Chief Kanim Middle School
Winter
Choir Concert
Tuesday, December 17th, 2013
7:00pm
Chief Kanim Middle School Gymnasium
Directed by Laura Thompson
Accompanied by Carol Reitz
A Word From the Director
Welcome to Chief Kanim’s Winter Choir Concert! Thank you for being here tonight to support
these students. They have been working hard on the music you are about to hear, and I think you
will be pleased with the results!
This is my first year at CKMS, and I feel incredibly lucky to be working alongside such a dedicated
staff. I’d like to extend a huge thank you to our principal, Kirk Dunckel, and our assistant
principal, Beth Castle, for their support of the music program here. They have invested countless
hours into making sure I had what I needed to start out on the right foot in this new full-time choir
position.
Haley Smith, our band teacher, has been an immense help to me both personally and professionally
this year, and I definitely owe her much more than a shout-out in this concert program. Maybe I
can buy her a pony or something.
Thank you to the parents and families of these students for all your encouragement and everything
you do behind the scenes to help make this program a success. Quite a few parents and family
members took time out of their busy schedules to help chaperone our Figgy Pudding caroling field
trip and the Leavenworth trip, and without chaperones, these trips wouldn’t be possible. I have
had no shortage of parents offering to help in other ways, big and small, from organizing tonight’s
post-concert treats to fitting choir dresses to hauling truckloads of See’s Candy to the school for our
latest fundraiser.
I also have to say thank you to the students who have been so welcoming to me here. All told, this
has been an easy transition for me, and these students have put up with a whole lot of rhythm
counting, sight singing on Solfege syllables, music theory worksheets, and the occasional singing
quiz in front of the class. They have tackled some very challenging music this season, and they
have done a wonderful job with it. If we keep up the hard work, I know you will be blown away by
their sound in June!
I hope you will stay for treats after the concert and celebrate with other students and families. We
have all worked hard to make tonight possible, and darn it, we deserve a cookie.
Enjoy the concert!
Laura Thompson
6th Grade Choirs
The Snow Carol (Still, Still, Still) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traditional German carol
Arranged by Audrey Snyder
Descant performed by Megan Albertson, Elizabeth Belceto, Hannah Christensen,
Roman Postforoosh, Grace Richter, Brad Smith, and Megan Underbrink
The Twelve Days After Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Words and Music by Frederick Silver
Speaking solo performed by Megan Albertson
Cold And Fugue Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johann Sebastian Bach
Arranged by Ellen Foncannon
Lágrimas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music by Ramiro Real
2. Noche de Invierno
Words by G.A. Bécquer
On a Peaceful Winter’s Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Words and Music by John Purifoy
Solo
O Holy Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adolphe Adam
Performed by Alison Caswell
7th Grade Choirs
See That Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Words and Music by Victor C. Johnson
Solos performed by Allison Winder and Hannah Townley
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Words by Robert Frost
Music by Eugene Butler
The Dinner Bell Carol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music by Mykola Leontovych
Words by Susan Kern, Arranged by Philip Kern
December’s Keep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music by Frédéric Chopin – Prelude in C Minor, Op. 28, No. 20
Words and Arrangement by Greg Gilpin
The Sleigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Words and Music by Richard Kountz
Arranged by W. Riegger
6th Grade Select Ensemble
Solvejg’s Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edvard Grieg
Solo
Let it Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Words and Music by Jule Styne
Performed by Hattie McFadden
8th Grade Girls
The Christmas Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Written by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells
Arranged by Laura Thompson
Solo performed by Erin Modzelewski
8th Grade Choirs
All on a Cold Winter’s Night . . . . . . . . . . . . Based on a traditional English folk song – Greensleeves
Words by Douglas E. Wagner
Arranged by Laura Thompson
Solo performed by Ella Rackers
Solstice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Words and Music by John Purifoy
Christmas Chopsticks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music by Euphemia Allen, Words by Clement Clarke Moore
Arranged by Laura Thompson
Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Arranged by Jeff Funk
S’Vivon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traditional Hebrew Song
Arranged by Betty Bertaux
The Christmas Waltz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
Arranged by Laura Thompson
Solo performed by Autumn Moll
Combined Choirs
Winter Song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Words and Music by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson
Arranged by Laura Thompson
Solo performed by Jessica Conlon
Please join us in the Commons for refreshments after the concert!
OUR CHOIRS
6th Grade Girls Choir
6th Grade Mixed Choir
6th Grade Select Choir
Mackenzie Barnes
Natalie Bateman
Tori Bearbow
Mia Bel
Bryden Bergstrom
Bailey Black
Keely Bothwell
Gabrielle Brooks
Sianna Crosser
Sloane Dutton
Arielle Fentress
Sydney Fortner
Sierra Gohlke
Catalina Jarocki
Grace Johnson
Ashlyn Klein
Carly Lane
Jensen Lindquist
Grace Lord
Emma Mackay
Ally Nelson
Meghan Pettersson-Feret
Destiny Polster
Janna Price
Laura Rice
Jennifer Rodriguez
Isabel Roy
Abigail Russell
Mackenzie Smith
Savannah Stevens
Chloe Wall
Megan Albertson
Elizabeth Belceto
Jillian Borrevik
Isabel Boyle
Madison Busser
Hannah Christensen
Kian Cooney
Ryan Deveny
Merritt Glennon
Chianne Gudaitis
Kaley Hedrick
Lydia Marie Humphrey
Misa Kalvelage
Stella Keegan
Barleen Khaira
Kendall Kirk
Natalie Korolenko
Nefthali Martinez-Olmos
Nicole Mather
Audrey McNames
Meg Morris
Kaidan Popp
Roman Postforoosh
Erin Reamey
Mady Reed
Maddie Richardson
Grace Richter
Kaylyn Rosewell
Keara Ryan
Emily Sheldon
Brad Smith
Jillian Smith
Kalli Sundwall
Hope Terpilowski
Megan Underbrink
Serendipity Unpingco
Autumn Rose Walton
Jerry Zhu
Megan Albertson
Natalie Bateman
Bryden Bergstrom
Bailey Black
Keely Bothwell
Hannah Christensen
Arielle Fentress
Sydney Fortner
Merritt Glennon
Catalina Jarocki
Carly Lane
Jensen Lindquist
Nicole Mather
Mady Reed
Laura Rice
Grace Richter
Emily Sheldon
Jillian Smith
Mackenzie Smith
Kalli Sundwall
7th Grade Choir (5th period)
7th Grade Choir (6th period)
Bailey Adamson
Brendan Backes
Jonny Barrett
Tyson Beckett
Adrianna Boyce
Anna Chang
Matthew Cole
Mateo DiDomenico
Campbell Farris
Dylan Fuller
Ella Furness
Kylie Gage
Cam Gardner
Phil Gendro
Bella Gerlitz
Danielle Goodin
Trace Halvorson
Drew Harris
Morgan Henshaw
Jenna Holt
Isabel Keegan
Kierra Kindelberger
Peyton Lane
Adyson LeeMaster
Amanda Low
Zainab Lughmani
Joey McCauley
Madison McCool
Meghan McLaughlin
Kyla McNamara
Chloe Moreland
Lexi Nelson
Anjali Paria
Clarissa Ricks
Riordan Roche
Megan Schriever
Anastasia Smolinski
Liam Balnave
Elizabeth Butcher
Danielle Butoryak
Carmen Chandler
Helen Chappell
Athena Chriest
Harper Click
Brooke Corran
Tina Feng
Mareenah Galang
Jessica Garcia
Bellah Gogan
Cole Griffin
Tyler McClellan
Cale Millen
Keira Mix
Fabiano Nardone
Jazzmyn Nolan
Sophia Ojeda
Sonny Ou
Reed Paradissis
Martine Pfefferwright
Rose Pliego
Rosalinda Ramirez-Chavez
Sarah Rashid
Audrey Reece
Grace Robertson
Libby Russell
Brandon Salinas
Gabbi Sasso
Bella Sasso
Sloane Shea
Charlotte Sorenson
Aubrey Sullivan
Grace Swan
Taylor Talbott
Hannah Townley
Jenae Usselman
Alix Van Wagoner
Chirag Vedullapalli
Sapphire Whelan
Colton White
Allison Winder
8th Grade Choir (1st period)
8th Grade Choir (2nd period)
Renee Anderson
Adrianna Auxier
Connor Baxter
Erin Benedict
Hayley Benham
Madison Benson
Emilee Boyle
Drew Butler
Alison Caswell
Michael Collins
Amber Colvin
Jessica Conlon
Grayce Crowe
Parker D’Anna
Melanie Franklin
Lauryn Goodin
Coral Harder
Olivia Henning
Caden Hercules
Conor Holt
Aidan Jones
Preston Lewis
Alysha Lofquist
Kari Lorenzo
Justin Marrero
Hattie McFadden
Erin Modzelewski
Abdul Mohamed
Grace Muller
Jake Norris
Morgan O’Keefe
Harvey Payne
Trinity Polster
Ella Rackers
Hailey Ramsey
Celeste Rodriguez
Hayley Shaddox
Catherine Stevens
Vanessa Vance
Juliss Vazquez
Connor Whitcomb
Anny Armour
Aurora Baker
Lexi Bartley
Quentin Berkey
Olivia Corbin
Aiyana Cooney
Kaya Furulie
Amanda Harkelroad
Alexander Helfrich
Dana Kenow
Erika Khosrovian
Katieanne McKenzie
Joe McNames
Sean McNaughton
Sarah Miller
Autumn Moll
Giovanni Olivas
Michael Olson
Elija Pfister
Izzy Reese
Ava Rose
Supansa Saengseeda
Kenzie Smith
Chase Steiger
Tucker Sundwall
Alexis Torres
Charlize Unpingco
Tatyana Utley
Emma Williamson
Madison Willmorth
Nolan Wilson