2010Choral Festival

Assisting Chairpersons Senior High School……………………….Cristal Sheaffer, Milton

Hershey SchoolMiddle School………..Lauren Shuyler, Holy Name of Jesus SchoolElementary School……………....Melissa Scheaffer, Lower Dauphin

School District

Special thanks to Amy Burghdorf and Elizabeth Jacobs of Susquehanna Township School District for hosting Friday

rehearsals for the Senior High and Middle School Choruses.

Dauphin County Music Educators’ Association Officers

President—Thomas McDonald Vice President/President-Elect—Susan Geesey

Secretary—Sally CumminsTreasurer—Elizabeth ColpoMember-at-Large—Donna Winch

Program

Introduction and Greetings

Clint Funk………...Dauphin County Chorus General Chairman Halifax School District

Tom McDonald………………………...President, D.C.M.E.A.

Middle School ChorusGloria Horn — Conductor

Accompanist:Clara Valovage—Upper Dauphin Area High School

Liza (Water Come a Me Eye)…………………...Arr. S. BurnettO Come Away To Join the Song…………………….H. Purcell

Arr. P.M. LiebergenAn American Songbook………………………….D. E. WagnerUmma Momote………...…………………………..P. F. SimmsI’ll Make the Difference……………………………...M. Hogan

Elementary School ChorusJoy Hirokawa — Conductor

Accompanist:Andrea Berntsen

The Rivers are Running Again…………………….....A. F. BernonOld Joe Clark……………………………………..Arr. M. GoetzeEv’ry Time I Feel the Spirit……………………..Arr. R. TownsendTwo Minutes Before Sleep……………………………..S. HatfieldTon The……………………………………...…J. and R. Gilmore

Arr. S. Brumfield

High School ChorusRachel Cornacchio — Conductor

Accompanist:Gabriel Freedman—Susquehanna Township High School

Sing Unto God (from Judas Maccabaeus)…...……Handel/CondieTa Tikee Tei………………………………………….RobinovitchGartan Mother’s Lullaby…………………………………GinsbergFamine Song……………………………………..VIDA/CullotonRejoice……………………………………………………....Ames

Gloria HornMiddle School Chorus Conductor

Gloria Horn has been an elementary music teacher as well as the 4th and 5th Chorus Director in the Lebanon School District since 1999. Prior to that she taught music for 13 years at Lebanon Catholic School at all levels (K-12). She is a graduate of West Chester University with a B.S. in Music Education, a M.Ed. degree in Teaching English As A Second Language from the University of Turabo in Puerto Rico and Penn State University, as well as an M.Ed. degree in Elementary Reading and Literacy from Walden University.

Mrs. Horn is quite active with the Lebanon Community Theater where she has directed, produced, choreographed and acted in many shows. When she’s not stage at the theater she can be heard as a female jazz vocalist with the Lebanon Big Swing Band. Gloria also serves as the Praise and Worship Band Director at Friedens Lutheran Church in Myerstown, PA. She is a proud mother of three daughters, ages 21, 20, and 18, and resides in Quentin, PA.

Joy HirokawaElementary School Chorus Conductor

Joy Ondra Hirokawa is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Bel Canto Children’s Chorus. She earned a Bachelors degree with honors in Music Education from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and a Masters degree in Choral Conducting, also from Temple University. She has completed postgraduate work in children’s choral conducting and is currently a DMA student in Music Education at Boston University. She was honored to be selected as a Conducting Fellow at the first Chorus America Orchestral Conducting Workshop for Children’s Choir Directors held in Chicago in June, 2004, and was a Conducting Associate at the 2006 Chorus America Choral-Orchestral Conducting Masterclass. Mrs. Hirokawa is a frequent guest conductor and clinician, presenting regularly at MENC and PMEA conferences and conducting numerous honors choirs, including the ACDA-PA All State Middle School Honors Choir in 2007 and the ACDA-PA All State Women’s Honor Choir in 2008. She also conducts a bi-annual festival choir hosted by Bel Canto in the Lehigh Valley. Under her direction, the Bel Canto Children’s Chorus has performed locally, nationally and internationally. Tours have taken the choir to Hawaii, Vancouver, Boston, Oregon, England, Brooklyn, Canada, Disneyworld, and Ohio. This summer they will be undertaking a concert tour to Italy.. Continued on next page...

Rachel CornacchioHigh School Chorus Conductor

Rachel Cornacchio is Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Music Education.She teaches courses in curriculum and instruction in the areas of choral and elementary methods. Dr. Cornacchio also supervises student teachers and serves as Conductor of the Messiah College Women’s Ensemble. As a public school educator, Ms. Cornacchio served as an elementary general music specialist in Peekskill, NY and director of choral activities at Newburgh Free Academy in Newburgh, NY. While in Newburgh, choirs and soloists under Ms. Cornacchio’s direction received top honors at solo and ensemble festivals. Community organizations with which she has worked include the Newburgh Symphonic Chorale and the Oregon Young Women’s Choir. Dr. Cornacchio holds a B.M. in Music Education from Nyack College, the M.M. in Choral Conducting and M.M.E. from Florida State University, and the Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Oregon. Her professional affiliations include the Music Educators National Conference, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, American Choral Directors Association, and Pi Kappa Lambda. Research papers have been presented at the regional, national, and international levels, with articles published in the Journal of Research in Music Education. She is active as a guest conductor and clinician.

Participating Schools and DirectorsElementary Schools

Central Dauphin School DistrictInfinity Charter School……………………………Donna Winch

Derry Township School District Hershey Intermediate School……………………..Allison Ometz

Diocese of Harrisburg Seven Sorrows BVM………………………………Joshua Koch

Halifax Area School District…………………………..Berta Hickox

Harrisburg School District Marshall School………………………………...Mark Shelleman

Hershey Christian School………………………...…...Angela Mouer

Lower Dauphin School DistrictConewago……………………………………….....Debra AveryLondonderry…………………………………… Charity JudsonNye……………………………………………..Melissa SheafferEast Hanover………………………………………...Lisa MeyerSouth Hanover………………………………….James Neidinger

Susquehanna Township School District Thomas W. Holtzman Jr.……………...……….Michael Campbell

Upper Dauphin Area School District……………………..Sarah DiseMiddle Schools

Central Dauphin School DistrictInfinity Charter School…………………………..Donna Winch

Diocese of HarrisburgHoly Name of Jesus…………………………….Lauren ShuylerSeven Sorrows BVM……………………………...Joshua Koch

Halifax Area School District………………………….....Clint FunkHershey Christian School……………………………Angela MouerLower Dauphin School District………………..Matthew DickinsonMiddletown Area School District…………………...Erich SchlicherMillersburg Area School District……………….Kenneth CampbellMilton Hershey School……………………………Gretchen SproulSusquehanna Township School District…………...Elizabeth JacobsUpper Dauphin Area School District………………..…..Sarah Dise

Senior High SchoolsHalifax Area School District…………………………….Clint FunkHarrisburg Christian School………………………….Judith KillianHarrisburg School District………………………Michael ClementsHershey Christian School…………………………...Angela Mouer

Lower Dauphin School District…………………...Elizabeth ColpoMiddletown Area School District…………………...Stephen SmithMillersburg Area School District………………….Kasey CampbellMilton Hershey School…………………………….Cristal SheafferSusquehanna Township School District…………...Amy BurghdorfUpper Dauphin Area School District…………………....Sarah Dise

Central DauphinInfinity Charter SchoolTori BrownKyle CurtisElma HoffmanWilliam LeuschnerAyla Reed-PorterJohnae RobinsonCharlotte ShunkAlissa Stoneking

Derry Township Hershey Intermediate SchoolGreta ChaveySkylar DobsonGrace DryzmalaColby FirestoneRebecca GrubbEmily HarrisLea HeuerAdeel KhanMarek MierskiCarly MorelliEmily NathnagleSarah Quraishi

Diocese of HarrisburgSeven Sorrows BVMRebecca Bestwick Cierra SmithFrankie Vernouski

Halifax AreaEllianna BillowHannah Custer

Melody DavisJakob PaulLogan PaulDawson TruttBrianna TurnerShaina Walker

HarrisburgMarshall SchoolAshia AlstonDiana CaraballoTrey CobbJaketta ConwayAlexia EubanksMark HughesInet VelasquezAlexandra Wilkerson

Hershey ChristianChristy Rae AmmonsCaroline CottonTaylor HendricksmaNatalie KingLeAnna RamosSarah Zigarelli

Lower DauphinConewagoJacob BeersJulia BiechlerAllyson BrodbeckKelly FahringerClaudia HolbrookMeghan JohnsonKenneth LaveryMegan WarnagirisBreanna Wilkenson

East HanoverJenna BrunnerFawn NeelyKimberly RodemakerChristopher Santiago

Katelyn SharrowMadison SpencerAbigail StumpfCaitlin StumpfSarita Walters

LondonderryMegan BeckleyJessie CroneApril DeaversMarni GranzowJocelyn HanulaMeredith HazenGabi Mannino Mackenzie MillerElise MusserSarah TinkerRachel YeagerKailey Zimmerman

Dauphin County ChorusElementary Students

Dauphin County Music Educators’ Association

presents the

55th AnnualDauphin County Choral FestivalSaturday, March 20, 2010

2:30 P.M.

Lower Dauphin High SchoolHummelstown, Pennsylvania

NyeEmilee BrockTaylor CasamassaSydney DreisigmeyerEmma DurantineAmber ElliottRachel GarlockLogan GrubbJadon HertzlerAnna MostollerPatrick NorrisLaura StullerMaryn Trowbridge

South HanoverKira BrubakerMaeve BryantRuth ChambersMadison FakeMatt ForanMaddie GotshallClaire HoffmanOlivia RutledgeHannah SchulteisSamantha StonesiferShelbi Tibbens

Susquehanna TownshipThomas W. Holtzman, Jr.Claire FinnertyKennedy IveySavannah AdamsSara Safiullah

Olivia SorensenDarcy WallaceDalton Zehring

Upper Dauphin AreaHaley BakerEmilee BixlerAlexis HoffmanJessica HoffmanVictoria KoontzSarah TroutmanAddy Wolfe

Central DauphinInfinity Charter SchoolLarissa AllenColleen AltaresNicole BohnSierra CastanieraKiel EckertMicaela EckertDrew GoodwinTirus KellyKaite KrobockJesse OpiyoBrandon Reed-PorterDanielle ShunkAmanda SmithOliver TroxellSam WhiteJamie WilsonJessica WilsonRaymond Wrightstone

Diocese of HarrisburgHoly Name of JesusLindsey BloomingdaleMakenna BrezitskiAnalaura CataldiJonathan ClarkDavid GhattasSavina LawrenceGabriella LicataCaitlin McDonnellMarisa MillerMaddie Robbins

Micholas Skurkis

Seven Sorrows BVMJospeh BaroneCarolyn CiccocioppoVirginia KernSarah LaMasterAlexis McElweeRachel McKeeGillian Navin Margaret Schopf

Halifax AreaAmanda BakerBradley BloseAllison CostaJulia Hoon Rachael HoonMiranda KernChris MaichleDelaney McCutcheonAlyssa RoeschleinHannah RouxBradley ShoopElizabeth UngerEden Vega

Hershey ChristianCosette GobatKristen HaldemanMaggie KellerColin LeidichSarah MooreBethany NyeDestiny ShafferBradford Whitson

Lower Dauphin Joey DahmusEmily ErricksonElizabeth GrossStevieRay HoneycuttEmma IrvingMaggie LaDukeJacob McCorkelPaul NestlerRuby RhoadJarrod SmithMaggie TamburroChristy Umberger

Miranda VaresMikala WellsJulia Wren

Middletown AreaHaley AlbrightBryana BarnesMark BerkihiserCaitlyn FeltenbergerKaitlyn FickesDavid GeisweitColleen HarkinsChelsea JohnMackenzie KeeferMakenna KrasjaAshley LeisterKiersten Long

Dauphin County ChorusMiddle School Students

Jordan MeyerAutumn MilerJalen MorraCarly OldhamAlex PhillipsBrynne SchlicherNatalie SoudersAlexis StarryKelly TempletonRonald Weldon

Millersburg AreaJessica CoverMadison EngleHannah GrubbCollin HarrisKayla HarrisTaryn HerbColin KirkwoodMicah LesherIan LloydJessica MillardCayla PaulCatherine RushVictoria SlemmerMichaelann Wood

Milton HersheyAngel BartowAlexis ButtsElijah CamposAlexandria DumontShaquoya FainsDaniel JosephColin LupacchiniAngelynn MaldonadoRiviera SperdutoCacelis TorresBrelan WilcherValmar Wilson

Susquehanna TownshipZach AllenJada BaityLamik Bradley-JacksonFaith BrownJournee DunbarBrandon FullerBailey HowellRachel MorganAlondra PerezDavid RosenJenny SayreHannah Shea David SmithNicolette SorensonTiffany Zoe

Upper Dauphin AreaCarly AllenSara BlylerMaKayla BordnerTed CalnonLaura FelixHannah FoxBrigetta HighDerek KaltreiderMaria Koontz

Brandon PlatzerWhittni ReischTerri ShoopVanessa Valovage

HalifaxAllyson CarlAngela ErdmanMike FoltzStacey GeyerHaley HoffmanMaddy LeboJordyn ScheibKaitlin SnyderJennifer SummersMichelle SwabAmanda Webster

HarrisburgD’Vesha ChaplinMichael GilesJayla JohnsonEphram LewisPhilicia MuldrowTalon ScharadinAmber Spears

Harrisburg ChristianPagan Albright-UnderkofflerAlaina ArveyStormi BrownChelsea BuffingtonKarissa CaylorRichelle CortyAndrea DiceGabrielle DixonEsther GarciaRobert Hall

Dong Joo Kim

Allison KingCharity MummauBenjamin PhenicieCambrea Roy

Hershey ChristianAndrea BashoreAshley BeckAmy DiLelloFrancesca FormicaEllie KellerJayme KollarAndrew MooreRachel OelligQuentin ReynoldsKatie SadowskiAndrew SeaversIsak Wilson

Lower DauphinJon ArmstrongMary CooperKaysey DavisZach HixonDaniel MarowskiRachel MooreHannah PalmMark RissmillerKatie RoksandicMegan SchugSamantha SierraDaniel SnyderKatie Umberger

Joshua WeaverLaura WeidnerMichael WiltrautSeth WolgemuthLindsey Yingst

Middletown AreaZach BerlinerKayce DeiblerRobert DostarJess DrebotAdam GeisweitBryce GoddardGabriella HammakerZach HelselTitus Hoffman

Emily IsettDakota KenyonBrianna MarksKara MillerSierra MorraKatlyn MorrisseyCourtney MyersStephen PetrinaKayce QuacaDanny ReeseDestiny SaltsgiverKaitlin ShartleKathleen SmithAlexis StonerAli TauscherChris Wolf

Dauphin County ChorusHigh School Students

Coninued from previous pageMrs. Hirokawa has conducted the choir in conference appearances including the 2006 Eastern Division ACDA Conference, two appearances at the Eastern Division MENC Conference, and two appearances at the Pennsylvania Music Educator’s Association Conference. The choir will again appear at the 2010 Eastern Division ACDA Conference in Philadelphia. The choir regularly hosts guest artists, and has had the distinct privilege to work closely with Stephen Hatfield, Malcolm Dalglish and Nick Page. Mrs. Hirokawa is also a published arranger. Her arrangement of My Favorite Things is available from Hal Leonard. Mrs. Hirokawa is currently Visiting Professor of Music Education at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA, following twenty years of teaching in the public schools.

Millersburg AreaCaitlin SteppyDakota BuffingtonHayley DaubKelsey DormanEmily EllisErin FeidtMarissa HinesMaranda HoffmanOlivia KulczykTyler ManningBrett Mauser

Kelsi MilerKaitlyn NeuboldJohn RubendallAlisha SheetsCarly SmithNick SmithJesse StarrSarah Stone

Milton HersheyTammy AlexanderWhitney AlvesBrittany AumentKaitlin BanksShannon BradyLionel HamptonRaven HarrisBryan IrvingKearasten JordanAllisyn MahaneyMarcous MarcheseWhitney RodriguezShakiara SealsShakim Smith

James StankunasAaron White Alan Zunun

Susquehanna TownshipPeter BaliiraMadeline BarryShane BradyAntoine CameronBenjamin ClancyChristopher CookRebecca DelGrandeVincent GalloEmmanuel GambleLydia Hassell

Marshall HoskinsElijah JonesJohanna KesterKaitlyn MarshallCelia Morrison Patrick Olal-OgwalKaitlyn PerbetskyDaniel RosenthalMatthew SayreGregory ShawJanelle ShoopKelsee SweigardKeen TranElissa Wingfield

Upper Dauphin AreaRandy BellonElise BordnerShawn BordnerCailley Breckinridge

Lindsey BrownDan BrunerAndrew CalnonAbbie EndersCasey ForneyNina GentileZach HoffmanMarissa KiblerWill KocherNicole SchadeSara ShadeAndrew SultzbaughEllen ValovageRyan WelkerJeremy WiestKatlin Wiest

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