Music groups round out the spring concert season

Methacton rounds out the spring concert season

The spring orchestra, chorus, and band concerts featured their final shows spanning late April through late May. The events featured final farewells from seniors marking their final moments on stage with the groups they’ve grown with over the years. Each group had a number of accomplished participants as well throughout the school year. 

Orchestra 

Mrs. Jenifer DeSanto, MHS Orchestra Director, featured classical and popular music at the final concert on April 30. The full show can be seen here: https://youtu.be/FK3nAIGOSt4.

Orchestra students participated in festivals outside the district as well this year.  

The Montgomery County Honors Spring Orchestra selected Benjamin Kurtz (base), Vera-Mae Mann (base), Lena Smoyer (base) and Joshua Chew (viola). 

During Methacton’s appearance at the Shannondell Art Show, the following chamber strings students performed: Oliver Brower, Jeffery Fan, Benjamin Kurtz, Aiden O’Leary, Suh-Yun Park, Tristan Skinner, Lena Smoyer, Joshua Chew and Olivia Yoon. 

Students also participated at different levels of the PMEA Orchestra Festivals. District finalists included Micha Abraham (cello), Matthew Chung (cello), Jeffery Fan (violin), Victoria Fan (violin), Allison Lee (violin) and Gilbert Yang (viola). Moving on to Regionals were Micha Abraham, Matthew Chung and Victoria Fan. Matthew Chung advanced to the state level.

The orchestra program had 10 graduating seniors this year, they are as follows: 

Oliver Brower

Roman Bustard

Matthew Chung

Victoria Fan

Ben Kurtz

Mina Liu

Karla Meneses

Manny Parente

Krina Soni

Max Wu

Chorus 

Mrs. Elizabeth Fransisco, MHS Chorus Director, featured the following songs at the May 7 chorus concert: Lovely Day, Battle of Jericho and a Wicked medley. The full concert can be viewed here at https://youtu.be/tL1SMGJn_H0.

Mandi Chesney, Varsha Iyengar and Cece Cavallo performed with the district choir this school year while Chesney moved on to the regional choir. 

The chorus program will graduate 20 seniors:

Rithika Adiseshan

Aarya Bhoir

Olivia Branca

Violet Brower

Mikkey Bruno

Sumana Chaganti

Mandi Chesney

Will Groschopp

Varsha Iyengar

Michelle Kehinde

Tom MacNeel

Cecilia Montalbano

Ava Nascimento

Boyd Nesta

Abby Peffer

Natalie Rydzewski

Adiva Saeed

Elizabeth Steiner

Evangeline Sullivan

Dylan Wen

Band 

Mr. Jeff McCoach, MHS Band Director, organized the May 22 concert with an Aladdin medley, and popular songs such as Habanera and Alexander’s Big-Time Band. The full concert can be viewed at https://youtu.be/FdCQqCaWmzs.

The Concert Band featured Bamboo Warrior, a Medley from Aladdin, and Extraordinary Machines of Clockwork and Steam. Then, senior Oliver Brower, who won the MAPS Solo Keyboard Championships, performed a marimba solo called Land by Tokatsuga Muramatsu. The Jazz Ensemble rounded out the night with four songs, including Ever After and Muy Caliente featuring a number of solos.

The band program has 12 graduating seniors, they are listed below:

Josiah Tjoe

Margaret Petren

Addison Yorgey

Boyd Nesta

Romelio Weiss

Mazie DeMedio

Oliver Brower

Violet Brower

Murali Mannem

Brielle DeBlaay

Mikkey Bruno

Deeptha Posa