All City Honors Choir and Bands, Dec 18, 2018

welcomes

december 18, 2018

Wilbur Cross High School Tuesday at 5 pm featuring

Children’s Choir Intermediate Brass Ensemble Advanced Brass Ensemble Morse Jazz Ensemble Intermediate Band

In collaboration with

New Haven Public Schools

Yale School of Music

Deborah Craig-Claar & Mark Hayes

Cold Snap

Thomas Oliphant arr. Chuck Bridwell

Various Themes on Fa-La-La

all-city honors children's choir Jaminda Blackmon, conductor Shaun Radgowski, piano

John Lennon & Paul McCartney arr. David Burndrett Harold Arlen arr. David Burndrett

Yesterday

Traditional American arr. Kate Agioritis

When the Saints Go Marching In

Over the Rainbow

intermediate brass ensemble Ashley Hale, conductor

Imogen Heap arr. Vicky Greenbaum

Hide and Seek

Anton Bruckner arr. Mark Prowen

Locus Iste

advanced brass ensemble Ashley Hale, conductor

As a courtesy to others, please silence all phones and devices.

Please do not leave the hall during musical selections. Thank you.

New Haven Public Schools

Nancy Hamilton & Morgan Lewis arr. Dave Wolpe Charles Mingus arr. Steve Slagle

How High the Moon Trombone section and JP RodrĂ­guez, soloists

Miles Davis arr. Mike Tomaro

Boplicity Tiago Leite, Jason Lampo, and Thomas Ingui, soloists

Gordon Goodwin

Count Bubba's Revenge Kenny Georges and Diego Padilla, soloists

Fables of Faubus Kenny Georges and Diego Padilla, soloists

morse jazz ensemble Ashley Hale, conductor

Thomas Oliphant arr. Ed Huckeby

Deck the Halls with Chips and Salsa

Otis Redding arr. Johnnie Vinson

Respect

Johann Strauss arr. Victor Lopez

Radetzky March: A Concert in Vienna

Traditional arr. John Moss

Over the River

Samuel Hazo

Rest

Danny Elfman arr. Micbael Brown

The Nightmare Before Christmas

all-city honors intermediate band Nick Drabik, conductor (Oliphant, Redding) Myles Ross, conductor (Strauss, Moss) Jose Lara, conductor (Hazo, Elfman)

Yale School of Music

Participating Schools Augusta Lewis Troup School Barnard Environmental Studies School Benjamin Jepson School Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School Bishop Woods School Brennan-Rogers School Celentano Museum Academy Clinton Avenue School Columbus Family Academy Conte-West Hills School Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School Davis Street Arts & Academics East Rock School Edgewood School Engineering & Science School Fair Haven School

High School in the Community Hill Regional Career High School James Hillhouse High School John C. Daniels Magnet School John S. Martinez School King-Robinson Magnet School Lincoln-Bassett School L.W. Beecher Museum School of Arts & Sciences Mauro-Sheridan Magnet School Metropolitan Business Academy Nathan Hale School New Haven Academy Ross Woodward School Sound School Truman School Wilbur Cross High School Worthington Hooker School

All-City Honors Children’s Choir Members Montajah Beard Isabella Capuraz Christianne Charles Aliyah Cleveland Alice Delaney James Hunter

Karolina Jasaitis Aidan Jordan DeShawn Jordan Alexandra Orange Gabriella Ramos Jennifer Sebastian

Mya Stettinger Grant Vance Haley Robles

All-City Honors Intermediate Brass Ensemble Members Trumpet Ashley Hale* Christopher Jimenez Micah Wong

euphonium Antoine Pittman horn Esteban Garcia*

tuba Aidan Lyons

New Haven Public Schools

All-City Honors Advanced Brass Ensemble Members trumpet Ashley Hale* Oscar Mason* Gabriel Rodríguez JP Rodríguez

trombone Danny Alford* David Rodríguez euphonium Domingo Torres

horn Jason Lampo tuba Aaron Sutherland

Morse Jazz Ensemble Members trumpet Ashley Hale* Oscar Mason* Gabriel Rodríguez JP Rodríguez trombone Danny Alford* Donald Dinkins Diego Padilla David Rodríguez

saxophone Kenijah Georges Federico Lora Tiago Leite horn Jason Lampo

bass Italo Beltran keyboard Thomas Ingui* percussion Russell Fisher*

euphonium Domingo Torres

All-City Honors Junior Band Members flute Isaiah Cross Amanda Lima Erin Newlan Angelina Roman Allison Santiago Sophia Zhang clarinet Rocio Hogan-Perez Jennifer Morales Jose Sarango

saxophone Alberto Curnow Natalie Garcia Denise Ramirez Zuleyka Roque trumpet Jeffrey Flores Serina Julien trombone William Hernandez

*YSM Teaching Artist

percussion Jacob Abbott Fernando Molina

Yale School of Music

All-City Honors Ensembles Conductors Jaminda Blackmon has been teaching music for ten years. A graduate from Bridgewater State Collee, she is the general music teacher at Wexler Grant Community School where she also teaches choir and is the director of the school’s theatre program. When not teaching, she can be found singing soprano with the Heritage Chorale of New Haven, and with the Messiah Baptist Church’s Mass and MC-YA Choirs.

Nick Drabik is the band director at Mauro Sheridan Interdistrict Magnet School in New Haven, CT, where he teaches 4th–8th grade band and strings. Mr. Drabik is enjoying his third year directing the All-City Honors Intermediate Band as well as directing bands at both Spring and Winter festivals. At the end of the day he loves to go home to his beautiful 10-month-old, Olivia, his wife, cat, and dog.

Ashley Hale is the Morse Postgraduate Fellow for the Music in Schools Initiative at the Yale School of Music, and was actively involved in the program since her first year at Yale. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music, and most recently graduated from the Yale School of Music with her Master’s.

Hale plays all kinds of music, and even double-majored in both Classical and Jazz at Oberlin. She has studied with some of the greats, including Roy Poper, Allan Dean, Eddie Henderson, and Sean Jones. Hale has 8 years of teaching experience and is also on the faculty at the Neighborhood Music School, where she teaches trumpet students from beginning to advanced players and looks forward to continuing her teaching career.

Jose Lara holds an M.S. in Music Education from the University of Bridgeport and earned a B.A. in Music with a concentration in World Traditions from Southern Connecticut State University. He has been a music educator and ensemble director for over 12 years in the New Haven Public Schools and is currently the instrumental music teacher for John S. Martinez Sea and Sky STEM Magnet School. Mr. Lara has worked closely with Morse Summer Music Academy, the All-City Honors ensembles, and has been a guest artist and ensemble coach at the Neighborhood Music School Summer Jazz Intensive as well as an active instructor for the NMS Jazz department. He has performed both locally and internationally with ensembles from a variety of genres including classical, jazz, Latin jazz, salsa, merengue, funk, and rhythm and blues.

Myles Ross is the band and chorus director at Worthington Hooker School in New Haven. He teaches band, chorus, and general music for grades 5–8 as well as the jazz band and select choir at the school. He is also the musical director for their annual school musical. Growing up, he participated in band since the 4th grade through high school, and went on to study music education at Central Connecticut State University. As a classically trained pianist, he enjoys practicing the piano regularly, accompanying and directing his choirs, and learning new pieces. In his free time, he enjoys reading, learning new languages, singing with the Moniuszko Choir of Hartford, and practicing a wide variety of instruments.

New Haven Public Schools

All-City Honors Teaching Artists Richard Adger, ysm ’19, clarinet Danny Alford, ysm ’20, trombone Kate Arndt, ysm ’19, violin Mark Barnett, yc ’21, voice Kenny Chauby, ysm ’2o, trumpet Hannah Criswell, ysm ’20, flute Jordan Crimminger, ysm ’19, trombone Valentina Crnjak, ysm ’20, cello Russell Fisher, ysm ’20, percussion Esteban Garcia, ysm ’19, horn Ashley Hale, ysm ’18, trumpet Thomas Ingui, ysm ’20, organ SungMi Johnson, yc ’21, voice Alexis Lamb, ysm ’20, composition Marta Lambert, ysm ’19, violin Jordan Lampo, yc ’20, percussion Scott Leger, ysm ’18, french horn Gregory Lewis, ysm ’19, violin Elliot Lichtenberg, ysm ’20, oboe Juan Martinez, ysm ’20, clarinet Lyman McBride, ysm ’20, trombone Jared Michaud, yc ’19, voice Michael Moy, ysm ’19, clarinet Melissa Munoz, ysm ’20, trumpet Lauryn Phinney, yc ’21, voice Shaun Radgowski, yc ’19, voice Andrew Sledge, ysm ’20, flute Sara Speller, yc ’19, voice Chloe Swindler, ysm ’19, trumpet Divine Uchegbu, yc ’21, voice Alex Whittington, yc ’22, voice Charlotte Winkler, yc ’20, voice William Wortley, ysm ’18, trombone Samuel Zagnit, ysm ’20, double bass Dustin Zhao, yc ’20, voice

Acknowledgements Robert Blocker The Henry and Lucy Moses Dean Yale School of Music Michael Yaffe Associate Dean Yale School of Music Carol D. Birks Superintendent New Haven Public Schools Ellen P. Maust Supervisor of Performing and Visual Arts New Haven Public Schools Rubén Rodríguez Director, Music in Schools Initiative Yale School of Music Ashley Hale Postgraduate Morse Fellow, Music in Schools Initiative Yale School of Music Rachel Glodo Assistant to the Associate Dean Yale School of Music Jonathan Shao Music Administrator, Music in Schools Initiative Yale School of Music Yale College Class of 1957 whose generosity and support make the All-City Honors Ensembles possible.

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