001Sorry about that. Ready. One, two. One, two, three. [Music] Where are you? [Music] Lou go down. [Music] Where are you? [Music] Hello. Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause] Thanks so much. This is the first of our two jazz bands here at Amherst High School. Um, this jazz band, if you don't already know, is comprised of the students playing almost exclusively secondary instruments, meaning that um, nobody in this group plays the instrument they're holding in their ensemble. Lots of clarinets and flutes in the saxophone section, trumpets and euphoniums in the treble section, horns galore, uh, and even a flute player in in the trumpet section. So, it's really impressive that they're able to do this. We've got two more tunes for you. Um, and we hope you enjoy them. One, two, three. [Music] Tonight you [Music] Hey sing. [Music]
002[Applause] [Music] High heat. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause] Hallelujah. Are you [Applause] [Music] there? All [Music] right. Hallelujah. [Music] Oh [Music] no. Are you [Music] Happy birthday. [Music] [Applause] Thanks so much. We're just going to switch jazz bands really quick for you here. [Music] All right. There you go. [Music] Hallelujah. Hold [Music] on. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Happy birthday. [Music] I don't [Music] know. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] I'm well. [Music] Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] This next tune um you may have noticed was written by Max Gold who's a senior in English this year. Um I think this year is participating in every single ensemble that is offered. He's in he's in both orchestras, he's in both bands, and
003he's in both choirs. And uh I think it's really cool that he wrote the song. So he wrote the song um for his original album coming out. Soon. Yeah. Soon. And then rearranged it for our jazz band. So he's going to play it for you. [Music] But believe me when I tell you I know you want [Music] it. So come and get it. That's what [Music] you [Music] wish. I can't imagine why I've been working extra [Music] worst. Lou cat. [Music] words for me anymore. [Music] Any of my [Music] necks by the hour. Lord Jesus. Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [Music] Do you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] One, two. One, two. [Music] Hallelujah. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] I am. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Lou down here. [Music] [Applause] Thank
004you. We are going to take just a second to get the concert band up on stage and we'll be right back. Thank you. [Applause] [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Hi. Um, so I'm actually I'm actually out here to introduce um our student teacher, Miss Chomemer's. So we have had um the great pleasure of having well I've had my first student teacher this year and it's Lindsay Chmer's from student grew up in Clarence. What's Clarence High School? She's a fabulous flutist and um she was with us for about eight weeks and she was just fabulous. She was incredible. And so she is going to conduct the entire concert band portion of the concert tonight. So I would like to introduce you to Miss Lindsay Chmer. [Applause] [Music] Where are we? [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Lou. Hey. Hey. It's [Music]
005nothing. Forever. [Music] Are you [Music] [Applause] [Music] Where are you? [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause] Everybody [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Oh [Music] sh. Hey. [Applause] Hey. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Blue. Hello. [Music] [Applause] [Music] There [Music] is Christ. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Yeah. Hallelujah. [Music] Thank you. [Music] [Applause] Okay. So, we have um some students to celebrate in this band. Um all of the students that I'm about to announce were selected for um either the Visma area all state ensemble that happens in November or the CMA Junior High Ensemble that happens in March. Um so when you hear your name, would you please stand up? Um and we'll hold all the applause for the end. Um, Ashira, Ari,
006Michael, um, Ash again, uh, Kite Kasaki and Tuba and Ari again. So, these are ECMA and ISMA students from this family. Give them a round of [Applause] them. All right, there's one more for you. So I'll bring Miss back out where she left this [Music] la. Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] really quickly before you go from the stage. The students have something for you. [Applause] Morris, we are also grateful for being able to have the opportunity to have you as our student teacher. Thank you so much for coming to Amber Central High School to learn and pursue your dreams in teaching music. We are also happy to play a role in your career. Your dedication to this band means so much to us. You did such a nice job at critiquing and conducting both concert
007band and web song. We will miss you a lot and wish you the best of luck on your new journey on becoming a band teacher. [Applause] Come on. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. I [Music] know. Hallelujah. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Oh, hey. [Music] Heat. Hey, Heat. [Music] Down here you go down. [Music] Hello. Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. in the middle [Music] of heat. [Music] Hello. Wait a minute. [Music] [Applause] I'm going to invite Miss Chage for this next one. [Applause] [Music] Oh [Music] my brother. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Where are you? [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] going to be. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Trust me. [Music] you. Where are you? Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Jack. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause]
008[Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. N. [Music] [Applause] [Music] around jingle. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] We are going to take a really brief pause um before we continue with our final Pacific concert to just recognize some students in this ensemble and also our seniors and our um two department award winners for this year. Um so the following student was selected to participate in conference hall state. Conference all state is very similar to DCMEA or NISMA um area all state except for that the students are competing with musicians from all over the entire state rather than just our county or tri county area. Um the competition is very intense and it's very rare to be selected let alone to be selected two years in a row. So, um, Cameron Too, would you stand up and
009be [Applause] recognized? Um, the next set of students was selected to participate in is the area all state, which is um happens in uh Fredonia in November. Those students should stand to be recognized. They are Kieran Clark, Cameron Tulu, Edith Trap, Ethan McNamera, Haron An Hannah, Max Sunspe, Paul Forresser, Sa Ferris, and Evie Been. [Applause] The next set of students were chosen to participate in the BCNA um all county senior high band and those students are among other Kieran Clark, Max Sumski, Cameron Tuloop, Evie Been, Colin Clancy, Molly Dougen, Shirley Chen, Zana Ferris, and Ethan McNamera. [Applause] I should note that these are just the students that were selected for bands um or orchestra selected instrumentally. There are a bunch of students in this group that are also in choir that were selected for choirs.
010It's quite a talented group. Um the next thing that we're going to do is uh celebrate our award winners. I'm going to keep these speeches super light. I'll hand you up at the awards ceremony in June. But um uh I have a couple students that I really want to commemorate. So, um, when you when your name is called, would you stand and just as quickly as you can come to the front of the stage? So, the first student that I'd like to celebrate is Aiden Catalano. Would you please come [Applause] to Aiden has been selected as the music department uh, musician. This is a an award that celebrates dedication and um honesty and integrity and community in the music uh world in our space. And I couldn't think of a better student to give this
011award to. Aiden um started on bass clarinet his freshman year. He wasn't in choir. He wasn't really doing anything else. He wasn't, you know, I don't know. He just was he was just there. He was great. Maybe he was just there. and I um he joined choir and then he got involved with the opereta and then he just started doing literally everything that our music department has to offer and the whole time that he's been doing it he has been totally dedicated anything we need he takes care of it that's just a really special thing congratulations the next student we get to celebrate is Jonathan M you would come forward Jonathan is the recipient of our Louis Armstrong Jazz Award this year. Um, Jonathan has been a prime member of jazz band since he was
012a freshman. He's super reliable. even when there were like six percussionists in jazz band. He only got to play one tune like every other Thursday, he was there, he was locked in, he was ready to go. And um even even this year, he was taking firefighter training ready for classes. And so he can only come to some rehearsals, but he was here and he was prepared. And it's just so meaningful that he's so dedicated to it. In addition to being like an absolute rocket jazz band, I'd be remiss if I didn't acknowledge the time he spent behind a drum set in the hit orchestra. And that was a really special thing. So, nobody deserves it more than you. [Applause] Congrats. The next student I would like to honor is Mark Hannah. Logan is the recipient
013of the John Phillips Souza band award this year. Uh this award is all about dedication to the group and uh growth in musicianship and resilience and Larkin is all of those things. No matter how many tears there are, no matter how many um outbursts and giggles there are, Larkin is always um she's always prepared. She's always willing to try something new and really special. Um Lauren is going into music ed at college which is my mother next year and she has spent this entire year um learning secondaries playing in concert band um I mean just doing literally everything that I tell her to do with no questions asked and she's she's the best. She deserves it very much. You guys [Applause] Okay. And the final student I'd like to recognize before we recognize all the
014seniors is Molly [Applause] Tucken. Is the recipient of the director's award this year. This award always goes to the student that I feel is um like my right-hand man like can think about what I need to happen before I even know that I need it to happen. Anticipates, comes up with ideas, works on um you know recruiting the younger groups, works on getting into the schools and making sure that everybody feels comfortable in their Amherst family. and watching Molly watching Molly go from a freshman who took apart her valve and put it down her trumpet her first year. For those of you that don't know, that's really bad and watching her grow from that dreamy little thing to this just just really impressive young woman for me has been a total pleasure and I'm just
015really proud of you. Okay. And finally, I would like to take a brief moment to have all of our seniors in this group stand and be recognized with a flower. So, if you are a senior in band, would you please stand and be recognized? [Applause] I'm sorry. There were two seniors in class yet. Hello anticip. Let's make it happen. Don't be shy. [Applause] My entire class is graduating. [Music] All right, let's hear it for [Applause] That was when we say a couple words. Who would have ever thought that the freshman in jazz band who got her bail stuck in her top during our first rehearsal would be oh and the one who encouraged her to drop it in there would be sitting here giving this speech four years later. The job of a teacher goes
016way beyond teaching and Miss Razer is a perfect example of that. Over the past four years that we have had Miss Razer, she has been so much more than just a teacher to us. She's an educator, a mentor, supporter, a collaborator, and an inspiration to us all. It has been amazing to have the freedom and support to explore creativity and get the most out of being a musician. It goes without saying that having 13 seniors going to college to study music is not a normal thing for one graduating class. And to have seven out of those 13 going for education is kind of crazy. And it wouldn't be possible without a music teacher like you. Without my experiences in our music wing, I never would have thought music education would be a choice for my
017future. Thank you for creating an environment that allowed me to grow into the musician I become, even if I didn't know that's where I was going. You've done so much to make this music feel like a safe space, especially when most of us spend more time here than our own homes. Even if that means last minute Pilates workouts on the dance room floor in a giant band against bullying t-shirt and Noah in jeans and clothes and then laughing about it when we all felt it the next day. Thank you for always embracing the breath or forcing a breath when it's very much needed. Thanks for putting up with our constant giggles even when it may become a little distracting. And thank you for always entertaining our weird ideas or laughing when we show you something.
018I will never forget our trip to Disney when we rode Space Mountain over and over and over again right before the park closed. And maybe sometime when we are teaching, we'll have our own Epcot moment. The special thing about teachers is that you see our students for all four years of their high school experience. You and Vasius all grown from the start of our freshman year when we had to play six feet apart and used belt covers that you sewed yourself to finally our senior year where we've all grown, changed, and found our way to become people ready to leave this building and start our own lives. Thank you for being there for us and for being a constant beacon of strength and positivity to guide us through the next year. We have grown so
019much over the past four years and it wouldn't have been possible without you. Thank you for your constant support and encouragement. While we are sad to move on, we will never forget you or the memories you make here. Thank [Applause] you. That was very sweet. We have one more for you. the last thing that these seniors will ever do on this stage as students at Amherst High School. So, we'll make it count. Thanks for coming to our concert tonight. We hope you enjoyed it. [Applause] [Music] Hello. [Music] Hello. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause] Thanks so much. Have a great day. [Music] Friday. [Music] Very nice. [Music] She needs to assist. [Music] Wonderful. [Music] Okay. Smile. [Music] I got you. Jason [Music] Yeah, people. [Music] I don't know what you're
020doing. [Music] [Applause] [Music] I love you. I got it. I'm coming. [Music] Is that [Applause] Hey, you You have to stay here. I don't think I know. Honey, [Music] Thank you. What? You were [Music] Wake up. [Music] Are you ready? question. Yeah. [Music] Where are the [Music] Oh, actually that's crazy. Yes. Oh my god. Hi. [Music] Everybody's two. [Music] [Applause] We got it here. [Music] I got four miles. [Applause] Don't think so. [Applause] Andrew, I don't feel good. [Music] Tell someone magic. Let's go back. [Music] Yeah, they can go back. [Music] Jason, you don't see There were some big ones. [Music] Just wait to stand back. Oh, can you let [Music] us All right. Sure. But some backstage just because Paul Yeah, it's live. [Music] Oh, it's still here cuz I need it. Are you
021going up? Can you just mute the main and channel 4? There's a row of lights above the sliders. Or if you just pull the sliders down. [Music] All that stands on the stage. [Music] [Applause]