McDaniel College students perform in annual fall music concerts

The Student African Drum Ensembles perform Thursday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. in Roj Student Center's Naganna Forum. 

The program features the traditional African songs “Kuku,” “Macaru,” "Mengani,” and “Lambaa," under the direction of Senior Adjunct Lecturer Pape Demba "Paco" Samb along with the Super Ngewel ensemble.

Students performing in the two ensembles include:

• Adam Shallom, senior American Sign Language major from Olney, Maryland 

• Angel Bidgell, senior Criminal Justice major from Millersville, Maryland 

• Brandon Morse, junior Marketing major from Arnold, Maryland 

• Chloe Courtney, senior Psychology major from Gwynn Oak, Maryland 

• Colin Hughes, senior Business Administration major from Lutherville Timonium, Maryland 

• Emily Paulson, senior Political Science major from Ashburn, Virginia

• Emma Michael, senior Criminal Justice major from Bel Air, Maryland 

• Emmanuel Hill, senior Business Administration major from White Plains, Maryland 

• Gibson Cameron, senior Theatre Arts major from Arlington, Virginia

• Hadley Watts, senior student-designed major in Music Performance from APO, AE 

• Jess Millard, senior Kinesiology and Health Sciences major Edgewater, Maryland 

• Jessica Weinoldt, senior Health Sciences major from East Petersburg, Pennsylvania

• Justin Long, senior Criminal Justice major from Sykesville, Maryland 

• Kaitlyn Lane, junior Health Sciences and Kinesiology major from Germantown, Maryland 

• Katherine Taveras, senior Kinesiology major from Westminster, Maryland 

• Kaziyah Della, senior American Sign Language major from Baltimore

• Kennedy Ewell, junior American Sign Language major from Fort Washington, Maryland 

• Kyle Brown, senior Political Science major from Frederick, Maryland 

• Lanre Abayomi, senior Computer Science major from Upper Marlboro, Maryland 

• Lloyd Schutz, sophomore Business Administration major from New York

• Mia McElwee, senior Biology major from N Bellmore, New York 

• Nick Domzalski, senior Marketing major from Forest Hill, Maryland 

• Nick Lewis, senior Accounting major from Lutherville Timonium, Maryland 

• Sadie Bowman, senior Environmental Studies and Health Sciences major from Old Lyme, Connecticut

• Seth Hurt, junior Kinesiology major from Griswold, Connecticut

• Taylor Pinthiere, senior Psychology major from Clarksburg, Maryland 

• Thane Vibbert, junior Accounting and Business Administration major from Linthicum Hts, Maryland 

• Trevion Bagley, freshman Computer Science major from Suitland, Maryland 

• Val Pryor, senior Kinesiology major from Odenton, Maryland 

• Yaye Mbaye, senior Political Science major and student-designed major in French Studies from Baltimore 

The McDaniel College Choir presents its fall concert on Sunday, Nov. 24, at 7 p.m. in Baker Memorial Chapel. The choir is under the direction of Senior Lecturer Kyle Engler.

The McDaniel College Choir performs works from a variety of countries by diverse composers, including “Dawn and Dusk” by Ken Steven; “Flight Song” by Kim André Arnessen; “Hands Are Knockin” by Kyle Pederson; “Choose Something Like a Star” from “Frostiana” by Randall Thompson; “Bright Morning Stars” (arrangement by Ruth Elaine Schram); “The Call” by Regina Spektor (arrangement by Dianne Gryba); “Good Trouble” by Thomas Keesecker; “All of Us” from “Considering Matthew Shepard” by Craig Hella Johnson; and “Hymn of Acxiom” by Vienna Teng.

The Green TerrorTones, the premier vocal ensemble at McDaniel, also performs “I Lived” by One Republic; “Lift Me Up” by Rihanna (arrangement by Emily Drum); “Moonlight In Vermont” (arrangement by Darmon Meader); “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder (arrangement by Paul Langford); “Because, “Eleanor Rigby,” and “In My Life” (arrangement by Roger Emerson) by The Beatles; “Leave the Door Open” by Bruno Mars (arrangement by Silv Pybus; “Halcyon Days” by Melissa Dunphy; and “Toxic” by Britney Spears (arrangement by Deke Sharon). 
 

McDaniel students in the College Choir include:

• Abby Cassarino, junior Elementary Education major from Pasadena, Maryland
• Abigail Russell, first-year Psychology and Philosophy major from Walkersville, Maryland
• Aedan Gannon, first-year student from Westminster, Maryland
• *AJ Kitzinger, senior Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies and Spanish major from Taneytown, Maryland
• Akasha Campbell, junior Communication major from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 
• Anna Bergschneider,  junior Cinema major from Hagerstown, Maryland
• *Arielle Harris, senior Biology major from Baltimore, Maryland
• *Baeden Blackburn, junior Psychology major from South Hadley, Massachusetts 
• *Belle Mustacchio, sophomore Elementary Education major from Purcellville, Virginia
• Brendan Kirby, sophomore Cinema major from Westminster, Maryland
• Brook Brownstein, first-year Psychology major from Silver Spring, Maryland
• Chloe Raymond, first-year student from Kensington, Maryland
• Claire Benton, first-year student from Ashburn, Virginia
• *Danielle Carter, senior Political Science and Theatre Arts major from Rockville, Maryland 
• Emily Goodfellow, sophomore Chemistry major from New Freedom, Pennsylvania 
• Emma Janisch, sophomore English and Writing & Publishing major from Saint Louis, Missouri
• Forrest Roca, first-year student from Columbia, Maryland
• *Gabie Robinson, senior Theatre Arts and Social Work major from Reisterstown, Maryland
• *Hadley Watts, senior student-designed major in Music Performance from APO, AE 
• *Jaylin Smith, junior Theatre Arts and English major from Sykesville, Maryland
• Kaite Lee, first-year student from Gaithersburg, MD 
• *Kendra Snyder, senior American Sign Language major from Millersville, Maryland
• Kimberly Silva-Reis, first-year student from Taneytown, Maryland
• Laurence Derkasch, first-year student from Hanover, Pennsylvania  
• *Linda Brown, sophomore Sociology and Theatre Arts major from Rosedale, Maryland
• *Lyndie McConaghy, first-year Criminal Justice major from Columbia, Maryland
• *May Riekenberg, senior Theatre Arts and English major from South Orange, New Jersey 
• Maya Valdez, junior Sociology and Biology major from Elmhurst, Illinois
• *Miriam Sall, junior American Sign Language major from Abington, Pennsylvania
• *Moonasia Williams, junior Cinema and Asian Studies major from Baltimore
• *Paul Steinert, senior Elementary Education major from Dundalk, Maryland
• *Reese Weaver, junior Theatre Arts major from Brandywine, Maryland
• Sam Durocher, senior Theatre Arts major from Baltimore
• Sophia Braun, first-year student from Laurel, Maryland
• Thomas Jackson, first-year student from Ellicott City, Maryland

*Students who also comprise the Green TerrorTones.

Tim Jenkins, senior adjunct lecturer, directs Jazz Night on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m., in WMC Alumni Hall’s Mainstage Theatre. The concert features diverse styles of jazz, including classic big band swing, bebop, Latin, funk, jazz-rock, and classic blues.

The program includes "Love is here to stay" by George and Ira Gershwin; "How Insensitive" by Antonio Carlos Jobim (arrangement by Tim Jenkins); "Traces (Snow Song)" by Harrison Booth; "Soldier Poet King" by Maggie and Tyler Heath; "Japanese Denim" by Daniel Caesar (arrangement by Tim Jenkins); "Phthalo" by Tim Jenkins); "Please, Please, Please let me get what I want" by Johnny Marr and Morrisey; "Self-Portrait In Three Colors”" by Charles Mingus; "What a difference a day made" by Stanley Adams and Maria Greve (arrangement by Tim Jenkins); "C.T.A." by Jimmy Heath; and "Have yourself a merry Christmas" by Martin and Blane (arranged by Frank Devol).
 

Students performing include:

• Zero Alexander, junior Psychology and student-designed major in French Studies from Baltimore
• Harrison Booth, senior Writing & Publishing major from Leola, Pennsylvania
• Saryah Bynum, sophomore from Frederick, Maryland
• Alanna Copes, first-year student from Baltimore
• Noelle Dragan, first-year student from Mount Holly, New Jersey
• Leo Hill, first-year student from Catonsville, Maryland
• Brendan Kirby, sophomore Cinema major from Westminster, Maryland
• Emily Knight, first-year student from Pocomoke City, Maryland
• Carrie Liffiton, junior Elementary Education major from Bethesda, Maryland
• Kaiya Mayhew, sophomore from Gaithersburg, Maryland
• Kyle Sarnowski, senior Cinema major from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
• Zoe Shelby, senior Art major from North East, Maryland 
• Hadley Watts, senior student-designed major in Music Performance from APO, AE

Additional musicians include Alex Corns (trumpet), Heather Douglas (tenor saxophone), Cade Leek '23 (alto saxophone and clarinet), Andrew Pyne '20 (trumpet), and Jackie Sherwin '18 (trumpet).

On Friday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m. in WMC Alumni Hall's Mainstage Theatre, nearly 50 musicians, including McDaniel students, as well as McDaniel faculty members, alumni, and community musicians, perform during the College Band Concert. The College Band is directed by Senior Lecturer in Music Linda Kirkpatrick and performs musical selections by contemporary composers, including several holiday selections.

This semester’s program includes two selections in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, “America Forever March” and music from the movie “Pearl Harbor.” “MANCINI!” will be performed to celebrate American composer Henry Mancini’s birth 100 years ago along with the “English Folk Song Suite,” also composed in 1924. Other selections include “Blue Shades,” “Snowflakes Dancing,” and “Nutcracker Fantasia.”

McDaniel students performing include: 

• Kaitlyn Anthony, first-year student from Salisbury, Maryland
• Emma Bailey, first-year student from Eden, Maryland       
• Stephen Fedorchak, first-year student from Odenton, Maryland          
• Ryan Gervasi, sophomore Environmental Studies major from Street, Maryland
• Keyeirra Harris, sophomore Computer Science major from Pikesville, Maryland
• Allyson McGowan, junior Health Sciences major from Elkton, Maryland
• Josh Morgan, sophomore from Bel Air, Maryland
• Kimberly Silva-Reis, first-year student from Taneytown, Maryland

McDaniel alumni Shannon Bernier '19, Ethan Brown '21, Esther Jones '14, Deborah Seidel '84, and Jim Tarr '80 also perform, along with Music department faculty members Rachel Andrews, Michael Hirsh, and Robert Sirois. 

Other performers are Carroll Community College students Monterey Brice, Ava Button, Nicholas Dunford, Paige Gordon, Nicole Helie, Justin Livingston, Erich Repp, and Trent Starr; Carroll County high school students Katelyn Saelens and Erin Thimmesch; and community musicians Rhianna Andres, Jeff Baker, Meghan Brown, Emily Chaffer, David Collin, B. Allan Darsch, Travis Dixon, David Fitch, Faith Folderauer, Blake Harrison, Jeff Hiner, Gordon Masters, Miles Hoff, Jeffrey Ripps, Marjorie Roberts, Mark Runkles, Lynne Scherbarth, Ashley Sier, Erin Welch, and Rita White.

The Westminster Symphony Orchestra Concert takes place Saturday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m. in WMC Alumni Hall’s Mainstage Theatre. Directed by Linda Kirkpatrick, senior lecturer in Music, the Westminster Symphony Orchestra includes McDaniel and Carroll Community College students, as well as Music faculty and community musicians.

Highlights of the concert are the premiere of a new work, “Hours:24,” composed by Collin David, a member of the Westminster Symphony Orchestra’s cello section and “Symphony No. 3 in Eb major, Op. 55 (Eroica)” by Ludwig van Beethoven in honor of the symphony’s 220th anniversary.

McDaniel students performing are: 

• Khristine Gomez, first-year student from Dumfries, Virginia
• Payton Littlejohn, first-year student from Hanover, Pennsylvania 
• Abigail Rubin, junior Art major from Westminster, Maryland
• Avery Schlesinger, first-year student from Arnold, Maryland

Other performers are McDaniel Music faculty Mindy Niles, Robert Sirois, Nicholas Reider, and David Motter and Carroll Community College faculty member Cindy Rosenberg, who is assistant director. Carroll Community College students Sydney Allen, Hannahlore Debenham, Brooke Green, Hailey Leonard, and Emma Simantel and Carroll County high school students Phillip Bracy and Avery Harrison also perform.

Community musicians include Celeste Blase, Glenda Walsh Crouse, Jennifer Harper, Ethan Warfield, Gracie McNeal, Kate Strom, Cora Belgrave, Kathleen Jansen, Jerry Diamond, Collin David, Tori Russell, Maia Weber, Robin Harrison, Sue Cloud, Susan Carmichael-Kerry, Mara Ahlquist, Erin Welch, Nicole Helie, Kevin Solomowitz, David Apple, Gordon Masters, Frank Starobin, Jeff Baker, Nicole Bradbury, Brian Thompson, Jeffrey Ripps, Brian Frazier, Marie Allee, Kent Goble, Jennifer Hoff, Lynn Fleming, and Kevin Solomowitz.

The Gospel Choir performs Sunday, Dec. 8, at 3 p.m. in WMC Alumni Hall's Mainstage Theatre. The Gospel Choir presents a combination of traditional and contemporary gospel music, under the direction of Senior Adjunct Lecturer Shelley Ensor. According to Ensor, this fall’s concert also includes “out-of-the-box music selections that promote love, peace, and joy!”

The choir consists of McDaniel students:

• Stella Agbodeka, junior Computer Science major from Windsor Mill, Maryland
• Kaziyah Della, senior American Sign Language major from Baltimore 
• Laurence Derkasch, first-year student from Hanover, Pennsylvania 
• Jaii Dixon, senior Art major from Washington, D.C. 
• Aly Ferguson, senior Kinesiology major from Westminster, Maryland
• Monzel Jasmine, senior Kinesiology major from Baltimore

McDaniel Music faculty members Glenn Caldwell and Michael Hirsh; alumni Kate Jacobs '22 and Harmon Wood '24; and community musicians Michael Armacost, Shawn Dennison, Alice Dorsey, Lenny Foist, Chris James, Darby McHugh, and Sharon Morrison also perform.