Hamilton Foundation for Student Success Announces ‘Showcase of heARTS’ Performers
Showcase of heARTS Tickets and Information
On Thursday, February 4, 2021, Hamilton Foundation for Student Success is hosting “Showcase of heARTS”. The online event will raise funds for HWDSB students while celebrating their artistic achievements.
Beginning at 6:30 p.m., guests will enjoy both live and pre-recorded material in an upbeat, fun, and reimagined experience with real time engagements and interactions. Our students’ hard work and perseverance over the last year will be recognized through a showcase of their many abilities. With concerts, recitals, and events put on hold, this is their chance to shine!
Today, we are pleased to share the Showcase of heARTS talent lineup ahead of next week’s festivities. Guests can expect to see a wide range of performers from disciplines such as music, drama, visual arts, and more. The virtual nature of the event has allowed for more student participation than ever before, so be sure to search for some familiar students and schools that will be sharing their talents with the community.
It is not too late to support HWDSB students by purchasing a ticket. Click the link at the top of the page to secure your spot.
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Discipline | School | Students | Notes | |
| 1 | Welcome | Visual & Media Arts | HWDSB Audition Based Program of the Arts | Glendale Media Arts & Animation Class | Animations and drawing by Glendale Secondary Students welcome you to tonight’s exciting showcase of talent. |
| 2 | Land Acknowledgement | Drama | Sherwood Secondary School & Westdale Secondary School | Shayla Bramer from Sherwood Secondary School & Emilee Clayton from Westdale Secondary School | Shayla Bramer and Emilee Clayton share reflections and an acknowledgement of the land. |
| 3 | Rise Up | Instrumental/Vocal | Students from across HWDSB | Vocals: Kelvin Olumide-Odebode, Ava Hickey, Launa Bortolusso-Bowler, Lex Shannon
Instumental – Piano: Yasmin Taslimi, Hengrui Zhang Guitar: Matthew Sar, Andrew Lugowski. Percussion: Austen Anderson, James MacCallum, Jack Yanover. Production: Bejamin McConnell, Jack Yanover, Filip Elez, Jason Varey |
With parts arranged, mixed, recorded, produced, and performed by students in Glendale’s Contemporary Music Class, this piece moves beyond the basic arrangement students began with, with new parts to ensure that everyone had a role to play from percussion, to guitar, piano to vocals, and even the crew mixing sound using a Digital Audio Workstation on their iPad.
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| 4 | Stick Figures (Mark D. Slater) & Junkyard Jam (Kevin Mixon) | Instrumental Drumming | Sherwood Secondary School – Music | Taylor Barr, Rebeka Bateman, Zoey Burns, Sofia Chavex Williams, Jaimie Diamond, Paul Elmer, Sophia Evink, Emma Gibbs, Keeran Hagen, Hanna Homer, Alexander Barker | Grade 9 Music students at Sherwood bring you “Stick Figures” and “Junkyard Jam” as they rock their percussion bucket drums. |
| 5 | Change | Dance | Glendale Dance | Victoria Sharp, Jessika Tafolla, Moira Lee, Natalie Lavoie, Jane Laird, Joannah Paxton | Set to spoken word, these students complete original choreography to increase the understanding and impact of these spoken word artists. |
| 6 | Rise – Visual & Media Art Montage | Vocal & Media | Glendale Secondary School – Drama | Nicholas Rush | “Rise” is an original song written by Nicholas Rush during the difficult times of this pandemic. Set to inspirational visual and media arts pieces from both Glendale Secondary School and the NuSteel Alternative Arts Program proudly partnered with Centre 3 on James St. North in Hamilton. |
| 7 | The Cup Song | Music | Sir William Osler Grade 7 Music | Grade 7 Sir William Osler Music Students – with vocalists Famke Pocius and Margot de Zoete | The students in Ms. Kortman’s Grade 7 class were able to capture this collaborative piece just one day before the second school closure. Featuring students learning to master the cup game, bucket drumming, ukuleles, and vocals, we are definitely missing being together. |
| 8 | Strange Home | Instrumental/Media | HWDSB Program of the Arts – Contemporary | Hengrui (Henry) Zhang | Henry is an International Student from China, who is a Contemporary Music Major in HWDSB Audition Based Programs of the Arts. Working with a friend in China (Danuch) on a multimedia project for his Contemporary Music course, Henry created this original composition to pair with video of his hometown in Shanghai. |
| 9 | Small, A Pandemic Short | Drama | Glendale – HWDSB Audition Based Program of the Arts | Ava Hickey | For many of our performance students, they crave opportunities to connect, to create, and perform. When the monotony of life has got you down, let your creative self bring you back to life! |
| 10 | Hands In My Pocket | Instrumental | Orchard Park Secondary School Band | Flutes: Sabrina Stojanovic, Katy Walker, Jenna Martens, Simran Gill, Minal Chana, Melina Levesque, Emily Kotyk, Faith McDonald, Abby Lewis
Clarinets: Megan Rainford, Callia Mouzakitis, Grace Johnson, Ruby Martinez-Tester. Alto saxophones: Sahib Khokhar, William Gallant, Alicia Carpenter, Hoa-Mi Vu-Tran, Chris Burley Tenor saxophones: Nick Hertz, Milos Gligoric. Trumpets: Jesse Hek, Nichole Helli French horn: Emily Beattie Trombones: Carrie MacLean, Skyler Serwa Singh. Tuba: Maksym Zhylenkov. Electric bass: Brendan Robinson. Percussion: Milan Lukic, Theo Sciascetti, Chloe McIsaac, Jackob Rainford, Holly Brakewell, Richelle Buella. Bucket drums: Gr. 10 Music Class Audio edit/mixing: Mr. Young Video editing: Sahib Khokhar |
Orchard Park Band has been working hard to be able to play together like they may have in person just over a year ago. Thanks to the dedication of staff and the power of technology, Orchard Park has been able to bring together their band for some unique performances throughout the past year. Not wanting anything to stop them, they even won the CBC’s 2020 Canadian Music Class Challenge for Senior Instrumental Music. |
| 11 | White Winter Hymnal | Vocals | Glendale Arts Choir | Sop 1: Carina Ziemann, Evelina Andrinoupolos, Jenn Weardon, Colleen Tournay
Sop 2: Kailey Ruiter, Emiel Birch, Alex Chase Alto: Delecia Howard, Mia Kosmin Baritone – Elliott Briskin, Nathan Shannon, Rae Johnston-Black Words and Music: Robin Pecknold, Arr. Alan Billingsley Video and Audio Editing: Jennifer Evans |
The Glendale Arts Choir has been hard at work to create a sonic treat. Enjoy their dreamy, delicate interpretation of Fleet Foxes’ “White Winter Hymnal”. |
| 12 | Break The Cycle | Dance & Instrumental Music | HWDSB Audition Based Program of the Arts | Composed by: Henry Zhang & Jack Yanover.
Choreographed and performed by: Emilee York |
“Breaking the Cycle” is Emiliee’s final composition at Glendale, therefore, coming from a very sentimental, genuine part of her heart. This collaboration between dance and contemporary music class expresses, through performance and of course, the incredible composition from Jack Yanover and Henry Zhang, how much Emilee’s time at Glendale has taught her and helped her grow as an artist and person. |
| 13 | Electricity Hearts | Instrumental | Westdale Secondary School – Senior Band | Jessie K, Emma G, Nigel H, Emma R, Kimia H, Sarah S, Nuala O, Nishana K, Caroline H, Isaac H, Hana W, Claire H, Sam C, Callan Y, Benjamin S, Chelsea W, Cal W, Paul L, Will B | Another school getting creative with their instrumental band program, Westdale Secondary School is not letting anything stop them. They hosted a completely virtual winter concert this year and are excited to perform tonight. |
| 14 | Speak To Me! Visual & Media Art Montage | Visual | Visual and Media Arts Compilation from Dundas Valley Secondary School and Frank Panabaker Elementary School. Bernie Custis vocalist Abi Martin performs a hauntingly beautiful rendition of “Speak To Me” by Clare Bowen | Vocalist: Abigail Martin- BCSS | Vocalist Abi Martin from Bernie Custis performs a moving rendition of Clare Bowen’s “Speak To Me”. It is set to a rich variety of uplifting visual and media art pieces from Dundas Valley Secondary School and Frank Panabaker Elementary School. |
| 15 | Brundibar Opera | Vocal/Drama | Buchanan Park | Grade 4-6 Students of the Buchanan Park Opera Club | Dawn Martens, a teacher at Buchanan Park Elementary, recently won the 2020 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching for her work with the Brundibar Opera. Ms. Martens will share a message then excerpts from the opera will be highlighted. |
| 16 | Here | Vocal & Instrumental Music, Dance | HWDSB Audition Based Program of the Arts | Originally Composed, Recorded & Produced Music by: Lex Shannon
Choreography & Dance by: Rian Shure |
Lex Shannon, a contemporary music student composed, recorded, and voiced this next piece before working with a Rian Shure a dance student to put this original song to choreography. |
| 17 | Rise Up Reprise | Vocal & Instrumental | HWDSB Audition Based Program of the Arts | Vocal Soloist: Rylee Roy
Violins: Grace Gardner, Lisa Pham, Miranda Pilcher Violas: Nick Rush, Alicia Brest Cellos: Rowan Burghall, Madison Martineau, Ava Hickey Saxophone: Gavin Minard French Horn: Nicholas Rush Drum Kit: Owen Lapsley Piano: Henry Zhang Music Arranged by Megan Benjafield Video Edited and Mixed by Jennifer Evans |
HWDSB Audition Based Program of the Arts students have reworked “Rise Up”. Enjoy the performance featuring vocal soloist Rylee Roy accompanied by Glendale vocal students and musicians. |
Updated on Monday, February 01, 2021.