001We know. [Music] What are you doing? Gordon. And it was like I got it. It's harder. Bye. Move it. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much for coming out tonight. I know it's not a particularly spring evening. Um, I'd like those of you who may have uh your telephones with you, please, please put them on vibrate. Um, there are moments of very, very quiet music and absolute silence, so we don't need a phone going off. Thank you very much. There [Music] are no Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] I just give you a little uh background to these first two pieces that we are going to play. Uh you may recognize the name Lloyd Weber um but perhaps not the first composer William Lloyd Weber. The second one, Puyasu uh by Andrew
002Lloyd Weber is uh part of his reququum and he wrote this uh on the death of his father who wrote the first piece of music that we will play who actually just happened to be the director of my college in London who put the fear of God in me when I was doing my keyboard harmony in front of him. He was an amazing organist. So, it was very intimidating. Um, so I hope you enjoy a little bit of music that's not widely heard from William. And then I'm sure many of you, if not all of you, will recognize the Andrew Lloyd Webb of Pa Yasu. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Happy birthday. [Music] Hallelujah. Heat. Heat. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause] uh the the last p
003well the piece that we will finish our first uh first set with uh is written by a Welshman who's still alive today. Um, it does not sound at all as if it's contemporary music. Uh, Carl Jenkins was a great admirer of an Italian architect from the Renaissance period of the name of Padio. And this piece of music really does a great job in reflect reflecting Padio's architectural style. Perfect example here in the states would be the capital building where it's very very well balanced and very even on either side. So I hope you enjoy this little piece by Carl Jenkins. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [Music] Heat. [Music] Amen. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] get you off and those of you still uh now it's the turn after seeing those from uh what 9th
004to 12th to see those from third grade to fifth grade. Uh this is where it all starts and this is where these guys all started as well. Uh now I must tell you a little story about these guys. Rehearsal time has been at a real premium this year. Uh the first three pieces that you're going to hear, although we've all played them in our small groups, we've yet to play it together. We simply didn't have time to rehearse it on the stage. So, this is going to be a great achievement for these young students here. But, uh uh I do have a little bit of help from the high school, especially seating them because we didn't even practice sitting on the chairs yet. So, middle school, if you'd like to come up, please take your
005places. Rush Fiddle is in the front. [Applause] Come on. Let's go. Everybody everybody. I'm not good. all the way around. Let's find Happy morning. Everyone They're more comfortable. All right. [Music] Good night. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] There you go. All [Music] right. Yeah. [Music] Heat up here. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Okay. Well, uh, most of them are leaving the stage. Those that will remain are members of Rush Fiddlers who stay after school on a Tuesday. Uh, and they've been working on this one. It's another traditional American folk song. Uh, based on part of what the last one was that you heard, but this one's
006called Cabbage Countdown. as different variations on bm cabbage down. Um, sorry it took a while to get them up there. We hadn't rehearsed that before. Um, the final piece we will have all of these students plus the high school and middle school. That's going to be a real squeeze. It was uh when we when we did it yesterday. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Yes, [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hallelujah. Heat. Heat. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Oh, heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] And now uh to the middle middle school if uh middle school would like to come out back up to the stage please guys. Or actually on the stage for the first time I think. Yes. Yeah, Billy. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause]
007[Music] Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. Heat. Heat. [Music] Glory. Glory to God. [Music] Hallelujah. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [Music] Let's go. [Music] Hallelujah. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Okay. So, eighth grade. Eighth grade. Okay. Um, as the sixth and seventh grade leave the stage, um, high school hopefully are watching on the v video somewhere and coming back in. Sixth and seventh need to leave. Um, this will actually be a taste of next year's high school orchestra because we're going to do a combined piece with the eighth grade and our 9th through 12th grade. So, we're going to lose three students uh who are seniors this year. Um, one of whom is going to play a solo with us tonight and three others. So, we'll have two soloists from the high
008school and two soloists from the middle school. So, I hope you enjoy a little taste of next year's orchestra. Uh, this is an old piece of music. This was written by a German composer called Talon. He was a contemporary of Bark. Um, Talaman was a very, very busy guy. Supposedly, in one year, he wrote over 300 pieces of music. But, uh, back then, of course, live music was the only way you could ever hear it. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Okay. Well, uh, if the eighth grade will leave at the moment, please, and the high school can do their last set. Uh the before we get to our final piece, the The first two are from uh a piece of music, a
009sweep of small pieces written the end of the 19th century into the beginning of the 20th by a French composer called Camille Salsa. Uh it's called Carnival of Carnival of the Animals. And those of you who have seen Fantasia might well remember one of these movements there. Um, each one represents a different animal from fish all the way through to an elephant. And our first one tonight will be the elephant with our soloist Ronan Seagrist. And then we'll follow that up with the swan soloist Victor Amos. [Music] to victory. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause] our last piece before we get to our combined finale which you might need to give us a couple of minutes to get set up for uh is a piece by another English composer actually this was written in uh
010first part of the 20th century by Gustaf Hol uh some of you may know of him for his planets fame name uh he wrote Mars that was one of the one of the pieces in that suite Mars the bringer of war this piece he wrote when he was living and working on the south bank of the river temps at St. Paul's girl uh St. Paul's school for girls and this is the first movement the jig of his St. Paul's suite [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause] Okay, let's get uh middle school walk up this side of the stage. Up this side. Middle school. Middle school up this side. This side. This side. This side. Luke, you're going to have to go that side for your base, of course. Okay. Rush. Just as
011we were yesterday. All the way around to the side, please. Okay. Hi. My speech. So, it's tradition. It's a tradition each year to uh for the seniors just to talk for like a moment. And uh I'm not a good public speaker. Um so, here it goes. But, uh Mr. H has really made this class for us. He's always good for a profound thought or being silly. uh he certainly is a figurehead of the CHA strings and nobody would be the same as him. Um I noticed from being a part of his class that you have students who take the class and you have students like Victor who just go above and beyond like Victor, Ronin, Annabella, uh a bunch of people, but that's not me. But there's a takeaway which I learned from that. It's
012you don't have to be like the best student. And uh I certainly don't prefer cello over other things, but the takeaway I have is whatever you do, try to do it your best and really be passionate about what you do. So if that's the cello or if that's, you know, doing whatever like a weed in a shoe box, you want to take it with a passion. And um I had a really good time. So thank you, Mr. Hercock. And uh thank you for my peers for having a great time. Uh, Big Bob now. Uh, hello. Um, I've been a member of this organization for 10 years. Um, it's been a blast. Like Ryan said, um, he, Mr. H, he always works with us, uh, to get us ready for these concerts twice a year. And
013it's it's he works so hard. Uh I can't believe he does this twice a year. Honestly, it's it's a lot of work, but um he really sticks with it. And he's he's just like the best. Honestly, I don't know what else to say. Um uh wherever he is right now. Don't know where. Uh thank you for everything that you do for all of us. Um it's really great. Uh thank you. Um, hi. My name is Kellen. I'm the last senior. There's only three of us. And I was actually calculating with Mr. H earlier today how many years I've been doing this. And it turns out I have been playing with him for nine years. So that's kind of crazy. This is my eighth spring concert. Um, when you think of someone that has to teach
014at three different schools, you typically imagine someone rushed, tired, frequently late, maybe hard to find. But the most incredible thing about Mr. Hercock is that he's always there to teach, to support you through exciting moments of hardship. Mr. Herok is always there. Um, he's a special kind of teacher. Not just because of the tremendous hours that he puts in, which we all really should take a moment to appreciate, but because at the end of these long days, he still comes to each lesson with full energy and dedication to his students and their progress. Even with his hectic schedule, I've never known Mr. H to give the bare minimum. Not single lesson in the last nine years. My experience in strings has undeniably altered how I've evolved since the third grade. Yes, my violin skills have
015improved, but more importantly, I've had the opportunity to engage in productive discussions with my classmates about history, sports, really anything that you can imagine. There are few teachers in this school that care about anything past their subject matter. But Mr. Herok shows true interest in our thoughts, feelings, accomplishments in and out of class, and preparing us for our next steps after graduation. Maybe Mr. H has a bit of an unfair advantage because we've been working together for over half my life, but honestly, few adults, let alone teachers, have made such an impact on me as Mr. H. If you're the parent of a young string student or if you're a young string student yourself, um please let this be your encouragement to stick with it. If not for the music, for the community that we
016have and the support of our very own old British man. In the last few years, I've had a I've had a few distinct memories where after achieving something, one of my first thoughts is I need to go tell Mr. H. And it's bittersweet knowing that being able to do that is a luxury I am likely going to be losing next year. Thank you, Mr. Herok, for everything that you do and everything that you are. We love you so much and all of the seniors will miss you. Thank you, everybody. Right, I think we're almost there. Um, but I would be much a miss if I didn't uh say a few thank yous to all of the music teachers in Cinnamonson School District. Um, you would not see what you're looking at here without the elementary
017general music teachers and the other instrumental teachers throughout the school. And I need to pay uh particular homage to two of my great colleagues who've been helping me off their own valition this evening at Brian Bacon and Luke Banis. Thank you very much fellas. Thank you. And of course a big big thank you to all of the custodial staff who help get things ready and taken care of afterwards. And of course sitting in the back who no one ever sees, Mr. Sha Wilson. Thank you for our lights and our sale. [Music] morning. I [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Thank you all very very much for coming. Um, your children will put their instruments away and they should be out very very quickly. In the meantime, I'm glad the tush push has
018stayed. So, go push everyone. [Applause]