Winter Concert Program

POLYARTS

MIDDLE AND

UPPER

SCHOOL

WINTER CONCERT

Thursday, December 8, 2022 7:00 PM | MEMORIAL CHAPEL

FEATURING:

Jazz Band, US Concert Band and Advanced Concert Band, US String Ensemble and Advanced String Ensemble, Concert Choir and Advanced Concert Choir, Harmonics, Blue Notes, A Cappella, Tower Singers, and Young Singers

A Note from the Performing Arts Department

The poet Louise-Marie Célestin described the theme of “Twa Tanbou,” her text set to music by composer Syndey Guillaume and performed tonight by the Advanced Concert Choir, in this way:

“In order for a team to reach the optimal result, each member must play his or her own part. There is no room for self-obsessed glory; this ultimately brings down the team. True leaders are those who put their team’s collective well-being before themselves.”

In “Twa Tanbou,” this philosophy is applied to three drums which eventually work together to make beautiful music. You will hear this philosophy in action tonight as our Middle and Upper School students work together to create something bigger than themselves and share their music with the community.

The Winter Concert is one of my favorite Poly events. It is an opportunity to celebrate individual growth, collective accomplishments, and the power of community-building music. Thank you for being here tonight and for supporting our music programs at Poly.

Class of ’23: Kota Demay, June Dorsch, Natasha Ellis, Leo Yihan Wang, Brianna Kwan, Cinthya Sanchez, Fiona Stephenson, Sundiata Gittens, Mia Gordon, Cooper Flinn-Beane, Kai Sergeant, Jen Lavagnino-Sisk, Katie Lopez, Adrianna Neal, Beatrice Larkin, Cosmo Oliveira Evans

Class of ’24: Noah Saivetz, Jordan Millar, Zeke Wise, Genevieve Fitzpatrick, Mary Lin, Alex Xiao, Jessica Dosik, Junie Blaise, Lulu McDonald, Tristan Kelley, Jasmine Donald, Zachary Udin

Daniel Doughty Director of Music

Concert Band

Mambo Cubano

By James Swearingen

Sousa! Sousa! Sousa!

By John Philip Sousa

Arranged by David Shaffer

Directed by Chris Benvegna

Andrey Bakulev, Jack Bogner, Zeraun Daniel, Christopher Espinosa Nunez, Lowie Giles, Emilio Gittens, Eve Harris, Grover Howell, Konatsu Iwai, Harry Lucas, Grace Moore, Lucas Powers Wojtowicz, Jason Rodino, Owen Samra, Juliet Smith, Kenny Thompson, Gabi Winitzer

Young Singers

I Love Those J-I-N-G-L-E Bells

By James Pierpont/Gordon Jenkins Arranged by Nate Hepler

This Is My Wish

By Tim and Angela Lauer

Arranged by David Huntsinger

Directed by Daniel Doughty

Jon Balikci, Amina Diagne, Eve Furst, Dayreni Llano, Amanda Lvovsky, Esteban Mierisch, Alex Pipitone, Lily Retman, Liam Rodriguez-John, Liliana Ruiz, Abigail Vatel

Advanced Concert Choir

Twa Tanbou

By Sydney Guillaume

Three drums are having an argument

A great Sunday morning

On their way back from Guinea

A little Kata, A little Tanbouren, A big Boula Boula declared that he can hit the loudest Boula declared, “I can hit the loudest!”

Tanbouren said “I have the most beautiful sound,” He said, “When I perform, keep quiet and listen!”

Kata, who was hearing all this, became angry. He could not comprehend how two fellows

Who are dressed in the same outfit

And are children of the same mother Are sitting around making a scandal.

One fine Mardi Gras day, Kata started to “zouk” Every single person there began to dance… Tanbouren and Boula, who were there listening

To make the party more exciting, they started a great throng That day, they all sang a song that I’ll never forget: All drums that are dispersed Let’s put our shoulders together

To make life more beautiful

Directed by Daniel Doughty

Anjali Budhram, Jasmine Donald, Tasha Ellis, Genevieve Fitzpatrick, Cooper Flinn-Beane, Stavroula Gabriel, Ryan Geisler, Isabelle Gerling, Mia Gordon, Tristan Kelley, Beatrice Larkin, Izzy Leyton, Mary Lin, Alida Lissak, Lulu McDonald, Adrianna Neal, Cosmo Oliveira Evans, Sadie Schoenberger, Kai Sergeant, Donald Shields, George Thanopoulos, Drew Waldman, Zeke Wise

String Rays

Iridessa

By Jordan Millar ‘24

Mambo from West Side Story

By Leonard Bernstein

Arranged by Robert Longfield

Directed by Carrie Dowell. Assisted by Kristen Drymala, Andrew Hall, Audrey Lo and Robert Garcia

Marie Culmine, Kota Demay, Jasmine Grant-Phillips, Mary Howell, Jasper Inamoto, Jack Pfeifer, Amalia Rimmon, Cinthya Sanchez, Marisa Triola, Alex Xiao

Advanced Concert Band

Excerpts from The Nightmare Before Christmas

By Danny Elfman

Directed by Chris Benvegna Accompanied by Konatsu Iwai

June Dorsch, Sylvie Dorsch, Jessica Dossik, Justin Durso, Jen Lavagnino-Sisk, Shaza Mousa

Harmonics

The Night We Met

By Lord Huron

Arranged by Katie Lopez

Faculty advisor Alexis Perez, assisted by Mariko Watt

Lulu Adefris-Yaxley, Anjali Budhram, Jasmine Donald, Catherine Ferreira, Stavroula Gabriel, Ryan Geisler, Isabelle Gerling, Madeline Gross, Esme Hort, Katie Lopez,* Emily Mansfield, Lulu McDonald, Juliet Michaelis, Adrianna Neal,* Cinthya Sanchez, Sadie Schoenberger, Fiona Stephenson, Jacqueline Tehrany, Drew Waldman, Wendy Zhou

Co-Presidents

Sweater Weather

By The Neighbourhood Arranged by Devin McNulty

Faculty Advisor: Alexis Perez

Directed by Daniel Doughty

Grif Allen, Dylan Dehnert, Cooper Flinn-Beane, Khari Freeman, Sundiata Gittens, Lucas Hunter, Tristan Kelley, Christopher Merola, Cosmo Oliviera Evans,* Luke Rizzo, William Rorech, Hank Schilling, Jedi Scott, Kai Sergeant, Donald Shields, York Song, George Thanopoulos, Zeke Wise

*22–23 President

Tower Singers

Running Up That Hill

By Kate Bush

Carry the Light

By Andy Beck

Directed by Daniel Doughty and Maddy Wyatt

GRADE 7

Phoebe Allen, Isa Anderson, Charlotte Arzouian, Samara Charles, Logan Chaudoir, Magnus Coleman, Caleb Cuti, Levi Drucker Mann, Lila Dubin, Lucy Fleishhacker, Kiana Freeman, Mackenzie Grant-Hinckson, Hart Hicks, Lalitha Jayaram, Bodhi Kehoe, Avery Kelly, Anissa LeBlanc, Lucas McKenzie, Alex Mezhburd, Nyla Moise, Caroline Nemeth, Luke Shannon, Gabby Pipitone, Anisah Rahman, Kara Shum, Genevieve Simmons, Stella Taendler, Micha Thomas, Aviva Treister, Mick Waldman, Desmond Weber

GRADE 8

Nicolette Avdeychik, Runa Bhandari, Celia Camara, Olivia Chu, Charlie Garner, Othello Ghartey, Cate Goldschmid, Jordan Greenberg, Kailynn Hernandez, Charles Jaffe, Felix James, Lulu Kenney, Miro Kubica, Emma Lattinelli, Sasha Londoner, Annie Lopez, Nili Maltzman, Momo Mandelbaum-Quiroga, Sydney McFarlane, John Miller, Julian Miravete, Emmanuel Nikitiades, Soleil Pena, Jess Rogers, Téa Sabbagh, Lester Shamos, Adelaide Swartz, Annabelle Thompson, Spencer Udin

Advanced Strings

Allegro

Concerto in B minor for Four Violins, Op. 3., No. 10

By Antonio Vivaldi

Arranged by Ralph Matesky

Directed by Carrie Dowell

Kota Demay, Jasper Inamoto, Amalia Rimmon, Cinthya Sanchez, Alex Xiao

A Cappella

The Longest Time

By Billy Joel

Arranged by Kirby Shaw

Directed by Maddy Wyatt

Griffin Allen, Junie Blaise, Jasmine Donald, Catherine Ferreira, Genevieve Fitzpatrick, Cooper Flinn-Beane, Stavroula Gabriel, Ryan Geisler, Mia Gordon,* Tristan Kelley, Brianna Kwan, Mary Lin, Katie Lopez, Donald Shields, Jacqueline Tehrany, Leo Yihan Wang,* Ezekiel Wise, Wendy Zhou *22–23 Co-presidents

Concert Choir

Betelehemu

Nigerian Christmas Carols

Arranged by Babatunde Olatunji and Wendall Whalum

Winter Song

By Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson

Miracle

By Matisyahu

Directed by Daniel Doughty

Accompanied by Simone Ferraresi and Niko Thanopolous, member of Collaborative Piano Skills

Lulu Adefris-Yaxley, Alex Amorosino, Abdul Barrie, Henry Crowley, Sebastian Ferre, Jacob Gil, Briyana Hart, Esme Hort, Christopher Howell, Holyn Karp, Landon Lipton, Piper Lipton, Zoe McCullough, Leo Mullin, Reese Roaman, Felipe Santiago, Kerry Song, York Song, Sam Swartz

Jazz Band

Hep Cat Blues

By Bob Turner

Arranged

by Greg Gilpin

Mister Jingles

Traditional

Arranged by Bob Turner

Directed by Dr. Orrin Wilson

Eshaan Dangayach .......................................................................................................... Guitar

Jen Sisk-Lavagnino Alto Saxophone

Katie Lopez ............................................................................................... Electric Bass Guitar Maximillian Mackler Vibraphone Zachary Ramseur ..................................................................................................Double Bass

Noah Saivetz ................................................................................................ Tenor Saxophone Kai Sergeant Drums Zachary Udin ....................................................................................................................... Piano

Our Production Would Not Be Possible without the Generous Support of:

Audrius Barzdukas P’20

Head of School

Michal Hershkovitz P’16, ’18

Assistant Head of School, Academics

Sarah Bates

Head of Upper School

André Del Valle, P’29, ’33 Head of Middle School

Michael S. Robinson Head of Arts

The members of the Performing Arts faculty, the Engagement & Communications Department, the Poly Prep IT Staff, the Facilities and Maintenance Department, Security Staff, Kitchen Staff, and the MS and US Deans.

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