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Trumpet Nick Aragon Lewis Bracey Justin Golden

Matthew Howard Victoria Khachaturyan

Maddie Lomanaco Daniel Rotberg

Nick Saitto Mollie Wittels

Trombone Riley Byrne Jacob Gaines

Nipun Gujral Diego Haltom Jolene Hauck

Matthew Hawkins Monai Hicks Felix Horan Patrick Hu

Andrew Lewis Gabe Mugalian Frederick Riggs

Bass Clarinet Mehak Delawalla

Jacob Nikolau Chris Rosa

Alto Saxophone Ben Grifka

Alex Kahan Jennifer La Mori Raquel Rodriguez

Adnan Virani

Tenor Saxophone Andres Orellana

French Horn Amancai Biraben

Ted Kumagai Kiley McGill

Peter Pak Ella Ponthier

Carol Sotoj

Flute Tab Chapman

Heidi Choi Alex Gillespie

Kaitlyn Hayes Ariana Hernandez

Jinhee Kim Lauren LaBorde

Jonathan Massachi Anett Szczepanek

Kathryn Turk Daria Yaari

Oboe Sadie Saltzman Abby Southam

Bassoon Nathaniel Attarzadeh

Clarinet Cooper Faber

Mary Guirguis Zahra Hashim Jennifer Lopez Dali Nemecio

Xochitl Ramirez Edgar Santiago

Scott Santo Jonah Sharf

Theresa Stewart Lisa Takahashi Jonathan Trester

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Euphonium Cyrus Chun

Aemoni Harris David Mijares Jesus Palma

Tuba Ismael DePablo Austin Gomez

Christopher Schlierman

Percussion Niko Abe

Aaron Attarzadeh Jack Barner

Alykhan Bhamani Isley Brock

Ajani Bryant Gysi Tiffany Burton

Ben Canales Josh Davis

Andrew Futter-Carroll Brandon Gaines

Alfredo Gonzalez Jake Gridley

Rachel Israileuch Laila Kaddoura Elias Valladares Bennett Zemke

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Flute Sara Arvesen

Francesca Billington Chelsea Carter Kalon Cheung Sophie Crowley

Dorothy Debiasse Samantha Garcia

Linda Gordon Adrienne Hino Eve Kendall Sophie Lai

Emily Persinko Emily Schefke

Jennifer White-Phalan Abigail Wisen

Oboe Daniel Katz

Phoebe Kiekhofer Ella Warshauer

Bassoon Niall Ferguson

Maya Gorgas

Clarinet Nicholas Charchut

Clelia Davis Del Piccolo Elliot Fleck

Tomoki Ishizuka Katherine Leavitt

Gregory Melick Alaleh Mokhtari Jason Oyakawa

Jerry Qi Tom Tan

Lauren Villero Christopher Yang

Bass Clarinet Dylan Meek

Monica Norris Andrej Pervan

Shayna Yazdani

Alto Saxophone Elisa Aquino Jessica Deese

Harrison Gilboa Adam Kummer Max Levenson Freddie Norris

William Tomita Ben Weiller

Max, we love to hear you play!

SAMO BANDS ROCK!!! Love always, Mom, Dad,

Sam & Mila

Greg,

We love to

hear you play!

Love, Mom and Clare

Greetings to Nick

from the East Coast

—Break a leg—

great concert!

Jonah, Have a great 1st concert at Samohi. Rock on Euphoniums!

Love, Mom, Dad, Lila and Noa

Well done, SOPHIE CROWLEY!

We’re so proud of you!

Love, Mum, Eric and Cesca XXXX

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Tenor Saxophone Daisy Garcia Elijah Lax

Stephanie Soohoo Jonah Weingarten

Baritone Saxophone Jacob Irvin

French Horn Lizeth Antonio Manuel Beltran

Rachel Bristol Mackie Kennedy

Alex Kinsinger Skyler Muldaur

Trumpet Jack Aron

Spencer Cramer Carruth Cull Enrique Ipina

Elijah Kravets Ricardo Lopez

Christopher Pak Thomas Prada

Kuba Preis Benjamin Richman

Brandon Searfoss

Trombone Elias Batalla Andrew Brown Liam McBride

Daniel Murokh Sumner Schwartz

Miguel Vasquez

Euphonium Ali Alliyani

Tess King Jonah Krop Eric Stocker

Mitchell Won

Tuba Daniel Bottita

Francisco Gutierrez

Percussion Emily Davies

Ben Gelfand

Zachary Gotler

Amira Kaddoura

Michael Kent

Nima Shajarian

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Heather Klenk (310) 633-0662 Heatherklenk@gmail.com www.Summerwindsla.com

Nicole Elliott (509) 293-0862 Nicole.em@gmail.com www.Summerstringsla.com

A Summer Band & Orchestra Program

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The Samohi Wind Ensemble

Flute Rebecca Asoulin

Francesca Ferrara Mackenzie Moody

Sarah Ohanian Rachel Ricard Kyra Sweeney

Oboe Mollie Bernstein

Mayu Isom Ryan Roberts

Bassoon Rene Ross

Justin Sardo

Clarinet Spencer Danielson

Grace Gordon Kevin Guh

Sophia Horwitz-Hirsch Ava Pomerantz Noah Rosenberg

Raphael Rossellini Preston Searfoss

Winona Wiland David Xiao

Bass Clarinet Rachel Kiekhofer

Abby Mahler

Contra Alto Clarinet James McFarland

Alto Saxophone Vicky Hatakeyama

Jose Sepulveda

Tenor Saxophone Tucker Moody

Baritone Saxophone Carlos Llamas

French Horn Julia Blanchard Megan Edwards

Jake Gold Steven Harmon

Josh Maccoby Harper Olmon

Trumpet Eli Brown

Skye Menzies-Langabeer Nick Sardo

Alex Sepulveda Christian Tomita Daniel Chenevert

Benjamin Rosenberg

Trombone Sam Clark

Harrison Klann

Kyle McCreight

Isaac Nemzer

Euphonium Matt Corrigan

Ben Rotberg

Tuba Jonathan Forsander

Jacob Levine Geoffrey Winship

Percussion Luke Bencivengo

Hanyu Chwe Julian Mickelson

Brandon Pearl Aziz Yehia

Harper Olmon—

We love the way you play.

Love,

Syndey, Milan,

Mom and Dad

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The Samohi Concert Bands present The Darker Side of Music

Concert Band

Du Lebensfürst Johann Sebastian Bach

arr. Mayhew Lake Tonight’s Bach offering is part of BWV (Bach Works Catalogue) 43, a cantata composed in 1726 for the Feast of the Ascension in Leipzig. Although it commemorates a happy event, the final chorale Du Lebensfürst Herr Jesu Christ (Thou, Prince of Life, Lord Jesus Christ) is somewhat worried in tone. The voices ask, “When shall I depart to

where I’ll be happy evermore?”

Music for a Darkened Theatre Danny Elfman

arr. Michael Brown This creepy collection was written by Hollywood’s go-to guy for the quirky and the macabre. From Beetlejuice to Batman Beyond, Elfman’s scores are simply To Die For.

Symphonic Winds

Rhapsodic Celebration Robert Sheldon Robert Sheldon is one of the most prolific and most-performed composers of modern wind band music. His Rhapsodic Celebration includes three distinct movements: the Intrada, which features an uplifting fanfare; the slower, lyrical Serenade; and the Galop, which provides a fast-paced finish to this delightful piece.

Selections from Sweeney Todd Stephen Sondheim

arr. Stephen Bulla In Victorian London, Benjamin Barker’s pretty wife attracts the attention of a

corrupt judge, who has Benjamin exiled for a crime he didn’t commit. Years later, Benjamin returns to London as the barber Sweeney Todd, and quickly learns that his wife is dead. With the help of his fried Mrs. Lovett the pie-maker, Todd takes revenge against the judge and others responsible for the destruction of his family.

Sondheim’s version of the story - a “horror opera” - includes a chilling organ prelude.

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Wind Ensemble

Carmina Burana Carl Orff arr. John Krance

Carmina Burana is Latin for “Songs from Beuren,” or Benediktbeuren, an 8th-century Benedictine monastery in southern Germany. The “songs” were a widely disseminated collection of 254 poems and short prose, with themes ranging from morals to gambling

and lovemaking. Carmina Burana rose to new heights of fame in 1936, when Carl Orff set twenty-four of the poems to music, and created one of the most popular cantatas

ever written. Tonight’s performance features the following movements:

1. O Fortuna, velut Luna (“O Fortune, like the Moon,” about fickle Fate)

2. Fortune plango vulnera (“I bemoan the wounds of Fate”)

6. Were diu werlt alle min (“If the world were all mine”) 7. Amor volat undique (“Love flies everywhere”) 9. In taberna quando sumus (a drinking song, “When we are in the tavern”) 10. In trutina (“In Balance,” the precarious balance of the mind) and 13. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (“Fortune, Empress of the World”) Tam o’ Shanter Overtrure, Op. 51 Sir Malcolm Arnold

arr. John P. Paynter This overture is based on Robert Burns’ poem about a heavy drinker called “Tam o’

Shanter” for the traditional Scottish hat he wears. Piping flutes and clarinets, half-drunk bassoons and horns set the mood, as foolish Tam leaves the ale-house and rides off into a storm, whipping his mare. Cymbals clash, and thunder roars, until Tam spies witches and

warlocks cavorting at the old haunted church. The instruments accompany the evil dance, at times emitting shrieks and groans, as Tam watches in silence. When a comely

sorceress shows off her tight, cut-off blouse, Tam lets out a catcall: “Weel done, Cutty-sark,” - represented musically by a boorish trombone solo - and the chase is on! Tam rides hard, finally passing over water, which his wicked pursuers dare not cross. Still, one witch manages to grasp and pull off the poor horse’s tail, at which point a chorus of flutes and clarinets moralizes: “Whene’er to drink you are inclin’d / Or cutty-sarks rin in your

mind / Think ye may buy the joys o’er dear / Remember Tam o’ Shanter’s mare.”

Angels in the Architecture Frank Ticheli

May Claire La Plante, Soprano Soloist Frank Ticheli is currently a professor of composition at USC. Many consider Angels in the Architecture (2008) to be his masterpiece. Let your spirit soar!

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The Samohi Bands gratefully recognize the contributions of music instructors, administrators, and their supporting community.

Santa Monica High School Administration Laurel Fretz – Principal Catherine Baxter – Dean of Students Jason Kurtenbach – S House Principal Larry Boone – M House Principal Clara Herran – O House Principal Leslie Wells – H House Principal Renee Semik – I House Principal

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District

Senior Cabinet Sandra Lyon – Superintendent of Schools Janece Maez – CFO, Assistant Superintendent Debra Moore Washington – HR, Asst. Super. Dr. Sally Chou – Chief Academic Officer

Board of Education Jose Escarce – President Ben Allen – Vice President Board Members – Oscar de la Torre, Maria Leon-Vazquez, Laure Lieberman, Ralph Mechur & Nimish Patel Student Members – Yasi Afsharnive, Caroline Huber & Chynna Summers

Visual & Performing Arts Department Tom Whaley – VAPA Coordinator Chandra Narain – VAPA Admin. Assistant Carey Upton – Director of Theatre Operations

VAPA District Advisory Committee Janice Gabbert – VAPA DAC Chair Bambi Martins – VAPA DAC Vice Chair Zina Josephs – VAPA DAC Secretary Music Subcommittee Members – Alisa Facchini, Scott Ferguson, Pamela Foust, Janice Gabbert, Zina Josephs, Lori Nafshun & D’Lynn Waldron Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation Linda Gross – Executive Director Naomi Garcia – Administrative Assistant Board of Directors – President Jody Brooks, Vice President Deb Love, Treasurer Cynthia Pinkos, Recording Secretary Kathleen Rawson, Members Richard Bencivengo, Lynda Dorf, Ted Kahan, John Piacentini, Nadya Scott, Marty Smith, Marilyn Speakman & Josie Walace The Gail Dorin Music Foundation

The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation

Santa Monica City Council Richard Bloom – Mayor Gleam Davis – Mayor Pro Tempore Councilmembers – Robert Holbrook, Kevin McKeown, Pam O’Connor, Terry O’Day & Bobby Shriver

Santa Monica High School Visual & Performing Arts (VAPA) Department Mike J. Corrigan – Director of Bands Terry Sakow – Band Director Jessica Swift – Assistant Band Director Jeremy Miller – Percussion Instructor Kyle Miller – Color Guard Manager Jody Anderson – Color Guard Tech. Jeffe Huls – Dept. Chair, Dir. of Vocal Music Darryl Hovis – Director of Theatre Nate Hodges – Director of Dance Joni Swenson – Director of Orchestra Jason Aiello – Assistant Orchestra Director William Wishart – A/V, Running w/ Speakers Inna Ganelis – Accompanist Luis Villegas – Guitar Instructor David McCrum – Theatre Tech. Coordinator Jan Strnad – House Manager

Malibu High School VAPA – Music Bill Bixler & Maia Zander – Instrumental Music Sarah Reichenthal, Joellen Friedkin & Steve Zander – Instructional Assistants Amy Loch – Choir Director

Olympic High School – Music Mark Harris – Guitar & Drum Instructor

John Adams Middle School VAPA – Music Angela Woo – Director of Instrumental Music, VAPA Chair Apryl Garcia – Asst. Dir. of Instrumental Music Cecile Blanchard – Director of Choral Music Russ Mullen – Instructional Assistant Galina Baskina – Accompanist

Dream Winds & Dream Strings Clinicians Jennifer Roth, Dr. Justin Hageman, Peter Senchuck, Kelly Flickinger, Dr. Josephine Liu Moerschel & Grace Hsu

Lincoln Middle School VAPA – Music Mark Hunt – Director of Bands, VAPA Chair Jim Wang – Director of Orchestras Vanessa Ventre – Director of Choral Music Heather Klenk – Instructional Assistant, Bands Colleen Ruddy – Instructional Asst., Orchestra

Dream Winds & Dream Strings Coaches Stephen Dress, & Karolina Naziemiec, Teag Reaves, Peter Senchuk & Kelly Weaver

SMMUSD VAPA Elementary General Music & SMASH Middle School Music Instructors Kirsten Bersch, Deborah Cha, Jessica Swift, Susan Justin, Bonnie Lockrem, Allen Loyd, Kevin McKeown, Steven Ravaglioli, Jessi Spike-Gravelle & Bruce Tellier

Dream Winds & Dream Strings Coaches Lydia Tseng, Jody Rubin, Elleni Maureas & Meghan Turner

Acknowledgments

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