Fall In Love with Class IV Rock On
January 18, 2024โWhile the Winsor Performing Arts Department has a robust catalog of offerings, a fan-favorite is the Class IV Rock On elective. Lower School students study the history of pop music and then select songs to learn and perform in an annual student performance at an all-school assembly.
Playing electric bass, bells, congas, drums and drum machine, electric guitar, piano, saxophone, synth, and violin, the Class IV student band rocked the David E. and Stacey L. Goel auditorium.
During the bandโs rendition of โCanโt Help Falling in Loveโ by Elvis Presley, the audience of students turned on their cell phone flashlights and swayed along.
Gloria Gaynorโs โI Will Surviveโ inspired enthusiastic clapping and brought people to their feet.
Dressed in sunglasses and hats, four band members ran out on stage to rap during โEmpire State of Mindโ by Alicia Keys featuring Jay Zโand one student even did the worm!
Thank you to Head of Performing Arts Felicia Brady Lopez, Performing Arts Faculty Andres Puigbo and the students in his Stagecraft and Theater Tech courses for running the show, Theater Tech Assistant Brianna Feliciano โ20, Vocal Coach Shantel Teixiera โ20, Sound Engineer Zion Rodman, and the Class IV Rock on parents and guardians who helped make this show come to life.
Full set list:
โYour Loveโ by The Outfield
โTake On Meโ by a-ha
โWorking 9 to 5โ by Dolly Parton
โCanโt Help Falling in Loveโ by Elvis Presley
โI Will Surviveโ by Gloria Gaynor
โRolling in the Deepโ by Adele
โEmpire State of Mindโ by Alicia Keys featuring Jay Z
Class IV Rock On musicians and vocalists:
Logan Charner-Laird โ guitar, bass, drums, voice, violin
Margot Curry โ synth, drums, drum machine, voice
Madeline Forry โ voice, synth, guitar
Eileen Lee โ guitar, piano, voice, violin
Louisa Lipson โ guitar, bass, synth, voice
Eliot McCarthy โ synth, voice, piano, perc, drum machine
Lilac Nguyen โ voice, drums, drum machine
Claire Park โ voice, bells
Sophia Selassie โ voice, guitar, drums, percussion
Irene Tian โ percussion, alto sax, guitar, voice
Liv Todd โ voice, piano, guitar, synth, bass
Aniyah Winston-Johnson โ drums, guitar, bells, bass, congas, voice
Emily Yakoobian โ guitar, bass, drums, voice
