GIDEON WELLES ORCHESTRA WINTER CONCERT

Mr. Stephen Wood Orchestra Director Mrs. Stacey Tinker Co-Director January 10, 2023 7:00pm

PROGRAM String Orchestra The Ghost of John

Traditional

Scotland’s Burning

Traditional English Round

Five-Step Round

Traditional

Struttin’ from Strings in Concert

Ken Keuning Michael Gowdy, Piano

Chamber Ensemble America The Beautiful

Samuel A. Ward arr. John Higgins

I Have a Little Dreydl

Traditional arr. Jack Bullock

Simple Square Dance

Dorothy Straub Michael Gowdy, Piano

String Orchestra Orpheus in the Underworld Finale

Jacques Offenbach arr. Sandra Dackow

Ring, Christmas Bells

Ukranian Bell Carol arr. Deborah Baker Monday Michael Gowdy, Piano

String Orchestra Violin

Violin cont.

Viola cont.

Michelle Aparicio Espinoza Natalia Arnedo Palacio Morleigh Arons Aria Banerjee Ilya Barvitsky Alex Bell Pramoda Bheemanakunta Rakshith Jack Bidwell Neha Biswas Eliana Bolnick Mila Capuzzi Hailey Cho Erin Cody Katelynn Copeland Catarina Costa-Figueiredo Shrirang Danve Emeline Davis Anna Rose Doyle Karma Elwan Caroline Felkel MacKenzie Finley Aidan Fluet Emma Forthofer Steven Gao Hasini Garikiparthi Caitlyn Gibriano Benjamin Haffner Theresa Johnson Nika Karahalios Trevis Koli Neev Kuntey Lucy Lavery Emerald Levesque Emily Lombardo Yichen Ma Grace Macri Jay March Charlotte Mariano

Reshmitha Nandam James Noriega-Bianchi Olivia Petrone Lillian Pines Nadia Qureshi Somya Ranjan Emily Roach James Robertson Nola Shea Emily Sullivan Brady Sutton Oviya Tamilarasu Tamilinia Thatshna Moorthy Aria Vegiard Sophia Wang Anlang Xia Erhao Xu Madeline Zachlod Gabriella Zimmitti

Caroline Stehling Matthew Theriault Robi Vallejo Sarah Wechsler Bohan Yan

Viola Pemberly Bordeau Chloe Brahm Margaret Connor Charlotte Couture Catherine Gionfriddo Avery Jankowski Alexis LaPierre Logan Magner Anna Markowitz Lauren McCarty David Overstrom Sophia Page Sanjana Rajasekar Lillyanne Rex Emma Salas Owen Scalley Robert Shi Natalie Siciliano

Cello Isabelle Anderson Jooyeol Baek Sonja Bergen Zachary Berger Corbin Caruso Allyson Dudzinski Alexander Feliciano Aubrey Gallagher Aidan Garbera Adela Gjashta Skylar Hollister Kaylen Iacobucci James Luby Victoria Luzi Gianna Morales Finn Mraz John Robertson Paul Sturm Felix Tatinets Abhirami Vedula

Double Bass Charlotte Berger Theodore Tarutin Liam Trexler

Chamber Ensemble Violin

Viola

Hailey Cho

Sanjana Rajasekar

Erin Cody

Robert Shi

Shrirang Danve

Natalie Siciliano

Aidan Fluet

Robi Vallejo

Theresa Johnson

Sarah Wechsler

Karen Ma

Bohan Yan

Jay March James Noriega-Bianchi

Cello

Sophia Wang

Zachary Berger

Alan Xia

Corbin Caruso Felix Tatinets Double Bass Charlotte Berger Theodore Tarutin

Upcoming 2023 Music Events 01/18/23

GW Band Concert (SD 1/19/23)

01/24/23

GW 5th & 6th Grade Chorus Concert (SD 1/26/23)

03/14/23

Coast Guard Band Concert—GHS (SD 3/15/23)

03/30/23

GW String Solo & Ensembles Concert (SD 4/4/23)

05/04/23

GW 6th Grade Evening of Excellence

05/05/23

GHS POPS Concert—7:30pm

05/10/23

GW Grade 5 Spring Concert

Glastonbury Friends For Music is a parent organization that supports the music program in Glastonbury Schools, with a focus on enhancing the music education of our students. Friends For Music has been recognized by the Glastonbury Board of Education for the contributions made to the music programs at Gideon Welles School, Smith Middle School and Glastonbury High School. Glastonbury Friends for Music would like to thank all of the many volunteers for their hours of service and the following members for their financial support:

Music Benefactor ~ $200

Composer’s Circle ~ $50

Jenny Cha and Travis Crawford The Christensen Family The Connor Family Traci and Jonathan Keen The Mathes Family James and Kristy Nguyen Steve and Wendy Smith John and Stacey Wyatt

The Bergren Family Marilyn Brassil Diliana and Dale Cross Michelle Drouin The Dudzinski Family Ann and Scott Hadley Eric and Lisa Johnson Suzan and Gary Korman The Linkov Family Marc & KC Petruzzi Patrick & Sadaf Tempestilli Lia Tesfay & Remone Grooms The Turgeon Family The Wells Family

Conductor’s Circle ~ $100 Rufino and Yadira Acevedo State Farm Agent Coe Bancroft The Bilodeau Family The Blanco Family The Boyd Family Y. Cao & X. Fang Family James and Rosemary Coggeshall The Collins Family Virginia Edman Michael and Joanne Fontana The Hearne Family The Lopez Family Lisa & Jay March The Manzotti Family The Rodrigues Family Erika & Rob Schwartz

Performer’s Circle ~$25 The Bartkoski-Emmanuel Family Deborah Bolnick James and Jessica Jarvis The Karahalios Family Vijay & Taheera Pinto Emily and Abraham Pyo John & Robin Russotto The Staskiewicz Family The Strauss Family Barbara and Bill Willen The Wong Family

Interested in supporting music in the Glastonbury Public Schools, please email [email protected]!

Glastonbury Public Schools’ music performances are an outgrowth of the curriculum and reflect the music learning process. Music making, a complex intellectual, emotional and physical activity, is musical knowledge-in-action. We hope that you enjoy this performance and appreciate the hard work and dedication of our students and teachers. Glastonbury Public Schools Music Department 2022-2023 Leslie Lopez, Director of Music Staff Amanda Albert Nola Campbell Stephen Cofrancesco Tony Connaway Mike Gowdy Lily Grant Kacey Howard Kevin Huhn Kate Ingram Leslie Lopez

Location HE, GW GHS HO, NG, GW BB, NG SMS GW GHS HE SMS HE

Staff Alicia Luongo Christine Macaluso Jessica Morrissette Ethan Nash Arwen Norman Shannon Rinaudo Andrew Studenski Stacey Tinker Rebecca Walter Stephen Wood

Location NG BB, GW HE, LINKS GHS HO GW BB, NA HO,NA,GW NA, GW GW, SMS

BB - Buttonball School, EA - Eastbury School, GW - Gideon Welles School, GHS - Glastonbury High School, HE - Hebron Avenue School, HO - Hopewell School, NA - Naubuc School, NG - Nayaug School, SMS - Smith Middle School

GLASTONBURY BOARD OF EDUCATION Douglas C. Foyle Ph.D., Chair Julie Thompson, Vice Chair Ray McFall, Secretary Alison Couture Thomas Gorman Jenn Jennings David Peniston, Jr. Matthew Saunig CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION Alan B. Bookman, Ph.D., Superintendent Matthew H. Dunbar, Assistant Superintendent Cheri Burke, Assistant Superintendent Karen Bonfiglio, Business Manager