'MADD Duets: The Power of Two' at WAMS [UPDATED]

The Waterbury Arts Magnet School Music Department presents

MADD Duets: The Power of Two

Featuring members of the high school chorus

Friday, March 28, 2014

Two performances 5:00pm and 8:00 pm

in the WAMS Recital Hall
16 South Elm Street
Waterbury CT

Tickets $5

The two performances were well attended and the students worked together nicely to present a variety of musical numbers.

Miciah Holman accompanied himself and Nora Cambrelen on piano for a soulful "Almost is Never Enough."

A'Quindres and Marlene Kabeya partnered for "When I First Saw You" and Fatima Covas and Mariela Ramos sang in harmony for "Titanium."

Liliana Maldonado and Shelby Griffin sang "Sweater Weather" while wearing sweaters, of course.

Danielle Lopez and Abby Rickevicius sang "Jar of Hearts" followed by Amber Clavette and Jassenia Torres for an animated "The Lazy Song."

Alyanna Gonzalez and Noemi Meca took on the roles of Anita and Maria respectively for "A Boy Like That/I Have a Love" from West Side Story and their duet was perfect.

Ms. Meca returned to the stage with tenor Lucas Savage for "At Last I've Seen the Light."

The smooth Wilmer Gonzalez and Danielle Orlando partnered for a spirited "That's Life (Smash version.)"

Gerald Mullings and Ms. Kabeya sang a soulful "How He Loves Us" accompanied by the talented pianist Ron Boulanger (Class of 2014.)

"Hallelujah" was sung by Idacia Miles and Brianna Crespo, followed by Kaylen Kleinschmidt and Ms. Orlando for an animated version of "What is This Feeling?" from Wicked. It was then that we realized why Ms. Orlando was wearing emerald green nail polish with her black dress. Well played.

CJ Janis and Liam Alldredge took to the stage in costume to perform "All for the Best" from Godspell. Mr. Janis played piano, wood blocks and slide whistle as the pair played the roles of Judas and Jesus respectively for the duet. Their comic touches made the performance very fun.

For the finale, Marianna Vagnini-Dadamo joined the multi-talented Emily Pierce for another duet from Wicked, "For Good." It was a fine way to close the show.

Congratulations to the entire cast on two fine performances.