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Young musicians and vocalists pull back the curtain on their first-semester accomplishments

Middle school students shared their first-semester progress and a dose of holiday spirit during the Middle School Winter Concert on December 5 at the Lewis Family Auditorium. Playing a delightful array of holiday tunes, classical and rock favorites and lively instructional music, students musicians and vocalists entertained and offered an inside look at the RE middle school music program.
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Directors Cathi Leibinger, Scott O'Donnell and Arn Xu directed the band, strings and vocal students, and also shared insight into the students' progress and the program selections. See the full list of performers:

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

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

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

Bass
Ivar Kostowicz ’31
 
Intermediate String Orchestra
Violin 1
Hanna May ’29
Felicia Bland ’30
Mason Pearce ’30
Sydney Forrester ’29

Violin 2
Jayden Thomas ’29
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
Esha Nagalla ’29
Lily Kingdon ’29
Alyssa Wang ’30
Adam Rizvi ’30

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

Cellos
Karim Ghandour ’29
Julia Bernstein ’29
 
Scott O’Donnell, Strings Music Director
 
Choir
Jade Caruncho ’31
Alexander De Souza ’29
Nathan De Souza ’29
Anson Dover ’31
Cole Durham ’29
Axel Fraser ’31
Mila Gutt ’31
Freya Samuel ’30
Sidney Schwartz ’29
Mia Weber ’31
Johnny White ’31
 
Arn Xu, Choral 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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Phone: 305 250 6850

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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.