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ORCHESTRA JEFFERY ROBERTS
GEORGE ALOIA JULIA SABRA
PATRICK BERNE BENJAMIN SNYDER
KAYLEE BLANCHARD AARON SROUR
BRYCE BLOOM OLEKSANDR STRELKO
RYANN CLARKE SARAH SUKAL
ANDIE CORBAN PHILIP SWART
MATTHEW DARDET ABIGAIL TARTELL
ALXANDER DIGEORGIA ALVARO TORREJON
ISMAIL ERCAN RODRIGO TORREJON
RYAN FELBERBAUM MICHAEL VALDES
TAYLOR FISTEL RAQUEL VALDEZ
EMMY FOLTZ
MITCHEL FRIEDMAN DIRECTOR
LILY GOLDMAN DEENA SHAPIRO
DANIELA GOMEZ
MARVIS GUTTIEREZ
MIAN HASAN
ALEXANDRA HAUSER
RHEA KUMAR
RAYNA LUNN
YUCHU MA
SHIVA MADASU
JOHN MARCHETTO
ROSS MELLMAN
MATTHEW MERRIGAN
JORDAN MOLDOW
JULIAN MUNOZ
KYLE OCKERMAN
NICOLE ODZER
ADAM OSMAN
MARIANA PAEZ
CORSS PAGANO
SHIANA PEARL
ALEXADRA PERIU
ELEXA PERLMAN
SAMANTHA PERLMAN
CARSON POLTORACK
ELIZABETH POZZUOLI
JULIETTE POZZUOLI
HANNAH PRINTZ
ANDRE RADENSKY
INDIRA RAMGOLAM

way to describe Pine Crest Upper School Orchestra arguably better than the New York Philharmonic. As a
A in one word would be this: discipline. In most classes, whole, they had near perfect intonation, which shone

when the bell rings signaling first period, students especially bright when they reached the third octave of
are still shuffling in, yawning, checking their phones. their warm-up scales. They never played when it was
This year, Orchestra was not like not time to play; they never spoke
most classes. This years musicians “THIS HARSH ENVIRONMENT when it was not time to speak.
achieved behavioral perfection MADE THIS ORCHESTRA The orchestra would like to thank
through Ms. Shapiro’s successful Ms. Shapiro for being best director
leadership tactic of rule by fear. ARGUABLY BETTER they will ever have, and the sweetest
Each morning, the musicians broke woman they will ever know. They are
into a nervous sweat as they heaved THAN THE NEW YORK thankful for her support, hard work,
open the door of the FAB. Many and patience throughout the year.
thoughts rushed through their PHILHARMONIC” They would also like to
minds, including anxiety about Ms. recognize the second violins, the
Shapiro having messed up their bagel orders, if Ms. Esparza glue that held this orchestra together. Though seniors
would throw cough drops at them, and whether Elexa Jack and Andie were sad to leave the most talented
Perlman would be so cute that it would cause physical pain. section of all time, they knew that they were leaving
This harsh environment made this orchestra the group in good hands with Shiv as their new leader.

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