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CVMS choirs celebrate the holidays
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield Village Middle School’s fifth-grade choir students performed under the direction of Stephanie Summers during A Winter Concert on Dec. 3.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield Village Middle School’s Cardinal Chorale performed at the fifth- and sixth-grade A Winter Concert program on Dec. 3.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.The Canfield Village Middle School’s sixth-grade choir, led by Stephanie Summers, sang “A Holly Jolly Christmas” during A Winter Concert on Dec. 3. To jazz up their performance, the boys donned sunglasses and the girls played kazoos.
By ABBY SLANKER
Canfield Village Middle School’s fifth- and sixth-grade choirs, under the direction of Stephanie Summers, kicked off the holiday season with music and singing during A Winter Concert Dec. 3. The students performed to a standing room only auditorium packed with family and friends at Canfield High School. Courtney Larson accompanied the choirs on piano.
Summers welcomed the audience to the annual concert.
“I would like to welcome you all to the fifth- and sixth-grade Winter Concert. Thank you for coming. We will begin our show with the fifth-grade choir and I will now turn the program over to the students,” Summers said.
The fifth-grade choir opened the show with “A Solfege Christmas,” a traditional shaker hymn arranged by Cristi Cary Miller, and then performed “Here in My House,” by Aline Shader.
The choir continued the show with “Merry Christmas to All,” by Dave and Jean Perry and closed their portion of the performance with “Carol of the Elves,” a Dutch folk song arranged by Janet Gardner, during which several students donned Santa hats.
Throughout the performance, fifth-graders Nolan Radinsky, Katilyn Ekiert, Victoria Levonyak, Jack Davis and Taylor Morrison contributed narrations.
The Cardinal Chorale, comprised of seventh- and eighth-grade students, then took the stage to perform “Song for the Unsung Hero,” with words by Pamela Martin and music by Joesph M. Martin. The show choir then sang “Sing Me to Winter” by Julie Gardner Bray, with soloist Bridget Fekety.
The sixth-grade choir filled the stage for their performance, starting with “O Come, Little Children,” with “Angels We Have Heard on High,” traditional carols arranged by Ruth Elaine Schram. The choir continued with “Deedle Deedle Dai” (Hanukkah is the Reason Why) by Lois Brownsey and Marti Lunn-Lantz, with Tori Hartman on the tambourine.
The choir next performed “Minka” a Russian folk song with Julia Mosher on the sleigh bells. To close out the concert, the sixth-graders sang “A Holly Jolly Christmas” by Johnny Marks and arranged by Greg Gilpin. To jazz up their performance, the boys donned sunglasses and the girls played kazoos during the song.
Throughout the performance, sixth-graders Olivia Leskovac, Joshua Newman, Ally Wilson, Connor Daggett and Gianna DeLucia contributed narrations.
“Thank you for coming to our Winter Concert. I would like to wish everyone a great holiday season,” Summers said at the conclusion of the evening.