Newburgh Free Academy Performs Winter II Concert

Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them - a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music.
- Gerald R. Ford

Newburgh Free Academy Main Campus hosted their Winter Concert II in January, performing the following program. 

Chamber Strings
Ms. Monica Antonelli-Guido, Conductor
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3...........................................J.S. Bach/arr. Isaac
Inverno Scenes from Vivaldi’s Winter.........................A. Vivaldi/arr. Parrish
 
Percussion Ensemble
Dr. Paul Carroll, Conductor
Little Suite.......................................................................................K.Krause
Mambo Africano.............................................................A.Gomez & M.Rife
 
Cecile Chaminade Treble Choir
Mr. TJ Swetz, Conductor
Mrs. Karin McCartney, Accompianist
I Will Be Gentle With Myself.............................................................Libana
May A Rainbow Run Beside You ..............................................M. Burrows
There Will Come Soft Rains.........................................................R.M. Gray
 
Electronic Keyboard Ensemble
Dr. Paul Carroll, Conductor
Mombasa ....................................................................................D. Mauricio
Ballad for B ...................................................................................A. Collins
 
Robert D. Williams Tenor-Bass Choir
Ms. Monica Antonelli-Guido, Conductor
Mrs. Karin McCartney, Accompianist
Song from The Peasant Cantata..................................J.S. Bach/arr. Loomis
Cantate Deo................................................................ G.F. Handel/arr. Mayo
The Wellerman New Zealand Folk Song...................................arr. Emerson
Buddy Holly..............................................................R. Cuomo/arr. Emerson
 
Jazz Band
Mr. Christopher Zoutis, Conductor
New York State of Mind ..........................................................B. Joel/Berry
Crazy Train..............................O. Osbourne, R. Rhoads, B. Daisley/Mertha
Quarter Past Three........................................................................L. Niehaus
Spain ................................................................................C. Corea/Jennings

Photos and videos of the performance and be viewed and downloaded for free by clicking this link.

Members of each group and the full program can be found by clicking this link. 

Special recognition to: Music Council Executive Officers
Organized 1935
Ariel Ramirez - President
Julian Lamar - Vice President
Ester Almeyda - Secretary
Rory Flynn - Treasurer

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