001Stay on. All right. Good evening. My name is Colleen Tra and I teach orchestra here at Fiser Middle School and also at Euing High School. So, by both schools. Um, all of our students this evening have been working really hard to prepare these pieces. So, I appreciate you, their family and friends being here to support um, and being supportive and respectful listeners of their hard work. They've been working on this since the winter. Um, we're really excited to show it to you. So, I appreciate you giving your full attention to the students. Thank you. Um, in a moment. Thank you. Um, I'm going to turn it over. the students will be doing most of the talking, kind of most of the presenting the pieces. Um, so you'll be seeing them and hearing them a little
002bit more throughout the concert. Um, so we'll go and get started and Britney's going to tell us about the first piece. Good evening. My name is Britney Estrada and today I can present you to the spring orchestra concert and on stage now is the sixth grade orchestra playing their first piece Impulse. When learning Impulse, we practice hearing multiple rhythms at once while focusing on our own section. You will hear the violin and viola sections played together while the cello and bass sections are together playing a different rhythm. If you listen carefully, there are a few moments when the orchestra does join together in unison and play the same rhythm. Heat. Heat. Our next piece will be Chasing Dreams. This is a challenging piece which requires playing musical slurs, string crossing, and more advanced melodies. The
003composer wrote this piece to sound determined and exciting like someone like someone who is chasing their dreams. Heat. Heat. earth. Hallelujah. Heat. Heat. Our final piece will be Medieval Kings. This is an example of program music or music that is meant to make the listener think of a story. In this case, you can imagine an exciting story about medieval times. This piece mostly features violin one playing the melody, but you'll also hear the cello and bass section playing the melody, too. Joining us on percussion are eighth grade orchestra students and Morin and Taylor Ashford. We hope you enjoyed our portion of the concert. Next will be the sixth grade chamber. Heat. Heat. N. la. Heat. Heat. On stage now is the sixth grade chamber orchestra. A chamber orchestra is simply a smaller orchestra. This group
004rehearses and performs one additional piece separately from the sixth grade orchestra. We will be performing mechanical mantras which include several sound effects that we will be doing using our body. We hope you enjoy. Hello. Heat. I wonder hey how are you? Hey, hey, hey. Everybody again. Where are they going? Hey, let's go. Okay. So, I'll pass it off to the students in a second. Um, I just wanted to acknowledge um I hope they're not embarrassed by this. We have two birthday girls in the house on our stage. So, sorry. Happy birthday, Eva and Omaya. Happy birthday, guys. If your birthday's out of embarrass I'll turn it back over to them. When they're ready, they'll start announcing our pieces. But happy birthday, guys. on stage now is the seventh grade orchestra and our first piece will
005be the tempest. This is another example of program music still the sixth grade pieces heard earlier. In this case, the music is meant to take the listeners think of a toughest, which is a strong windstorm. You'll hear intense repeating patterns throughout the piece, which is referred to as a musical distances or not that are that are meant to sound tense and dark. Hallelujah. Why? Our next piece will be Spring from the Four Seasons by Antonio Valdi. The composer wrote poems to accompany his music to help the listener navigate each of the four seasons in great detail. In spring, you can hear the arrival of springtime, birds singing, zentu breezes, and even a brief passing storm. This piece includes a violin solo with students participate on practice in addition for performing the violent solo with Andy
006Li. Heat. Heat. Hello. Heat. Heat. Are you daddy? Thank you. Woo! Woo! Our final piece will be Spartacus which is another example of program music. This piece is meant to tell the story of the gladiator Spartacus who was a significant leader through the third Survile War. A major slave uprising against the Roman Republic around the year 70 BC. The music tells the story through the harsh sounding harmonies and rhythms and intense repeating melodic themes. We hope you enjoyed our portion of the concert. Next will be our seventh grade chamber group. Heat. Nobody. Hello. Happy So, our next group just needs a moment to get set up. Um, I'll introduce them though. Um, they're our seventh grade chamber group. Um so we have kind of a tradition going on at Fiser over the past few years
007where um students form these chamber groups. So groups of like four, five, six, right? Um and it usually starts with one or two students get the idea. I think this was like Matteo's idea, the viola player, and they kind of gather their friends they think they want to play with. Um so these guys, this group started as like I think it was going to be a quartet. It just kept growing. Um we have a very talented piano player, so now it's a piano chamber group. Um, so they they pick their people. Um, I help them pick the music. Sometimes they come with an idea. In this case, I help them choose this piece. Um, and then they rehearse. This is outside. So, in addition to orchestra lessons, it's a like an extra thing. Um, they're
008a chamber group. They operate without a conductor. So, um, one of them will be leading, counting often. They follow each other using um, body language, eye contact, stuff like that. So, just give them a little moment to get set. Make sure we can all see each other. Um, can I hear the piano really quick? Make sure. Okay. So, let me get out of your way, guys, and then we'll hear our seventh grade chamber group playing concerto in Danger. How? Hey, hey. Good job. Postcards from Russia. On stage now is the eighth grade orchestra. And our first piece will be postcard from Russia. This is one piece that features three different Eastern European folk tunes, Medalland and Kabooa. One of the folk tunes you may recognize from its in the popular game Ted. All sections of
009the orchestra are featured at some point in the speech. Heat. Heat. Honey, hey la. Into the shadows is a newer piece which was only written in 2024. The composer wrote the piece to sound very dark in the series. They are trying to depict the way that shadows move around in different lighting and can create an unsettling feeling. You will hear some extended technique including Wandos where we spy on the string and Keno where we play using the back of the bow. I'm not sure. Happy la. Good girl. Wow. Down. Our next piece will be remembering. This come this song comes from 2017 Pixar movie Coco and this movie is used to connect different generations of characters and bring back fond memories. It is heard as an update mariachi tune later as a slower ballad. Hey.
010Hallelujah. Um, our final piece tonight is going to be Ignite. Um, it's a really fast sounding piece. Has like these syncopated rhythms that are tricky. Um, but when it all snaps together, it's really interesting. Um, this will be eighth grade's final piece this evening. Um, following that will be an eighth grade quartet. Hallelujah. Thank you. Yeah, welcome. Oh my god. We are eight. So, this next group is another chamber group. Um, in this case, a string quartet. Um, and this group has existed in like some form since sixth grade. We we've changed some people around, swapped around a little bit, but um kind of started back in sixth grade. Um, the last time they picked a piece, I picked this piece. Um, but I make sure they don't hate it first before I give it
011to them. Um, similar to the other chamber group, they work without a conductor, so I'll be getting out here in a second. >> Um, so they'll they'll count each other in, they'll cue each other, body language, eye contact, stuff like that. Um, the piece they'll be performing for you is called Libert. Yeah. Thank you. I don't know. What is she doing? Oh no. Power. Great. Excellent job, quartet. Um, give us a moment to bring out our biggest group. It's about 70, our honor symphony. Uh, so give us a sec to do that. So, uh, this is a huge group. It's going to be a second. While they're all coming out, I would like to take this moment to thank all the people who would make this concert possible. Um, so first of all, thank you
012to all the students who performed tonight. Um, thank you to you, their parents, guardians, friends, family who are here supporting you. Appreciate you being here tonight. >> Um, thank you to um, Bob, Steve, Caesar, Lamont, and the rest of the custodial team here at Fiser. Uh, they set up the stage for us. They make sure the school looks great for concert night. Um, thank you to our classroom teachers who let us borrow them for lessons and extra practices and our chapro this evening. Um, thank you to our department supervisor, Mr. Vizlin, admin, uh, Mr. Dwire is here tonight and also Dr. Hannah, Mr. Chef, Miss Romeo. Um, thank you to the superintendent, Dr. Jen Tile, and Dr. Voggas. Uh, the UA board of education. Um, thank you to my music colleagues, uh, Mr. Silapino, Mr.
013Price, Mr. Ponport, Miss Marrison, and Miss Wright. Um, They do a great job preparing the students at the elementary school and continuing on with the high school. So, um, round of applause for all those folks who I don't know. You're welcome. puppy. Here are Mommy, you On stage now is the Honor Symphony Orchestra. This is our largest ensemble which combines members of seventh and eighth grade or band. Our first piece is music from the 2003 movie Prior to the Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl. The exciting movie score was written by Hans Zimmer and Klaus and heavily features string instruments and French. You will hear multiple different themes which depict the exciting adventures that happen throughout the movie. Heat. Heat. Heat. down. Hey Woo! Our final piece for this evening will be music from the
014movie the Pixar movie The Incredibles. Um it's influenced by jazz but also like um spy movie music from like the 60s and 70s. Um it has a lot of changing time signatures um stuff like that which makes it challenging to play but also very exciting to listen to. Um this piece will be conducted by um Mr. Peter Silipino who's the band director, honor symphony co-director one more time for Mrs. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Congratulations. Thank you for coming out and supporting our students. We really appreciate it. Um, thank you. All right. Thank you guys. Um, if you can leave your cello here, all the other