The Franklin Middle School orchestras and Lincoln High School Orchestra will present their annual Christmas Concert on Monday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. in the LHS auditorium. The cost is $5 per person with Pre-K getting free admission. All proceeds benefit the orchestra program in Thief River Falls.
The FMS Sixth Grade Orchestra will perform four songs from their book: Scarborough Fair, Classical Bash, Liza Jane, and Holiday Special. They will also perform the famous Ukrainian Bell Carol. They will finish with Frog in a Tree by Edmund J. Siennicki.
The FMS Seventh Grade Orchestra will perform Quintus by Larry Clark, and the famous Can-Can by Jaques Offenbach.
The FMS Eighth Grade Orchestra will perform Themes from Vivaldi’s Gloria and Washburn County by Wisconsinite Randy Sabian.
The combined Seventh and Eighth Grade Orchestra will perform Entrance of the Queen of Sheba by Handel featuring two solo violins. Deck the Hall of the Mountain King is a combination of Grieg’s famous Hall of the Mountain King combined with the Christmas carol Deck the Halls. They will finish with two John Williams pieces: Somewhere In My Memory from the movie Home Alone and The Olympic Spirit, written for the 1988 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
The LHS Orchestra will perform Danse Infernale by Eliot Del Borgo, Nordic Invaders by Jeremy Woolstenhulme, and Themes from Concerto in A minor by Antonio Vivaldi. They will then play the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s The March of the King/Hark the Herald Angels Sing with Shelby Green playing the electric violin. They will then combine with members of the LHS band and perform an arrangement of all four movements of Beethoven’s iconic 5th Symphony.
FMS Sixth Grade Orchestra – violin: Emma Barron, Timothy Green, Hilde Larson, Brya Olson, Eliana Stavos and Milo Thorn; viola: Jager Adam, Samuel Barth, Elsa Haugen, Veronica Voytilla and Isla Walter; cello: Hudson Amiot, Ryder Warner and Amelia Wilson; bass: Cecelia Eastman and Chava Wattenphul.
FMS Seventh Grade Orchestra – first violin: Braxton Drevlow, Kora Fuhrer, Erin Kinzler, Emma Shomaker and Maizey Ziegler; second violin: Mirakle Brown, Kindra Durham, Isabella Ledford and Clarabelle Lee; viola: Lillian Lane and Alexis Shields; cello: Sade Nelson and Jace Sands; and bass: Colton Huth and Connor Suko.
FMS Eighth Grade Orchestra – first violin: Richard Armendariz, Storm DCamp, Hayden Foster, Joseph Hanson and Ava Wolter; second violin: Emma Dean, Rylin Hunt, Samantha Kieffer, Rowan Mossestad and Neelow Nelson; cello: Caitlin Brereton, James Fairbanks and Silvermoon Poitra; viola: Kayden Chute and Quinn Rodriguez; bass: Tobias Sobotta; percussion: Preston Barron, Jonah Lee and Quinn Hetherington; and piano: Braxton Drevlow.
LHS Orchestra – first violin: Carlie Casavan, Dawson Colden, Dawson Erickson, Ellie Holten, Ryan King, Shelby Green, Angela Li, Keyarah Verdell and Danielle Yonke; second violin: Elizabeth Brereton, Zakia Burstad, Annie Cullen, Lila Dalager, Victoria Eurek, Livia Harbott, Tucker Knott, Anthony Larson, Genevieve McMullen, Mickaela Renwick, Vyktoria Suko, Alyssa Foster and Svea Wolff; viola: Brenna Drevlow, Kayleen Hoglo and Hailey Leatherwood; cello: Sebastian Baltierra, Aaron Collins, Brooke Drevlow, Gwenyth Hagen, Dracen Harding, Alora Green, Sienna Gregerson, Dylan Lane and Elory Mossestad; bass: Zaranna Anderson, Raynee Bruggeman, Bethany Crandall and Ian Grzadzielewski; clarinet: Joiann Fineday; trumpet: Anderson Forsberg and Kayleen Hoglo; trombone: Keaton Dallmann and McKenzie Hintz; flute: Sienna Gregerson; French horn: Audrey Horn; percussion: Sebastian Baltierra; and piano: Carlie Casavan.