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2026 May 17th End-Of-Year Concert
May 17, 2026, 12:00pm-3:30pm, NC Museum of Art
Order of Performances

12:00pm - 12:45pm 

Studios of Angela Dowless (Explorations), Zane Souvanlasy (piano), Rocky Raeford (piano), and Shelby Sykes (voice)

Josiah Daceus, Mary Had a Little Lamb

Joshua  Daceus, The Greatest Show on Earth! (Palmer et al.) 

Jazmyn Daceus, Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen) 

Jordan Daceus, Sonatina (Palmer et al.)

Emmelene Hopkins, Original composition

Mia Hedgepeth, Diamonds

Gabriela Moreno-Parada, That's The Way Things Go/Drivers License

Savannah Saunders, SoulShine

Madison Wilkins, Rise Up

Gjaniece Chavis, Man I Need/All of Me

    


1:00pm - 2:30pm

Studios of Angela Dowless (Explorations), Alexandra Franco (piano), Nick Venable (piano),  Winifred Garret (harp), Adam Ainsworth and Julia Bora (strings)

Josiah Daceus, Lotana Adizue, Allison Carrizales, Nathan Bernabe-Reyes, Mylon Neverson, Best Day of My Life

Josiah Daceus, Mary Had a Little Lamb

Lotanna Adizue, Farmer In the Dell

Alisson Carrizales, London Bridge

Nathan Bernabe-Reyes,  Twinkle Twinkle

Mylon Neverson, Yankee Doodle

Adrian Sanchez-Abarca, The I like Song- Faber/Faber

Karen Holmes, Allegro- Giulliani

Solene McQueen, Come See the Parade- Faber/FAber

Dylan Rivera Guzman, Men From Mars- Faber/Faber

Luciana Pinilla , Ode to joy- Beethoven/Faber arr.

Isabella Lara, The Juggler- arr. Faber

Israelle McQueen, Kites in the Sky- Faber/Faber

Amelia Graham, Mozart's Five Names- Mozart arr. Faber

Rihanna Shahin, A Mixed up Song, Faded- A. Walker

Liam Villa- Carbajal, Fur Elise- Beethoven

Strings Ensemble, Lovely, Billie Eilish

Lois Fabre (Graduating Senior)

Narí Caldwell  

Deja Wilkins

Vivian Owens (Graduating Senior)

Micah Owens, Happy Farmer (Shumann)- Musette (Grafe)

Josué Rodriguez, Cuando Venga Jesucristo

Laylah Dobbin, Amazing Grace, John Newton

Daira Sanchez, Mirage- (W. Baily)

Victor Imoh, Angel Eyes (Matt Dennis)

Aubrey Dobbin, Here to Stay, Shiro Sagisu

Noah Wilkins, Equinox (John Coltrane)

Sebastian Garcia, No. 2 Gymnopedie (Erik Satie)

Amina Rahman, Zun (Arr- Amina Rahman)

Morgan Davis (Graduating Senior), All of Me- (Marks/Simons), accompanied by Nick Venable (bass) and Aaron Venable (drums)

Harp Ensemble, Medley-Music Lesson Day, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Twinkle, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Do Re Mi

Jaylene Campos Montes 

Cherish Caldwell 

Naomi Dobbin

Evelyn Catalan Alonso



3:00pm-4:30pm

Studios of Waltye Rasulala (piano and voice), Adam Ainsworth and Julia Bora (strings), and Dr. Anthony Lee (piano)

Ashlynn Williams, Fur Elise-Ludwig Beethoven 

Benjamin Rodriguez, Waltz- Chopin

Ayelen Rivera Guzman, Morning- Edvard Grieg

Helen Ibrahim (Graduating Senior), Midnight Ride

Holy Ibrahim, Fife and Drum

Reagan Griffin, Morning- Edvard Grieg

Alexander Ordonez-Willison, Sounds From The Gumdrop Factory - Faber 

Constance Graham, Ode to Joy-Beethoven

Maria Isabella Rodriguez, Carefree Waltz - Traditional German.

Valeria Zelada Ortiz, Home On The Range - S. Foster.

Strings Ensemble, Can Can & Minuet #1- Bach

Belinda Berrezueta

Ana Avila Manzanares 

Brandon Samartean 

Jaeylinn Castillo, Russian Folk Song- Trad.

Lexi Todd, duet with Adam Ainsworth

Mila Neverson, A Touch of Gold, Dennis Alexander

Ethan Outlaw, Diamond Boy, SZA

Patino Maria del mar, Sounds of Madrid, Derek Vann

Zena Massenburg, The Approaching Storm, Timothy Brown

Anna Jeoung, Arabeske No. 1, Claude Debussy

Jacob Siegel , Dizzy Fingers, Zez Confrey

Joshua Siegel, Gymnopedie No. 1, Erik Satie

Karis Yoon, Concerto in A, K. 414, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Graduations

Cyrus Barbour, who will be studying Engineering at Wake Tech 

Morgan Davis, who will be studying Business at Wake Tech

Lois Fabre, who will be studying Music at Meredith College

Uriah Howard, who will continue to produce his own music while he considers college

Helen Ibrahim, who will be studying Nursing at Wake Tech

Jerrell-Martin-Utley, who will be studying Animation at Wake Tech

Vivian Owens, who will be studying Peace, War and Defense at UNC Chapel Hill 

Nicholas Phillips, who will be studying engineering at A&T

Jessica Prince, who will be studying biology at NC State

Bryan Sanchez, who will be studying Engineering at Wake Tech

Nyah Tapia Hernandez, who will be studying Forensic Psychology at Wake Tech


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