 Good evening everyone. My name is Ann Decker and I'm happy to welcome you to U32 tonight. I am co-teaching this year's High School of Chorus and I'd also like to introduce my new colleague, Christiana Athena Blackwell, who is doing this. Okay, so we, a concert series, write some introductions themselves to these pieces of music. So what I am going to start with is one of those introductions for our first selection. The Star Spangled Banner is written by Francis Scott Key. The ranger of this music, the one that we are going to sing, is Rachel P. Mollman. The song was written in 1814. The song is about pride and respect. The song is about seriousness and bravery. Stand if you are physically able and remove your hats. And you'll see While we sing for you, it will return light to this powerful anthem that shouldn't be forgotten. While the origins of the song were made earlier than the civil rights movement, it can be sung and used for many social justice causes and has been around the world. Each singer here was asked to think of a cause that has moved them in some way and to channel that feeling while singing here tonight. The song is meant to be sung powerfully with pride as the audience is intended to feel moved by it afterwards. Our hope is that once we sing the song, you will be moved and feel the power of the ones who sung it before us to give you a whole new opinion as to what overcoming truly means to you. If you want to, thank you to everyone, just come out again. Frankie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, or undefeated. It is a unique because most instruments in the orchestra get to play the melody at one point in the piece. This gives the piece an unconfirmed and victorious feel because every instrument's voice is heard. Not only does it have a victorious feel, but the melodies rise and fall with ease. I hope you all enjoy this. Produced at More Passionate Sound, and especially features our guitar players, is in the key of a minor. Please feel free to sway along with the music and get in the groove of this movement. It's really awesome getting to know all these wonderful humans and musicians the last few months. It's the last group playing tonight. Shout out to anyone who is here for the middle school concert too. It's been a wonderful night of music. And yeah, this is the high school band, and I'm going to turn it over to our flute section to introduce the first tune. Our song is called Pandora, and it's a sleigh. It's about the Greek myth in Pandora opening the box and letting out demons. It's almost as good as You Belong with Me by Taylor Swift. Before we introduce this last song, I do want to introduce our band real quick. Our flute section is Adeline and Ellery. Give it up. Our bass clarinet section is Cal and Ben. Our low ground section over here, we have Duncan, and on the tube here we have Jack. Our horn is Olivia. Here we have our saxophones, Brayden, Canada and Riley. We've got Sophia on the piano. Our percussionists, Landon, Keegan and Aiden. We'll introduce the final number of the concert. I just want to say thank you again, my first U32 concert. Really been a blast, middle school, high school. It's been so much cool work to see you in ten years to come. So thank you everyone for coming. Also shout out to David, because you're a sleigh, and Taylor Swift, and don't forget to listen to her new album tonight.