Special Music School Spring Choral Concert

Students at Kaufman Music Center's Special Music School perform a wide range of songs from around the world. Featuring choruses from Kindergarten through 8th grade led by Yukiko Konishi and Will Roslak, plus the Kaufman Music Center Community Chorus directed by Sean Hartley. Special Music School is New York’s only K-12 public school prioritizing an intensive, immersive and musically-focused education without financial barriers.

Kindergarten, directed by Yukiko Konishi
GEORGE DAVID WEISS & BOB THIELE, arr. Mark Hayes  –  What a Wonderful World
GEORGE DAVID WEISS, HUGO PERETTI & LUIGI CREATORE, arr. Roger Emerson  –  The Lion Sleeps Tonight (New Lyrics and Revised Music)

1st, 2nd & 3rd Grade Choir, directed by William Roslak
Shaker Tune, arr. Mark Hayes  –  Simple Gifts
KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ & ROBERT LOPEZ, arr. Roger Emerson  –  “Remember Me” from Coco
JACOB CHEN  –  Close to Our Hearts

4th & 5th Grade Choir, directed by William Roslak
RUTH WATSON HENDERSON  –  Come, Ye Makers of Song
ALLISTER MACGILLIVRAY, arr. Diane Loomer  –  Away from the Roll of the Sea

Vox Nova, directed by William Roslak
BOB MARLEY, arr. Mark Brymer  –  One Love
MARY LYNN LIGHTFOOT  –  The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls
GREG GILPIN  –  Lightning

Plus the Kaufman Music Center Community Chorus, led by Sean Hartley