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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.On May 22, Canfield Village Middle School’s sixth-grade students Ashleigh Haas (left) and Brianna Wenowitz-Fishel paired up for a duet during “Who Can Sail?” at the school’s annual Spring Choir Concert.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield Village Middle School’s fifth-grade choir, under the direction of Tom Scurich, performed at the school’s annual Spring Choir Concert on May 22.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Under the direction of Tom Scurich, Canfield Village Middle School’s sixth-grade choir performed several selections during the school’s annual Spring Choir Concert.
By ABBY SLANKER
Canfield Village Middle School’s fifth- and sixth-grade choirs, under the direction of Tom Scurich, performed the annual Spring Choir Concert on May 22. The students performed to an auditorium packed with family and friends at Canfield High School. Courtney Larson accompanied the choirs on piano.
Scurich welcomed the audience to the concert.
“Welcome to our fifth- and sixth-grade choral concert. We are grateful and honored that you have filled this auditorium tonight. It’s a beautiful time to hear some music,” Scurich said.
The fifth-grade choir opened the show with “Gaudeamus Hodie” by Natalie Smith and then moved into “Dodi Li” by Nira Chen and arranged by Doreen Rao.
The choir continued with “When Children Sing,” by Mary Goetze. The selection included the poem “When Children Sing” by James Heup.
“Now the choir will sing two fun songs dedicated to their parents. They love you and you love them, even when they get bubble gum in their hair,” Scurich said.
The choir then sang “Bubble Gum in my Hair” by Mary Lynn Lightfoot and closed their portion of the show with “Be Kind to Your Parents” by Harold Rome.
Scurich then introduced fifth-grader Vivian Nohra who performed a piano solo of “Comanche Warrior” by Chrissy Ricker. Timmy Domer then performed a piano solo of “Shadow Chase” by Robert Vandall, followed by Simon Kovass performing a piano solo of “Knights of the Castle” by Carolyn Miller.
The Canfield Cambiata, comprised of seventh- and eighth-grade students, then took the stage to perform “Benedictus” (Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord) by Brian Lewis, “Little Innocent Lamb” arranged by Neil A. Johnson and closed out their performance with “Over the Rainbow” by Harold Arlen and Israel Kamakawiwo’ole and arranged by Andy Beck.
The Canfield High School chamber choir then performed “Shut De Do” by Randy Stonehill soloist Haley Tura and “Splish Splash” arranged by Teena Chinn.
Three sixth-grade students then performed piano solos. Madison Murphy performed “Winter Memories” by Melody Barber, Ava Nohra performed “Roses in Twilight” and Jenna Wahib performed “Spanish Fire.”
Scurich then introduced the sixth-grade choir.
“I am very proud of these students. They have practiced and worked very hard for this performance. They have come a long way,” Scurich said.
The sixth-grade choir began with “Sing Me a Song” by Leonard Enns and moved into “Haida” arranged by Henry Leck and Thomas Gerber.
The choir then performed the Finnish folk song “Who Can Sail?” arranged by Carl-Bertil Agnestig with soloists Ashleigh Haas and Brianna Wenowitz-Fishel.
The sixth-graders continued with “Risseldy Rosseldy” arranged by Jay Broeker and closed their performance with “I Hear America Singing” by Andre J. Thomas.
“Thank you for being a great audience tonight,” Scurich said to end the evening.
Student accompanists included fifth-graders Timmy Domer, Simon Kovass, Anthony Mazzella, Vivian Nohra and Mallory Stilson, Sixth-grade accompanists included Madison Murphy, Ava Nohra, Madeline Ross, Kate Sahli, Julianne Wagley and Jocelyn Zhao.