Winter Concert

Needham High School

Needham High School Auditorium

December 18, 2024

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About the Production

Program

Chamber Strings

It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
by Edward Pola and George Wyle (1963)
arr. Erik Morales

All is Calm, All is Bright
Franz Gruber (1787-1863)
arr. Peter Blair
solos by Matama Nkoloa & Richard Shen

Chorale

Riu Riu Chiu
Anonymous Spanish Carol (1556)
Solos by Anthony Borrelli. Mary Scott Dunn,
Ben Gilman, Madison Rixner,
Nadia Tess, Caroline Sullivan

Riu, riu, chiu…
“The river bank is protected
God has kept the wolf
From our ewe lamb”

“Now we have what we desire
Let us go together to present him gifts
Let us all give him our will
For he came as our equal”
Riu, riu, chiu…

Deck the Halls in 7/8
Sixteenth Century Carol
arr. James McKelvy (1917-2003)

White Christmas
Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
soloist, Richard Shen

Combined Ensembles

Joy To The World
Melody by Lowell Mason (1792-1872)
Based on Antioch, attributed to Handel
arr. John Rutter (b. 1945)

Ose Shalom
Traditional Hebrew Text
Music by John Leavitt
Clarinet solo, Josh
Violin solos, Miles Yountz & Eleanore Alley

Somewhere in My Memory (from Home Alone)
Words by Leslie Bricusse
Music by John Williams (b.1932)
arr. Mark Hayes

Hallelujah
George Frideric Handel (1650-1759)
Premiered, Dublin, April 13, 1742

Friends and Family are encouraged to join us on stage for the singing of Hallelujah, Sheet music is available at the stairs

Personelle

Accompanist
Mr. Logan Heath

String Orchestra

Aili, Refeinuer
Akinci, Ogul
Bagg, Evan ●
Bagg, Gavin
Borskiy, Victoria
Collins, Owen
Conlon, Sydney
Ding, Benjamin
Epstein, Lucas
Epstein, Noah
Eudaric, Kiara
Hallmark, Donovan
Harten, Victoria
Herbert, Jackson ○
Le Dantec, Oliver
Ly, Natalia ○
Medina-Chaves, Sofia
Sassi, Ilyas
Sharrard, Marguerite
Silva, Ethan ○
Sole, Neil
Sujit, Nivina
Tsen, Lauren
Tu, Arianna
Vergara, Bruno
Walker, Adele
Weirup, Madeline ○
Welch, Valentina
Yorgancilar, Efe

Chamber Orchestra

Alley, Eleanore ●
Daly, Owen
Deng, Spenser ○
Krauss, Louisa
McCarthy, Ryan
Murray, William ○
Yang, Emmy ♦︎ ○
Yountz, Miles
Nkolola, Matama ○
Railton, Kyle
Shen, Richard
Sharrard, Marguerite
Zhou, Jason

Chorale

Allen, Amelia ♦︎
Basak, Archismita ♦︎
Batsevitsky, Joshua
Blume, Kiersten ♦︎
Borrelli, Anthony ♦︎
Bridgers, Lily ♦︎
Dunn, Mary Scott
Gilman, Benjamin ♦︎
Green, Samuel
Howell, Emmett
Katz, Lillian
King, Desdin
Mara, Cameron ♦︎
Muroff, Maxwell
Rauch, Delia ♦︎
Rixner, Madison
Salerno, Miles
Scott, Max
Serlenga, Riley
Sullivan, Caroline
Tess, Nadia ♦︎
Webb, Madeline

Bella Voce

Bayer, Kathleen
Berejik, Kaitlyn
Burke, Audrey
Burns, Maya
Cauti, Nichole
Del Vecchio, Teresa
Fairneny, Morgan
Pomerantz, Sam
Post, Olivia
Tranfaglia, Vanessa

Chorus

Allen, Erik
Barzilay, Nina
Bobocea, Lara
Broderick, Amelia
Fuchs, Emma
Garf, Reed
Khan, Vaneezah
Lemberg, Molly
Llacuna, Montserrat
Memory, Katherine
Murray, Margaret
Napadensky, Elizabeth
Paredes, Jose
Robertson, Szilvia
Shusterov, Sarah
Zhang, Thomas

Symphonic Band

Seth Feigenbaum, Trumpet I ♦︎
Julia Rowe, Flute, Piccolo
Eli Schwartz. Percussion ♦︎
Spencer Seidel, Trumpet II ♦︎
Joshua Van Dam, Clarinet ♦︎

Legend
○ Section Leader
● Concert Master
♦︎ Accepted to Senior Districts

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