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Resounding Major Works Concert concludes Alumni Weekend 2024

Ransom Everglades performing art students brought an official conclusion to Alumni Weekend 2024 with a foot-tapping, hum-along finale to their spring Major Works Concert performed by the entire 62-person orchestra and 29-member vocal ensemble. The students filled the Lewis Family Auditorium stage for the resounding medley of famous Andrew Lloyd Webber pieces, an arrangement known as "A Concert Celebration."

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That lively piece capped a multi-faceted concert on April 21 that offered works by great composers including Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Copland, Strauss and more, and featured the Advanced Chamber String Quartet, String Orchestra, RE String Quartet, Advanced Chamber Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra. The concert was offered Sunday afternoon of Alumni Weekend 2024 so alumni could see the extraordinary growth of RE's arts program.

Director of Instrumental Music Jon Hamm presented two senior awards, recognizing Martin Piedrahita '24 with the Leonard Bernstein Musicianship Award, and Isabel Chong '24 with the Bill Pender Distinguished Service Award.

The event also offered an opportunity to honor the program's departing seniors: Chong, Piedrahita, Evelyn Yu '24, Christine Keedy Brown '24, Nate Kaplan '24, Violet Martin '24, Felix Rodriguez '24, Camille Lugo '24, Emma Holtzman '24, Gracie Hucks '24, Sander Joeveer '24, Charlotte Kennedy '24, Gabrielle Lieberman '24, Rowan Tolon '24, Camille Lugo '24, Santi Sauceda '24, Varun Raju '24, Ari Bennett '24, Will Malone '24 and Miguel Arango '24.

Director of Arts Shawn Costantino served as event emcee, and Laura Montes directed the vocal ensemble and Scott O'Donnell directed the string students.

Advanced Chamber String Quartet
Evelyn Yu ’24, violin
Sirja Joeveer ’25, violin
Christine Keedy Brown ’24, viola
Tariq Maduro ’26, cello

String Orchestra
Violin I
Nate Kaplan ’24* 
Sindhu Talluri ’25 
 
Violin II
Emma Fayad ’27*
Girish Raju ’27 
Brayden McDaniel ’27

Viola
Manuel Campos ’25 
Alicia Medina ’26

Cello
Ethan Moskovitz ’27*
Anu Tewari ’25

RE String Quartet
Evelyn Yu ’24, violin
Carlos del Canal Fernandez ’25,  violin
Christine Keedy Brown ’24, viola
Mateo Heitner ’25, cello

Advanced Chamber Ensemble
Violin I
Violet Martin ’24* 
Evelyn Yu ’24 
Sirja Joeveer ’25 
 
Violin II
Carlos del Canal Fernandez ’25* 
Camille Lugo ’24 
Gianna Carvalho ’26
 
Viola
Christine Keedy Brown ’24* 

Cello
Mikey Day ’25* 
Mateo Heitner ’25 
Tariq Maduro ’26 
Ephram Brandwayn ’26 
Felix Rodriguez ’24
 
Bass 
Tariq Maduro ’26
* principal

Vocal Ensemble
Austin Aagaard ’26
Ale Andrade ’25 
Henry Berler ’25 
Lucia Corrochano ’26
Gustavo do Valle ’26
Daniel Fernandez ’27 
Daniela Garcia ’26
Christopher Harper ’26
Emma Holtzman ’24 
Gracie Hucks ’24 
Julia Jacir ’27
Adrian Jagodzinski ’25 
Sander Joeveer ’24 
Charlotte Kennedy ’24 
Gabrielle Lieberman ’24 
Sophia Lopez ’25 
Matthew Moskovitz ’25 
Lilah Murphy ’27
Bella Sayfie Ranawat ’26
Adria Rothfield ’27
Lucas Sanchez ’27
Armando Segrera ’25 
Miranda Silva ’26
Lucia Soto ’24 
Rowan Tolon ’24 
Halo Tucker ’27
Cianna Vengoechea Schiff ’25 
Morgan Williams ’26
Sasha Zack ’25 

Symphony Orchestra
Violin 1 
Violet Martin ’24 
Evelyn Yu ’24 
Sirja Joeveer ’25 
Nate Kaplan ’24 
Sindhu Talluri ’25 
 
Violin II
Carlos del Canal Fernandez ’25 
Camille Lugo ’24 
Gianna Carvalho ’26
Emma Fayad ’27
Braden McDaniel ’27
Girish Raju ’27
 
Viola
Christine Keedy Brown ’24 
Manuel Campos ’25 
Alicia Medina ’26
 
Cello
Mikey Day ’25
Mateo Heitner ’25  
Tariq Maduro ’26 
Ephram Brandwayn ’26
Felix Rodriguez ’24  
Ethan Moskovitz ’27
Anu Tewari ’25  
 
Bass
Isabel Chong ’24 
Eric Wilson ’24 
Noah Martin ’25 
Morgan Williams ’26
 
Flute
Vicky Pinilla ’25 
Emilia Awad ’26
Sukhari Afflick ’27
 
Oboe
Santi Sauceda ’24 
 
Bassoon
William Ramirez ’27
Varun Raju ’24 
 
Clarinet
Avery Zubok ’27
 
Alto Sax
David Luan ’25 
Roberto Erana ’27
 
Tenor Sax
Simone Carrasco ’27
 
Baritone Sax
Carlos Horcasitas ’25 
 
Trumpet
Martin Piedrahita ’24 
Miguel Arango ’24 
Aarav Jindal ’26
Pedro Jeressati ’26
 
French Horn
Hudson Kaplan ’25 
 
Trombone
Will Malone ’24 
Edwin Carr ’26
Patricio de Lope ’25 
 
Timpani
Ari Bennett ’24 
 
Percussion
Griffin Nelson-Montet ’25 
Paloma Lopes ’25 
Sophia Rakhimi ’25 
Alexander Kazumoff ’25 
Lili Poses ’26
Antonio de Andrade ’27

Jon Hamm, Conductor and Musical Director of the Symphony Orchestra
Scott O’Donnell, Director of String Ensembles
Laura Montes, Choral Director 
Arn Xu, Accompanist
 
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