001Yes. Hello. Yes, that was Thank you. >> [clears throat] [applause] >> Good evening and welcome to the Cinnamonson High School winter concert. My name is Brian Bacon and I'm so fortunate to be able to be here tonight to share some beautiful music that these incredible musicians have been working on for the past few months. I'd ask you now to please take a moment and silence your cell phones to make sure that the students hard work can be heard uninterrupted. And if you could please wait until between songs to enter or leave the auditorium, that would be greatly appreciated. Please rise if you are able as a CHS chamber choir sings the national anthem to begin tonight's concert. By the early proud we [singing] [music] [singing] were so And the rockets [singing] were in gave [singing
002and music] through the night that our flag was still [singing] there. Oh, that star [singing] for the land of the free. and the home of the brave. [applause] And now I would like to welcome to the stage the CHS Jazz Band under the direction of Dr. Dalvio. [applause] One, two, three, [music] >> [music] >> 2. [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 [music] 2 3 1 2 Heat. Heat. [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> There you go. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Oh yeah. [music] Yeah. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] [music] Got [music] it. >> [music] [music] >> 1 2 3 [music] 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] [music] >> [applause] [applause] >>
003Doesn't matter how many times Mr. Wilson tells me don't turn it off and on again. I'm leaving it on anyway. Sorry about that. Uh good evening and uh thank you for joining us tonight. You just heard the Cinnamon High School jazz band uh performing Gingerbread Boy by Jimmy Heath and arranged by Larry Dunlap. Uh several improvised solos throughout uh were heard uh by Robert Jacob on tener saxophone, Jia Massenberg on flute, Kyle Showitz on trumpet, and Jared Lorenzo on drum set. Um jazz band is an extracurricular activity that meets Monday evenings from 6:00 to 9. We learn all about uh not only just the the tunes you heard just now, but how the historical aspect of how one would learn it uh and learning how to improvise, which I like to talk about as spontaneous
004composition. Uh our final selection this evening is a twist on the Jerome Richardson classic Groove Merchant. Uh it'll feature solo improvised solos by Pedro Duza on piano, Deshawn Miller on alto saxophone, and Nate Calhoun on trumpet. We hope you enjoy. [applause] One, two, one, two, three, four. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. [music] [music] Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [applause] >> Thank you again so much for your uh being a great audience. We're happy to have you out here tonight. Give us just one sec to set up for our next performance for you. >> All right. Okay. Perfect. All right, welcome. This is the CHS Concert Choir. Our first
005selection is Haneirote Hallelu, meaning light the lights. This piece will feature Ethan Shrier playing the clarinet. [applause] Roal [singing] [music] [singing and music] [music] a newly [singing] king. Are you king? [singing and music] Are you [singing] king [music] [singing] by the window? We Remember [singing and music] days gone by. Wonders [singing and music] you have shown. Shining [singing] through the shining through the mir [singing] [music] through the [singing] window. [music] herald [singing] might [music] [singing] arose. [music] [singing] Molly >> [singing] [singing] >> A [music] new King [singing] of the [music] New [singing] King. [applause] Thank you. Another round of applause for Ethan Trier, our clarinetist. Wonderful performance. Thank you, Ethan. [applause] That also featured some desk singers. Leila Hoba, Jia Massenberg, Kim Mason, Sophia Fitzgerald, and Pton Zarzasti. Thank you so much, desk singers. [applause]
006Next, we will perform a selection from my favorite Christmas movie, A Muppet Christmas Carol. This piece is entitled One More Sleep Till Christmas. >> [singing] >> in the airing [music] world and people love and care. [music] The [singing] promise of excitement is one the night will keep after [singing] [music] Christmas. The world [singing] has got a smile. There's [music] no such thing as strangers when everyone [singing and music] is family. We're having so much fun. After all, there's [singing] only [music] one sleepy [singing] pleasure. [singing] We feel it. It's a season [singing and music] and to keep [music and singing] alive [singing] and everyone [music and singing] can feel it. the feelings running deep. After all, there's [singing] only one more sleep till Christmas. After all, there's only one more sleep till Christmas [singing] day.
007[music] [applause] Next, we have a song, though not necessarily inspired by winter, has some wonderful darker harmonies which remind me of a gray wintry day. This is Alice's theme by Danny Elfman from the film Alice in Wonderland. >> [music] >> Oo. Oh, [music] [singing] [music] [singing] where have you been? [singing] What [singing] have you heard? What have you seen? Alice. Alice, please. [singing] Alice. Oh, [singing] are you big or small? [singing] It's [singing] such a long way to fall. Alice. Alice. Oh, Alice. [singing] Not that you [music] choose. Perhaps you should be coming back another [singing] day. Another day. And nothing is quite what it seems. [music] You're dreaming. Are you [singing] dreaming? Oh, Alice. [music] Alice. How [singing] will you find your way? >> No time for [music] tears today. No time for tears
008today. Oh, how will you find your way? [singing] >> No [music] time for tears today. No time for tears today. [music] [singing] So many [music and singing] things not to [singing] lose your head. Just think of what the door said. Alice, did someone [singing] pull you by the [music] hand? How many [singing] miles? Please [singing] tell us we'll understand us. Oh, [singing] Alice. Will you find your way? [music] Oh, how will you find your way? [music] [music] [applause] Thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] Before our final selection, I want to acknowledge our students who were selected for honors ensembles this year. As part of the 2024 All State Mix Choir, we have Leila Hobba, who performed this past November in Atlantic City and Newark. Congratulations, Ila. [applause] Selected into the All South Jersey Senior
009High Choir was Sam Bobin, Cat Smith, Ryan Wik, Jared Lorenzo, Mary Quinn, and Aram Matson. Can you guys give a wave? [applause] Congratulations. And into the Alla Jersey Junior High Choir was Vincent Ayanuzi, Sarah Casey, and Gabriella Chosk. Giveaway. [applause] They will perform concerts at the end of January at the Washington Township Performing Arts Center. I would also like to publicly thank Mrs. Stephanie Burgerer for coming back and accompanying us again this year. We couldn't do it without you. [cheering] [applause] Our final selection from the CHS Concert Choir is our student selected piece, Happy Christmas, War is Over. This will feature Payton Zarzasti on guitar, as well as a small group of singers consisting of Abby Frerieded, Addie McMullen, Zack Bond, Haley Geddling, Caleb Benoodi, Liam McConnell, Connor Fidala, Stace Mahia, and Cat Smith. Enjoy.
010[applause] So this is [singing] Christmas and [music] what have you done? Another [singing] year over just [singing] begun. And so [music] this is Christmas. I [singing] hope you have [music] the old and the [singing] young. [music] A merry merry Christmas [music] and a happy new year. Let's [singing] hope it's a good one without any fear. [singing] Christmas [music] [singing] year [music] is over. A new [singing] one just begun. War is [singing] over if you want [singing] it. War is over [singing] now. [music] Merry, [singing] merry Christmas and a [music] happy new year. Let's hope it's [singing] a good one without any [music] fear. And so this is Christmas. [singing] What [music] have you done [singing] over a new [singing and music] begun? This is Christmas. [singing] And what [music] have you done? Another [singing] year
011over. [music] [singing] [music] War is over [singing] now. [music] >> [applause] [applause] >> Thank you so very much. Next up, we are going to have Mr. Hurock and the strings as our concert choir heads back to their seats. Uh, unless you're in chamber choir and if you need to uh get out of your ropes, you can head up. All right, come on back. >> [applause] [applause] >> Dell. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [applause] >> Uh, we need a little bit of arrangement here Well, people move backwards and forwards. Uh Ronan's been getting his steps in all day long, going backwards and from one side of the stage to the other. And we have our guest soloist who's getting a couple of
012instruments here as well. Uh but our next piece um is a French carol called Bring a Torch, Janette Isabella. Some of you may have heard it. Uh I hope you enjoyed Fairies, which was a little Tchaikovski from uh The Nutcracker. Um after Janette uh after bring a tour Janette we will play uh Silent Night which is a truly beautiful arrangement. Um I don't know if you all know the history behind Silent Night but um it's really quite special. So, I'll uh I'll come back and let you know about that when we finish. Bring a torch. Hallelujah. >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. >> [applause] >> Thank you. A few more people to add to this. Uh you probably noticed already this is not just strings. Um I'm thrilled
013to be able to have some members of the band, percussion and wind. And now we're also going to include some of the chamber choir as well. Um, this arrangement of Silent Night to me seems to conjure up the images of when it was first composed. For those of you who don't know, uh, France Gruber, an Austrian um, an Austrian pastor, had checked on the church organ the night before for their Christmas Eve concert and discovered that the mice had eaten through the bellows. So now he had a big problem. No music for Christmas Eve. So he went back home, picked up his guitar, and supposedly picked uh the tune out of the air as he was looking out of his window at the snow and the forest. And uh the result was one of the
014most beautiful carols we know. And this particular arrangement to me really seems to explain how Gruber must have felt and the thoughts that were going through his mind as he composed it. >> [music] [music] >> Oh, heat. Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. >> [bell] [bell] [applause] >> Uh you could hear how good they are this year. All of them. Um thank you. [applause] I would like to mention a few of us uh who have done really well this year uh and have played in representative or are chosen to play in representative orchestras uh South Jersey band and orchestra directors uh which will be in January of next year and we we've already had a couple of students playing in a Philadelphia youth youth orchestra as well. So, I would like all of those who are accepted
015into the Philly Youth Orchestra, uh, played in the Philly Youth Orchestra and accepted in the South Jersey, please stand up. So, [applause] Ronan, Annabella, Nissa, Kyra, Olivia, Isabella, Veronica. [applause] No, you stand, stand. Um, fantastic guys, all of you. Tremendous, tremendous work. Well done, Victor Luke and our youngest Landon who's joined us from the middle school here today as well. Outstanding guys. Outstanding. [applause] Our last piece um is a piece that the TSO plays, the Transiberian Orchestra. Um if you've seen them, they are an amazing show. Lights, pyro technics, fantastic, lots of energy. Hopefully we can give you a similar type of energy, but no pyrochnics. Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music]
016[music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. [music] [applause] Heat. [applause] Little David [singing] on your heart. Hallelu Hallelu. Little David on your heart. [music] Hallelu. Little David. Play on your heart. Hallelu [singing] on your heart. Hallelu. Hallelu. [singing and music] David was a shepher. He killed [singing] and he shouted for joy. [music] David [singing] [music] and he shouted for joy. David play [singing] on your hallelu [music] David on your heart [singing] [music] on your heart [singing and music] [singing] of God [music] till his Joshua [singing and music] [singing] [music] David [singing] sing [music] on your [singing and music] heart. On [singing and music] your heart David [music] [singing] on your heart on your heart [singing] [music] on your heart [music] on your heart. [singing] [music] on your heart. [singing] Hallelu. [applause] Thank you very much. This
017is the Cinnamonson High School Chamber Choir. We meet one night a week. These students give up their own time to come and rehearse and work together. This is an audition group and the next song that we are going to be performing is entitled Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind. A beautiful setting of Shakespeare text by the coral legend John Ruer. >> [singing] >> The wind blow [music] [singing] the Not so unkind. is not so thy breath. All thy birth [singing] singho [singing and music] most friendship is fading most [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] char. Freeze the sky [music] the [music] sky. [singing] that does the fight [music] so as benefits for God. [singing] has been [music] a [singing] for God. [singing] [music] >> [singing] >> God [music] singship [singing] [music] is made. [singing] and [singing] the
018holy. This [music] life is most [singing] [applause] Thank you very much. Our next piece is a jazz standard entitled Autumn Leaves. [music] The falling [singing] leaves drift by the window. The autumn [singing] leaves of red [music] and gold. I see [singing] your lips. The summer kisses. [singing] The sun. The sun. [music] I used to [music] [music] [singing] But I miss [music] you most of all, my darling. [music] [singing] >> [music] >> Son [singing] [music] [singing] dear old win [music] song. But I miss you most [singing] of all, my darling. [music] [music] [singing] But I miss you most of all. >> [singing] >> My darling [music] [singing] start. [music] [music] >> [music] [applause] >> As is tradition, any CHS Chamber Choir alumni are asked to please join us for the singing of our next song, Jerusalem.
019which features senior soloists Robert Jacob and Kim Mason. So, if you're out there, come on down. As you're coming up, I wanted to thank the chamber choir for giving up so much of their time this month to spread holiday cheer. We performed at the Lake View Tree Lighting, and this Thursday, we have a music fundraiser at the Chick-fil-A in Delran. Uh I have a flyer in the back there. If you grab uh one of those, please do. Uh so, grab a flyer in the back if you'd like to come and help support the choir. We are performing in Delran even though there's not one in Cinnamonson. Uh because there's no space inside the one in Cinnamonson for our choir to perform. We will be performing at 6:00. However, the fundraiser takes place from 5 to
0208:00 p.m. Simply say you're part of the Cinnamonson choir fundraiser or bring that flyer with you and a portion of your sale will come back to us. It works on both drive-thru or in the store. Thank you all the chamber choir members for giving up your time during this busy season. Next up, the traditional peace, Jerusalem. I shall shall my soul. Shall I Happy. The [singing] garden [music] [singing] [singing and music] are Sweet and [singing] [singing] see their trees forever [singing] more bear fruit. and ever more [singing] to spring. There ever the angels sit and ever more to [singing] sing. >> [singing] >> My home would go I [singing] would go my walls [singing] were thy [singing] joys voice that I might [music] see. [applause] Thank you so much to our alumni for coming on
021up and to our soloist Kim Mason Robert Jacob. Beautiful performance. Next up we Yes. Round of applause. Great job. [applause] Next up we have the CHS Concert Band under the direction of Dr. Dalvio. Nope. Again, there should be flyers in the back. Uh if anybody's interested in grabbing one of these flyers for the Cinnamon High School choir spirit night, it's this [music] Thursday, December 18th from 5 to 8. And the choir will be for performing, the chamber choir will be performing at 6:00 at the Chick-fil-A in Delran. Thanks so much. We're just going to uh take a moment and get the CHS concert band set up on stage. Thank you. >> [applause] [clears throat] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. Hey, Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. >> [music]
022[music] >> Heat. Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] [music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [music] [music] Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. [music and singing] Heat. [music] [bell] Heat. [music] [music] Heat. >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [applause] checking. There we are. Uh hello again. Thank you again for being here this evening. Uh you're watching the Cinem High School Concert Band. Uh that piece was a likely familiar one to many. a medley of music from How the Grinch Stole Christmas written by Kevin Day. Uh we have two more pieces for you before our combined finale. Uh our next piece will bring some of uh more familiar holiday tunes your way as we perform John Moss' Christmas at the Movies. We'll conclude our performance with Randall Standrich's Aolicking Hanukkah. Hang on tight as this whimsical
023work puts you in the saddle of a horse galloping across a snowy plane to a Hanukkah celebration. The songs of Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah, the drreal song, and Sev Sivon Savs, Savvs, Sev, Sevivon, Savv, my bad, are heard as you draw closer and closer to the celebration. It's been such a pleasure to make music with you this evening and to have been able to make music with these fine young musicians over the past few months. We hope you enjoy the Cinnon High School uh concert band. [applause] Yeah. [music] Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. Beautiful. [music and bell] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [music] [music] Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. [applause] >> [applause] >> Let us roll it.
024>> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Heat. Hey, Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. [applause] >> [applause] >> so much. >> All right, if you just give us one second, we're going to reset our stage for our uh combined number. Thank you so much. [applause] >> Yeah, go ahead. Please >> before our final combined piece of the Hallelujah Chorus. We've been doing this now as a tradition for quite some time. And if there's anybody who would like to come up and sing or play the Hallelujah Chorus with us alumni, uh I forgot last year, but if this year you'd like to come up and sing with us or play with us, please come on up. Before our final selection, I
025want to acknowledge our students. Uh sorry, before our final selection, uh I would like to thank all of you for your support tonight and for your continued support of these fine young musicians. I would also like to thank all the music teachers in our district for your dedication to our craft and for giving these students the musical foundation for success. I would also like to thank my administration who are dedicated to continuing the music education of all students. Special thanks to our CHS staff of Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Wilkinson, Mrs. Calazad, and Mr. Gorman who have all been ardent supporters of the program and it is much appreciated. Also to our custodial staff for setting up the event and of course to Mr. Wilson for Lights and Sound. We could not have done it without you.
026Round of applause for all of them. [applause] I'd also like to thank Mr. De Caesar back there for filming tonight. Thank you so much as well, Mr. De Caesar. [applause] And as we get set for our final piece, uh, from all of us to all of you, happy holidays and we hope you have a very relaxing break. And uh sorry, one more thing before we start. I did I would have been remiss if I had not mentioned uh I know Mr. uh Herac had mentioned he had many uh of his students uh make the all South Jersey band and orchestra. Uh we had a percussionist of ours uh get selected to take part in the all South Jersey band as well. That'd be Benjamin Jacobs sophomore. So let's hear for Benjamin. [cheering and applause] Hallelujah.
027[music] Hallelujah. [singing] Hallelujah. [music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [singing] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [music] [singing] For the [chant] Lord God of be. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. For the [singing and music] Lord God of people and Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [singing] [music] [singing] [music] Hallelujah. [singing] [music] Hallelujah. The [music] kingom of this world is he [music] the [singing] kingom of the Lord and of his and of his Christ. And he shall [singing] reign forever and [chant] ever. And he shall forever [music] and ever. And we shall shall [music] forever [singing] and ever shall forever [music] and ever. [singing] King of kings forever and ever. [singing] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [music] and Lord of Lord forever and ever. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. >> King of kings forever and ever. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. >> Lord of glor and hallelujah. Hallelujah. King of
028kings forever and ever. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. King of [singing] kings [music] and lord of lord. And he shall reign forever. [music] >> And he shall reign. And he shall [singing] reign forever and [music] ever. King of kings forever and ever and lord of lord. Hallelujah. [music] Hallelujah. He shall praise forever [music] and ever. King of kings and lord of lords. King of [music] kings and lord [singing] of lords. We shall [music] reign forever and ever. [music] Forever and ever. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [music] [singing] [music] [applause] >> [applause] [applause] >> Thank you so much. Have a wonderful holiday season. Take care. [applause] You too. No, she definitely heard me talk to my daughter talking how I'm skipping over