By Anisa Farah and Nia Abdurezak
Vassal
Lane’s musical talent runs high, and this was in perfectly intune
evidence at the Winter Concert on December 13. Under the direction of
Brian Gellerstein, Simon Watts, and David Cross, 150 of our 301 VLUS
students performed in the concert.
The performance was at 6PM for parents and family members, and during
the school day for the students of Vassal Lane. The show was a great
success. At the evening performance, the auditorium was filled with
family and friends from our community. It was standing room only: there
were people sitting in the aisles! There were performances from the VLUS
band, including woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments. And from
the VLUS orchestra, with string instruments. There were also
performances from the school chorus. The 6th grade chorus sang: “Jar of
Hearts” by Christina Perri and “Hello, Goodbye” by The Beatles; the 7th grade chorus sang: “Forget You” by Ceelo Green and “Here Comes The Sun” by The Beatles; and the 8th grade chorus sang: “One Day” by Matisyahu and “Hey Jude”
by The Beatles. Before the concert, 7th grade chorus member Emma
Beaumont-Smith said “I think it will be great, we’ve been practicing
hard from the beginning of the year to now.”
Our wonderfully talented band -- drummers Tal Ben-Anat, Harry
MacArthur, and Dylan Barber, Sam Costa on keyboard, and Anuj Gajjar on
guitar -- backed the singers.
“Cambridge kids are just so fortunate to have the opportunities to
express themselves artistically under [these music teachers’] expert
guidance, and I want you to know how impressed I was with everything I
saw and heard” said Superintendent Jeff Young, who attended the
performance. “I'm always happy to hear young people sing Beatles songs,
and the way that all three choruses came together for the end of Hey Jude was just spectacular” he added.