Saturday, January 31st, 2026 at 7pm
Concert Hall at Groton Hill
Amici Strings
Jennifer Perkins, director
Fields of Green and Gold
Jeffrey Hart (b.1984)
Fiddlers Three
Robert Buckley (b. 1946)
Katarina Gervais, Uma Notani and Metody Valchinov, violin soloists
Alley Cat Struttin’
David Samuel
arr. Neidhold
In Winter
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
arr. Parrish
Camerata Strings
Jennifer Perkins, director
Allegro from Symphony Concertate
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)
arr. Palmer
In the Bleak Midwinter
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
arr. Woolstenhulme
Romanian Folk Dances
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
arr. Monday
I. Joc cu bâtă (Stick Dance)
II. Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum)
III. Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka)
IV. Mărunțel (Fast Dance)
“Allegro” from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
with the 2026 Honors Junior String Invitational students
Sinfonia Concert Orchestra
Ken Culver, director
Symphony No. 5, opus 64
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
I. Andante
II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
III. Valse
IV. Finale: Andante maestoso
Jennifer Perkins, director
Violin
Rowan Famous
Katarina Gervais
Mila Gupta
Anne Guthrie
Serafina Hoffman
Clover Huang
Jaana Iyer
Georgeann Mugerwa
Uma Notani
Nico Procopio
Kaiah Raine
Sylvi Romaniwsky
Masakazu Sit
Metody Valchinov
Luca Zocchi
Lisa Kempskie*
Viola
Reyhan Tolia
Cello
Michaela Hua
Gianna Nissay
Benjamin Vichiett-Bishop
Luca Zocchi
Bass
Mark Henry*
Percussion
Dylan McDonald*
Piano
Eva Ostrovsky Kaminsky*
Amici Faculty Coach
Lisa Kempskie
* supporting musician
Jennifer Perkins, director
Violin
Izzy Ackerman
Dastan Castellvi
Sasha Gupta
Marina Hubbard
Cai (Alice) Jin
Savannah Kaminsky
Sable Louis
Saanvi Mandarapu
Bianca Manuc
Ritika Mullangi
Rhema Nissay
Sofia Reis
Ines Rubio-Pacheco
Adarsh Saikrishnan
Jacob Toby
Suri Wang
Medha Warriar
Emma Westlund
Nora Wilson
Lisa Kempskie*
Viola
Marie Syndergaard
Cello
Zane Brundage
Ethan Lackner
Liala Louis
Olivia Pareja
Nico Zocchi
Teo Zocchi
Bass
Eli Mazuru
Camerata Faculty Coach
Lisa Kempskie
* supporting musician
Ken Culver, director
Violin I
Brenton Chu
Aidan Gerber
Melissa Goodrich
Clive Huang
Xi (Sophia) Jin
Audrey Lin
Jasmine Lin
Kyle Shen
Logan Tai
Everett Tillen
Shayna Wolfson
Linda Yu
Violin II
Anna Allan
Emily Faken
Rahul Francis
Abigail Lam
Savanah Miller
Bhargav Murthy
Davina Seidler
Aaryan Zaman
Benjamin Zambrano
Angel Valchinov*
Viola
Ellie Allan
Harmony Auguste
Susan Kirchhausen*
Cello
Harper Donnel
Arjun Gillett
Emma Green
Haydan Ludovico
Tara Ramani
Ning Tien*
Double Bass
Mark Henry*
Flute
Rose Callanan
Madoka Hubbard
Anne Longtin
Owen Pierotti
Oboe
Tessa Akehurst-Moore
Casper Logan
Anthony Umbro
Clarinet
Colin Miranda
Joshua Pestana
Breaden Sexten
Bill Kirkley*
Bassoon
Shannon Favela
Cooper Scott
Horn
Elena Almeida
Audrey Callahan
Ella Von Kohorn
Joshua Walsh*
Natalie Cormier*
Trumpet
Ethan Hobbs
Brayden Lane
Trombone
Henry Boltz
Finn Hanger
Marie Nalen
Tuba
Alex Abakah
Timpani
Dylan McDonald
Sinfonia Faculty Coaches
Lauren Nelson
Daniel Chouinard
Mark Henry
Lydia Consilvio
Shuang Yang
Kevin Buff
Noah Lauziere
* supporting musician
Violin
Marilyn Chhav
Shea Fitzgerald
Elle Goebel
Zosia Hardy
Elvina Hong
Mariana Javier
Avery Jenson
Jaya Korvi
Emily LaForte
Viola
Johnny Borgen
Madelyn Chhav
Samson Gamm
Roderick MacDonald
Daniel Picardi
Lu Yang
Cello
Lucas Johnson
Anjali Korvi
Mia Martins
Rui Yang
Bass
Jake Nickerson
Justus C. Richardson Middle School (Dracut, MA), Marshall Middle School (Billerica, MA), RJ Grey Middle School (Acton, MA), Richardson Middle School (Dracut, MA), Stony Brook Middle School (Westford, MA), Wilmington High School (Wilmington, MA), Wilmington Middle School (Wilmington, MA)
Jennifer Perkins has been an educator and musician for more than twenty years, teaching chorus, general music, and directing musicals. She is currently the strings/orchestra teacher in Wilmington, MA. She also teaches private violin, viola, cello, ukulele, and piano, and is a member of the cello section with the New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra and the Firebird Pops Orchestra. Jennifer has performed with the Vancouver (WA) Symphony Orchestra, the Columbia (OR) Orchestra, the Woodstock (NY) Chamber Orchestra, and the Greater Newburgh (NY) Symphony Orchestra. As a means to keep herself busy during the quarantine, she began studying the mandolin and banjo, and is now pursuing the bagpipes.
Ken Culver has been a conductor and high school orchestra director in the Westford, MA, Public Schools for 23 years. For his work at the Westford Academy, Ken was recognized by the Massachusetts American String Teachers Association as the Orchestra Director of the Year in 2014. In 2015, he conducted the Westford Academy pit orchestra for In the Heights, which won the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild award for Best Student Orchestra. An active performer, Ken is currently concertmaster in the Rivers Symphony Orchestra and has performed with various regional orchestras, including the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, the Arlington (VA) Symphony Orchestra, and the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra.
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