001Mary, are you okay? Hallelujah. Daddy waiting here. Yeah, we have five. He's coming. He's coming. He's on his way. It's like elementary. I don't know. So I guess Oh yeah. And then Oh yeah. Everybody We got you. very All right. You know, I felt like There she is. That one. Good evening. Oh my gosh. I walked by about 30 minutes ago and we were not this full and I'm sure we're probably uh not adhering to fire code, but look at all the people that are here to support these amazing musicians. [Applause] And that is what I My name is Lindsay Lazby. I'm one of the administrators here at the elementary school. And you know, we just have so many amazing young musicians who take advantage of our incredible music program here at Canadeua. So, we
002are proud of them. Tonight, you're going to get to see our orchestra perform, our chorus perform, and our band perform. And they have worked so hard. And I'm sure for those of you who have heard them practicing at home in September and October, wow, they sound really good right now. I heard them earlier today and in practice. They have grown so much. So, we're excited to share that with you tonight. Um, tonight's going to be a little different because you will hear all three of those uh different groups perform. We really ask that you try to remain seated. I don't think anybody's going to give up their seat right now because it's probably going to be gone real quick. Um, if you need to leave, we really ask that you do so, you know, in
003between a song and go out the back doors. We do have a wiggle room right over here. Um, if you have students or like little ones that maybe need to uh take a break and um the auditorium doors are going to remain closed for the entire performance. If the fire alarm should sound, we are going to go out the four closest doors to us. I know that says that's um exited off, but if there was a fire alarm that went, we would definitely go out those doors as well. And we would just ask that you take a second to silence your any electronic devices that you have so it doesn't disrupt these amazing performances. We're here for about 45 minutes to an hour and we are so thankful that you are joining us and I'm
004going to turn it over to Mr. Aayita and Liv Tolman. [Applause] Hi. Hi. I am Liv Tolman. Welcome to the fourth grade band, Orchestra, and Chorus concert. My name is Liv Tolman, and I'm one of the representatives in student government. Some things you should remember as a member in the audience today is clap when the song has finished to show your appreciation for the talent. If you have to get up or leave, please wait for the song to be over. Please don't talk for people to people around you. It might distract the music ends. Thank you to the teachers and students for all of their hard work this year. Have a great day. Thank you for your presence and enjoy the show. [Applause] Good evening. My name is Ava Bricks. Welcome to the orchestra part
005of this concert. This is fourth grade orchestra. The first song fourth grade orchestra will play for you today is called Filler's Hotel. It was written by Robert Gypsy in 1999. Listen for the tunes boil them cabbage down and all the strings at the beginning and the lower strings echoes. Later both the upper and lower strings have competing melodies that ends with a forest. We hope you enjoy failure hold down. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Hello, my name is Amelia Vores. The second song the fourth grade orchestra will play for you today is New World Symphony theme arranged in 1995 by Michael Allen. This piece was challenging because every section has different notes to play. The upper strings call out and the lower strings answer. Then everyone plays together. There's a middle section that is different and it
006ends much like the beginning. We hope you enjoy New World Symphony theme. [Applause] Before we get to our final piece, I just wanted to uh recognize how far they've come. Um raise your hand if you came to the informances back in January, February, whenever they were. Okay. Yeah. So, they're playing a lot more complicated music now. Um the final piece we're going to play for you is actually something that I did with fifth grade orchestra a few years ago. So, they've really really um risen to the occasion. And it's thanks mostly to you guys for uh practicing with them at home and encouraging them at home. So, can you give yourselves a round of applause? Orchestra. Can you clap for your parents? All right. We really appreciate it. Okay. And now we'll have uh Declan
007come on up. Hello, my name is Dean Dentley. The third and final song, the fourth grade orchestra will play for you is called Chopsticks Prism written by Doris Gaza in 2012. It is challenging because it is used triple meter with three beats in a measure. It it it also uses a lower scale than the first two pieces and the harmonies are very changing. Okay. It is a lively and colorful version of the simple piano piece Chopsticks. We hope you enjoy chopsticks fizzle. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I see. Mommy, I Good evening. My name is Antonia and I am a member of the spring fourth grade chorus. We represent students from half of the fourth grade. Today we will be singing three folk tunes from North America. [Applause] In chorus, we have worked hard on making our
008voices sound their best. We learned how to warm up our voices, use vowels to sing long sounds, sing in harmony, and how to use self-control while performing. [Applause] Our first song, Sarah Fonda, originated from Dutch immigrants who moved to New York City while it was still called New Amsterdam. Nowadays, this is a popular camp song. [Applause] All the words in this song are gibberish and are meant to sound like the sound of a spinning wheel. Enjoy. Sarah fonds and set red. Dancer. fond. Red [Applause] Our next song tells an interesting story of a person who overreacts in a major way. It's a very old folk tune, but the lesson we learned from the song still applies today. Our actions can have big consequences, especially if we act without thinking first. [Applause] Musically, the song is
009in Dorian mode, which has a different feel than a song in major or minor mode. The strange twists and turns of this story will match the mood of this mode. And you'll hear the piano make it even more interesting by adding in sounds from different tonalities. [Applause] We worked a lot on our storytelling abilities for this piece. We use tempo changes, pauses, and nonsense syllables to add interest to our piece. Enjoy. [Applause] Old Taylor Little cross Pirates are down. Sharkero. Take away song. Up by along. Sing my jumping. [Applause] Upon the first listen, our next tune, Happiness Runs, can seems like a silly kid song, but it's words are actually profound. They go, "Happiness runs in a circular motion. Love is a little boat upon the sea. Everyone is a part of everything anyway. You
010can be happy if you let yourself be. [Applause] Let's think about it. It makes sense that happiness runs in a circle because it's easily passed on and can come right back to you. Love is a little boat upon the sea means we're all navigating life through calm and stormy seas. Everyone is a part of everything anyway. That one is easy. We are all connected. And maybe most important of all, you can be happy if you let yourself be. Enjoy. Happiness circular Love the sea. Everyone can be happy. Happiness in the deep blue sea. Happiness runs in the rain. Happiness. Happy Happy Christmas. [Applause] Hi, good evening. My name is Mrs. Medler. I'm the director of fourth grade chorus. And can we give another round of applause to these amazing hardworking singers behind me? Adding in
011that much two-part harmony and tempo changes and all of these little intricate subtle parts of the music where they really have to watch me and to only do it in 12 half hour rehearsals is pretty incredible on their part. So I'm very very proud of them. Um because we have a lot of transition, I just want to say a few logistical things before we move hundreds of people all at once. Um so what will happen is the students need to exit first before any of the audience can exit. We really encourage you to stay and hear all of the musicians in our performance, but if you really are leaving after the chorus, please be really careful to um go out the back doors and go out the main entrance this way because the band students
012are going to walk in from the cafeteria and we don't want a big Thank you for your understanding. [Applause] Um, one more logistical thing for chorus members that are going to go out here and who are not in band, I'll have them in the LGI. So, when the performance is done, we'll all meet together in front of the cafeteria. Thank you. Wonderful. Welcome everyone. My name is Jessica Perry. of teaching that you see a little bit. This piece is called Tyrannosaurus Rocks composed by Mike Hanle. With this piece, we worked on Waiting till it was our time to play and try to listen for an amazing Tyrannophone solo. We have worked hard to try to perfect this piece and we hope you enjoy it. [Applause] [Music] Hi, my name is Harper. Our next song is
013called Farah Jaka composed by Jean Philip Ramu. Listen for how the melody is passed around the band and around. We worked hard on balancing our sound and sync together. It's a fun challenge to keep everything in sync as the parts overlap. We hope you enjoy Farah Jaka. [Music] [Applause] Thank you so much for being here. Everyone, for many of the students that you see tonight, this is their very first concert and what a fabulous fabulous audience we have for them. Thank you so much for being here. I want to remind you, I know a lot of the time we think that doesn't happen without this. So, we want to thank you for all of the support and care that you give our youngest musicians as they continue to learn and grow as they move through
014day's web. that we would love to see some of our students take advantage of. Um, in the program, I wanted to correct an error. Unfortunately, two students were left out. I wanted to acknowledge Cammy in our flute section and Ian in our trombone section. Um, so thank you for being here to support all of them. And um, I also want to give a big thank you to our theater department. Um, our new theater manager, Josh, manager, Josh, who's been incredible, and Angie, who's in the back running lights and sound for us tonight. Um, so again, thank you to all of you, our families, you are your musician's absolute biggest cheerleader. So even when things get hard, even where those there are those moments of, you know, I'm not sure I want to do this, thank
015you for helping them push through those challenging moments and persevere and make music with the people um their friends and for the people they love. Um, so our final piece tonight, my band families that were at our informants, I want you to go back in your heads to the very beginning of February. And remember when you got very cozy with someone you did not know, either in the cafeteria or in the gym, and we handed out a piece of music to the young musicians on stage called Cherry Blossoms Parade that they had never seen. And I think we got about four notes in that night and we said, "Okay, we're going to work on it for a minute and then we're going to play it for you. and in June. We're going to do that
016for you right now. So, I want you to take a moment to remember what that was like in February, what that sounded like. And now, after a year of or a few months rather of practicing together and on our own, what it sounds like when we put in this hard work and dedication. Um, thank you all for being here tonight and safe home. [Music] Happy birthday. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]