Simsbury High School to Present Free Concert December 14

Music will fill the auditorium at Simsbury High School on Thursday, December 14, starting at 7:00 pm, as the choral music department presents the annual Winter Concert. The concert is free and the public is warmly invited. Snow date is December 15.

All 155 members of the Simsbury High School choirs: the SHS Men’s Choir, Treble Choir, Women’s Chorale, Mixed Chorale, and Simsbury Singers, will be participating in the concert. The choirs will be performing a program of standard choral repertoire, with a few holiday favorites sprinkled in. The three student-led a cappella groups: Andiamo, No Fella A Cappella, and Unaccompanied Minors will also be performing crowd favorites.

Fans of Handel’s Messiah take note, for the second half of the concert, the Simsbury Singers and Mixed Chorale will come together and be joined by the SHS Chamber Orchestra and professional wind players to present part one of Handel’s Messiah. The audience will rise and be invited to sing along on the final stirring Hallelujah Chorus. Words to the chorus are printed in the program, but audience members are invited to bring their own score.

The Simsbury High School choral department is led by the Simsbury Public Schools Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Colleen Thompson. Dr. Ryan Ford directs the SHS orchestra program.

The students of the music honorary organization, Tri-M, are sponsoring a food drive at the concert. Those wishing to donate to feed local hungry people may bring non-perishable items for collection at the door.

The program for the concert is below.

Simsbury High School Winter Choral Concert
December 14, 2017

No Fella Acappella
And So It Goes……………………………………………………...Billy Joel, arr. Kosloski

Men’s Choir
Ya Viene La Vieja……………………………..………..arr. Jim Leininger
In Monte Oliveti from Two Latin Motets …………………………….Giovanni B. Martini, ed. Michaels
Yonder Come Day………………………………...Georgia Sea Islands, arr. Paul John Rudoi

Andiamo
Santa Tell Me…………………………………………………………opb Ariana Grande, arr. Sokolson

Treble Choir and Women’s Chorale
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree......................................................Johnny Marks, arr. Matt DeAngelo
Iraqi Peace Song…………………………………………….Traditional, arr. Reiersrud and Tennehouse
Soloists: Cello: Will Mooneyham
Stand Together…………………………………………………...Jim Papoulis
Percussion: Avery Gottshall

Unaccompanied Minors
Christmas Can-Can……………………………………………opb Straight No Chaser, Walter Chase

~ Intermission ~

Mixed Chorale and Simsbury Singers with SHS Chamber Orchestra

The Messiah………….G.F. Handel, ed. T. Tertius Noble

1. Overture
2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People - Tim Amarell, Tenor
3. Aria: Every Valley Shall be Exalted - Tim Amarell, Tenor
4. Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord - Mixed Chorale and Simsbury Singers
5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord - Kyle St. Sauveur, Bass
6. Aria: But Who May Abide (not performed)
7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify - Simsbury Singers
8. Recitative: Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive - Robyn Ampadu, Alto
9. Aria and Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion - Robyn Ampadu, Alto
10. Recitative: For, Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth - Ethan Windisch, Bass
11. Aria: The People That Walked in Darkness - Kyle St. Sauveur, Bass
12. Chorus: For Unto Us a Child is Born - Simsbury Singers and Mixed Chorale
13. Pastoral Symphony
14. Recitative: There Were Shepherds abiding in the field; And Lo! The Angel of the Lord Came
Upon Them - Devin Hoffman, Soprano
15. Recitative: And the Angel Said Unto Them - Emmalee Richards, Soprano
16. Recitative: And Suddenly There was with the Angel - Emmalee Richards, Soprano
17. Chorus: Glory to God - Simsbury Singers
18. Aria: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion - Emily Steele, Soprano
19. Recitative: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind be Opened - Grace Sullivan, Alto
20. Aria: He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd - Grace Sullivan, Madeline Fabian and Brynly
Rich, Alto; Sarah Poole, Sophie Capobianco, Soprano
21. Chorus: His Yoke is Easy and His Burthen is Light (not performed)
22. Chorus: Hallelujah!

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! (2x)
For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
The kingdom or this world is become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and of His Christ;
And he shall reign for ever and ever (4x)
King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Forever and ever. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! (3x)
And he shall reign for ever and ever
King of Kings, for ever and ever, and Lord of Lords. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
And he shall reign for ever and ever.
King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.
And he shall reign for ever and ever.
King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hal - le - lu - jah!

A Small Moment……………………………………....…………………….Jean W. Brown
SHS choir alumni are welcome to join us on stage!

Personnel

Colleen Thompson Director of Choirs
Stuart Younse Mixed Chorale co-teacher
Ryan Ford Chamber Orchestra Director, Bass
Emily Marquardt Student Teacher
Robert Tomasulo Keyboard
Miriam Schreiber Oboe I
Michael Loveland Oboe II
James McAloon Trumpet I
Emily Tourgeman Trumpet II
Avery Gottshall Timpani

Special Thank Yous

Angela Griffin Carole Twohig
Lisa Abel Michael Hunter
Josh Berman Ryan Ford
Dr. Kenneth Shelley Adrian Durlester
Simsbury Friends for Music

Mixed Chorale

Talia Alibrio
Robyn Ampadu
Nate Bargmann
Alana Barker
Patch Barnard
William Bonnell
Alex Bourque
Nicole Briand
Maggie Budlong
Christopher Cestone
Claire Choi
Emma Conroy
Ava Couchon*
Sydney Daoud
Maria Diaz-Islas
Katherine Dzenko
Max Eisenhaure
Cedar Fillmore
Joachim Gatmaitan
Jacob Gentile
Kayla Greene
Laure Guibert
Rebecca Hartnett
Devin Hoffman*
David Hollander*
Tim Houghton
Ava Kahl
Hannah Kovel
Izabella Kuzkorski
Maria Lepak*
Caden Lill
Elena Marchetti
Brennan McDermott
Alyssa Miranda
Colby Morkan
Katie O'Connell
Emma Ouellette
Katie Palms
Lindsay Paquette
Carina Putnam
Zoe Raposo
Brynly Rich*
Emmalee Richards*
Mike Riso*
Catherine Rodney
Grace Rogers
Julia Rooney
Adele Rossignol+
Alex Sanborn
Nick Sanborn
Anna Sennott
Anna Shellman
Annalise Shingleton*
Krista Steinmetz
Ainsley Thompson*
Sarah Yeisley+
Drew Zenick
Taylor Zianio

Men’s Choir

Ben Armstrong
Jeffrey Briand
Nicholas Butchyk
Anthony Caggiano
Paul Cameron
Eric Carlos
Jacob Chesanek
Ian Costello
Augustus Glick
Alex Gomez-Nieto
Tommy Guilfoyle
D'Sean Martin
Julian Martinez
Jordan McDavid
Thomas McMillan
Carter Rowe
Pranav Seshadri*
Phillip Shenkman
Devin Shlosser
Joshua Staskiewicz
Malaki Tatum
Kevin VanVoorhis
Henry Vanderbeck
Nathan Winiarski+
Jonathan Young
Nicholas Zea

Women’s Chorale

Maddy Bourque
Caoilfhionn Carr
Marisa Cestone
Cecelia Cortes
Kylie Doran
Eva Fernandez
Lucy Hardee
Abby Harris
Sophie Hayes
Maya Huntingdon
Rebecca Jano
Angelette Lugo
Alex Morrow
Olivia Nuñez
Eleanor Potter
Haley Pulley
Elena Somers
Anna-Maria Vdovenko
Caroline Vlach*+

Treble Choir

Savannah Beckius
Katherine Bonnell
Rebecca Brown
Lauren Daoud
Keeley Flaherty
Patia Fox
Trinitee Garvey
Emily Goodwin
Angelina Hartnett
Olivia Henderson
Rachel Jano
Rachel Kiel
Haley LeBonte-Perron
Olivia Loxton
Emily Lyman
Elisabetta Marchetti*
Justus Nash
Jenna Paddock
Laura Robichaud
Daniela Rovalino*
Diamond Ruff
Alice Salvatore
Ella Schulitz
Kailani Sheff
Violet Trouern-Trend
Emma Windisch

Simsbury Singers

Tim Amarell*+
Nick Beckius
David Black
Catherine Cantelmo*
Matthias DeAngelo*
Isabelle Dowd
Madeline Fabian*
Madeline Gamer+
Luke Gilmore
Molly Grossman*
Benjamin Grossman*
Maria Hodson*
Kenan King
Haley Latorre
Luke Pace*
Caroline Pane
Sarah Poole*
Ava Rooney
Marc Sokolson
Kyle St. Sauveur*
Emily Steele*
Grace Sullivan*
Mallory Thompson*
Ajeeth Vellore*
Ethan Windisch*

* = Northern Regionals
+ = OAKE National Honor Choir

Chamber Orchestra

Judy Bergman
Katie Campson
Erin Choi
Emma Costello
Abby Fabian
Katie Galt
Kate Gunderson
Abby Hammel
James Hammel
Elias Hanna
Maria Hodson
Emma Martin
Connor Richard
Paige Sciallis
Martin Smith
Nola Smith
Karin van Hassel
Ryan Xu
Faith Ye

Andiamo

Robyn Ampadu
Alana Barker
Katherine Bonnell
Will Bonnell
Chris Cestone
Marisa Cestone
Maxwell Eisenhaure
Joachim Gatmaitan
Avery Gottshall
Rige Gracjevci
Molly Grossman - leader
Josh Kiel
Olivia Loxton
Will Mooneyham
Sarah Poole
Emmalee Richards
Mike Riso
Marc Sokolson - leader
Sarah Yeisley

Unaccompanied Minors

Tim Amarell - leader
Nick Beckius
David Black
AJ Caggiano
Luke Gilmore
Ben Grossman - leader
Kenan King
Joe Lepak
Brennan McDermott
Luke Pace
Kyle St. Sauveur
Pranav Seshadri
Ajeeth Vellore
Ethan Windisch
Nathan Winiarski
Drew Zenick

No Fella A Capella

Cat Cantelmo
Sophie Capobianco
Claire Choi
Isabelle Dowd
Maddie Fabian
Ashley Heinrich
Devin Hoffman
Rachel Kiel
Haley Latorre - Leader
Olivia Nunez (with the squiggly over n)
Caroline Pane
Brynly Rich
Ava Rooney
Annalise Shingleton
Emily Steele - leader
Grace Sullivan - leader
Ainsley Thompson
Mallory Thompson
Emma Windisch

Director’s Notes

Welcome to the December concert! The repertoire for this concert is mostly standard choral
repertoire appropriate for any time of year with a few holiday favorites sprinkled in. Simsbury Singers
and Mixed Chorale will be performing Part I of Handel’s Messiah for the second half of the concert.
Accompanying us will be Dr. Ford and the SHS chamber orchestra, as well as professional keyboard and
wind players. Messiah is a professional-level work featuring difficult full choir movements and solo
movements. It has been a huge goal of mine to conduct this piece at SHS. It takes a very special group of
choristers, soloists, and instrumentalists to pull it off - and this cohort of students was up for the
challenge! I am extremely proud of all of them for their dedication and professionalism. If you know the
Hallelujah Chorus, feel free to stand and join us!
The Northern Regionals festival will be held in January. 29 SHS choral students were selected by
audition to sing in the Northern Regionals Festival choir: Grade 12 - Sophie Capobianco, Matt
DeAngelo, Molly Grossman, Maria Hodson (violin), Kyle St. Sauveur, Grace Sullivan, Mallory
Thompson; Grade 11 - Catherine Cantelmo, Ava Couchon, Maddie Fabian, Benjamin Grossman, Devin
Hoffman, Sarah Poole, Brynly Rich, Emmalee Richards, Annalise Shingleton, Emily Steele, Ethan
Windisch; Grade 10 - Claire Choi, David Hollander, Maria Lepak, Luke Pace, Michael Riso, Ainsley
Thompson, Ajeeth Vellore, Caroline Vlach; Grade 9 - Elisabetta Marchetti, Daniela Rovalino, Pranav
Seshadri. Great job to all students who auditioned and congratulations to those of you who will be
representing SHS at the festival!
Thank you to all students who participated in Holiday Cabaret this year – especially, the leaders:
Molly Grossman, Mallory Thompson and Ethan Windisch. The group once again raised thousands of
dollars for the Hartford food pantry Loaves and Fishes. Students at SHS truly make a positive difference
in our community!
Finally, please consider supporting the SHS choral program by visiting the bake sale table during
intermission and after the concert. Please also consider ordering a CD of tonight’s concert. All you have
to do is fill out a Soundwaves order form and drop it off at the table in the lobby after the concert.
We hope you enjoy the concert! Have a peaceful and joyful holiday season!
Sincerely,
Colleen Thompson
SHS Choral Director