ‘Seussical’ to life

By Jacob Valcarce News Editor

Since November, musicians volunteered hours of their time to perform in Seussical the Musical. For three nights in January, orchestra, band, choir and theater combined as the community turned out to see the show.

“Just seeing the whole process come together at the right time, for me personally, that was really cool to be able to share with them,” orchestra director and conductor of the musical Evan Farmer said.

The musical was held on three different days with a runtime of about two hours. According to Farmer, the musicians played for 90% of the show and much of the music is much more difficult than what they are used to.

“The key signature given isn’t used as much in the music we play in band,” Alexandra Linares, 10, said. “I was scared at first but once I practiced the music, I got it down.”

CAST

Cat in the Hat - Grace Potter

Jojo - Olivia Brenner

Members of the chamber orchestra played in the musical alongside members of the band. They dedicated hours of their time inside and outside of school to rehearse with the theater and choir.

Musicians put a lot of time into making this happen with late night rehearsals, which were sometimes stressful.

“The time where I wanted to quit the musical was where we were practicing with the actors,” Linares said. “For it to be my first time being part of a musical, it was weird to me how we combined the orchestra and the band with theater.”

The musical was a different experience for the musicians because they challenged themselves in a way they’ve never done before and learned to work in a different environment.

“Being a part of Seussical the Musical is an honor,” Linares said. “I would like to have the experience again to be in a musical.”

Horton the Elephant - Asa O’Farrell

Gertrude McFuzz - Taylor Mattingly

Mayzie La Bird - Emerson Harris

Sour Kangaroo - Amara Amadi

Young Kangaroo - Valentina GaribayArroyo

General Gengus Khan Schmitz - Oliver

Trent

Mr. Mayor - Karson Rogers

Mrs. Mayor - Hannah Cater

Yertle the Turtle - Jesse Ramirez

The Grinch - Corbin Lane

Bird Girls - Gabriella Aleman, Gbemisola

Olaoya and Grace Toppass

Thing 1 - Shelby Townsend

Thing 2 - Exa Nix

Who and Jungle of Nool Ensemble: Makenna Broderick, Emma Campbell, Abby Chavez, Ray Hanson, Alyssa

Montelongo, Haleigh Nix, Sarah Orth, Carlie Sawyer, Mia Wyatt-Flores

CREW

Stage Manager - Mark Johanson

Assistant Stage Managers - Elizabeth

Luck and Maebeth Potter

Light Board Operator - Harper Toth

Sound Board Operator - Maya Carris

Light/Sound Technician - Alana Graham

Costumes/Makeup Head - Cece

Gonzales

Costumes/Makeup Crew - Wilk McMahan and Sophia Sopczak

Props Head - Rachel Kanak

Props Crew - Cooper Costellos and Jazlyn Robinson

MUSICIANS

Violin - Kendall Baley, Ty Bell, Kimberly Kirsch, Ivy Kubin, Ethan Otte, Sophia Sullivan, Joseph Weidemann, Alexander Wright

Viola - Vivian Garcia, Brian Gentry, Cameron Krewer, Lucas Pagano, Cece Sullivan, Uriel Torres

Cello - Aryl Clayton, Gael Garcia, Eliza Hoing, Kayley Warr

Double Bass - Hugo Houel

Keyboard - Emma Adams, Hugh Poland

Guitar - Nick Maradiaga, Ryan Stueckemann

Reeds - Colton Anderson, Maddy Amaya, Matthew Bleier, Anna Fastnaught, Jacob Gilmore, Fox Hall, Ally

Linares, Noah Parker, Jake Sisney, Hailey Whiteman

Brass - Rowan Ascencio, Connor Langdon, Kashikala Mundemba

Percussion - Richard Beal, Carsten Nelson