A Musical Start to the Day

This morning at assembly the Hopkins Concert Choir and Orchestra started the day out on a high note, with three incredible performances.

The Concert Choir began by singing Loch Lomond, a traditional Scottish arranged by Jonathan Quick.  Ethan Lester '16 was featured as a soloist. Next they performed Papa Loko, a traditional Haitian song, arranged by Sten Kallman, which featured soloists  Ellery Saluck '17, Cece Strange '16, and Rose Etzel ’15.

The Hopkins Orchestra then performed Piano Concerto No. 2, 1st movement by S. Rachmaninoff.  Hopkins was wowed by featured pianist Gyan Maria ’18.

Please see the attached videos to watch these wonderful performances.

Before the music began, Mr. Smith and Mrs. Schroth announced the students who placed in Regionals and All State Competitions. Congratulations to all the students listed below:

CMEA Middle School Regional Festival:
Elise Aslanian
Elisabeth Hartog
Ethan Silver
Katherine Takoudes
Liana Tilton
Isabel Vlahakis
Marilla Yu
Alexander Zhang

CMEA High School Regional Festival:
Kieran Anderson
Isabelle Breier
Tiffany Buu
Jason Hagani
William Hartog
Joshua Ip
Arnaaz Khwaja
Yoseph Kim
Lynn Liu
Tatiana Niebuhr
Jared Rosamilia
Paul Stelben
Mark Xu
Michael Zhu

All-State Participants:
Kieran Anderson
William Hartog
Yoseph Kim
Paul Stelben
Arnaaz Khwaja
Mark Xu