All-City Honors Bands, May 6, 2019

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may 6, 2019

Morse Recital Hall Monday at 5 pm featuring

Intermediate Brass Ensemble Advanced Brass Ensemble Intermediate Band Junior Advanced Band Morse Jazz Ensemble

In collaboration with

New Haven Public Schools

Yale School of Music

Kate Agioritis

Suave

Dmitri Shostakovich arr. Spencer Dean

Waltz No. 2

Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez arr. Diego Marani

Let It Go

intermediate brass ensemble Ashley Hale, conductor

Victor Ewald

Quintet No. 1, Op. 5 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

John Gourley arr. Michael Kamuf

Feel It Still

Randall Stanridge

Fields of Clover

Gustav Holst arr. Michael Story

March from First Suite for Military Band

Richard L. Saucedo

Into the Clouds

Gary Fagan

Algorhythms

Peter Gene Hernandez arr. Patrick Roszell

Bruno Mars on Tour all-city honors intermediate band Myles Ross, conductor (Gourley, Stanridge) Nick Drabik, conductor (Holst, Saucedo) Jose Lara, conductor (Fagan, Hernandez)

Brian Balmages

Sparks

Angela Kepley

Quintet Threat

Johannes Brahms arr. Marc Oliver

Hungarian Dance No. 5

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky arr. Mark Williams

1812 Overture all-city junior advanced band Alexis Lamb, conductor (Balmages, Kepley) RubĂŠn RodrĂ­guez, conductor (Brahms, Tchaikovsky)

yale school of music

Miles Davis arr. Mike Tomaro

Four David Rodríguez and Miles Singer, soloists

Joe Primrose arr. Tom Davis

St. James Infirmary Domingo Torres, Federico Lora, Diego Padilla, and JP Rodríguez, soloists

Thad Jones

A Child is Born Thomas Ingui and Gabriel Rodríguez, soloists

Charles Mingus arr. Sy Johnson

Moanin Tiago Leite and Kenny Georges, soloists morse jazz ensemble Ashley Hale, conductor

New Haven Public Schools

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

Yale School of Music

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

euphonium Antoine Pittman

tuba Aidan Lyons

horn Esteban Garcia*

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* Jason Lampo Oscar Mason* Gabriel Rodríguez JP Rodríguez

saxophone Kenijah Georges Federico Lora Tiago Leite Ana Reyes Miles Singer

trombone Danny Alford* Donald Dinkins Diego Padilla David Rodríguez

euphonium Domingo Torres bass Italo Beltran

*YSM Teaching Artist

keyboard Thomas Ingui* percussion Russell Fisher*

New Haven Public Schools

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

saxophone Alberto Curnow Natalie Garcia Denise Ramirez Zuleyka Roque

trombone William Hernandez

trumpet Austin Aurioso Jeffrey Flores Rosa Loja Serina Julien

percussion Jacob Abbott Fernando Molina Gavin Teague

tuba Mitchell Dinkins

All-City Honors Junior Advanced Band Members flute Diana Perez KeQing Tan Jordan Wabahati David Zhang

saxophone Sam Fox Young In Kim Sophia McDermott Alec Pedersen

clarinet Karla Campos Ashley Gomez Marlen Islas Natalie Quiroz-Duran Milton Sebastian

trumpet Michael Atemiz Eli Holton Christopher Jimenez Marco Leite Caleb Nierenberg Joseph Perez Micah Wong

oboe Lyanna Baez bassoon Carlos Lopez

trombone Carlos Flores

french horn Lucas Abbott euphonium Antoine Pittman Xavier Smith tuba Aidan Lyons percussion Alex Atemiz Jake Fox Reginald Reid II Julia Rosado

Yale School of Music

All-City Honors Ensembles Conductors Nick Drabik is the band director at Mauro Sheridan Interdistrict Magnet School in New Haven, 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 daughter, Olivia, as well as 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 in Classical and Jazz ,and most recently graduated from the Yale School of Music with her Master’s degree. 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.

Alexis C. Lamb is a composer, percussionist, and educator who is interested in fostering communities of positive and genuine music-making. Lamb is the Education and Publications Director for Arcomusical, a non-profit organization that advocates for the artistic advancement of the Afro-Brazilian berimbau and related musical bows. Lamb is currently earning a Master of Music degree in Composition at Yale. Her undergraduate degrees in both Music Education and Percussion Performance are from Northern Illinois University. She was the 6th–12th grade band director for Meridian CUSD 223 in Stillman Valley, Illinois. Her major teachers include Hannah Lash, Gregory Beyer, Ben Wahlund, Michael Mixtacki, Robert Chappell, David Maki, Brian Penkrot, and Lauren Ryals.

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 NHPS, 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.

A native of Colombia, Rubén Rodríguez studied music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon, Conservatoire National de Region de Paris, and the Yale School of Music. For more than 20 years he has been performing, teaching, coaching, conducting ensembles, and promoting music as a tool of social change in South America, Europe, and the US. He has created and coordinated several artistic projects in underprivileged communities bringing music into the lives of thousands of children.

Currently, he is the Director of the Music in Schools Initiative of the Yale School of Music.

New Haven Public Schools

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, and is the musical director for their annual school musical. Growing up, he participated in band from fourth 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.

Yale School of Music

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 Mahima Kumara, yc ’20, 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 Brooke Milosh, yc ’21, voice Michael Moy, ysm ’19, clarinet Melissa Muñoz, ysm ’20, trumpet Lauryn Phinney, yc ’21, voice Shaun Radgowski, yc ’19, voice Andrew Sledge, ysm ’20, flute Sara Speller, yc ’19, voice Paul Stelben, yc ’21, bassoon 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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