The DW Poppy Family of Schools is proud to present
ESPRESSIVO: Summer Celebration
5:30pm, June 4, 2025
Whether this is their first year, or their seventh, we come together this evening to celebrate the work of 322 young musicians who have connected with others and built a community through their involvement in music. Thank you to all our principals, vice-principals and the Langley School District for supporting music in our schools. Thank you to all of the parents for supporting your children’s love of music, both through your encouragement at home and your direct involvement as chaperones, fundraisers, drivers and volunteers. Most importantly, thank you to all the students for choosing to spend your time and energy pursuing music, an art form that can do so much to bring us together as it has this evening. Congratulations to the graduating musicians of 2025 & enjoy the show!
Elementary Ensembles
Wix-Brown Elementary Band
Bandroom Boogie – Michael Sweeney
Brain Stew – Greenday, arr. Victor Lopez
Fort Langley Elementary Band
Sousa’s Cadets – Timothy Loest
Linus & Lucy – Vince Guaraldi, arr. Michael Sweeney
North Otter Elementary Band
Fire’s Edge – Ralph Ford
Feel It Still – Portugal, The Man, arr. Mike Kamuf
Elementary Honour Choir
Solfege Symphony – Cristi Cary Miller
We Are One – orig. by One Voice Children’s Choir
Coghlan Elementary Band
Rolling In the Deep – Adkins & Epworth, arr. Robert Longfield
High Hopes – Panic! At the Disco, arr. Doug Adams
Peterson Road Elementary Band
Penta – Larry Clark
Hand-Clap – Frederic et al., arr Vinson
“Massive” Band
Star Wars – John Williams, arr. Carl Strommen
DW Poppy Ensembles
Senior Jazz Ensemble
The Chicken – Alfred James Ellis, arr. Kris Berg
Megalovania – Toby Fox, arr. Paul Murtha
Concert Band 9
The Greatest Show – Pasek, Paul & Lewis, arr. Paul Murtha
Blinding Lights – Tesfaye, et al., arr. Matt Conaway
Senior Choir
Drunken Sailor – Sea Shanty, arr. Robert Sund
Chosen Family – Rina Sayama & Elton John, arr. Roger Emerson
Concert Band 8 (CB)
The Avengers – Silvestri, arr. Robert Longfield
Sweet Caroline – Diamond, arr. Johnnie Vinson
Vox
I Wish You Love – Charles Trenet, arr. Kirby Shaw
Alright, Okay, You Win – arr. Steve Zegree
Concert Band 10 (JB)
Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns n’ Roses, arr. Paul Martha
Spider-man: No Way Home – Gicchino, arr. Michael Brown
Junior Jazz Ensemble
Don’t Stop Believin’ – Perry, Schon & Cain, arr. Paul Murtha
Birdland – Zawinul, arr. Michael Sweeney
Junior Choir
Kwela Kwela – South African traditional, arr. University of Pretoria Youth Choir
Beat It – Michael Jackson, arr. Mark Brymer
Mass Choir
Defying Gravity – from Wicked, arr. Roger Emerson
Senior Wind Ensemble
How to Train Your Dragon – Powell, arr. Sean O’Loughlin
80’s Spectacular – adapted by Jay Bocook
Massed Band
The Gathering of Eagles – Bob Baker, arr. by Robert Buckley
Take On Me – Waaktaar & Furuholmne, arr. Paul Murtha