Middle school presents spring concert
NORWICH – Wednesday evening the Norwich Middle School Music Department presented its 2008 spring concert in the high school auditorium.
The concert opened with a performance by the NMS Jazz band under the direction of Julie Solomon. The Jazz Band performed the Bob Lowden arrangement of “Gospel John,” “Niobe” by Vince Gassi and “Caravan,” a Duke Ellington, Irving Mills and Juan Tizol chart arranged by Michael Sweeny. The NMS Jazz Band and the Norwich High School Jazz Bands will be performing at 5:20 and 6:20 p.m., Thursday, June 5 in the Sherburne-Earlville High School auditorium.
Following the Jazz Band was the Norwich Middle School String Ensemble under the direction of Mark D. Sands. The NMS String Ensemble performed “Appalachian Sunrise” by Doris Gazza and “March of the Meistersingers,” written by Richard Wagner and arranged by Sandra Dackow.
The Middle School Band, under the direction of Amy B. Rogers performed “Adagio for Winds,” by Larry Daehn and “Carpathia,” by William Ownes.
The middle school band will be performing in the Sherburne Pageant of Bands Middle School Concert Band Competition at 11:20 a.m., June 7.
Rounding out the concert for the evening was the award winning middle school chorus under the direction of Julie Solomon. The NMS Chorus performed the same selections that they performed at the NYSSMA Major Ensemble Festival at Oneonta High School May 14 where they earned the prestigious gold medal award for their performance.
The NMS Chorus, accompanied by Susan Ticknor on piano, performed “Homeward Bound,” written by Marta Keen and arranged by Jay Althouse, “River of the Big Canoes,” by Dyer, Drummond and Krunnfusz and a medley the ‘American Folks Songs’ Cindy, Simple Gifts and Pick a Bale of Cotton, titled “American Folk Rhapsody,” by Linda Spevacek.
Members of the award-winning middle school chorus are: Olivia Adams, Cheyenne Aikins, Amanda Beeching, Casey Byars-White, Katie Callahan, Mandy Caulfield, Courtney Coleman, Sarah Congdon, Lane deCordova, Katarina DeTomi, Kristen French, Victoria Giglio, Breanna Guiffre, Kayla Houghtaling, Taryn Howe, Stiesha Jackson, Lydia Kain, Larissa Kays, Chelsea Klotz, Savannah Knickerbocker, Allison Krush, Zoe Lamphere, Shelby Lanfair, Kristen Lockwood, Katarina Palmer, Sixta Robles, Brooke Russell, Tori Russell, Tambria Schroeder, Tylyn Seaman-Lawton, Breanna Steward, Morgan Steward, Nicole Watts, Stacey Wells, Miranda Westcott, Amber Widger, Alyssa Youngs, Brittany Zeitler, Lee Barnes, Peter Braswell, Jeff Burlew, Mark Costin, Riley Deforest, Heath Dunn, Ross Hutson, Gunner Krom, Josh Mahannah, Jacob Misch, Justin Sawyer, Ian Sutton, Jordan Weaver and Aaron Wright.
The concert opened with a performance by the NMS Jazz band under the direction of Julie Solomon. The Jazz Band performed the Bob Lowden arrangement of “Gospel John,” “Niobe” by Vince Gassi and “Caravan,” a Duke Ellington, Irving Mills and Juan Tizol chart arranged by Michael Sweeny. The NMS Jazz Band and the Norwich High School Jazz Bands will be performing at 5:20 and 6:20 p.m., Thursday, June 5 in the Sherburne-Earlville High School auditorium.
Following the Jazz Band was the Norwich Middle School String Ensemble under the direction of Mark D. Sands. The NMS String Ensemble performed “Appalachian Sunrise” by Doris Gazza and “March of the Meistersingers,” written by Richard Wagner and arranged by Sandra Dackow.
The Middle School Band, under the direction of Amy B. Rogers performed “Adagio for Winds,” by Larry Daehn and “Carpathia,” by William Ownes.
The middle school band will be performing in the Sherburne Pageant of Bands Middle School Concert Band Competition at 11:20 a.m., June 7.
Rounding out the concert for the evening was the award winning middle school chorus under the direction of Julie Solomon. The NMS Chorus performed the same selections that they performed at the NYSSMA Major Ensemble Festival at Oneonta High School May 14 where they earned the prestigious gold medal award for their performance.
The NMS Chorus, accompanied by Susan Ticknor on piano, performed “Homeward Bound,” written by Marta Keen and arranged by Jay Althouse, “River of the Big Canoes,” by Dyer, Drummond and Krunnfusz and a medley the ‘American Folks Songs’ Cindy, Simple Gifts and Pick a Bale of Cotton, titled “American Folk Rhapsody,” by Linda Spevacek.
Members of the award-winning middle school chorus are: Olivia Adams, Cheyenne Aikins, Amanda Beeching, Casey Byars-White, Katie Callahan, Mandy Caulfield, Courtney Coleman, Sarah Congdon, Lane deCordova, Katarina DeTomi, Kristen French, Victoria Giglio, Breanna Guiffre, Kayla Houghtaling, Taryn Howe, Stiesha Jackson, Lydia Kain, Larissa Kays, Chelsea Klotz, Savannah Knickerbocker, Allison Krush, Zoe Lamphere, Shelby Lanfair, Kristen Lockwood, Katarina Palmer, Sixta Robles, Brooke Russell, Tori Russell, Tambria Schroeder, Tylyn Seaman-Lawton, Breanna Steward, Morgan Steward, Nicole Watts, Stacey Wells, Miranda Westcott, Amber Widger, Alyssa Youngs, Brittany Zeitler, Lee Barnes, Peter Braswell, Jeff Burlew, Mark Costin, Riley Deforest, Heath Dunn, Ross Hutson, Gunner Krom, Josh Mahannah, Jacob Misch, Justin Sawyer, Ian Sutton, Jordan Weaver and Aaron Wright.
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