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March 12, 2022

Batavia School District Events

Batavia Elementary Choral Festival

March 12, 2022

Guest Clinician:

Peter Barsch

Elementary Chorus Directors:

Laura Bankemper
Katie Carlson
Mary Jensen
Justin Knautz
Jamie VanMersbergen
Walt Zimmer

Festival Accompanist:

Melinda Rudy

The Festival Chorus

 

Songs will be selected from the following list:

Star Spangled Banner………….………… Music attributed to J.S. Smith, Words by Francis Scott Key 

Duct Tape…..………………………………. Words and Music by Mark Burrows

Triple Play………………………………….. by John Jacobson and John Higgins

Take Me Out to the Ball Game ……………. by Jack Norworth 

For Good…………………………………… Words and Music by Stephen Schwartz Arranged by Tom Anderson

Star Canon………………..………………. Words from Firefly by Li Po Music by Mary Goetze

Zangelewa (Waka Waka)……………….. Traditional Cameroon arranged by Will Schmid

With Gratitude:

A very special “Thank You” goes to Batavia Music Buffs for providing funding for this concert!

To our wonderful Parent Volunteers: Thank you for all of your time spent on helping with this event today…you are so important to us!

Thank you to the BHS and BFAC staff for accommodating our needs for this special event.

Our gratitude goes to Peter Barsch for sharing his time and talent with the choral students of Batavia.

Peter Barsch

Peter Barsch

Guest Clinician

Peter Barsch teaches all curricular and co-curricular choirs at Batavia High School. Mean Girls marks his 20th show as Music Director. In addition to the last nine years of BHS shows, he has worked on Les Miserables, Ragtime, Beauty and the Beast, Into the Woods, The Producers, and more. Mr. Barsch holds a Master’s Degree in Music Education from NIU and two Bachelor’s Degrees from the Honors Program at Loyola University Chicago. Mr. Barsch has been listed in “Who’s Who among America’s Teachers” and was a Quarter-Finalist for the Grammy “Music Educator of the Year” Award. Mr. Barsch and his wife, Annie, live in Batavia with their three children.