001to e e e [Applause] in so as they are coming on stage there's a lot of them as you can see give them a second they're going to take their time get settled in their space once they're ready to go they'll be in rest position that's how we all know they're ready to go in the meantime I just want to introduce myself in case we haven't met uh my name is Colleen trass and I teach Orchestra here at fiser middle school and also at Ying High School um in a moment I'm going to turn over the microphone and you will almost exclusively hear the students announcing pieces um one gives me a break from talking so much too it's it's their concert so they're going to tell you all about their pieces um I'll invite
002you to you know unplug and enjoy the event I promise this goes up on YouTube afterwards so I don't feel like you have to like you know if you don't have to feel pressure to like film all of it there'll be a copy of it on YouTube you can see later on um and just kind of give them your full attention they worked very hard up to this point so just give them your full attention here um we'll get start in a little bit and like I said um the rest of the time you'll hear from our students so I'm going to turn it over to our first announcer good evening and welcome to the winter orchestra concert our first piece would be tiger Ridge this program Beach which means a composer is using a
003music to tell a story the story of this piece is about a tiger who's going through the day during quiet parts of the song The Tiger is napping in the Sun and other sections there running or hunting one [Music] nah [Music] la [Music] Happ [Music] [Applause] our next piece will be a Vikings tail this is also a program piece and our composer is telling the story of Viking words it is a dark and intense standing piece and requires us to play many different volumes or Dynamics I'm just going to warn the audience about our sound effect really quick just in case it gets a little loud we do have a little thing just one part of the song that's not playing and sometimes it comes out kind of loud um so I'm just going to
004warn you in advance here not like what is that um you'll know what it is when you hear it um but I'm just giving you a heads up if it's not a violin sound um it's our little special effect I just have to warn them in case anyone gets startled okay so Vikings tail [Music] the [Music] n [Music] the [Music] la [Music] the [Music] [Applause] our final piece will be Treasure Island this is also a pram piece and the composer is T the story of pirates on adventure working for Treasure this piece required kind called Low to during this piece you will hear each section played a Melody we hope you enjoyed our version of the concert next will be sixth grade chamber orchestra all [Music] the [Music] [Applause] w e we are the sixth
005grade chamber orchestra a chamber orchestra is similar is similar as a small group of work students in chamber were chosen to learn an additional challenging piece and rehearse it outside of Orchestra class first is a high energy piece which requires the use of many different strings playing techniques may include like like playing and quickly changing Dynamics or volume [Music] the the [Music] the [Music] yeah for than w w w on stage now as the seventh grade Orchestra our first piece is called First Light is a program piece meaning the composer is using it to tell a story or wants the audience something while they listen in this case the composer wants the music to sound like a beautiful sunrise we hope you enjoy first life for [Music] for [Music] h [Music] all [Music] all [Music]
006for [Music] h [Music] w [Applause] all right so our next piece is called the full title Gloria in excelis Deo um it's usually just referred to as baldi's Gloria um it's usually performed with uh choir and Orchestra in this case it's just arranged for just String orchestra um you're going to hear two separate groups playing we have like the orchestra like the background accompaniment part and then several solo players so these students um were told everyone was given the opportunity hey if you want audition for a solo you have to go home practice these measures come back and audition for me and these are the students who had our solos um so just so I don't forget anybody um on violin one we will have K Bach and Empress Canada on violin 2 Amir Velasquez
007viian ordones and n eam on viola Lea George Emil Morell and T Ashford and onello Anna samorin and Audrey detur um we'll recognize um everybody at the end of the piece as well have stand and be recognized for their effort um but this is go n [Music] the [Music] oh [Applause] our final piece of being kisor kisor is a program Fe in it it tells a story The compos tells a story explore on the long and joury with different sections we hope you enjoy our portion of the content our next will be seventh grade Quintet [Music] the n [Music] la n [Music] e [Music] la [Music] [Applause] good job Li [Applause] all right while they're getting set up um our next group is going to be our seventh grade quintet um so a small group
008of five people pet 43 um so we have our quintet um this group formed themselves um kind of came to me said this is our quintet we' like to play together um they also chose this piece last um last year so the piece was picked out by them I helped them find it and get it obviously um but they pick the piece they pick the people um they've been rehearsing during their lunch period um because they have to they only get one lesson a week so they've been doing this like on their own time they eat they come down they practice they've been running this through um quintets and small groups like that work without a conductor so in a moment I want to make sure they're all good and still tuned winter is a
009very bad time for tuning so if you keep see me fiddling with instruments it's is terrible time for tuning so I'll check on them really quick and then they they go without me so in a moment this will be quintet and there are pieces called Garo for [Music] for [Music] for [Music] woo W wo w for w [Music] for for on stage now is the eighth grade Orchestra our first piece Mythos was written by Sun noodles who was inspired by myths Legends and fairy tales it contains four different sections Ted Once Upon a Time Adventure fantasy and final victory in this piece you will hear Tempo and mood changes time signature changes and a viola solo performed by Astro trial [Applause] you're [Music] St [Music] what [Music] the [Applause] consing is a slow and expensive
010piece with piece that features each section of the orchestra at some point performing this piece requires lato or smooth and connected b as well as balancing volume throughout the orchestra to make sure the melody can be heard in addition the violent one section needs to play in a high position called third position which allows viol players to reach new and higher notes [Applause] spe [Music] now e [Music] oh [Music] to I [Music] [Applause] our next piece is Brandon B country by johash his six Brandon B considered to be one of the most famous pieces from the broke ER music by was famous for being mentally and phally [Applause] challenging for [Music] the [Music] the [Music] this [Music] [Applause] our final eighth grade orchestra piece will be Arlington sketches this piece presented challenges including playing flat
011shifting to higher positions 16th notes playing contrasting and dynamic moves after this we'll have a short to bring out the honor Symphony Orchestra we hope you enjoyed our portion of the concert [Applause] n I [Music] am [Music] you [Music] n [Music] EX e [Music] than [Music] la the [Music] [Applause] so we see a little bit of time here to bring out um our last and biggest group on our symphony so give us just a minute or so to everybody out here about 65 kids give a now [Applause] Ron so while we're bringing out our bringing out our biggest group like I said um I'm going to multitask a bit it's going to be a while um there's a lot of people we have to thank um for making this concert possible um so to take
012care of all that first of all I want to thank the students for all their hard work up until this point um thank you to you the audience their parents Guardians friends family everyone who's here to support them for your support year round but also tonight I'd like to thank Bob Steve and the rest of the Fisher Middle School custodial staff um this year especially I needed a lot of help setting stuff up um this entire platform is not usually here they build us assemble it they move everything they help out us help us out a lot throughout the year I'd like to thank the classroom teachers and especially the teachers who are here chaperoning this evening and helping us out uh Brock nland our department supervisor um building administrators Dr Hannah Dr Hannah Mr
013dwire Mr chlock Miss frean and Mr rco Mr D is here tonight so thank you for being here I'd like to thank our superintendent Dr Gentile and assistant superintendent Dr Bogus the Board of Education and fing my music colleagues um here tonight is Mr silipo he who be conducting a little bit um thank you Miss mayerson from anti she's here helping out tonight but also to all my music colleagues um Mr Price Mr bport miss marrison m Miss Hall car Mr Edwards I have to anybody I know all them know them forever I just can't Forget anyone um so thank you to all of them for their support um again throughout the year but also um this evening so with that being said I think we're all here all right so I'm going to pass
014the microphone back to our students to announce I'll also tune anything on stage now is the honor Symphony Orchestra this group combines seventh and eighth grade band and Orchestra students our Orchestra director M TR and the band director Mr Cino rehearses strings and band classes separately and combined classes as we get closer to the concert our first piece will be shaherazad the piece is a popular choice for professional orchestras since it is a favorite among classical music fans it's a program piece meaning it tells a story in this case it is a story of shahad who is a narrator in the book Arabian Nights through this expressive piece the composer tells stories of War Love and Other Adventures the violence s will be performed by eth graders Elizabeth Martins and Noel cwell [Applause] w for
015[Music] pap [Music] what [Music] la [Music] all [Music] la [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] la [Music] la [Music] bir [Music] w [Music] w our final piece will be capricio espanol the composer was inspired by Spanish folk music and dances you will hear different theme elements of this music including fast moving rhythms and percussion including tambourine and C conducting our last piece will be band director Mr Filipino we hope you enjoyed our show [Applause] let's hear from Mrs TR one more time spe [Music] he [Music] n the [Music] he the [Music] w [Applause] um thank you again for your support um tonight and um throughout the school year we appreciate it um get home safe tonight we'll get them back to you shortly thank you