By Peyton Dickerson and Kristen Applebaum, Staff Writers

Get ready for the strings, choirs and bands as they present their annual treat, the Winter Concert. Learn more about the event in this video, then meet some of the participants in the Winter Concert Q&A by Maddy Wagner.

Scot Brown

• What grade are you in? 11th grade.
• What ensemble are you in? Bass in Honors Mixed Choir.
• What do you do in the winter concert? This is my first winter concert, but I heard it is really fun.
• What are you most looking forward this year at the concert? We have a couple of older songs that we do.

Sofia Dick

• What grade are you in? I’m a senior.
• What ensemble are you in? Orchestra.
• What do you do in the winter concert? I play the violin.
• What are you most looking forward to this year at the concert? It’s my last winter concert because I am a senior, so I’m pretty sad and excited at the same time. There have been a lot of new students who have joined orchestra and that is going to be exciting to see how they do.
• What are some of your best concert memories from past years? I had a solo in the concert when I was a sophomore. It was a three-part solo and that was really fun.

Ethan Duck

• What grade are you in? I’m in ninth grade.
• What ensemble are you in? Jazz band.
• What do you do in the winter concert? I play the saxophone.
• What are you most looking forward this year at the concert? Being able to play in the jazz band.

Alexis Martello

• What grade are you in? I’m in ninth grade.
• What ensemble are you in? First Soprano in the Mixed Choir.
• What do you do in the winter concert? We just have a lot of fun singing different pop songs.
• What are you most looking forward to this year at the concert? Some of the songs are really upbeat and we just have a lot of fun with them.

Ava O’Neill

• What ensemble are you in? I’m in Second Soprano in the Treble Choir.
• What do you do in the winter concert? We usually all get together for the concert. Usually, go into the auditorium and perform Christmas songs and it’s a lot of fun. And also we do caroling around the halls during Christmas time, so it’s pretty busy and awesome.
• What are you most looking forward to this year at the concert? I’m really excited about the song choices this year. There are a lot of new ones that sound really beautiful, but also some classics like “Santa Baby.”
• What are some of your best concert memories from past years? I remember my first concert in sixth grade. My best friend, Skylar, and I were performing and the whole time we held hands close together because we were so nervous. I just remember that. It was one of my favorite memories.

Heidi Sabatini

• What grade are you in? I’m a senior.
• What Ensemble are you in? First Alto in Honors Treble Choir.
• What do you do in the winter concert? We perform a variety of arrangements of holiday music.
• What are you most looking forward to this year at the concert? So every year we sing a song called “Peace on Earth,” and we invite alumni to come up and sing it with us, and the seniors and all choirs get to sing the solo parts, and I’m super excited. We’re all going to cry and it’s going to be really good.
• What are some of your best concert memories from past years? I want to say it was two years ago in Honors Choir, at the Christmas concert we sang the song called “Twas In The Moon” and it was really good, and it was an a cappella, and it was super fun, and complicated and good.

Sophomore Peyton Dickerson can be reached at [email protected]. Senior Kristen Applebaum can be reached at [email protected]. Sophomore Maddy Wagner can be reached at [email protected].