8th Grade Winter Band Concert December 12, 2024 7:30 pm Valley Middle School of STEM 8th Grade Woodwind Ensemble - Directed by Moriah Jensen Legacy……….……………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………..Ryan Meeboer Loch Lomond……….…………………………………………………………..………………………………………arr. David Marlatt Bell Carol.………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….arr. John McAllister 8th Grade Percussion Ensemble - Directed by David Miller Howl of the Groove King…………………………………………………….…………………………………………...Chris Brooks All I Want for Christmas is You…………...Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff; arr. by Igor Escalona 8th Grade Jazz Ensemble - Directed by David Miller The Pink Panther…………………………………………………………………………...Henry Mancini; arr. by Paul Murtha Soloists: Sophia Jeronimus - Tenor Sax, Levi Quion - Euphonium, Berk Benson - Trombone Living For The City…………………………………………………………………………..Stevie Wonder; arr. by Rick Stitzel Soloists: Sophia Jeronimus - Tenor Sax, Levi Quion - Euphonium, Nolan Kothe - Trumpet, Berk Benson - Trombone, Tamina Reynoso-Lopez - Tenor Sax 8th Grade Concert Band - Directed by David Miller Skygazer Fanfare………………………………………………….…………………………………………….Randall D. Standridge Terracotta Warriors………………………………………………………………..………………………………………..Scott Watson Fire Dance……………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………..David Shaffer Shake It Off………………………………....Taylor Swift, Max Martin and Shellback; arr. by Robert Longfield Instrument donations needed for Band For All If you have a gently used musical instrument that is no longer being used, please consider donating it to the district’s Band for All program. This year, more than 530 students are participating in a band with a donated instrument from Band for All. Some students who started band with a BFA instrument are now playing in college! More than 235 additional instruments are needed to meet the needs of next year’s fifth-grade students who would like to participate in band but do not have an instrument to use. All gently used band and orchestra instruments are accepted and used. Instruments can be dropped off at Oak Ridge Elementary or Scott Highlands Middle School during school hours. Include name, address and phone number on a piece of paper inside the instrument case if you would like to receive a donation letter for tax purposes. Band for All also accepts monetary donations to repair donated instruments. Monetary donations can be sent to Valley Middle School of STEM, c/o Cindy Hanson, 900 Gardenview Dr., Apple Valley, MN 55124 (checks should be made payable to Valley Middle School of STEM). A big thank you to VMSS parents, administration staff for your help and support in the VMSS Band Program! THANK YOU for everything you do! 8th Grade Band Flute Sadie Aagesen* Hira Brooks Bri Essig Addie Hebert* Keira Henrickson* Karis Leffin* Ryan Merchant* Anya Nelson* Grace Utell* Bassoon Jacob Dassou +* Clarinet Sayo Benson* Chariya Eam* Zoey Foster Tyson Hoang* Etta Jeske* Paige Kleeberger* Garrett Marshall* Jack Peterson* Manny Quevedo Catalan Emilia Reynoso-Lopez Tamina Reynoso-Lopez +* Lily Swanson* Evelyn Velzke Ethan Wetrosky* Lily Zarn* Alto Saxophone Yodahe Dedeye Alexandra Elmore Sophia Jeronimus + Hermela Mezlekia Joey Schwartz + Griffin Stoltenberg Elliotte Trudeau + Bari Saxophone Scott Trinh + Trumpet Dylan Burns + CJ Crisham Dobrinska + Liam Jones + Mason Kaelberer Nolan Kothe + Ella Roselius Cameron Sheehan + French Horn Sam Johnson Landon Malecha Trombone Berk Benson + Jonathan Berhane Nick Gately-Gogue Ada Hansen Dominic Hilgart + Liam Johnson Elsie Keehr Steig Pearson + Asher Steffan + Carter Zimmerman + Euphonium Martin Buschert Levi Quion + Christopher Thompson Clare Werdick Tuba Zuhayb Awil + Stella Snyder + Ash Walker + Melanie Weseman + Percussion Caden Butoi + Sade Coker #* Noah Marine # Emanuel Noble # Gab Pfarr Nora Weisenburger + Penny Winter # * - Woodwind Ensemble + - Jazz Ensemble # - Percussion Ensemble VMSS Administration Stacey Buchwald Stefanie Thomas James Jotter District 196 Superintendent Michael Bolsoni District 196 School Board Cory Johnson Anna Williams Sakawdin Mohamed Leah Gardner Jackie Magnuson