Saturday December 7, 2024 Concert Program
Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra
Marshunda Smith, Music Director
December 7, 2024 | Fusion Church, Lowell, MA
A Holiday Celebration!
Rocket Sleigh
Case Devlyn
Nutcracker Jam
arr. by Michael Hopkins
Imperial March
Edward Elgar
Introduction, March & Shepherd's Dance from Ahmal and the Night Visitors
Gian Carlo Menotti
Olivia, the Witch and the Christmas Tree
Bob Good
narrator - Ana Bialsky
- INTERMISSION -
Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
March
Valse des Fleurs
Overture to the Gypsy
Johann Strauss Jr.
Hanukkah Medley
Lucas Richman
soloist - Ana Bialsky
Christmas Sing-Along
arr. by John Finnegan
Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra Musicians
VIOLIN I
Cathy Kaczowka +
Cayleigh Goss-Baker
Ann Irza
Sarah Martin
Susan Uhl-Miller
Matthew Sheehan
Jennifer Winiarski
VIOLIN II
Sarah Martin *
Shannon Kolmeister
Ward Rosenberry
Kathryn J. Weal
Phyllis Zhou
VIOLA
Danielle Lord*
Jeff Bigler
CELLO
Julia Harmon *
Charles Needles
Edith Parekh
Hannah Syndergaard
Carl Witthoft
BASS Eric Pantalone
FLUTE / PICCOLO
Paula Bingham *
Nick Betty-Neagle Sue Werst
OBOE / ENGLISH HORN
Diane Fallier *
Connie Marcotte
CLARINET Matthew Gellar *
Christina Hollibaugh
BASSOON
Todd Sanders *
Dana Anstey
FRENCH HORN
Annalisa Peterson*
Shawn Foti William Harrer
Michelle Johnson
TRUMPET
Michael Greenberg *
Alexander Bazinet Mark Mudgett
TROMBONE
Mark Vincenzes *
Cameroon Anstey
Robert Sacks
TUBA
David Tweed
PERCUSSION
Heidi Thomas
HARP
Sorana Scarlat
+ Denotes concertmaster
* Denotes principal
Ana Bialsky
Ana is the Theater Artist in Residence for Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts in Providence, Rhode Island. As an artistic, sensitive, and neurodivergent kid, the theatre was a safe haven, a place for her to express and process her emotions in a constructive environment. In the theatre, who she was became an asset instead of an obstacle. Ana holds a BFA i n Acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and an M.Ed. in Waldorf and Progressive Public Education from Antioch University New England. Soon after graduating from NYU, she embarked on a concurrent career as a teaching artist of theatre in schools, leading classes in acting and improvisation to pre-school, elementary, middle, and high school students.
She also provided audition coaching for adults, as well as high school seniors applying for college. Ana has performed in Equity and semi-professional theatres from New York City to Portland, OR. Favorite productions and roles include Holidazed as Luna (Artists Repertory Theatre, World Premiere, awarded Best Actress by the Portland Civic theatre Guild), Great Falls as Bitch (Profile Theatre Company, West Coast Premiere), Macbeth as First Witch (NYC Fringe Festival), and Hair as Crissy (Emelin Theatre, NY). Prior to joining the Fine Arts department at LHS, Ana was a class teacher at The Waldorf School at Moraine Farm for eight years, where she led a group of incredible kids from first through eighth grade. While at WSMF, Ana directed eleven shows, wrote four original plays (Snow White, Jumping Mouse, The Thread and the Wolf, and The Dark Queen), and adapted the story of Herschel and the Hanukkah Goblins for the stage. Ana has performed with Billy D and the Rock-its, New England’s premiere 1950s show band; annual performances include Boston’s Saint Anthony's Feast and Hampton Beach’s Sea- Shell Stage. Ana has performed with the Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra during the 2024 Family Concert, narrating Ogden Nash's Carnival of the Animals. She is thrilled to return and once more perform with LPO and for town Lowell.