Chorus & Strings Spring Concert

Chorus & Strings Spring Concert

Needham High School

Needham High School Auditorium

May 6, 2026

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About the Production

Program

Jonathan VanderWoude, Director
Christy Liao, Accompanist
Julia Rowe (’25), flute

String Orchestra
Concerto For Three
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Featuring the class of 2026Overture to Nabucco
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
arr. Sandra Dackow

Forever Joyful
Brian Balmages (b. 1975)

I’m Shipping up to Boston
Recorded by Dropkick Murphys
arr. Sean O’Loughlin

Chamber Orchestra
American Reel
Kirt Mosier
Solos by Eleanor Alley (’26) and Emmy Yang

Salut D’Amore
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Solo by Emmy Yang

The Sound of Music
Music by Richard Rogers (1902-1979)
arr. John Wasson

Pirates Of The Caribbean
Music by Klaus Badelt
arr. Ted Rickets
Performed with members of Symphonic Band

Chorale

Every Time I Feel The Spirit
Traditional Spiritual, arr. William Dawson (1899-1990)
solo by Donovan Capers

Ubi Caritas
arr. Ola Gjeilo (b.1978)

Combined Choirs

Verleih uns frieden
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Festival Sanctus
John Leavitt (b. 1956)

True Colors
Words and music by Billy Steinberg and Tom kelly
arr. Jesse Hampsch (b. 1992)
Conducted by Mia Allen (’26)

The Road Home
by Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)
tune: “Prospect” from Southern harmony 1835

Sing My Child
by Sarah Quartel (b. 1982)
solos by Nadia Tess & Cam Mara, (’26)
Djembe, Louisa Krauss

All Ensembles

Bridge Over Troubled Water
Words and music by Paul Simon (b. 1941)
arr. Kirby Shaw
set for strings by J.VanderWoude

Personelle

Chorale

Allen, Mia

︎★ (’26)
Allen, Erik
Barzilay, Nina
Basak, Archismita (’26)
Blume, Kiersten

︎★ (’26)
Broderick, Amelia

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Capers, Donovan
Casale, James  (’26)
Fuchs, Emma  (’26)
Howell, Emmett  (’26)
Khan, Vaneezah
Llacuna, Montserrat  (’26)
Mara, Cameron

︎★ (’26)
Memory, Katherine
Modica, Annie  (’26)
Rauch, Delia  (’26)
Robertson, Szilvia  (’26)
Tess, Nadia

︎★ (’26)
Yountz, Benjamin
Zhang, Thomas

Chorus

Bansal, Anish

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Berejik, Kaitlyn
Bresman, Jonah
Burke, Audrey
Burns, Maya
Calzada, Theodore
Cauti, Nichole
Del Vecchio, Teresa
Dibner, Rebecca
Fairneny, Morgan
Gustman, Rayna
Herman, Julian
Kandadai, Jaivardhan
Kolewe, Artemis
Lemberg, Molly
Murray, Philip
Napadensky, Elizabeth
Pomerantz, Sam
Post, Olivia
Sacco, Nathaniel
Sacco, Perrin
Schroeder, Emma
Shusterov, Sarah
Stamm, Lily
Tranfaglia, Vanessa
Zacharias, Via

Bella Voce

Donohue, Julia

︎
Guire, Sienna
Kahn, Nutmeg
Kirchofer, Greta
Metter, Gavi

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Mihailidis, Stella
Pina, Amelia
Pressman, Maya
Shemmeri, Lemisse
Walters, Alice
Yi, Scarlett

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String Orchestra
Aili, Refeinuer
Akinci, Ogul
Bacigalupi, Riley
Bagg, Gavin ●
Belekian, Alina
Collins, Owen
Le Dantec, Oliver
Eudaric, Kiara
Gomez-Petrenko, Katherine
Hallmark, Donovan
Harten, Victoria ○
Herbert, Jackson ○
Kraft, Esther
Krishnan, Karan
Kyttaris, Christos
Liao, Leah
Lukashchuk, Sasha
Medina-Chaves, Sofia
Shin, Peter
Shyamsundar, Nandita
Sole, Anish
Tham, Adrial
Walker, Adele
Wang, Zirui
Weirup, Maddy ○
Welch, Valentina
Yorgancilar, Efe
Yountz, Lucas ○

Chamber Orchestra
Alley, Eleanore ● (’26)
Black, Jonah

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Choi, Daniel

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Deng, Spenser ○
Epstein, Lucas
Epstein, Noah
Howell, Emmett

︎ (’26)
Krauss, Louisa

︎○
Lee, Seo-Yoon Joy

︎
Nie, Christopher

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Nkolola, Matama ○  (’26)
Raiz, Emily ○  (’26)
Sharrard, Maggie
Silva, Ethan
Sujit, Nivina
Tsen, Lauren  (’26)
Tu, Arianna
Yang, Emmy

︎★
Zhou, Jason (’26)Legend
○ Section Leader
● Concert Master

︎ Districts
★ All State

Symphonic Band
Brooke Donohue, flute
Samantha Jarm, flute
Alex fisher oboe
Martina Lotero, clarinet
Shawn Yu, clarinet
Gabriel Waller, Bass Clarinet
Stella Rogovoy, Bassoon
Seth Feigenbaum, trumpet
Evelyn Braman, trumpet
Spenser Seidel, trumpet
Ben Remorenko, tuba
Ben Leeman, Horn
Will Roy, Horn
William Lalonde, trombone
Charles Richmond, trombone
Jayesh Nepal, trombone
Joey Wiesch, percussion
Carrie Zhang, percussionSpecial Thanks to Mr. Martin for facilitating this collaboration between Symphonic Band and Chamber Orchestra

Texts and Translations

Verleigh uns frieden
Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich,
Mercifully grant us peace,
Herr Gott, zu unsern Zeiten.
Lord God, in our times.
Es ist doch ja kein andrer nicht,
For there is no other
der für uns könnte streiten,
Who could fight for us
denn du, unser Gott, alleine.
But you alone, our God.Festival Sanctus
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
Holy, Holy, Holy,
Dominus Deus Sabaoth
Lord God of Hosts.
Hosanna in excelsis
Hosanna in the highest.
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua
Full are heaven and earth of thy glory.
Hosanna in excelsis
Hosanna in the highest.

Ubi Caritas
Where charity and love are, there God is.
The love of Christ has gathered us into one.
Let us exult, and in Him be joyful.
Let us fear and let us love the living God.
And from a sincere heart let us love each other.

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