Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission
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TTeeeenn AArrttss FFeessttiivvaall At Raritan Valley Community College Wednesday, May 17, 2017 An Arts-in-Education Program of the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission Kaitlin Bundy, Somerset County Teen Arts Coordinator Samantha Gonzalez, Somerset County Teen Arts Assistant SOMERSET COUNTY CULTURAL & HERITAGE COMMISSION Robert Bouwman, President Donald N. Esposito, Vice President Ann Osterdale Rosenblum, Secretary Phyllis Fittipaldi, Treasurer Mark A. Else Kathy Faulks Janice Haggerty Phyllis Konen H. Kels Swan Patricia McGarry, SCC&HC Manager Thomas R. D’Amico, AICP/PP, Historic Sites Coordinator Kaitlin Bundy, Program Coordinator Cathy Bunting, Administrative Assistant SOMERSET COUNTY BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS Peter S. Palmer, Freeholder Director Patrick Scaglione, Freeholder Deputy Director Patricia L. Walsh, Freeholder Mark Caliguire, Freeholder Brian D. Levine, Freeholder Brian D. Levine, Freeholder Liaison to the Cultural & Heritage Commission This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. 2 Welcome to the Welcome to the SSoommeerrsseett CCoouunnttyy TTeeeenn AArrttss FFeessttiivvaall CONTENTS Student Performance Schedules & Sites – pg. 4-14 Workshop Schedules, Descriptions & Sites - pg. 21-27 Artists’ Biographies – pg. 29-39 Acknowledgements – pg. 40 Maps – pg. 42-45 IMPORTANT REMINDERS REGISTRATION DESKS All students, teachers, artists, volunteers & guests MUST sign in at a Registration Desk in either the MAIN Building or the ARTS Building per your assignment Main Building (Library/Theater Complex) Registration - First Floor (upstairs) across from the Library Arts Building Registration - Inside entrance from Parking Lot #4 PERFORMING STUDENTS Please try to arrive at your performance site 15 minutes early. Volunteers will assist in assuring no one enters/leaves a performance while in progress, only between performances. VOLUNTEERS Volunteers are scheduled at performance sites & several workshops, in addition to Registration Desks. They will help in any way they can to make your day a productive one. Please thank them by showing them every courtesy. LUNCH Students & guests may purchase lunch in the college cafeteria on Floor 2 in the COLLEGE CENTER. SPECIAL NOTE: Food & beverages are NOT permitted in classrooms or performance sites. DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS Students found leaving the RVCC Campus or in an unauthorized area will not be allowed to return to the SC Teen Arts Festival the following year. Any school with disciplinary actions taken against them during the day of the festival will not be recommended to the State Teen Arts Festival. ACCESSIBILITY RVCC is an ADA compliant facility; please call two (2) weeks prior to festival to request assistive services. SECURITY/ EMERGENCIES Emergency Call Boxes BLUE BOX / ARTS BUILDING - between Rooms A-19 & A-20 BLUE BOX / MAIN BUILDING - outdoors by Library & Book Return RED BOXES/ALL OTHER BUILDINGS - center of each Main Hallway Defibrillators ARTS BUILDING between Rooms A-19 & A-20 COLLEGE CENTER between Students Activities & Finance Offices COLLEGE SECURITY OFFICE Somerset Building, Floor “B” FIRE EVACUATE ALL BUILDINGS IMMEDIATELY, LEAVING BY NEAREST EXIT. PROCEED AWAY FROM THE BUILDINGS & EMERGENCY PERSONNEL 3 PPeerrffoorrmmaannccee && CCrriittiiqquuee SScchheedduullee LARGE GROUP DANCE Location: Nash Theatre Critiquers: Loretta Fois & Christine Sampson TIME SCHOOL STUDENT/GROUP TEACHER 8:45 Somerset County Vo-Tech Vo-Tech Dancers Sheila Buttermore 9:00 Somerset County Vo-Tech Vo-Tech Dancers Sheila Buttermore North Plainfield 9:15 Canuck Dance Company Rebecca Visintainer Middle School Watchung Hills Regional 9:30 WHRHS Dance Ensemble Amanda Carmody High School Watchung Hills Regional 9:45 WHRHS Dance Ensemble Amanda Carmody High School 10:00 Franklin Middle School FMS 8th Grade Boys Aaron Ramos 10:15 Franklin Middle School FMS 8th Grade Girls Aaron Ramos Bridgewater-Raritan High 10:30 Retrophresh Dance Team Judy Lesser School NOTE: Please be at the entrance to the backstage hallway ready to perform 15 minutes prior to your performance. Enter – Backstage Hallway Exit – Front of Auditorium “When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.” -Wayne Dyer 4 SOLO/SMALL GROUP DANCE Location: Welpe Theatre Critiquers: Loretta Fois & Lees Hummel TIME SCHOOL STUDENT/GROUP TEACHER 11:30 Franklin High School Jamaya Newton Irazema Rivera D’Mari Ramos, Sierra Epps & 11:40 Franklin High School Lindsey Della Serra Cindy Del La Cruz 11:50 Franklin High School Alnisa Mason & Jada Bethea Irazema Rivera 12:00 Hillsborough Middle School Danceletes Katherine Stein 12:10 Hillsborough Middle School Nidhi Tolpadi Katherine Stein 12:20 Hillsborough Middle School Sonia Shan & Suma Panamgipalli Katherine Stein Bridgewater-Raritan 12:30 Jacob Lesser Judy Raphael High School Bridgewater-Raritan Cassie Mountney & 12:40 Judy Raphael High School Caitlyn Hendelson 12:50 Hillsborough Middle School Boro Bollywood Katherine Stein 1:00 Hillsborough Middle School Sophie LeBron Chelsea Phillip Anant Tall 1:10 Hillsborough Middle School Katherine Stein (Endless Rhythm) 1:20 Hillsborough Middle School Lasva Cheruvu Katherine Stein 1:30 Purnell School Dance Synthesis Nicole Labrit-Petrewski 1:40 Purnell School Purnell School Dance Synthesis Nicole Labrit-Petrewski Watchung Hills Regional 1:50 WHRHS Dance Ensemble Amanda Carmody High School 5 LARGE GROUP INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC Location: Nash Theatre Critiquers: Jeffrey Kunkel TIME SCHOOL STUDENT/GROUP TEACHER 1:15 Franklin Middle School FMS Wind Ensemble Mrs. Rishi 1:30 Bound Brook High School Instrumental Music Performance Marian Stewart 1:45 North Plainfield High School NPHS Jazz Band Kyle Skrivanek 2:00 Manville High School Manville High School Jazz Band Joseph Espineira NOTE: Please be at the entrance to the backstage hallway ready to perform 15 minutes prior to your performance. Enter – Backstage Hallway Exit – Front of Auditorium INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC WARM-UP ROOM & INSTRUMENT STORAGE Somerset Building, S – 16 Instruments are stored at the students own risk. “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” -Victor Hugo 6 SOLO/ SMALL GROUP INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC Location: Welpe Theatre Critiquers: Jeffrey Kunkel & Dorian Parreott TIME SCHOOL STUDENT/GROUP TEACHER 8:40 Home School Kailee Leung Devi Yee 8:50 Home School Danielle Yang Jauann Lu Jauann Lu & 9:00 Home School Danielle Yang and Emilia Coto Tunde Gall 9:10 Home School Gwen Wittel Chris Terhune Watchung Hills Regional 9:20 Sax Ensemble Paul McCullen High School Watchung Hills Regional 9:30 Ethan Marmolego Paul McCullen High School Watchung Hills Regional 9:40 Andrew Morrison Paul McCullen High School Watchung Hill Regional 9:50 The Watchung Hills Quintet Paul McCullen High School 10:00 Green Brook Middle School Saxophone Quartet Vincent Sorenson 10:10 Green Brook Middle School Clarinet Ensemble Vincent Sorenson 10:20 Green Brook Middle School Brass Ensemble Vincent Sorenson 10:30 Green Brook Middle School Flute Quartet Vincent Sorenson MOVE PIANO 10:40 Hillsborough Middle School Kylee Ludwig Tracey Baker Branchburg Central 10:50 BCMS Saxophone Ensemble Krissy DeNicuolo Middle School Branchburg Central 11:00 BCMS Brass Ensemble Krissy DeNicuolo Middle School Branchburg Central 11:10 BCMS Clarinet Ensemble Krissy DeNicuolo Middle School Branchburg Central 11:20 BCMS Flute Ensemble Krissy De Nicuolo Middle School INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC WARM-UP ROOM & INSTRUMENT STORAGE Somerset Building, S – 16 Instruments are stored at the students own risk. 7 PIANO Location: Arts Building, A-33 Critiquers: Tony Strong TIME SCHOOL STUDENT/GROUP TEACHER 10:30 Franklin Middle School Ryan Hussey Jonathan Ware Victoria Iakoubova & 10:40 Franklin Middle School Jonathan Ware Desiree Arana 10:50 Franklin Middle School Aqsa Iqbal Jonathan Ware 11:00 Franklin Middle School Michael Allegro Jonathan Ware 11:10 Hillsborough Middle School Derek Geng Tracey Baker 11:20 Hillsborough Middle School Grace Zhang Tracey Baker 11:30 Hillsborough Middle School Cynthia Zhang Tracey Baker Nikita Bhardwaj 11:40 Hillsborough Middle School Tracey Baker Nathalie Marie Villa & 11:50 Franklin Middle School Jonathan Ware Camila Bejar 12:00 Franklin Middle School Faryn Shields Jonathan Ware 12;10 Franklin Middle School Jennifer Okwei Jonathan Ware 12:20 Franklin Middle School Kelly Chin Jonathan Ware 12:30 Franklin Middle School Arianna Asare & Miana Pierson Jonathan Ware 12:40 Hillsborough Middle School Shreyas Pani Tracey Baker 12:50 Hillsborough Middle School Rishikesh Najar Tracey Baker WARM-UP ROOM FOR PIANO PERFORMANCES: Arts Building, A-31 “Music is a world within itself, it is a language we all understand.” -Stevie Wonder 8 THEATRE PERFORMANCE Location: College Center, Lower Level: Rooms CC-08 & CC-10 Critiquers: Jaye Barre, Eric Diamond and Janet Cantore-Watson TIME SCHOOL STUDENT/GROUP TEACHER 9:00 North Plainfield High School Laura Amancha Leeanne Chiaramonte 9:08 North Plainfield High School Grace McGrath Leeanne Chiaramonte 9:16 North Plainfield High School Triggered Leeanne Chiaramonte 9:24 North Plainfield High School The Johnsons Leeanne Chiaramonte 9:34 North Plainfield High School Strange Leeanne Chiaramonte 9:42 North Plainfield High School Astronaut Leeanne Chiaramonte 9:50 Green Brook Middle School Mihika Iyer Erin Ferrara 9:58 Green Brook Middle School Maddie Leong Erin Ferrara 10:06 Green Brook Middle School Sydney Zeszotarski Erin Ferrara 10:14 Green Brook Middle School