The 8th Annual Charity Concert 2018 Pragramme

The 8th Annual Charity Concert 2018

Date: Sunday November 18 2018
Location: West Point Grey United Church, 4595 West 8th Avenue Vancouver
Start at 2pm
Designed by Yoshie Hattori and Kasumi Celan Forth



~ PIANO ~
Karin Hayashi with Ayako Komaki
Hound Dog Blues
Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Olivia Mei Forth with Ayako Komaki
Are You Sleeping
Improvisation

Cassidy Lee
Alphonso Mizell: ABC

Lina Rudd with Ayako Komaki
Lightly Row
Richard Sherman: Let’s go fly a kite from “Mary Poppins”

Ema Tooze with Ayako Komaki
Richard Rodgers: Do-Re-Mi from “The Sound of Music”
Peter Yarrow: Puff, the Magic Dragon

Hikaru and Naoko McKee
Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark’s March (Trumpet Voluntary)
Anton Dvorak: Finale from “ The Symphony No.5 The New World”

Waka and Ayako Okaue
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez: Let It Go from “Frozen”

Mizuki Mori
J. Lully: Au Clair de la Lune
Musette

Wendy Cao
Nancy and Randall Faber: Looking Glass River

Claire Bennett and Wallapak Polasub
Franz Schubert: Die Forelle
Claire Bennett: Bouncing Bumble Bees

Jessie Wang
Christian Köhler: Etude in F Major Op. 190 No.27

Maya Duffell
Ludwig Beethoven: Écossaise WoO. 86
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Theme from “Scheherazade”

Miu Nishide 
W.A.Mozart: Minuet in F Major K.2
D. Glover: Blinky the Robot
The Piper’s Son - Duet with Tomoko Nishide

Anna Takeuchi
W.A.Mozart: Minuet in C Major
Will Nash: Glad Cat Rag

Katrina Lee
Mike Schoenmehl: Chicken Talk

[Group Photo for All Pianists]

~ Piano Continued ~
Miyu Mori
Johannes Brahms: Cradle Song

Grace Mai
J.S. Bach: Prelude in C from “Well-Tempered Clavier”

Kyle Zhao
Louis Daquin: Le Coucou

Ayako Okaue
Alan Silvestri: Feather Theme from “Forrest Gump”

Sara Olia
Justin Hurwitz: Engagement Party from “La La Land”
Ludwig Beethoven: Für Elise

Amika Houde
W.A.Mozart: Viennese Sonatina in A major I
J.S.Bach: Invention No.8 in F Major BWV779

Adrian Galang
Yiruma: River Flows in You

Louis Grenier
Frédéric Chopin: Valse Op.64 No.1

Miku Wake
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne Op. 72 No.1

Ailie Ozaki
Claude Debussy: Arabesque No.1

Jasmine Bai
Wei Qu: Chinese Drum

Ikuko Saruta
Alxander Scriabin: Etude Op.2 No.1

Chihiro Honma
David Erskine: Dreams 


Ryoko Yamada
Frédéric Chopin: Etude Op.10 No.12



~ Choir ~ 
Aiko Nishira, Ailie Ozaki, Chiharu Mitsueda, Chris Jacques, Claire Bennett, Etsuko Rounthwaite, Gerard Satamian, Hideyo Sato, Karin Hayashi, Keiko Ookawa, Kozue Uzawa, Masaaki Nishira, Miu Nishide, Miyu Mori, Mitsuko Blair, Mizuki Mori, Noriko Tidball, Olivia Mei Forth, Rei Miyamoto, Sachiko Katz, Sara Olia, Shiho Hayashi, Shizue Fukuda, Tomoko Kakehi, Yoshie Hattori, Yuko Yasutake

Director - Ayako Komaki

1. Japanese traditional: Yuuyake Koyake
2. Felice Anerio: Christus factus est
3. Adriano Banchieri: Contrappunto bestiale alla mente (Improvised animal counterpoint)

[Group photo for Choir singers]




~ Ensemble Groups ~ 
Koto  
Yuriko Nariya, Yukiko Takahashi, Sachiko Katz
Hikaru Sawai: OKOTO

Bass-Baritone - Barry Honda
Piano- Ikuko Saruta
George Handel: Thus Saith the Lord" from the Messiah
Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern: Old Man River from “Showboat”

Ukulele - Morgaine Gilligan Cook and Alan Ruiz
Taylor Swift: Romeo & Juliet

Clarinet - Janine Oye, Mezzo Soprano - Ayako Komaki, Piano - Alix Nishihara
Simon Sargon: Patterns in Blue (I. Cabaret song, II. Snatch of Sliphorn Jazz, III. Lonesome Boy Blues)

[Group Photo for all these ensemble groups]



~ W.A. Mozart’s Opera “Le Nozze di Figaro” ~

Act I
Figaro (Gerard Satamian) - Se vuol ballare 
Marcellina (Yuko Yasutake) and Susanna (Keiko Ookawa) - Via resti servita
Cherubino (Noriko Tidball) - Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio
Count and women Chorus - Giovani liete
Figaro (Yuko Yasutake) - Non più andrai

Act II
Countess (Rei Miyamoto) - Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro
Figaro (Sachiko Katz) with Guitar (Masaaki Nishira) - Se vuol ballare
Cherubino (Keiko Ookawa) - Voi, che sapete
Count (Masaaki Nishira), Countess (Rei Miyamoto) and Susanna (Noriko Tidball) - Susanna, or via sortite!

Act III
Countess (Rei Miyamoto) - Dove sono i bei momenti
Susanna (Noriko Tidball) and Countess (Aiko Nishira) - Sull' aria
Two Country girls (Aiko and Masa Nishira) and Chorus - Cantate, lodate

Act IV 
Piano duet (Ailie Ozaki and Ayako Komaki) - Overture
Chorus - Finale

Apple Choir:
Aiko Nishira, Keiko Ookawa, Masaaki Nishira, Noriko Tidball, Rei Miyamoto, Sachiko Katz, Yoshie Hattori, Yuko Yasutake
Accompanied and directed by Ayako Komaki

[Group Photo for Opera Singers]
[Group Photo for Volunteer members]




Thank you all for your help!

Stage manager - Mika Smith
Concessions manager - Yumiko Tanaka, Aiko Nishira
Photographer - Noriko and Dan Tidball
Videographer - Yuko Nakamoto
Poster Design - Yoshie Hattori, Kasumi Celan Forth
Media - Fraser Monthly, Oops! Japanese Magazine, Vancouver Shinpo
Event Committee - Aiko Nishira, Keiko Ookawa, Masaaki Nishira, Rei Miyamoto
MC - Ayako Komaki and Mika Yasutake