001ran out of the booklets pamphlets. So if you are a family that has multicopies of that booklet slash pamphlet and you are willing to share with a neighbor that would be greatly appreciated. We are going to go ahead and try to make some more copies in the meantime. [Music] [Applause] Good evening everyone and it's my honor to welcome you to the spring 2025 orchestra concert featuring the FMS MS orchestras and honors symphony. At this time on stage we have Miss Jordan Valet filling in for Miss Colleen Tr who was on maternity leave. So Miss Valet is our interim orchestra honor symphony director and this evening we also have Mr. Silipino in the house as our honor symphony director. Couple housekeeping rules. Uh restrooms are located in the main lobby. Uh if you are videoing or
002taking any photos, just be courteous of your neighbors view of those sitting around you. At this time, we'd like to focus our attention up front and I welcome Miss Jordan Valette. Thank you. Thank you so much. Um like you said, I'm uh Jordan Valut. Uh the kids know me as uh Miss B because that is a mouthful of a name. And uh I'm very excited to be the intera director here at Fisher Middle School. Uh filling in for Mrs. Colleen Trust while she's out on maternity leave. Um and hopefully watching the the live stream um since she's I believe due in about five days. So yeah, she's not here with us tonight sadly, but um hopefully she's watching home. very excited. I will let the kids now take it away uh since they have MC
003duties for the night. So, good evening and welcome to the FMS spring 2025 orchestra concert. Our first piece is called Highfly. It represents the lightness and freedom of flying through the sky like a bird. It starts with a symbolic theme in the upper strings before the bases come in with a bright and soaring melody. The song has some dynamic changes and crescendos that make us different to play. Thank [Music] you. Heat. Heat. [Applause] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Malle [Music] [Applause] [Music] Ille. [Music] [Applause] Our next piece is called Honor and Glory. The composer Suni New dedicates this piece to firefighters, law enforcement, and other service members who risk their lives to protect people in need. It was a challenge for us to count since many phrases have long notes held out over line breaks between measures. This
004song is heroic with a grand majestic melody that moves through different sections in the orchestra and uses more of our lower strings which gives the piece a warmer. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Lou jingle Lou. [Music] [Applause] Our final piece tonight is called Joust. This piece tells the story of a medieval joust. two nights represented by the high and low strings. The sensed rhythms and minor harmonies create an exciting and energetic sound. The dark and tense feeling in the battle between the two nights. We hope you enjoyed our portion of tonight's concert. Next up is Fisher. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. Glory. [Music] Down your hand. [Music] Happy birthday. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Hallelujah. Amen. [Music] [Applause] We got a sixth grade chamber orchestra. A chamber is an orchestra,
005just a smaller orchestra. Students in the chamber were chosen to learn additional and rehears outside of our orchestra class. Our piece tonight is called Moonlight Tango by Richard Mirror. Inspired by traditional tangos from Argentina, it features dance rhythms set in a moody sounding key that was said was a new challenge for us to learn and play. We hope you enjoyed our portion of the concert next to seventh grade or [Applause] Hello everyone. [Music] [Applause] La. [Music] [Applause] Where's my [Music] On stage now is a seventh grade orchestra. Our first piece is called luminescence. It jumps back and forth between two contrasting phrases. The first one more and bouncy, the second one more smooth and gentle. In the last section of the piece, it requires us to listen with the rest of the ensemble to stay
006together as well as different articulations to play the different styles. [Music] Wow. Happy [Music] Happy birthday. [Music] Good morning. [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause] Our second piece is called set of fuse. This is a program piece based on the idea of a spinning device like those used in medicine and physics. It begins with a driving eighth note melody in the violence and continues to build as it moves through the orchestra. Energy and excitement It keeps accumulating even in the 10th piticado in the violence and violas before hitting his peak at every end of the piece. [Music] D la. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Our next piece is piece that uses unfamiliar notes. continues through the end of the piece only section in the middle that acts as the store. The bas or
007back into the dark opening [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, hallelujah. Fore! Fore! [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Down. Johnny. [Music] [Applause] Our final piece tonight is called finale. It is an arrangement of of the symphony by which the most famous symphony in all of classical music. Although the first movement starts minor, the final movement is well known for it very dramatic or ending section that features all the same. We hope you enjoyed our portion of the concert. [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Thank you. Thank you. [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause] So, we're going to take a second. I'm going to let them reset for a sec. So, this next the next piece you're going to hear is called Fuego. Um, this group is the seventh grade quintet. This is student formed and student led largely
008group. Um, so they chose to start a chamber group themselves and just play some music together. Um they practice during their lunch periods mostly and other than that they just practice it at home or in their free time. Um so they come in outside of their honor symphony and other orchestra stuff to learn extra challenging music. Um and as a chamber group they conduct conduct themselves. So, I'm going to step aside and let them take the stage for just [Applause] [Music] We [Music] are glory. [Music] I wonder. [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause] There you go. All right. Well, students are still getting set up behind me. Um, I'm going to give them an extra minute and do a few thank yous uh so that I don't forget about them. Um, so
009obviously this is my first time having a concert at Fiser. So, I mean, thank you for everybody who's here. for uh thank you also to uh all of the board of ed um for helping make tonight possible and the district admin um also thank you to uh Fisher admin you know Dr. Hannah Mr. Dwire Mr. Shep um all of them also thank you to all of the music teachers from throughout the district that are here tonight uh Mr. who's backstage. Um I believe Miss Sprite is here. Uh you know there's a lot of chaperons also and faculty making this happen backstage helping keep everybody coraled together in the right spot. So thank you to everybody for helping out with that. Um and thank you also to all the vision staff um and faculty for you
010know letting kids come to lessons, you know, helping keep the room tidy, you know, helping just generally keep everything orderly for me to be able to just come in and teach them. Um so greatly appreciate all of that. Um also thank you to all of you parents, guardians, families for reminding them to bring their instruments with them to school, reminding them to practice, uh you know, getting them concert clothes and making sure that they're, you know, here tonight to play. So, thank you all of you for that. Also, now I will turn it over for our last round of student. On stage now is the eighth grade orchestra. Our First piece is called Algro by Joseph Ber. Like Mozart, he was a classical era composer and conductor. He is best known as one of the
011first black composers to have their music ever published or performed in major. He was born in the Caribbean to an enslaved African mother and French settler father with his father's wealth and went on to successful life. This piece is a rework of the opening of the second symphony. It moves very quickly and it features challenges that are common in classical music changes. [Music] [Applause] Thank you. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Our next piece is called Woodsplitter Fanfare. It is a program piece about a school concert when a video was slipped and cracked top totail piece, but the student picked it back up and calmly waited for the song to finish. The composer wrote this piece as a reminder that hardship is guaranteed in life. But good character means handling the aftermath like like that player did
012with focus, calm, and determination. It features a tense repeated theme in E minor in the beginning and at the end of the piece with a gentler, quieter section in the middle. [Applause] That's my friend. [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause] [Music] This next week is narration of Jupiter from English modern era composer Gustaf Pulse most famous work the planet suits inspired by Jupiter's image in Roman mythology as ruler of the gods in all life this movement is characterized by its warm moving sound and the happy memories that it calls to The opening section is a bit quicker before pulling the same theme into a more relaxed tempo. A few different phrases layer over beats on the main melody, adding more life and vibrance to the music. [Applause] [Music] Yeah, I'm here. Hallelujah. [Music]
013Build. [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Our final piece this evening is called Danja Espanol. As the title suggests is inspired by various traditional Spanish dances and incorporates elements like Lucian chord progressions and classic Spanish rooms. Our version tonight will also include a percussion instrument often found in music. The piece starts at a quick dance tempo until hitting a softer subdued section that gradually builds back to an even more restatement of the melody. We hope you enjoyed our portion of the house. Stay tuned while we reset the symphony. [Music] [Applause] Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. Glory. [Music] Oh no. [Music] What happened? [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Thank you. We have uh two more pieces for you with the rest of the uh honor symphony, but uh the honor symphony consists of seventh
014and eighth grade band and orchestra students. So, we'll be bringing the rest of them out in just a moment. So, give us a few minutes just to reset. [Music] [Applause] Please. [Music] Hey, open. I got to figure out how to get [Music] Thank you so much. This is our honor symphony orchestra. Let's have another round of applause for all our members. for a first time seat. On stage now is the honor symphony orchestra. This group combines seventh and eighth grade band and orchestra students. Our orchestra director Miss TR and the band director Mr. rehearsally combine classes as we get closer to the concert. Our first piece is called Journey in Concert. is a melody of songs originally written and performed by Journey in the 1980s and arranged for symphony orchestra songs don't stopp open and
015features flute solist. running it. So, [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] 9. [Music] Heat. Hey, Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Our final piece tonight is called Michael Jackson H. Keeping with our 80s theme, this piece is also a me of four songs originally recorded in the 1980s by the soalop. This piece was arranged by Johnny Vincent, including we hope you enjoy this year's spring orchestra concert and hope to see you back again. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Pull back. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music]
016Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Applause] Mr. Peter Silo orchestra. [Applause] Thank you very much everybody. have a safe trip home and we'll see you next time. Take care. Parents, at this time, please report to the main lobby here. Your child will come down to the main lobby for you. Get home safely. Thanks for attending the orchestra concert. What's that? [Music] Is that