Awards and concert a night to remember
May 18, 2010 • Esther Matveychuk
Filed under News
Last Thursday, GSMST featured an end-of-the-year awards ceremony and music program concert to honor many special students for their memorable accomplishments. Students were awarded for their achievements in every subject area: internship presentations, GHP honors, high honors for scholarships, and a plethora of other awards.
The awards ceremony was an honorable event, and the concert itself had so many “Kodak” moments that it became the most memorable event in a long time. For one, the percussion ensemble and their fantastic, hysterical balloon performance elicited constant laughs from the audience. It was a new type of performance that the percussion ensemble had never attempted before, and it turned out to be a great comical effort. Apart from that, the choice of songs that the ensemble put together could not have been better. The audience couldn’t help but sing with the ensemble. “It adds so much more to a concert when the audience loves it and sings along. It was great,” says Jared Wittmayer.
The band and orchestra also added spunk to the performance. The honors orchestra had an outstanding performance with Esther D. Tonea and Brandon Hou as featured soloists on cello and piano, respectively. The intermediate and concert orchestra, featuring a video-game theme, also had a classy performance that ended with a hysterical, miniature battle play to accompany the song “Battle of the Heroes” from a scene in Star Wars. Band also had a great selection of music, such as “Flight of the Bumblebee,” which featured Shing-Young Park and Kevin Kim as soloists on flute and xylophone, accompanied by the full band. This was truly a concert to remember. In the words of Ivana Stojkic, “Everything from balloons to concertos was played! There was something for everyone’s musical taste.”
Well said! I attended as a parent and must agree wholeheartedly with your analysis. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire evening. The individual and team accomplishments by GSMST were impressive and laudable by their number and degree. I was completely awed by the performances of the various musical and choral groupings. Nothing short of outstanding!
Thanks for an accurate and concise reporting of this event. You are sure to go far in your journalistic endeavors.
DMC
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