001hello and welcome to the second half of our celebration of the art this evening did you all have a chance to stop by the art show and enjoy [Applause] it yeah let's here for the artists yeah we have some incredible artists here both uh in the musical world and in the visual arts World here at Ying high so we are so lucky and thank you you to Mr Davante Miss Weber Miss Deone Miss Stevens and Miss Z because I always pronounce her last name wrong I really try uh but for all to all of our incredible art teachers and all the work that they do with our young artists here so a round of applause for those people and now to begin our second half of a celebration of the Arts I would like to
002welcome to the stage the Ying High School concert choir wo for [Music] [Applause] [Music] God got got got [Music] for got got [Music] ho [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the river Hallelujah River Hallelujah everybody River everybody every hallelujah hallelujah everybody every hallelujah hallelujah everybody singing Everybody laughing everybody go now Hallelujah everybody's everybody [Music] [Applause] Hallelujah everybody singing everybody everybody now Hallelujah [Music] everybody now Hallelujah tears suffering no more as we cross the [Music] River [Music] Hallelujah singing everybody everybody now Hallelujah everybody hallelujah hallelujah [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh my God our first piece on the program is a piece entitled gate gate it is a language that may not be familiar to you it is a Buddhist Sutra uh it's one of the many Buddhist sutras that talks about the concept of transcendence and transcending
003this plane to move on to the next spiritual plane and so we did a lot of talking about that as we worked through that rather difficult uh very modulating piece uh so thank you our next piece will be again in another language because those of you who know me know that I hate singing in English will be Bab tanza [Applause] [Music] give me T give me t oh give me turn give me [Music] turn give me give me give me [Music] me give me give me [Music] B [Music] me give me give me T give me t and for our final piece this evening as Contra choir I would like to before sorry we do our final piece I would like to recognize uh two very important individuals number one you just saw step onto
004the stage on my right it is Mr Blair Olen joining us on base and then before I can go any further I must recognize one very important singer in The Ensemble today we have one senior singer with us in concert choir this year and that is Kiara [Applause] sickles Kiara I think I speak for everybody in concert choir uh that you were always one of our rocks no matter how rocky a rehearsal we had right you were always a foundation that we all knew we could lean on and so thank you for your work this year and good luck in your next four thank you [Applause] [Music] I Sing Because I'm happy because I'm [Applause] his eyes are on the and I know he watches me I Sing Because of I'm I sing because I'm
005[Music] free I on this and I know he watches me I sing Oh yes I Sing Because I'm happy I'm sing Oh yes I sing because I'm free for is [Applause] is and I know he watches me I sing Oh yes I Sing Because I'm happy I S oh yes I S because I'm [Music] free for is is all the SP when I know he watches me I'm so happy yes I'm so happy yes I am I'm so happy yes I'm so happy yes I am I'm so happy yes I'm so happy yes I am I'm so happy [Music] yes I'm so happy yes I am I'm so happy yes so happy so happy I'm so happy happy I'm so happy yes I'm happy because I I'm so happy yes I'm so happy yes and
006I know he are watches me [Music] [Applause] oh can you hear me no it would appear my battery has died that is okay all right so that was concert choir can be here again for concert choir and next I would like to welcome to the stage a fairly new group here at Ying High School the Ying High School Bella Vo [Applause] [Music] [Applause] sh [Music] you are good for to to [Music] [Applause] [Music] to [Applause] [Music] will and of their if we are [Music] [Applause] [Music] and [Music] I brought a battery CH go [Applause] that's okay those also dead all right so that pie was we see that men do ever uh the poetry and that piece is from the fifth uh 14th century uh dating back to the Renaissance Era and we've had a
007lot of fun working on that one for you now to bring us closer to the 21st century a piece uh I think that all of us have truly fallen in love with this year on No Time by Sarah Brum [Music] o [Music] father will Angel sing that the end of we will the angel in [Music] we will the Angels sing in that morning oh why really do believe that just before the end of time we will hear the Angels sing in that morning [Music] [Applause] [Music] to my journey time to tell to wait for you here my journey home [Music] is all is all is my JY home sisters all sisters all on my journey joury [Music] GL [Music] you [Music] oh [Music] we do believe that just the end of time we will the
008angel singing in that morning [Music] [Applause] for those who don't know her uh the name Mrs McDonald may sound like an old nursery rhyme but for those who do know her know her as one of the most fabulous human beings who ever walk this planet our collaborative pianist Miss Beverly McDonald is not only a mind reader uh is not only a gifted piano player but also just an incredibly gifted human being and we I know are so fortunate to be able to work with her so frequently I know the students absolutely adore her I absolutely adore her and I hope she forgives me because the pieces I picked for this evening are not necessarily easy piano parts so from me and from all of the students at EHS I want to say thank you Mrs
009McDonald [Applause] [Music] see [Music] see [Music] [Applause] s seeing s [Music] see fore [Music] take see [Music] see see [Applause] [Music] Be Unbroken by and by Lord by there's a better [Applause] home if we try Lord if we try Be Unbroken by and by Lord by and there's a [Applause] better if we try Lord if we try I was Bor I was singing my S with my sisters sing We Sing Together ccle end will the circle Unbroken by by Lord by there's a better if we try if we try [Applause] [Music] I will the circle the ccle UN in the Lord in the sky in the sky [Music] I have been given more batteries yeah that piece was Will yes we can applaud for a working microphone that piece was will The Circle Be Unbroken
010featuring soloist Jaden white Maddie marola and Alia dilon [Applause] I love you our next piece is a piece I hold near and dear to my heart it is a piece entitled One Voice by Ruth Moody and the wh and Jenny's if you don't know the wh and Jenny's you should look them up they're absolutely fantastic but the real reason that this piece holds a very particular place in my heart especially today is because there are three people who I need to recognize uh who I have known for and awful long time I have three incredible seniors in this Ensemble and it just so happens that they're going to be the ones that start this piece for us so I would love to recognize Joseph toolio Fatima n and Amir [Applause] abaka the four of us
011have been making music together all four of their years at high school and it has been a distinct pleasure to get to know them and watch them grow not only into incredible Young Musicians uh but into incredible young people so thank you for the gift of music and thank you for the music that you have made with us and that you have given us and that you have shared with us and uh enjoy your last solo on the uing high stage [Music] [Applause] [Music] see the sound [Music] of one Spirit one sound the one who makes [Music] the this is the [Music] of this is [Music] the this is the sound ofices sound of me sing with you each other make it this isound [Music] of the sound of voes [Music] surrending to the Myster
012this is the sound of sound [Music] of this is the sound of sing with love and the will to tr rest we to this is a s of this is the of [Music] this is the sound of one one people every one of us this is the sound of one this is the sound of [Music] [Applause] one y [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you so much everybody for joining us this evening I said it before at the first half of our show but I would be remiss if I didn't say it again I want to thank all of you who are with us today without you none of this is possible the friends and and family who support these incred inedible musicians up here and our in credible musicians who who had performed before without your
013support none of this means anything so thank all of you for being here with us tonight I hope you've enjoyed our music making and we're going to leave you with one more song and we hope that you enjoy she she she [Music] she [Music] she J she [Music] the [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] to she [Applause] w [Music] [Applause] yes [Music]