PS Arts Week | June 2nd

Celebration of Music - An Evening To Showcase The Music Programsof New York Cityʼs Public Schools

Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Performance At 7:00

At P.S Arts Week Music, students from some of our public school’s best music programs will present excerpts from works they have performed throughout the year. Below is the program of the evening’s show, featuring the students, teachers, and artists that make this a night to remember.

OPENING PERFORMANCE

IS 383 Philippa Schuyler Middle School for the
Gifted and Talented.
See below for performance details

INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME

MAIN PROGRAM

See below for performance details

AWARD PRESENTATION

2008 Spotlight Award in Music

CLOSING PERFORMANCE

Eugenio Maria De Hostos Intermediate School 318, Brooklyn. See below for performance details

CLOSING REMARKS

IS 383 Philippa Schuyler Middle School for the Gifted and Talented, Brooklyn

PRINCIPAL: Barbara Sanders
MUSIC TEACHER: Nyasha Rhoden

THE ENTERTAINER

by Scott Joplin, arranged by Steve Popernack

CRYIN

by Len “Boogsie” Sharpe

TRIBUTE TO HURRICANE KATRINA SURVIVORS

by Nyaska Rhoden

Langston Hughes Academy, Bronx

PRINCIPAL: Beverly Ellis
PERCUSSION BAND DIRECTOR: Kevin Jones
MUSIC TEACHER: Ronald Osborne

WE ARE THE YOUNG

words and music by Mary Donnelly

YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE/CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN

medley

QUE BUENO (THAT’S GOOD)

words by John Jacobson, music by Audry Snyde, with percussion

CANON OF PEACE (DONANOBIS PACEM)

Pachell Bell

FOR THE CHILDREN

words and music by Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse

DRUM PRESENTATION

WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE 21ST CENTURY

words and music Teresa Jennings, with trumpet

PS 19Q, PS 199Q, PS 143Q, Queens

PRINCIPAL PS 199: Anthony Inzerillo
PRINCIPAL PS 19: Genie Caliber
PRINCIPAL PS 143: Shelia Gorski
MUSIC DIRECTOR: David F. Breniak

CHIAPENECAS

Traditional Mexican folk music

NORWEGIAN WOOD/YESTERDAY

Words and music by John Lennon Paul McCartney

A LITTLE AMERICANA

compilation of American folk songs, original arrangement by David F. Breniak

ODE TO JOY

Composed by Beethoven

GOD BLESS AMERICA

Composed by Irving Berlin

The All City Jazz Band

MUSIC DIRECTOR: Kevin Blanq
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Gary Fogel

SNIBOR

composed and arranged by Billy Strayhorn

LADY IN RED

music by Mort Dixon, lyrics by Allie Wrubel, arranged by Billy Strayhorn

BLANCQ-UED

composed and arranged by Andrew Rathbun

All City High School Chorus

PRINCIPAL, CONDUCTOR, TEACHER: Patricia Pates Easton
PRINCIPAL WADLEIGH SECONDARY SCHOOL: Herma Hall
SUPERVISOR, ALL CITY HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS: Robert Rams

ACHIEVED IS THE GLORIOUS WORK FROM THE CREATION

by Joseph Haydn

THE HEAVENS ARE TELLING FROM THE CREATION

by Joseph Haydn

CHOOSE SOMETHING LIKE A STAR FROM FROSTIANA

by Randall Thompson

THE PASTURE FROM FROSTIANA