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Antheil 4th Grade Spring Concert June 4, 2024

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Source
YouTube / EwingPublicSchools
Date
2024-06-05
Location
Mercer County, NJ
Material
Transcript
Extent
1,747 words · about 10 min
Collected
2026-06-06

Transcript

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001e e e [Applause] pap oh [Applause] [Music] good evening on behalf of the superintendent schools and the UN Board of Education I like to welcome you to the anti Elementary School fourth grade spring concert and art show two things to note before we get started number one please silence your cell phones you please can take any photos video you like uh but please um keep the ringers down that way doesn't affect performance and also if you have to use the potty exit out the doors in the back to your left get facilities available for you um the main things are out of the way so I'll get the program started please welcome the fourth grade band on the direction of Miss Melanie [Applause] [Music] [Applause] mayerson my name is Jeremiah and I play SX on

002stage you will see the fourth grade band we have some great music to share with you tonight we are so excited to show off our hard work and dedication we have put in during in fourth [Music] grade my name is Bella and I play the clarinet every four year athletes from all over the world gather to compete in the Olympics Games this summer over 10,000 athletes will participate in the Olympics in Parish France my name is Hannah and I play the TB luckily we don't have to travel to Paris to watch the Olympics we can watch them on TV bir dream is known as a them song for the Olympics you will definitely hear a lot this summer so a [Music] a [Music] a [Music] [Applause] my name is Ella and I play a French

003horen something that is unique about band is the number different instruments in our group with so many different instruments it's really important that we are confident in our own part and understand how our music fits together with other [Applause] instruments my name is Jaden and I play the baron Old McDonald had been is a sh version of Old McDonald had a phone each actually a b will get a chance to play on their own this song taught us about repeat signs and notes and how we can listen to each other [Music] [Applause] [Music] he St [Music] B [Music] [Applause] [Music] good job [Music] my name is Lincoln and I playet a pirate s in the Seas lives a life of excitement and Adventure they may search for very treasure Battle of the Pates or even

004sail through a Fring storm L Hoy is a song that makes us imagine what it would be like to be [Applause] a my name is Jordan and I play trumpet Lando ho uses Dynamics and accents to make the music mus exciting to listen to here's a pirate joke for you what is a pirate's favorite musical note a high [Music] sea my name is k and I trumpet thank you to our families and teachers for helping us learn to play an instrument we hope you enjoy the concert [Applause] [Music] a [Music] a [Music] right a [Music] a [Music] [Applause] so before we begin our first transition tonight I wanted to just give such a big congratulations to this group on stage this fourth grade band is an amazing group something that's really special about these students

005is even if we're having a crazy day full of fire drills and extra recess and class parties and things like that they always come to rehearsal ready to go and are able to completely reset and work hard and I so appreciate that and I am so excited for fifth grade band next year they did such an incredible job something I tell them all the time is playing an instrument is an extremely difficult thing and I don't know about you but I thought they just did amazing so let's give them one huge round of [Applause] applause very shortly I'm going to bring out our fourth grade Orchestra before we transition to the chorus portion of the evening so if you give us about 5 minutes we back shortly thank [Applause] [Music] you for [Music] [Applause] Lu

006[Music] I love you [Music] he [Music] let [Music] TI [Music] did you grab all them [Music] hi my name is welcome to the fourth grade spring concert my name is Bernice and I play violin tonight is an important and exciting night it is our first Orchestra of the confer since we started learning our instruments we have worked really hard this year in our like to share the music we've [Applause] learn my name is Isabella and I play violent throughout the school year we have learned how to build our instruments read music and make great sounds and how to play with others we also learn how to take responsibilities for our instruments our Orchestra schedule and our music a big part of learning how to play an instrument is practicing we learn that the harder we

007work the better we [Applause] sound my name is Solomon and I playola you might recognize our first S Spring spring is part of the Four Seasons By Antonio vdi the four seasons have four movements or sections each about a different season it was written a really long time ago in 25 [Applause] [Music] play [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] my name is Ethan and I play Yola music has the power to make us feel different emotions music in movies TV shows and video games and video games help bring stories to life into the midnight Forest is about feeling scared or fearful as you walk through a spooky forest at night you might imagine a wolf bear or even a monster jumping out the scary [Applause] my name's Christian and I play Viola into the midnight forest

008was a great way for us to learn how to play with our bows even though it was tricky at first we worked hard in practice to make it sound better this song also talks about Harmony which is when different musicians play different notes at the same time [Applause] [Music] oh the [Applause] [Music] h [Music] w [Applause] M don't my name is z and I play Bas great challeng and storms are common in the springtime you've probably heard someone say that it's raining cats and dogs meaning that it's raining very heart as you listen to our final song that's raining cats and dogs you may even see some of our [Music] [Applause] own my name is Gabe and I play cello this song has some silly sound effects that that let us sound like real cats

009and dogs the cello face and Viola play players play a low and loud barking sound while the violins and Vos make a meowing couch Sound by sliding their fingers towards the end of the song the cats and dogs begin to bark and meow at each other as if they're having an argument [Applause] my name is Savannah and I play Viola we hope you've enjoyed hearing the beginner Orchestra we would like our thank our family teachers and friends for helping us perform the first of many [Applause] concerts for you [Music] d w [Applause] [Music] so I told the students this about a week ago um that is a a fifth grade level piece and this whole time I didn't tell them that it was a fifth grade piece and um lo and behold they did amazing

010with that so very nice job guys [Applause] so before we transition um to our chorus portion of the evening I wanted to just share a little bit more about this group um something that's really special about this Orchestra is that they do not give up um in the past I've given students difficult music and it was an immediate oh I don't want to do this this is I don't like this um but never these kids they always Rose to the occasion to um improve and despite challenges is they work so hard and I'm so proud of every single one of them for that so let's give that a huge round of [Applause] applause I do want to give so many thank yous to the people that make nights like this possible the first is our

011District administration um our Board of Education Mr Harrison Mr mlei Mr mislin um Dr Gentile Dr bogus um everyone up and around Ying has just been incredible providing such a great space for these students so let's give them a big round of [Applause] [Music] applause nights like tonight would also not be possible without our amazing teachers and staff all of the fourth grade teachers Mrs Craig uh Mrs Greg Mr Dave who's been such a huge help in Orchestra over in the corner they're so supportive so patient and so helpful so they deserve a round of [Applause] applause some of them are even here tonight volunteering their Tuesday nights in June so big thank you if you are listening right now um I also need to give a big thank you to our custodial staff Mrs

012brindle Miss vento um for the amazing art and everyone in this entire building for making tonight possible so thank you and finally um thank you to you families for supporting these students through the Journey that is B in Orchestra I'm sorry for the many many emails I've been sending you um but your dedication to these students and your help is so appreciated um and I can't thank you guys enough so very quickly we are going to transition to the chorus portion of tonight if you can give us a couple moments we will be back with you shortly thank you [Music] I love you I love you L yes sir [Music] [Applause] [Music] down [Music] [Applause] [Music] he w w [Music] see [Music] [Applause] [Music] all [Music] [Applause] [Music] w [Music] [Applause] [Music] w [Music] fourth

013grade we are ready to begin we are standing still eyes this way thank you good evening and welcome to the fourth grade chorus part of tonight's spr concert we would ask you to rise and join us in singing [Music] America God Bless America [Music] stand to the bless America my home sweet home [Music] God bless America my home sweet home [Applause] [Music] our next song was written by Swedish composer but will'll be singing it in English singing all together has six very different parts that are sung with the same piano accompanyment we hope you enjoy singing all together [Applause] [Music] sing all together [Applause] sing sing all together and boy everybody singing a song everybody singing a song Everybody sing everybody [Music] sing sing it all sing a s and sing it all if you

014have a voice you can just re if you have a voice you can just [Applause] [Music] our next song is tilted wind on the hill the lyrics were written by the same man who wi the the two stories we will be joined by Heather Davidson on the car [Applause] know [Music] no one can tell me know [Music] it's [Music] nobody me [Music] [Applause] [Music] wo our next song is actually two songs put together this is called partner songs both songs are traditional American songs tit titled fer song and Sydney we will sing them sently and then partner them together [Applause] [Music] I'll be all grab and dance along with and is coming soon make s music sweet sweet music and play [Music] the around her mou Cy home Cy Cindy home Cy C I'll [Music]

015[Applause] to [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] our final song is a song of Comedy it is titled I've lost my homework we hope you enjoy I lost my [Applause] homework teacher error all my fault we're not singing that yet sorry um this song was requested by several of our forade members of the chorus if you have ever seen the movie The Wizard R you will recognize the song Here is follow the also known as to see the wizard [Applause] [Music] theet to see the wi the [Music] of he does we to see the wizard [Music] [Applause] the our final song is a song of Comedy it is titled I've lost my homework we hope you enjoy I lost my homework [Applause] [Music] oh oh my lost my homework it's been G since yesterday it's not my

016fault I lost my homework I think it has run away iten by the the I lost it in a big earthqu oh don't blame me for goodness [Music] sing was C but now simply is [Music] here the bottom of the SE [Music] everywhere there Oh Me Oh my lost my homework it's been since yesterday not my fault I lost myor it has run away it's by the is now the TR I lost it in B [Music] earthquake C but now isn't here perect was [Music] I Bottom of the Sea not my you muste [Applause] your cor [Applause] creators [Applause] mcdonal would you like an oncore [Applause] [Music] on under the sky [Music] [Applause] let's here for the fourth G chus again [Applause] i' like to thank M McDonald for accompanying the piano tonight the course

017of course under the direction of Miss Davidson and let's here for the band Orchestra honor direction of Mr Maron that is the conclusion of our program tonight you're welcome to come up take pictures of your child um say hi to the teachers and uh hope you have a nice evening thank you so much for coming out and enjoy the rest of the school year

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