On January 26th, some of our top Upper School music students and select members of our faculty performed for family and friends as part of our Red and Gold Recital series.  

Acts included:

• Okezue Bell '23 performed an original composition, "Seeing the Sun," on violin
• Sebastian Holbrook '22 (baritone) sang "Nina" (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi) accompanied by Mrs. Linda Himic on piano
• Emma Gross '21 (mezzo soprano) sang "Goodnight, My Someone" from The Music Man (Meredith Wilson) accompanied by Angela Chen '21 on piano
• Dr. Juan Rojo on flute and Dr. John McKay on piano performed "Milonga sin palabras" (Ástor Piazzolla)
• Deborah Katz '21 (soprano) sang “No One Else,” from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Dave Malloy) accompanied by Mrs. Linda Himic on piano
• Mr. Stephen Molloy (tenor) sang Giacomo Puccini's "Che Gelida Manina” from La Boheme and “Nessun Dorma” from Turandot accompanied by Dr. Jeffrey Lawlis on piano
• Alex Adams '20 performed "Brothers" from Fullmetal Alchemist (Michiru Oshim, arr. by Carel Kemp von Molendorff II) on piano
• Emma Lamberti '20 (soprano) sang “Black Swan” from The Medium accompanied by Angela Chen '21 on piano
• Profe Gonzalo del Real (tenor) sang "Rondine al Nido" (Vincenzo de Crescenzo) accompanied by Dr. Juan Rojo on flute and Dr. John McKay on piano
• Angela Chen '21 performed "Preludes Op. 23 No. 4: Andante Cantabile"(Sergei Rachmaninoff) on piano
• Barber Q members Ben Kraft '20, Will Bingham '20, Sebastian Holbrook '22, and myself performed  "Goodbye, My Coney Island Baby/We All Fall Medley" (Les Applegate)
• Krysta Nichols '21 performed "Scéne de Ballet, Op. 100" (Charles de Bériot) on violin accompanied by Angela Chen '21 on piano

The purpose of the Red and Gold Recital Series is to provide serious music students at Moravian Academy with an opportunity to perform their concert repertoire for an appreciative and supportive audience comprised of their family, friends, and peers. We believe that the development and growth of young musicians is fostered in a nurturing environment where live performance is the natural final step after significant coaching and rehearsal.

Parental support and encouragement has played and will continue to play a most significant role in our students' musical lives as well. For all of you who have helped in some way to encourage or guide a young musician, we say “thank you.”