Palmyra High School - Tillicum Yearbook (Palmyra, NJ)

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I 5 SMALL ENSEMBLE CHOIR, FIRST ROW-A, Best, E, Carels, S, Wightman, K, Dunn, M Saaybe, L, Koppenhoefer, L, Webb, S, Canty, L, Allen, L, Senft. SECOND ROW-Mrs. R Levinson, Conductor, C, Santino, L, Hentz, W, Washingtion, S, Hoad, G, Booth, CHOIR OFFICERS-K, Dunn, Librarian, J, Salmonsen, Vice- Presidentg L, Hentz, President, L, Koppenhoefer, Treasurer.

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Choir Ckwirl, n. an organized company of singers who perform in concert, often to the accompaniment of a piano. The blending of voices in accompaniment to the rich tones of an orchestra is one of the most beautiful sounds, especially when performed by the choir and orchestra in their annual Christ- mas Concert. The A Capella group, a small ensemble choir is com- posed entirely of members of the regular choir. For their presenta- tion they sang several Christmas classics, such as Silent Night and Wassail. Its Christmas Concert over, the choir settled down to prepare for the spring concert. During this time, five members of the special chorus and eight hundred students from other high schools through- out the state participated in the New Jersey Operetta Workshop. Members of the choir also attended an opera given by the Trenton State College Choir, and a series of concerts by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra in the Academy of Music. With the advent of spring, the choir and orchestra sponsored their annual Spring Concert. In a varied program, under the leader- ship of their new director, Mrs, Rosalind Levinson, they presented music which seemed to express the fresh sounds of spring, thus marking the end of the 1965 choir season. FIRST ROW-M, Nichols, L, Davenport, D,W11S0n, L, Reynard, B, Deutcher, S, Wightman, M, Parks, A, Best, S, Parsons, N, Heller, K, Martino, J, Caruso, S, Hoad, J , Salus, L, Koppenhoefer, L, Allen, G, Mulhern, J, Maggi, L, McGeary, J, Lomas, Mrs. R, Levinson- Conductor. SECOND ROW-J, Munro, Accompanistg T, Chebithes, S, Flynn, M, Howell, L, Rimathe, M Jondreau, K, Dunn, R, Welker, C, Vaughn, B, Sharp, M, Saaybe, L, Hentz, S, DeFrank, C, Hoagland, J , Veltenhelmer, K, Pepper, A, Sommer, M, Sommer, L, Senft, S, Moore, K, Smith, J, Salmonsen, THIRD ROW-M, Moorhouse, N, Brad, J, Cooper, D, Francis, B, Bianco, W, Pahl, L, Wilkinson, J, DeV1nney, R, Rivers, L, Coates, S, Eckert, A, Dages, G, Coles, K, Green, S, Scott, C, Sclight,,R, Benson, J, Shaffer, A, Jackson, E, Griffith, N, Conrey, D, Freeman, C, Morton, J, Peterson, G, Moore. FOURTH ROW-C, Santino, S, Martino, B, Swan, B, Hyman, E, Carels, M, Brooks, C, Person, N, Bacon, M, Boulden, B, Pryor, L, Huggins, G, Booth, H. Washington, M, Reed, B, Washington, W, Ashby, V, Robertson, T, Schoblocher, S, Caplan, S, Canty, B, Tolver, C, Flournoy, L, Webb, N, Lockhart, B, Steigehnan, L, Kegel, T, Frazier.

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The Palmyra High School Orchestra C6r'kEs-traj, n. an assemblage of performers on various instruments which are adapted for rendering symphonies, overtures, and other classical music. Throughout its concert season, the P. H. S. orchestra enthralled its audiences with music ranging from the excit- ing and captivating scores of South Pacific to the wistful melodies of Santa Lucia, conducted by Mrs. Rosalind Levinson. These songs were presented at the orchestra's Christmas and Spring Concerts. Members of the orchestra and its ensembles partici- pated in several workshops, and attended many operas and concerts, including a concert given by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Eugene Ormandy. Its representatives in the South Jersey Orchestra are excellent examples of the high quality of its members and of the caliber of musicians at P. H. S. ORCHESTRA OFFICERS SEATED-B. Warner, Treasurer. STANDING- K, Kane, Vice-President, A, Waring, Secre- taryg D, Bale, President, The orchestra consists of twenty seven muscians and two drummers