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Band and strings programs at the middle school show their progress

The Middle School Band & Strings Concert on February 11 showed steady and exciting progress and a deep commitment to a thoughtful learning process under band director Cathi Leibinger and strings director Scott O'Donnell. Leibinger and O'Donnell acted as both directors and narrators at the event at Swenson Hall, pausing to share deep insights into the teaching approach between performances by all levels of the middle school band and strings classes.

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Beginning String Orchestra
Violin
Sebastian Hosein ’31
Juan Andres Dasburg ’31
Daniel Kong ’31
Eduardo Do Valle ’31
Zoe Glick ’31
CamilaVera Aguilar ’31
Vale Valerio ’31
Julian Andrade Burbano ’31
Savi Cernuda ’31

Viola
Alexa Lau ’31
Edie Hoenig ’31
Arya Punnen ’31
Matteo Del Lucchese Aiman-Smith ’31
Liam Maruri ’31
Luke Frey ’31
Iggy Munoz Montes ’31

Cello
Vinay Rajadhyaksha ’30
Chase Lucas ’31
Hudson Milam ’31
Ivy Chen ’30

Bass
Ivar Kostowicz ’31
 
Intermediate String Orchestra
Violin
Hannah May 29
Felicia Bland 30
Jayden Thomas ’29
Sydney Forrester ’29
Mason Pearce ’30
Raif London ’29

Viola
Porter Sanderson ’29
Ciaran Clingan ’29
Georgie Karavetsos ’30
Jake Reinhard ’30

Cello
Celine Dubose ’30
Gigi Gurandiano ’31

Bass
Noah Lopes ’30
Jahan Jayanetti ’29

Advanced String Orchestra
Violin 1
Gillian Carvalho ’29
Eve Kingdon ’29
Lily Kingdon ’29
Esha Nagalla ’29
Alyssa Wang ’30
Adam Rizvi ’30

Violin 2
Noam Cariglio ’31
Ethan Siesel ’30
Maya Sigelman ’30
Ria Pabby ’30
Xavi Awad ’29
Becca Haywood ’29
William Phillips ’29

Cello
Karim Ghandour ’29
Julia Bernstein ’29
 
Scott O’Donnell, Strings Music Director

Beginning Band
Flute
Spencer Bustos Roessler ’31
Shivam Gupta ’31

Clarinet
Lucas Antia ’29
Jack Milota ’31
Devin Sadarangani ’31

Alto Sax
Stefano Ghersi ’31
Adrian Hosford ’31
Leigha McLean ’31
Michael Mendelblatt ’31
Ernesto Morales ’31

Trumpet
Sebastian Azar ’31
Fernando Espinosa ’31
Christian Hadjilogiou ’31
Liam Kalstone ’31
Ryan Kantesaria ’31
Alessio Mack ’31
Kekoah McDonald ’31
Bronson Rosenhaus ’31
Oliver Tache ’31

Horn
Nitin Seshadri ’31

Tuba
Ethan van der Ven ’31

Percussion
Ryan Stock ’31
 
Intermediate Band
Flute
Rafael Millares ’30

Clarinet
Pearson Nadeau ’30
Nicolas Vanegas ’30

Bass Clarinet
Leo Font ’30

Alto Sax
Gio Giuliani ’30
Sebastian Whitehead ’30

Trumpet
Rohan Harihara ’30
Gabriel Revilla ’30
Henry Zimbler ’30

Trombone
Dima Gavnikov-Ferraro ’30
Martin Gras ’30
Rafa Jayaram ’30
Spencer Vinocur ’30

Euphonium
Zarah Broome-Webster ’30
Alejandro Gonzalez ’30
Leighton McLean ’29

Tuba
Caden Thomas ’30
 
Advanced Band
Flute
Aziza Apara ’29
Alex Lombard ’29
Sophie Wang ’29

Clarinet
Dylan Kantesaria ’29
Yifan Shen ’30

Alto Sax
Amel Bassart ’29
Daniel Coscarelli ’29
Billy Newton ’29
Matthew Pomeraniec ’29
Owen Zhao ’29

Trumpet
John Hadjilogiou ’29

Horn
John Lew ’29

Euphonium
Izaiah Afflick ’29
Alexis Mosse ’29
William Sterling ’29

Tuba
Eitan Carrsasco ’29

Percussion
Beatrice Hill ’29
 
Cathi Leibinger, Band Director
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2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Phone: 305 250 6850

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3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Phone: 305 460 8800
Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.