Sunday, February 1st, 2026 at 3pm
Concert Hall at Groton Hill
Dr. Frederick Harris, Jr., conductor
Festivo
Edward Gregson (b. 1945)
with Honors Senior Invitational musicians
Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
arr. Kreines
Courtly Airs and Dances
Ron Nelson (1929-2023)
I. Intrada
II. Basse Danse (France)
III. Pavane (England)
IV. Saltarello (Italy)
V. Sarabande (Spain)
VI. Allemande (Germany)
with Honors Senior Invitational musicians
Concertino for Clarinet & Wind Ensemble
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
arr. Reed
Colin Miranda, clarinet soloist
The Final Boss
Andrew Smit (b. 1991)
GHWE Percussion Ensemble
Jon Schmidt & Cesar Garde, faculty coaches
Us
Thad Jones (1923-1986)
arr. Fletcher
GHWE Trombone Ensemble & Rhythm section
Moorside Suite
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
arr. Wright & Jacob
I. Scherzo
II. Nocturne
III. March
Folk Dances
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Edit. Reynolds
with Honors Senior Invitational musicians
Dr. Frederick Harris, Jr., conductor
Flute/Piccolo
Lillian Hochmuth
Anne Longtin
Charlotte Wickert+
Aba Kpeglo+
Oboe
Casper Logan
Anthony Umbro
Clarinet
Wesley Chang
Grayson Chen
Colin Miranda
Joshua Pestana
Breaden Sexton
Nalani Fujiwara^
Brandon Chan^
Angus Li+
Bass Clarinet
Emma Barooshian
Bassoon
Elizabeth Day
Shannon Favela
Cooper Scott
Alto Saxophone
Nolan Datta
Elijah Decene
Chelsea Gay
Landgon Mitchell
Khivi Nanra
Zachary Wilson
Tenor Saxophone
Ian Buss*
Baritone Saxophone
Maddie King
Horn
Audrey Callahan
Alex DeGrass
Ella Von Kohorn
Amanda Webster^
Michael Weinstein^
Trumpet
Elena Almeida
Ethan Hobbs
Brayden Lane
Keira Murray
Jeriel (JJ) Plaza Gonzalez
Thomas Reynolds^
Matthew Collins^
Morgan Schaefer+
Trombone
Alden Battaglia
Henry Boltz
Eowyn Dowdy
Finn Hanger
Imogen Lake
Marie Nalen
Lena Pierson
Euphonium
Nathaniel Bartley
Diego Mojica
Tuba
Alex Abakah
Sadie Harris
Joseph Wright*
Noah Lauziere*
Percussion
Peter Cooley
Purav Desai
Abbie Harris
Christina Howk
Katherine Hurd
Jacob Melnick
Dax Richard
Cesar Garde*
Jon Schmidt*
Harp
Elena Frohn
Guitar
Judah Danzig
Electric Bass
Alex Abakah
Electric Keyboard
Anthony Umbro
*GHWE faculty coach
^Current or retired music educator
+MIT student
N. Middlesex High School (MA), Nashua High School North (NH), Hollis-Brookline High School (NH), Westford Academy (MA), the Bromfield School (MA), Concord-Carlisle High School (MA), Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (MA), RJ Grey Middle School (MA), Groton-Dunstable High School (MA), Blanchard Middle School (MA), Salem High School (MA), Bow High School (NH), Fitchburg High School (MA), Lunenburg High School (MA), and Auburn High School (MA).
Flute
Logan Jurewicz
Aurelia Mello
Emily Zhao
Clarinet
Sadie Baldner
Keira Brochu
Benjamin Meola
Sofia Pizano
Cora Poynton
Tristan Thomas
Marina Yuan
Bass Clarinet
Julian Tytell
Ryan Xia
Alto Saxophone
Andrew Caouette
Oliver Dewey
Kabir Indrakanti
Tenor Saxophone
Noah Anderson-LaPorte
Danny Pylee
Evan Royce
Baritone Saxophone
Raphael Aligan
Samuel Rivadalves
French Horn
Luke Parcel
Sage Konick
Trumpet
Charlotte George
Sage Konick
Trombone
Nathan Hall
Logan Plumb
Lennon Wolf
Euphonium
Margaret Goldsmith
Tuba
Suhrud Patwardhan
String Bass
Bretton Johnson
Percussion
Aryan Rakesh Nair
Landon Sheeley
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (MA), Auburn Senior High School (MA), Bedford High School (MA), Belmont High School (MA), Medway High School (MA), North Middlesex Regional High School (MA), Pinkerton Academy (NH), Westborough High School (MA)
Lauren Panfili, Pete Robbins, Lisa Fiorentino, Ian Buss, Noah Lauziere, Joe Wright, Cesar Garde, Jon Schmidt, Thomas Reynolds, John & Lisa McLellan, Tom O’Halloran, Nalani Fujiwara, Matthew Collins, volunteer music educators, MIT Music Department for music and instrument loans, Gabrielle Delgado, Eric Berthiaume, Rob DiMartino, Jackson Hudgins, and Chelsea Titchenell.
Dr. Frederick Harris Jr. has been highly active with public school students and music educators throughout his career, leading seminars, guest conducting, and coordinating enrichment events. He is the author of Conducting with Feeling, and Seeking the Infinite: The Musical Life of Stanisław Skrowaczewski. He currently serves as Music Director of the MIT Wind Ensemble and MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, and as MIT’s Jazz Performance Studies Coordinator. He and the MIT Wind Ensemble have been featured on NPR, PBS, and in two New England Emmy-winning documentaries. Dr. Harris has commissioned and premiered over 120 works by composers such as Don Byron, Chick Corea, John Harbison, Jamshied Sharifi, and Miguel Zenón. His ensembles have collaborated with leading artists such as Terri Lyne Carrington, Anat Cohen, Jacob Collier, Sean Jones, Guillermo Klein, and Luciana Souza. He has also performed as a jazz drummer with Joe Lovano, Kenny Werner, and the Boston Pops.
Dr. Harris is the creator and director of It Must Be Now!, an initiative at MIT focused on advancing social justice actions through music and media, and Hearing Amazônia–The Responsibility of Existence, an MIT project combining Brazilian music influenced by the natural world and sustainability solutions, drawing attention to the urgency of the climate crisis.
Learn more about him at: https://mta.mit.edu/person/fred-harris
Colin Miranda is a senior at North Middlesex Regional High School in Townsend, Massachusetts, and a dedicated musician preparing for a professional career in music. An active performer, he currently serves as principal clarinet of the Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Groton Hill Sinfonia Concert Orchestra, the Groton Hill Wind Ensemble, and the North Middlesex High School Wind Symphony. Colin has been selected for the MMEA Senior Central District Concert Band (2024, 2025) and the MMEA All-State Festival Concert Band (2025). Most recently, he earned the highest clarinet score at the MMEA Senior Central District, securing placement as principal clarinet of the Senior Central District Orchestra with an All-State recommendation. Beginning in Fall 2026, he will pursue a 4½-year double bachelor’s degree in Music Education, Clarinet Performance, Piano Performance, and Conducting at the Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance in Ithaca, New York. He extends his heartfelt gratitude to his private teachers—Kim LaPointe (Clarinet), Dr. Christina Dietrich and Eric Kamen (Piano and Theory), Dr. Frederick Harris Jr. (Wind-Band Conducting), Jonathan Colby, and Bruce Hangen (Orchestral Conducting)—as well as his family and friends, for their unwavering guidance, support, and encouragement.
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