5 Minute Ballet
TIME & LOCATION
8:45 – 9 p.m.
Shingleton Dance Space
Project Leader: Heather Pryse
Created during Student Performance Week, the 5 Minute Ballet (which is more than 5 minutes) is a piece composed in 4 movements by Heather Pryse for wind quintet and piano and choreographed by Erisa Sloan featuring ballet dancer Shelby Davila. It broadly tells a story of fate of someone falling in love and the mixed emotions that come with that.
PERSONNEL
Heather Pryse (composer)
Erisa Sloan, (choreographer)
Shelby Davila (dance)
Laura Watson (flute/piccolo)
Sarah May (oboe/English horn)
Matthew Bissen (clarinet)
Jazz Craig (bassoon)
Anna Lorenzen (horn)
Rowan AbshireSims (piano)
FACULTY MENTOR
Jonathan Newman
36&6
TIME & LOCATION
3 – 3:45 p.m.
Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Project Leader: Erin Roukous
Erin Roukous’ 36& 6 features works by an electric harp and guitar duo. The piece experiments with familiar and unexpected styles and techniques to reveal the likeness of the instruments.
PERSONNEL
Jimmy Smith
Lily Farrar
Art Appreciation
TIME & LOCATION
5:30 – 6 p.m.
7 – 7:30 p.m.
Ruebush Hall, Room 148
Project Leader: Avery Sedlacek
Art Appreciation is an exploration of craft and expression between eight artists of separate disciplines. The artists will meet for the first time 5 days before the final performance with their favorite piece of art to practice or perform. After sharing, each artist will be paired with another artist within the group from an unfamiliar artistic discipline. The artists will spend the rest of the week investing all their time and commitment to this brand new craft. The showing at the end of the week will consist of all artists performing their newly studied craft as well as a collaborative piece combining all artists as they now perform their original piece with this added perspective. The piece strives to stress appreciation for all art forms as well as push collaborative boundaries.
PERSONNEL
Avery Sedlacek (acting)
Kathleen Freeman (dance)
Daniel Burston (vocal)
Madison Schultes (ASL)
Body Love
TIME & LOCATION
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
7 – 7:15 p.m.
Ruebush Hall, Room 154 (Green Room)
Project Leader: Jaya Joshi
Jaya Joshi’s Body Love is a devised piece based on interviews collected throughout the course of the semester, from as many women with as many different experiences as possible. The piece comprises movement and music, and explores what it means to love your body for all of the amazing things it can do for you in a world where corporations benefit directly from women’s self-hatred and desire to change themselves.
AUDIENCE WARNING: This piece may contain sensitive content.
PERSONNEL
Carmen Burbridge (actor/choreographer)
McKenna Waldron (actor)
Blu Jinks (actor)
Meg Willimont (actor)
Tanelsa Franklin-Phillips (actor)
Roxy Cowett (actor)
Camila Calderon (actor)
Audrey Weatherstone (musician)
Hannah Carlson (musician)
Christina Koenig (musician)
Trevion Walker (lighting)
CCM & Classical Worlds Collide: Stylistic Flexibility for a Blended Industry
TIME & LOCATION
5:15 – 6 p.m.
Ruebush Hall, Room 128
Project Leader: Elizabeth Bemis
Singer and pianist Elizabeth Bemis curates a program of vocal performances, which seek to utilize technical and stylistic principles of cross-training. Featuring vocalists whose degree programs range from vocal performance to Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) pedagogy, the program will contain both CCM and Classical repertoire, displaying flexibility in style and vocal function.
PERSONNEL
Seth Lowery (singer)
Elizabeth Bemis (singer and pianist)
Hilary Stewart (singer)
Laura Couch (singer)
Jennie Gordon (singer)
Chris Tillman (singer)
Grace McLaughlin (singer)
Catherine Lupien (singer)
FACULTY MENTOR
Edrie Means-Weekly
Chamber Collage
TIME & LOCATION
4:30 – 5 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Project Leader: Samantha Allen
Samantha Allen’s Chamber Collage presents a conductor-less string chamber orchestra featuring works by Nielsen and Greig. By incorporating extra-musical elements, this performance seeks to enhance the audience’s aesthetic experience.
PERSONNEL
Samantha Allen (violin)
Colleen Bennett (violin)
Jonathan Toomer (violin)
Madison Clark (violin)
Teddy Froelich (violin)
Juliana Benson (violin)
Signe Mortensen (violin)
Layla Baker (violin)
John Roxburgh (viola)
Chris Tillman (viola)
Devin Jones (cello)
Kyle Alperstein (cello)
Henri Gross (bass)
FACULTY MENTOR
Jan Wagner
CIRCLESONGS
TIME & LOCATION
3 – 3:45 p.m.
Armstrong Hall, Room 39
Project Leader: Erwan Noblet
Anything is possible in Erwan Noblet’s project. Singers in CIRCLESONGS present fully-improvised songs in a group setting where all styles of music are possible and the conductor is led by his or her expression of music, feelings, history and more.
PERSONNEL
Erwan Noblet (singer and coordinator)
Alina Antonenko (singer)
Maddie Tarbox (singer)
An Elementary Experience
TIME & LOCATION
4 – 4:45 p.m.
Ruebush Hall, Room 128
Project Leader: Samuel Durgin
Shenandoah Conservatory music education majors present findings in An Elementary Experience. Their project documents field experiences, in which the students teach a song to classrooms from 3 different elementary schools across Frederick County and the city of Winchester. Each class demonstrates different musical concepts that are appropriate to each grade level. Individual lessons and final performances will be documented throughout the teaching process. Interviews of both teachers and students will also be used to illustrate the importance of a musical education in each setting. The final presentation includes audience participation in an actual elementary music classroom experience, highlight the musical experiences within the various schools, demonstrate the importance of music advocacy in education, and the growth of aspiring music educators.
PERSONNEL
Morgan Craig (lead project assistant)
Elizabeth Anderson (project assistant)
Brett Davey (project assistant)
Erin Roukous (project assistant)
Morgan Craig (school leader)
Cassidy Spruill (school leader)
Brett Davey (school leader)
Kaela Dunlap (support staff)
Jeremy Flaherty (support staff)
Kenzie Garrett (support staff)
Elizabeth Anderson (teacher)
Brett Davey (teacher)
Morgan Craig (teacher)
Cassidy Spruill (teacher)
Erin Roukous (teacher)
Kari Pennington (teacher)
Lauren Ficklin (teacher)
Nickole Kennedy (teacher)
Hannah Ritchie (teacher)
Maggie Bullock (teacher)
Jennifer Adams (teacher)
Julia Thompson (teacher)
Special Participants: The students from Orchard View, Frederick Douglass, and John Kerr Elementary Schools
FACULTY MENTOR
Stephanie Standerfer & Lee Wright
Emotional Stylings
TIME & LOCATION
4 – 4:45 p.m.
Ruebush Hall, Room 148
Project Leader: Rachel Seibel
Rachel Seibel’s Emotional Stylings is a presentation of a project that seeks to explore the perception of musical styles, to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching musical style and to analyze the psycho-emotional impact of musical styles. The project will begin with three pieces of obscure original music by fellow student composers. Excerpts from each piece will be arranged into three distinct styles (ex. medium swing, black metal, classical vocal/instrumental) and recorded. During three different sessions, participants will hear each piece played in three different styles and will reflect and report on what they heard. The final presentation includes an overview of the data collected, a discussion, and a presentation of the pieces performed in different styles.
PERSONNEL
Rachel Seibel
Seth Lowery
Avery Apgar
Stephen Smith (arranger)
FACULTY MENTOR
Lee Wright
Explorations in Improvised Dance & Music
TIME & LOCATION
4:30 – 4:45 p.m.
9:30 – 9:45 p.m.
Shingleton Dance Space
Project Leaders: Andy Herring & Aaron Tonaki
Our explorations treat dance and music as equal partners, drawing from improvisational norms in both domains. By reacting spontaneously to both motion and sound, each artist is led to creative decisions that would be impossible to reach in a single-discipline work. This performance is music set to dance as much as it is dance set to music.
PERSONNEL
Nick Jackson (saxophone)
Andy Herring (saxophone)
Paul Winch (trombone)
Skylar DeGroot (trombone)
Katsuko Kameda (percussion)
Janine Milan (percussion)
Aaron Tonaki (choreographer)
Melissa Mathews (dance)
Dakota Matos (dance)
Elise Neufer (dance)
Nicolette Peron (dance)
The Fifth Season
TIME & LOCATION
9:15 – 10 p.m.
Glaize Studio Theatre
Project Leader: Stephen Dransfield
Stephen Dransfield’s The Fifth Season is a fashion show that tells the stories of different upbringings throughout the four seasons. Music, color, choreography and 4D elements draw the audience into the models’ lives. Throughout life, nostalgic memories become stronger, especially as seasons change. The models’ upbringings were uniquely influenced by heartbreak, happiness, poverty, wealth and religion, causing them to truly think about life as they ponder what they have always known. Have they made the right decisions? Did their parents raise them properly? Will they regret the past? As seasons change, we see the models dealing with topics that we all deal with every single day. Fashion is an escape, a job and a lifestyle to these humans. They long for the next step, but are not quite sure what it should be. Through exciting and innovative costumes, songs, movement, underscoring and discussions, the surprise journey of the models will be fun, nerve wracking and extremely relatable.
AUDIENCE WARNING: This production uses candles and incense.
PERSONNEL
Stephen Dransfield (director/drums)
Milena Marushkina (costume designer)
Cara Thomas (choreographer)
Jermaine James (vocalist)
Christopher Goodwin (piano)
Christian Patterson (guitar/bass)
Jaya Joshi (model/actor)
Esai Siddeeq (model/actor)
Bailey Baker (model/actor)
Elana Doyno (model/actor)
Dorian Davis (model/actor)
Allie Duncan (production crew)
FACULTY MENTOR
Kirsten Trump
집 – Investigative North Korean Dance
TIME & LOCATION
5:15 – 6 p.m.
Shingleton Dance Space
Project Leader: Dot Kelly
Choreographer Dot Kelly’s work is a collaborative evening length dance theatre piece that responds to the controversy surrounding one of the most systematic regimes in the world: North Korea. The work researches and presents the lives of North Korean civilians and uncovers why some choose to escape. Combining the worlds of theatre, dance, and music, the piece invites audiences into a world of politics with a heart racing flair.
PERSONNEL
Ashley Rivette (dancer)
Lily Farrar (dancer)
Kati Freeman (dancer)
Dot Kelly (choreographer)
FACULTY MENTOR
Ting-Yu Chen
Kandinsky’s “Der gelbe Klang”
TIME & LOCATION
5:15 – 5:30 p.m.
8:15 – 8:30 p.m.
Glaize Studio Theatre
Project Leader: Noah Alden Hardaway
With music by Alfred Schnittke from 1974, this vibrant, ambiguous 1909 stage work by Vassily Kandinsky comes vividly to life in this performance of its first and sixth scenes. Foreshadowing Kandinsky’s turn to abstraction in painting, “Der gelbe Klang” (The Yellow Sound) eschews traditional notions of plot and concrete meaning, instead allowing us to focus and reflect on sound, lighting, color, and stage movement. On stage, you’ll see “intensely yellow” giants, “red creatures somewhat suggesting birds,” and gestures of unknown—and perhaps unknowable—meaning. As a synesthete, Kandinsky saw music as color, and Schnittke’s score creates an immersive, seething aural space for the painter’s visions. Through its elusive symbolism and alluring enigmas, “Der gelbe Klang” allows us to draw our own conclusions about fleeting images and impressions on our senses—images for which there are no ready-made explanations.
By arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner.
PERSONNEL
Haley Rudolph (conductor)
Alex Clark (yellow)
Javere Green (yellow)
Abby Gronczewski (red)
Marie Hayes (red)
Brandon Loos (trumpet)
Noah Flanigan (trombone)
Ryan Cook (percussion)
Jacob Routhier (percussion)
Chris Meyer (musical saw)
Noah Alden Hardaway (piano)
Tianbo Guo (piano)
Allie Kassraie (electric guitar)
Colleen Bennett (violin)
Henri Gross (double bass)
Virginia “V” Cangelosi (choreographer)
Josh Hyde (choreographer)
Hannah Tillery (lighting design)
FACULTY MENTOR
Rachel Short
Lilac
TIME & LOCATION
4 – 4:45 p.m.
Ruebush Hall, Room 151 (Rehearsal Hall)
Project Leader: Jack Murphy
Jack Murphy’s Lilac is a full-length musical currently in development centered around LGBTQ+ issues including bisexuality; diversity; love as a choice; and the idea that a person can love more than one person in their lifetime. Following a week of workshops and revisions, the ensemble and creative team present a reading of excerpts from the new work in preparation for a full length staged reading in March with Liminality Theatre Company.
PERSONNEL
Avery Sedlacek (director)
Bailey Baker (co-writer)
Emily Foley (choreographer/actor)
Brandon Cameron (actor)
Brenna Conroy (actor)
Erik Daughterman (actor)
Caleb Rouse (actor)
Patrick Murray (actor)
Rebecca Forrest (actor)
Nisa Mercado (actor)
Meggara Willimont (actor)
Carly Grissom (actor)
Diego Cortes (actor)
Dorian Davis (actor)
Larry Toyter (actor)
Olivia Ciotti (accompanist)
Daniel Bush (guitar)
FACULTY MENTOR
Stephanie Higgins
Living Room Concert: Songs of Labyrinth
TIME & LOCATION
4 – 4:30 p.m.
Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Project Leader: Maria Maldonado
Living Room Concert: Songs Of Labyrinth features works by Renaissance composer John Dowland. Highlighting voice and classical guitar, the performance seeks to replicate the relaxed, intimate “living room concerts” of the “Time of the Commonwealth.” The program features a variety of includes solos and duet performances, and culminates with a choral arrangement of “Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite.”
PERSONNEL
Alex Caraballo (guitarist)
Jan Marie Laman (guitarist)
Angela Garcia Clarke (soloist)
Madeline Funke (soloist)
Maggie Manhardt (soloist)
Maria Maldonado (soloist)
Mary Ann Hayden (soloist)
Victoria Alexander (soloist)
Cassadi Kulak (choir)
Cassie Keenan (choir)
Damaris Odebode (choir)
Erin Clemons (choir)
Hilary Stewart (choir)
Katie Bell (choir)
Michaela Lantzy (choir)
Ritchie Young (choir)
Alex Paganelli (conductor)
FACULTY MENTOR
Julian Gray
Low Fidelity Music
TIME & LOCATION
7:15 – 8 p.m.
Armstrong Hall Lobby
Project Leader: Christian Patterson
Low Fidelity features covers and original music in the lo-fi and jazz R&B styles. The performance, inspired by NPR’s Tiny Desk concerts and the YouTube series COLORS, will take place in the lobby of Armstrong Concert Hall.
PERSONNEL
Chace Washington (drums)
Issac Williams (piano)
Jasmine Lockwood (trombone)
Joey Lisko (bass)
Matthew White (saxophone)
Mastering the Medley
TIME & LOCATION
7 – 7:15 p.m.
Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Project Leader: Christopher Goodwin
Created by an ensemble of musicians, arrangers, music directors and singers, Mastering the Medley, features a mashup of works by a great musical theatre composer (to be revealed during Student Performance Week). The works will be arranged exclusively by the ensemble and for the ensemble.
PERSONNEL
Chris Goodwin (arranger/music director)
Julian Baldwin (singer)
Taylor Barth (singer)
Danny Martin (singer)
Nicolette Minella (singer)
Lydia Murtha (singer)
Sami Weathersby (singer)
Noah Ratgen (singer)
Olivia Ciotti (musician)
Ryan Cook (musician)
Devin Jones (musician)
Signe Mortensen (musician)
Karina Starling (musician)
Christopher Tillman (musician)
FACULTY MENTOR
Stephanie Higgins
Musical Saw Lessons!
TIME & LOCATION
4:15 – 4:45 p.m.
Armstrong Hall, Room 39
Project Leader: Chris Meyer
This presentation will feature performances by teachers and students who participated in a crash-course in playing the musical saw. During Student Performance Weeks, students will be taught all essential basics in playing the musical saw—posture, bow technique, tone generation, pitch control, and more—in small classes. Students who wish to perform will also be given the opportunity to learn a short work for musical saw ensemble, which will be presented during the Festival. Short performances by the teachers will also be given to show the audience the potential of the instrument given prolonged study.
PERSONNEL
Janine Milan (teacher, lesson planner and teaching coach)
Diana Miranda (assistant teacher)
My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord: A Celebration of the Hope and Expectation of Advent
TIME & LOCATION
5 – 5:30 p.m.
Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Project Leader: Sean Dye
Combining music, dance and monologues, this lecture/performance explores the meaning, history, and adaptations of the Magnificat and other Marian-influenced art. The program will include a vast range of works from different eras, and composed by artists of diverse nationalities.
PERSONNEL
Rachel Raphael (organ)
Sean Dye (research and tenor)
FACULTY MENTOR
Dr. J. Thomas Mitts
Next-Step Modern Ensemble
TIME & LOCATION
3:45 – 4:15 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Project Leader: Jacob McHugh
Jacob McHugh’s Next-Step Modern Ensemble blurs the line between a traditional music ensemble and a band by combining new sounds not typically heard in modern music as inspired by Hiatus Kaiyote and other modern bands. This prototype ensemble features Brenna Crowgey on violin, Michael Dolese on percussion, Mike Pratt on guitar and vocals and Grayson Jarvis on keys.
PERSONNEL
Brenna Crowgey (violin)
Michael Dolese (percussion
Mike Pratt (guitar and vocals)
Grayson Jarvis (keys)
Ethan Bodsford (recording)
Kaela Dunlap (live sound)
NICU Lullabies & Nursery Rhymes
TIME & LOCATION
5 – 5:20 p.m.
Ruebush Hall, Room 148
Project Leader: Jenna Barricklo
Jenna Barricklo’s NICU Lullabies & Nursery Rhymes project culminates in a collection of lullabies and poems designed to help babies receive care while in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). The initiative goes beyond the hospital via handbooks for music therapists and parents who continue caring for NICU babies as they go home and continue their healing journey.
PERSONNEL
Jaycie Buben (reader)
Miranda Schnoor (reader)
Erin Carroll (reader)
Marissa Chaffee (reader)
Caylin Keliehor (singer)
Grace McLaughlin (singer)
Becky Layko (singer)
Kacie Johnson (music therapy consultant)
Kyle Boardman (music therapy consultant)
Morgan Potter (music therapy consultant)
Joshua Frey (Music Production & Recording Technology major)
FACULTY MENTOR
Bronwen Landless
No Language In Our Lungs
TIME & LOCATION
3 – 3:45 p.m.
7:15 – 8 p.m.
Ruebush Hall, Room 146
Project Leader: Madison Schultes
Madison Schultes’ No Language In Our Lungs is Alan Haehnel’s play “And” with a twist: the characters communicate using American Sign Language (ASL) while exploring how events in life—the good next the bad, the extraordinary next to the mundane—happen simultaneously.
PERSONNEL
Madison Schultes (director)
Spencer Lynn (Aaron)
Diego Murillo (ensemble)
Reilly Lincavicks (ensemble)
Sam Cadieux (ensemble)
Caleb Rouse (ensemble)
Alissa Cecala (ensemble)
Joana Tsuhlares (ensemble)
Becky Layko (ensemble)
Kiki Lemieux (ensemble)
Alexis Yard (ensemble)
Lauren Bell (ensemble)
Shannon Connors (ensemble)
Jaycie Buben (ensemble)
Jenna Barricklo (ensemble)
Miranda Schnoor (ensemble)
Marissa Mattingly (ensemble)
Troy Wheeler (ensemble)
Hannah Tillery (lighting/set designer)
Max Wheeler (costume designer)
Austin Huehn (stage manager)
FACULTY MENTOR
Martha Wollner
Paris a nous deux!
TIME & LOCATION
8 – 8:30 p.m.
Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Project Leader: Kurt Cox
Kurt Cox explores the versatility of the saxophone and the unique timbre that is created in unique instrumentation of Jean Francaix’s 1954 French operetta “Paris a nou deux!” in his project featuring six vocalists, a saxophone quartet and piano.
PERSONNEL
Sarah Wofford (vocalist)
AJ Milligan (baritone saxophone)
Shengbo Lin (soprano saxophone)
Sean McGinley (alto saxophone)
Brett Baboorian (piano)
Erwan Noblet
Elizabeth Holmes
Elizabeth Bemis
Laura Couch
Andrew Daunais
FACULTY MENTOR
Fotina Naumenko & Tim Roberts
Safari
TIME & LOCATION
4 – 4:45 p.m.
7 – 7:45 p.m.
Ewing Dance Studio
Project Leader: Adrienne Elion
Join a tour guide in Adrienne Elion’s immersive movement piece Safari that simultaneously explores the human impact on the environment and the human condition through presentations of invented “animals.”
AUDIENCE WARNING: This immersive performance depicts violence (similar to a nature documentary) by the animals.
PERSONNEL
Elena Doyno (leadership)
Sadé Toombs (mover)
Maddi Boone (mover)
Ashayla Byrd (mover)
Lauren Schultz (mover)
Kyle Mangold (mover)
Ashley Rivette (mover)
Ali Leary (mover)
Erin Carroll (mover)
Tai Yoder (bassoon)
Kelsey Bergeron (mover)
Katie Holland (mover)
Francie Motto (mover)
Roxy Cowett (mover)
Rylie Butzbaugh-Patrick (mover)
Josh Cody (mover)
Taylor Burke (stage manager)
Jeremy Chontow (soundscaper)
FACULTY MENTOR
Maurice Fraga
Scouting Out Music
TIME & LOCATION
3 – 3:45 p.m.
Ruebush Hall, Room 148
Project Leader: Alexandra Paganelli
In Alexandra Paganelli’s Scouting Out Music, Girl Scouts from the local community in levels Daisy through Junior participate in a badge-earning workshop to earn badges for their respective levels through musical activities.
PERSONNEL
Elizabeth Anderson
Cassandra Keenan
Emily Vaughan
Maria Maldonado
Griffin Hellebuyck
Mariah Hanson
Amber Howell
Jennifer Adams
Damaris Odebode
Alyssa Lutz
Maggie Bullock
Anita Williams
FACULTY MENTOR
Marsha Barley
Shenandoah Wind Theatre
TIME & LOCATION
7 – 7:15 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Project Leader: Mason Hicks
Shenandoah Wind Theatre is an ensemble similar to a very small marching band, but moved indoors. The production, “Why Not?”, features an ambitious blend of music, marching and dance.
PERSONNEL
DESIGN
Mason Hicks (drill)
Nicholas Jackson (arranging)
Lenny Falwell (sound design)
BRASS
Evan Ripple (trumpet)
Justin Whitt (trumpet)
Caeley Niess (trumpet)
Lenny Falwell (mellophone)
Scout Kirkham (mellophone)
David Humbertson (euphonium)
Mason Hicks (euphonium)
Cameron Farnsworth (tuba)
WOODWIND
Maura Campbell (flute)
Zachary Thompson (clarinet)
Anne Griggs (clarinet)
Nathan Spier (bass clarinet)
AJ Milligan (alto saxophone)
AUX
Erin Roukous (harp)
Cassandra Clare (dancer)
Virginia Cangelosi (dancer)
Marie Hayes (dancer)
Shelby Davila (dancer)
FACULTY MENTOR
Matt Pardo
The Silver Apple
TIME & LOCATION
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
7 – 7:15 p.m.
Glaize Studio Theatre
Project Leader: Kira Jackson
Kira Jackson’s The Silver Apple is a cross-departmental work about a young girl and her active imagination. Featuring dance, movement, live music and spoken word, the piece weaves together the real world and dreamworld.
PERSONNEL
Alex Fleshman (director)
John Mora (technical director)
Abigail Wright (assistant technical director)
Abigail Haggerty (actor – Violet/Queen)
Meredith McClure (actor – Piper)
Alia Shahi (actor – Mother)
Jeremy Chontow (composer)
Erisa Sloan (choreographer)
Cassandra Clare (dancer – Goddess)
Kade Wright (dancer – Fire)
Austin Flewell (dancer – King/Fire)
Gwenyth Yockey (dancer –Water)
Patrick Murray (dancer – God)
Dani Heslin (dancer – Earth)
Annie Lesser (dancer – Air)
Laurel Hinton (dancer – Earth)
Katryna Richter (dancer –Air)
Samantha Bello (dancer – Water)
Max Wheeler (costume designer/makeup artist)
Juliana Benson (violin)
Teddy Froelich (violin)
Anita Williams (viola)
Nikki Bohnett-Morillo (cello)
Rowan AbshireSims (piano)
Sketch Comedy Revue
TIME & LOCATION
5:15 – 6 p.m.
8:15 – 9 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Project Leader: Emma Norville
Emma Norville hosts a sketch comedy revue, featuring a compilation of sketches, interludes and songs written collaboratively in a writer’s room type setting. Ranging from topical and political sketches to absurdist, slapstick and physical comedy, the project (both the process and product) seeks to capture the energy and dynamics of a Second City live performance.
PERSONNEL
Emma Norville (head writer/performer)
Meredith McClure (co-head writer/performer)
Danny Martin (writer/performer)
Jacob Sims (writer/performer)
Nisa Mercado (writer/performer)
Shaila Murdock (writer/performer)
Camila Calderon (writer/performer)
Spencer Lynn (writer/performer)
Owen Raynor (writer/performer)
Samantha Bello (writer/performer)
Ali Dougherty (writer/performer)
Brody Grant (writer/performer)
John Mora (lighting/sound)
FACULTY MENTOR
Kit Wilder
Songs from the Phone Booth of the Wind
TIME & LOCATION
3 – 3:30 p.m.
8 – 8:30 p.m.
Shingleton Dance Space
Project Leader: Jonathan Wyatt
In Japan, there is a phone booth in a garden, overlooking the sea. In this booth, the phone is connected to nothing; many locals call it the “Phone Booth of the Wind.” After the 2011 tsunami, survivors and the loved ones of those killed began making a pilgrimage to the booth. There, they speak to the dead as if someone is on the other end of the line. Jonathan Wyatt’s Songs From The Phone Booth Of The Wind is a chamber opera set in this booth. The piece is about a father and mother grieving for their lost daughter, and ultimately follows the father on his journey to accept the loss of his child. Featuring a whisper chorus and wall projections, the work aims to capture the magic and mysticism of the booth and the poetry of death.
PERSONNEL
Christos Kokkinis (father)
Katie Bell (mother)
Janine Milan (percussion)
Elizabeth Beller (clarinet)
Caeley Neiss (trumpet)
Robert Catenella (bass)
Carlos Figueroa (cello)
Laura Watson (flute)
FACULTY MENTOR
Byron Jones
Tell Me Anything
TIME & LOCATION
8:30 – 9:15 p.m.
Ruebush Hall, Room 154 (Green Room)
Project Leader: Emily Foley
Emily Foley creates and curates a collection of ten stand-alone monologues written, directed and rehearsed over the course of Student Performance Week. Inspired by interviews of Shenandoah students documented during the start of the week, the project highlights instinctual association and interpretation, and aims to provide a space for voices of various perspectives and backgrounds to assign personal meaning to given language.
PERSONNEL
Emily Foley (writer)
Alison Dougherty (director)
Danielle Carrozza (actor)
Marissa Chaffee (actor)
Kaila Noelle (actor)
Erica Morchower (actor)
Shannon Connors (actor)
Alexis Yard (actor)
Carly Grissom (actor)
Laurel Hinton (actor)
Alexandra Borsellino (actor)
Jordan Cornelius (actor)
Grayson Jarvis (composer/performer)
“Tell me who you loyal to”: An Exploration of Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning DAMN.
TIME & LOCATION
8:30 – 9:15 p.m.
Ruebush Hall, Room 128
Project Leader: Madeleine Bohnett
With a focus on empathy and inclusivity, this project explores Kendrick Lamar’s album, DAMN. Madeleine Bohnett presents a brief presentation on the album in relation to its winning of the Pulitzer Prize, focusing on concepts such as authenticity, race, identity and religion. Following this presentation will be a discussion with panelists Esai Siddeeq, Colleen Bennett and Nicole Bohnett in which audience members will hear new perspectives on the album. The final portion will be a unique remixed performance of selected tracks from DAMN.
AUDIENCE WARNING: This presentation contains explicit content.
PERSONNEL
Madeleine Bohnett (moderator)
Esai Siddeeq (panelist and musician)
Nicole Bohnett (panelist)
Colleen Bennett (panelist)
Gavin Sexton (technician)
Mike Pratt (musician)
Brett Baboorian (musician)
Alex Kimble (musician)
Matthew White (musician)
Andrew Stevens (musician)
Mark Quarles (musician)
Quincy Harmon (musician)
Jasmine Lockwood (musician)
Rosaland Smith (musician)
FACULTY MENTORS
Laurie McManus & Rachel Short
Unsung
TIME & LOCATION
7:45 – 8:30 p.m.
Ruebush Hall, Room 148
Project Leader: Stanley Payne
Unsung is a collection of 5 songs written in collaboration between Stanley Payne and various vocalists. The works seek to eschew the typical themes of mainstream music (money, drugs, romance, etc.) by exploring unsung subjects. Inspired by interests and passions, shared between the vocalist and composer, the works will utilize modern music styles, but in a unique new way, shedding light on unheard perspectives.
PERSONNEL
Stephen Dransfield (vocalist)
Shelbea Owens (vocalist)
Brody Grant (vocalist)
Emily Louise Steinhart (vocalist)
Shaila Murdock (vocalist)
Audrey Weatherstone (vocalist)
FACULTY MENTOR
Stephanie Higgins