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May 17th End-Of-Year Concert - Copy
May 17, 2025, 10:00am-5:00pm, NC Museum of Art
Order of Performances

Order of Performances


10:15am - 11:00am

Studio of Waltye Rasulala (piano and voice), Julia Bora (cello) and Nick Venable (piano)

Noël Mardenborough-Hamilton, Fife and Drum-Faber

Kevin Oberlender, Beauty and the Beast- Alan Menken

Valeria Ortiz, Morning - Edward Grieg

Jessica Prince, Bourree 1 from Suite no.3 in C Major- JS Bach

Laylah Dobbin, Planetarium- Faber

Genesis Villias-Logan, Parasailing -Faber

Maria Isabella Rodriguez,  Sugar Foot Rag - Faber

Emmanuel Godspower, Polovtsian Dance No. 17- Alexander Borodin

Amina Rahman, arr. Dream Battle / Eternal Shrine Maiden


11:00am - 12:00pm

Studio of Helena Bandy and Dr. Molly Hines (violin)

Lucita Ibrahem, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Variation A & Theme Shinichi Suzuki 

Violeta Zapata-Echeverri,  Music from "Pirates of the Caribbean” Klaus Badelt, arranged by Helena Bandy

Nari Caldwell, From the Start Laufey, arranged by Helena Bandy

Lanaila  Garnett, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Variations A & B Shinichi Suzuki 

Ameena Azimov, Waltz No. 2 Dmitri Shostakovich, arranged by Helena Bandy

Alison Lopez, Young and Beautiful Lana Del Rey, arranged by Helena Bandy

Joseph Fjellanger, Concerto in A Minor, Movement I: Allegro Antonio Vivaldi

Belinda Berrezueta, Song of the Wind - Folk song, arr. by Shinichi Suzuki

Leanna Sutton , May Song - Folk song, arr. by Shinichi Suzuki

Natalia Couto, Minuet No. 1 J.S. Bach

Sophia Moreno-Parada, Lightly Row Traditional, arr. by Shinichi Suzuki

Ana Avila Manzanares, America the Beautiful  Samuel A. Ward

Anya Amrani, Hedwig's Theme - John Williams

Dorothy Godspower, Video: Just As I Am (Hymn), Minuet No. 3, Can't Help Falling in Love

Deja Wilkins, Minuet No. 1 - J.S. Bach

Gabriela Moreno-Parada, Minuet No. 3 - J.S. Bach

Alexandria Todd, Meditation from Thais - Jules Massenet 

Helen Martinez, Concerto in A Minor, Movement I: Allegro , Antonio Vivaldi


12:00pm - 12:15pm Break


12:15pm - 1:00pm

Studio of Mike Buckley and Kevin Clark (guitar)

Sebastian Salazar, Thunder by Imagine Dragons

Chasiti Murray, All the Stars by Kendrick Lamar and SZA

Logan Castillo Barron, Las Mananitas by Alfonso Esparza Oteo

Luciana Pastran, Cars Outside by James Arthur

Z'Anna  Bogan,  All the Stars by Kendrick Lamar and SZA

Samuel Gonzalez Zamarripa, Ahora Soy El Malo by Porte Diferente

Gjourni Chavis, Wait Til You See My Smile by Alicia Keys

Sara Fernandez, Yankee Doodle / Au Clair De La Lune, Traditional 

Katherin Castillo Barron, Legos de Ti  - The Marías

Isaias Gomez, Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder

Geron Chavis, The Thrill is Gone, B.B. King


1:00pm - 2:30pm

Studio of Alexandra Franco (piano), Jake Buchanan (percussion), Rocky Raeford (music production),  Rosendo Pena (percussion), 


Sebastian Garcia, Gnossiene N.2/UP, Erik Sati/Arr. Jorvic Ramos

Chelsea Miranda, A Spoonful of Sugar

Sara Laguna,Argentina Sky, Will Baily

Aubrey Dobbin, Autumn Leaves, Nat King Cole

Matthew Hinton, Seven Nation Army, The White Stripes

Dylan Lara, Praise Elevation Worship

Grace Jones and Jordan Jones duet, My Happy Ending, Avril Lavigne

Mo Vahai, Lament of the Iron War Horse, original composition

Eduardo Tapia, El Gozo -Hugo Fernandez

Alejandro Pichardo, Cumbia del sol - Fuera de control

Flora Fabre, Set Fire to the Rain - Adele

Alexandra Torrez-Lopez, Unstoppable - Sia

Jubilee Redling, Talking To The Moon - Bruno Mars

Penelope Hopkins, "Mashup: Eye Of Tiger/ Bad" "Survivor/ Michael Jackson"

Geoffrey Godspower, Wipeout, The Surfaris

Angel Miralrio, Tao Tao - Control

Aydan Clark, Never Would Have Made it, Marvin Sapp


2:30pm -3:00pm Break


3:00pm - 5:00pm 

SENIOR SHOWCASE


Robert Hinton, guitar studio of Charlie Garnett, accepted to Peace University 

Dorothy Godspower, violin studio of Dr. Molly Hines, Video: Just As I Am (Hymn), Minuet No. 3, Can't Help Falling in Love, NC A&T majoring in Psychology

Gael Chavez, percussion studio of Rosendo Pena, Every Breath You Take, The Police, pursuing studies in Computer Science and Digital Arts

Maddison Miller, piano studio of Waltye Rasulala, Que Sera, Sera - Jay Livingston and Raymond Evans, accepted to Meredith College on scholarship, double major in Art and Biology and minor in Education

Rochelyn Gonzalez Zamarripa, piano studio of Zane Souvanlasy, Bored - Laufey, attending Johnston Community College to study dental hygiene

Helen Martinez, violin studio of Dr. Molly Hines, violin Concerto in A Minor 1st mvmt, Antonio Vivaldi, accepted to NC State to study business

    

CMS Oak Town Bands


Oak Town Rock Band, Johnny B Goode, Chuck Berry

Katherine Hinton (vocals)

Diego Juarez (guitar)

Isaac Mehaffie (bass)

Mo Vahai (percussion)

Matthew Hinton (percussion)


Oak Town Fusion Trio, School’s Out, Alice Cooper

Ryo Waddill (bass)

Ethan Escobar (guitar)

Nathan Escobar (percussion)


Oak Town Pop band, Isn’t She Lovely, Steve Wonder, Rhythm’s Gonna Get You, Gloria Estefan

Katherine Hinton (vocals)

Chi Wilkins (piano)

Angel Milrario (percussion)

Diego Juarez (guitar)

Graduations

Caleb Berrezueta, accepted to NC State to study business and enlisted in the Marines

Joseph  Chavez, accepted to UNC Pembroke to study Physical Education.

Gael Chavez, pursuing studies in Computer Science and Digital Arts

Rochelyn Gonzalez Zamarripa, attending Johnston Community College to study dental hygiene

Dorothy Godspower, NC A&T majoring in Psychology

Robert Hinton, accepted to Peace University 

Helen Martinez, accepted to NC State to study business

Maddison Miller, accepted to Meredith College on scholarship, double major in Art and Biology and minor in Education

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