Grades 7 & 8 Bands, Grades 7 & 8 String Ensembles, Concert Band, Advanced Concert Band, US String Ensemble, Advanced String Ensemble, Jazz Band 20
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
7:00 PM | MEMORIAL CHAPEL
FEATURING:
What I love best about our instrumental concerts is that they provide us a moment to delve into the complexities that each instrument adds, while allowing the whole sound to wash over us, without the need for lyrics. Our instrumentalists, from Grades 7 through 12, have meticulously practiced each note to be able to share with you tonight’s collection of musical pieces. I encourage you to pay attention to the emotions each piece evokes and appreciate our students as they showcase their technical skills.
Please join me in congratulating them on their performances.
Ashley Hacker Performing Arts Department ChairThis year the Performing Arts Department received a gift on behalf of The Anderson-Lopez Family in gratitude for their time at Poly Prep, allowing us to outfit our music spaces with five new pianos, including the beautiful Fazioli in our Chapel tonight. We thank them for their generosity and commitment to furthering music education at Poly Prep.
Grade 7
Sakura Sakura
Japanese Folk Song
Directed by Chris Benvegna
Calvin Cheng, Valeria Giraldo, James Glickman, Eytan Goldberg, Dakori Horsfall, Gus Kumar, Baxton Ling, Nico Masson, Brendon Merchant, Evan Neuman, Zan Pervez, Julian Richards, Hudson Whiteley, John Zaremba
Bottom Bass Boogie
Standard Blues
Directed by Chris Benvegna
Kedar Carrington, Nico Chamorro, Tyler Chan, Johnny Elefterakis, James Green, Zuva Kaitano-Price, Grace King, Arthur McFadyen, Andrew Patel, Jax Powers Wojtowicz, Emma Schlesinger, Clark Spillane, Evan Xiang, Chris Zang
*Denotes Excellence in the Arts certificate program acceptance
Directed by Chris Benvegna
CONCERT BAND:
Ava Barbiere, Naomi Bobbitt, Leo Cheng, Eliana Cochrane, Jack Collier, Christopher Espinosa Perez Nunez, Aki Fields, Rose Fillippazzo, Logan Geisler, Lowie Giles, Emilio Gittens, Sam Harris, Grover Howell, Julian Miravete, Grace Moore, Elan Ofshtein, Christopher Paidarakis, Gregory Povetko, Lucas Powers Wojtowicz, Jason Rodino*, Ryan Speaker, Aiden Yang
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Chris Zang............................................................................................................................ Oboe
Jax Powers Wojtowicz ....................................................................................................... Flute
Arioso
By Daniel Gottlob TurkQuadrille
By Franz Joseph HaydnDirected by Chris Benvegna
Andrey Bakulev*, Arthur Dieme, Sylvie Dorsch, Jessica Dosik*, Eve Harris
*Denotes Excellence in the Arts certificate program acceptance
Orange Blossom Special
By Ervin T. RouseArranged by Hall
A Mission to Mars
By Jeffrey FrizziDirected by Carrie Dowell
Assisted by Kristen Drymala, Robert Garcia, Audrey Lo
Charlotte Arzouian, Harper Blumberg, Jefferey Chen, Kangsan Dickerson, Ava Fernandez, Fiona Inamoto, Bodhi Kehoe, Joshua Lee, Bennett Ling-Regan, Camilla Lyubarov, Finbar McGovern, Tess Meli, Delia Pawlak, Max Rice, Arhan Sengupta, Henry Stanfield, Bryson Sylvain, Leonardo Yang, Kevin Zhang
Bolero de Strings
By Thom SharpArmonico, From Op. 3, No. 10
By Antonio VivaldiArranged by Todd Parrish
Directed by Carrie Dowell
Assisted by Kristen Drymala, Robert Garcia, Audrey Lo
Harper Baillie, Lucas Basham, Ally DiPietra, Jasmine Grant-Phillips*, Jasper Inamoto, Jack Pfeifer, Diangely Llano, Layla Lloyd, Dean McKnight, Charlie Rice, Lila Rice, Chioma Stanley, Maia Steiner*, Brianna Sylvain, Marisa Triola, Brandon Willabus, Alex Xiao*
Boisterous Bourrée from Simple Symphony
By Benjamin BrittenDirected by Carrie Dowell
Lucas Basham, Jasmine Grant-Phillips*, Jasper Inamoto, Jack Pfeifer, Marisa Triola, Alex Xiao*
Blue Trane
By John ColtraneArranged by Paul Murtha
By Buster Moten and Bennie Moten
Arranged by Rick Stitzel
Directed by Dr. Orrin Wilson
Eshaan Dangayach ........................................................................................... Electric Guitar
Maximilian Mackler ............................................................................................... Vibraphone
Jasper Mulligan Drums
Zachary Ramseur ..................................................................................................Double Bass
Noah Saivetz* Tenor Saxophone
Owen Samra* ........................................................................................................ Electric Bass
Zachary Udin* ..................................................................................................................... Piano
Ellen Zwerling Alto Saxophone
*Denotes Excellence in the Arts certificate program acceptance
John Rankin Interim Head of School
Michal Hershkovitz P’16, ’18 Assistant Head of School, Academics
Sarah Bates Head of Upper School
Daniel Doughty Head of Middle School
Michael S. Robinson Head of Arts
Ashley Hacker Performing Arts Department Chair
Vincent Iannelli Music Programs Coordinator
The members of the Performing Arts faculty, the Engagement & Communications Department, the Admissions Department, the Poly Prep IT staff, the Facilities and Maintenance Department, the Security staff, the Kitchen staff, and the Middle & Upper School deans.
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Middle School Musical: Lionel Bart’s Oliver! Jr.
Book, Music and Lyrics by Lionel Bart
Friday, May 17, 2024
7:00 PM | RICHARD PERRY THEATRE
Saturday, May 18, 2024
2:00 PM | RICHARD PERRY THEATRE
Poly Conservatory Recital
Tuesday–Thursday, May 21–23, 2024
4:30 PM | MEMORIAL CHAPEL
Grades 5 & 6 Music Share
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
10:00 AM | MEMORIAL CHAPEL
Lower School Grade 4 Music and Dance Share
Thursday, May 30, 2024
5:00 PM | RICHARD PERRY THEATRE
Stay tuned for more information about our upcoming events!