Thursday, February 07, 2008
AARO - FW: Concert USA Ensembles
Dear AARO Members,
FYI
Concert North Shore High School Band, Orchestra and Choral Ensembles (USA) Conductors: Mr. David A. Soto Ms. Lisa G. Polito Mr. Michael Kerschner Classical, modern and jazz repertoire Saturday, 23rd February 2008, 5.00 pm St. Salvator Church, Prague Entrance: Optional North Shore High School Music Department Long Island, New York The Music Department at North Shore High School is part of a thriving and vibrant arts scene that is well known in the region for excellence and maturity. Band, Orchestra, and Choral ensembles at NSHS consistently receive the highest possible ratings at state music evaluations. Ensembles in the department have traveled to South Carolina, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, and Montreal, Canada. Students may participate in a variety of extracurricular activities, including Jazz Band, Madrigal Singers, Men's Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, and Drum Line. Lisa G. Polito, Orchestra Director Mrs. Polito has served as the Orchestra Director at North Shore for 18 years. She was a violinist with La Orquesta Filarmonica de Caracas in Venezuela where she founded and conducted La Orquesta Juvenile de la Filarmonica de Caracas. She has conducted various festivals and also the High School Orchestras on tour to Europe. Mrs. Polito is also certified as an adjudicator, performs with the Island Chamber Symphony and maintains an active private studio. She earned her Bachelor of Music Education from the Hartt School of Music and her Master of Science in Music Education from C.W.Post. David A. Soto, Band Director During his 19 years at North Shore, the high school band program has thrived and flourished. Mr. Soto is a French hornist and has played in numerous bands and orchestras. As a conductor, he is recipient of several awards. In the Spring of 2000, Mr. Soto took a leave from North Shore to teach at Hartwick College. Mr. Soto also is active as a guest conductor, maintains a private studio and is a brass adjudicator for the New York State School Music Association. Michael Kerschner, Choral Conductor Michael Kerschner conducts the North Shore High School Concert Chorale, Women's Ensemble, Madrigal Singers, Men's Ensemble, Vocal Arts Studio and is the music director of the musical productions. Mr. Kerschner is also the artistic Director of the Young New Yorkers' Chorus in Manhattan, and the conductor of the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra Chorale. He received his Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of North Texas and his B.S. in Music Education from Duquesne University. He has taught at the NYSSSA Choral Studies program and at the National High School Music Institute at Northwestern University. CONCERT SAINT SALVATOR CHURCH, prague Program CHOIRS Women's Ensemble Children Go Where I Send Thee, Am. Gospel....arr. P. Caldwell and S. Ivory Now is the Month of Maying............................Thomas Morely (1557-1602) Away from the Roll of the Sea........Allister MacGillivray arr. Diane Loomer Madrigal Singers Os Justi Meditabitur Sapientian….....…..…….Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) Evening Song…………………………......….……….Zoltan Kodaly (1886-1967) O Nata Lux………….……………..….…......…….….Morten Lauridsen (* 1943) Concert Chorale Achieved is the Glorious Work, ................ranz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Ave Verum Corpus….……..…...……Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Famine Song…….…………….........…..…………….…………Matthew Culloton Ezekiel Saw de Wheel, Am. Spiritual…..…arr. William Dawson (1899-1990) Amani (A Song of Peace)………………........………………………..Jim Papoulis ORCHESTRA Hoe Down………………………………….…............Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Concerto for Two Violins in d minor....Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Romanian Folk Dances..............…….......……..……Bela Bartok (1881-1945) Joc Cu Bata, Braul, Pe Loc Buciumeana, Poarga Romaneasca Maruntel Capriol Suite………………………....…………..........Peter Warlock (1894-1930) Basse Danse, Pavane Mattachins Czardas.…………………………….……………..........Vittorio Monti (1868-1922) Sue's Blues……………………….....………………..........………..…..Thom Sharp BAND Havendance (1983)…………....….....…...…….....…David R. Holsinger (* 1945) Theme from New York, New York....John Kander (* 1927) arr. Frank Cofield American Salute (1943)….……..Morton Gould (1913 -1996) arr. Philip Lang Michael Kerschner, Conductor of Choirs David A. Soto, Conductor of the Orchestra Lisa Polito, Conductor of the Band 
