JHS Messiah 50 Program

Jones High School Foundation
The Mission
Founded in 1993 and incorporated in 2000 as an IRS 501(c)(3) charitable not-for-profit corporation, the Jones High
School Foundation’s (JHSF) mission is to fund and support empowerment programs for the students, faculty, families
and administration of Jones High School. Specifically, the JHSF focuses on enhancing the academic and enrichment
programs at Jones High School (JHS), empowering its current students and sustaining its 127 plus year legacy of
producing some of the finest citizens in the state of Florida and our nation. JHS graduates are among the most
distinguished leaders in the world in the fields of Science, Music, Law, Military, Entrepreneurship, Performing Arts,
Education, and Athletics.
The Challenges
• 78% of current Jones High School students live in poverty. JHS is the highest poverty high school in Orange
County Public Schools
• Up to 4% of current students (70+) are homeless on a daily basis
• Greater than 50% of entering 9th graders are below grade level
• Majority of current students have never visited a college campus nor flown on an airplane
The Goal
To help Jones High School “Attain and Sustain” a Grade of “A” and become one of the Top 100 High Schools in the
Nation. In spite of these staggering statistics, 90% of our music programs’ students enroll into a four-year college. As
a result, the JHS music programs have produced some of our nation’s most renowned citizens – Judges (including a
Chief Judge), Lawyers, Doctors, Dentists, World’s Leading Ethnomusicologist, Corporate Executives, Senior Military
Officers (including an admiral), Educators (including a university president, superintendent, principals, college
professors, renowned teachers, renowned choir & band directors), Religious Leaders (including Bishops), University
Band Director, successful Entrepreneurs, Ph.D.’s, Ed.D.’s, and Doctor of Musical Arts, etc.
Board of Directors
Vice ADM (Ret) David L. Brewer III, President
Dr. Janice R. Choice, Vice President
Yvette Beasley, Treasurer
Vicki Brooks, Secretary
Shirley Green Bryant
Dr. Carl MaultsBy, Chair, Music Initiatives
Dr. Portia Maultsby
Sherry Paramore
Meroy Pledge Charles-Hudson
Charles Daniels
Ka’Juel J. Washington, Esq.
Louise Dinkins, Co-Founder

In Memoriam
Mrs. Edna Sampson Hargrett-Thrower,
“Mama Sugar Lump”
Ms. Darlean Coleman

The Conductors
Dr. Jeffery Redding
Dr. Jeffery Redding, the 2019 GRAMMY Music Educator Award Recipient, is the Director of Choral Activities at the
University of Central Florida. Redding has led his choirs in performances at national, regional, and state conventions of
the American Choral Directors Association. His choirs have earned first place awards at Heritage Festivals of Gold in
California, Chicago, New York and at the Festival of Spirituals in Washington D.C. While participating in the International
Music Festival in Verona, Italy, his chorus from West Orange High School received the Gold Award for best choir, with
Redding honored as top director.
Nationally, Redding is in demand as a guest conductor and clinician. He has conducted the ACDA National High School
Honor Choir, the Central Division ACDA Honor Choir, and the North Central Division ACDA Honor Choir, the Eastern
Division ACDA Honor Choir and All-State and Honor choirs in approximately forty states. In 2014, Redding was the only
American adjudicator at the International Choral Festival, Verona, Italy. Additionally, he conducted at the TAISM Festival
of Choirs in Muscat, Oman. He was the Artistic Director for Limerick Sings International Choral Festival in Limerick,
Ireland in 2018. In 2019, he conducted the Alaska All-State Treble Choir, the NAfME Central Regional Elementary Honor
Choir, the Morehead State University Honor Choir, and the Honors Young Adults Choir, at the Sydney Opera House in
Sydney, Australia. In 2020, he conducted honor choirs and festivals across the country, including Carnegie Hall. He also
held the position of Artistic Director for Beethoven’s 250th Anniversary in Vienna, Austria, and was an adjudicator for the
World Choir Games in Belgium, Germany.
Previously Director of Choral Activities at West Orange High School in Winter Garden, Florida and West Virginia
University (WVU), Redding has been featured as guest conductor at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Kennedy Center,
and Orchestra Hall on numerous occasions. He was also honored to give the prestigious TEDx Talk. He is also one of the
conductors for Walt Disney World’s Candlelight Processional at EPCOT.
Recognized for his achievements and service in the profession, Redding was awarded the R. Wayne Hugoboom
Distinguished Service Award for dedicated service, leadership, and excellence by the Florida Chapter of ACDA.
Redding is founder and Artistic Director of the Garden Community Choir and Voci del Cuore (Voices of the Heart) in
Winter Garden, Florida. Redding is also the Executive & Artistic Director of the Orlando Choral Society, founded in 2019.
He also serves as the Director of Worship Arts for Tuskawilla United Methodist Church. Formerly with the Moses Hogan
Singers, he remains active as a singer in the professional male singing group, “Brethren.” The Jeffery Redding Passion and
Purpose Choral Series is a compilation of new choral music by various composers, published by Colla Voce Music, Inc.
Redding holds a Ph.D. in Choral Conducting/Music Education and a Master of Music Education, both from the Florida
State University, and a B.S. in Music Education from Florida A&M University. A 1989 graduate of Jones High School,
Orlando, FL, he is a member of ACDA, NAfME, FVA, NATS, and Chorus America. He has served his profession in
numerous capacities, as District 8 Chair for the Florida Vocal Association (FVA), as State R&R Chair for Ethnic Music/
Multicultural Affairs, R&R Chair for Youth/Student Activities, and High School Mixed Honor Choir co-chair for Florida
ACDA, and as R&R Chair for Community Choirs for Southern Division ACDA. Currently, he is R&R Lifelong Coordinator
(Community, Music and Worship) for Florida ACDA.

Andrea Hires Green
Mrs. Andrea Hires Green is a native of Orlando, Florida. She is a product of Orange County Public Schools and a proud
graduate of Jones High School (JHS), Class of 1988. After receiving a rich musical foundation under the direction of the
late Mrs. Edna S. Hargrett, Mrs. Green earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1993 from Florida A & M University where
she performed with the FAMU Concert Choir and FAMU Connection.
For the past 28 years, Mrs. Green has been a Music Educator in the Orange County Public Schools. She has taught music
on the elementary and middle school levels and is now teaching at the high school level at her Alma Mater, JHS, as the
Choral Director. Mrs. Green is a member of the Florida Music Educators Association, National Association for Music
Education, Florida Vocal Association and American Choral Directors Association.
Under the direction of Mrs. Green, the Jones High School Concert Choir (JHSCC) has received Consecutive Superior
Ratings at District and State Music Performance Assessments (MPAs) and was named Choir of Distinction in 2016 and
2019. Her choral students perform at area feeder schools as well as churches and other organizations in the community.
Each year, Mrs. Green travels and performs with JHSCC across Florida as well as nationally. In addition, her JHSCC
participates in choral ensemble competitions across the nation. In 2018, Mrs. Green conducted the JHS Concert Choir at
the prestigious Carnegie Hall, New York City, and received a standing ovation. Prior to the Carnegie Hall concert, she was
featured on national television as a guest on the syndicated Ellen DeGeneres Show where Ms. Green was recognized for her
overwhelming love and dedication shown towards her students. In 2020, Ms. Green and the JHS Master Singers, 30 select
members of JHSCC, were invited back to Carnegie Hall and gave an “Encore” performance under the direction of Jones
High School’s finest and Grammy Award winner, Dr. Jeffery Redding.
She is a 2022 Cece Teneal’s ICONS Award Recipient for the preservation and advancement of performing arts in Central
Florida. Mrs. Green is also the recipient of the National “Queen Smith” Award from McGraw Hill Education for her
outstanding commitment to urban public education.

Cicily Youngblood
Cicily Youngblood, Director, Jones High School Alumni and Community Choir, is a conductor, pianist, keyboardist and
percussionist as well as a legacy graduate of Jones High School (JHS) and Florida A&M University (FAMU) where from
the latter she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Management. Cicily also earned a Bachelor of Music
Education with a concentration in Piano from University of Central Florida. Her pre-college music teachers were Edna S.
Hargrett, piano; Ernest “Pete” Boyd and James “Chef ” Wilson, percussion. As an 8th grader, Cicily became a member of
the Jones High School Marching Tiger Band and is the only female percussion section leader in the history of Jones High
School where Cicily also sang and accompanied the Jones High School Concert Choir under Mrs. Hargrett. After college,
she was the first female JHS Assistant Band Director.
At FAMU, Cicily would continue breaking the gender glass ceiling as the first female percussion freshman section leader
of the FAMU “Marching 100” Band and received FAMUs “Most Outstanding Freshman Award” as well as the “Tau Beta
Sigma National Honorary Band Sorority, Inc., Award.”
Currently, she is the Choral Director at Teague Middle School in Seminole County. In addition, Cicily is the Director of
Music at Washington Shores Presbyterian Church, Orlando, FL.
Rufus Redding
Rufus Redding is a 1976 graduate of Jones High School (JHS) where since 2018 he has served as Jones High School
Orchestra (JHSO) Director as well as Director of Instrumental Music. In 2021, JHSO performed at its first Music
Performance Assessments (MPAs) and received both Superior and Excellent ratings. Previously, from 1989-2016, Mr.
Redding was Director of JHS Band which won numerous local, state and national awards. He has served as a guest
conductor, clinician, keynote speaker and adjudicator for middle and high school bands.

SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Jones High School Support Team
Mr. Orlando Norwood
Ms. Tanika Bango Cooper
Ms. Margaret Harris
Mr. David Ricklick
Jones High School ROTC
Jones High School Student Volunteers
Washington Shores of Christ
Phil Ellis
Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church
Virginia Hayes
Grady Stafford
L. Claudia Allen Center
The Honorable Bakari Burns, City of Orlando, District 6 Commissioner
The Honorable Mable Butler, Former City of Orlando Commissioner
Kevin Collins, The Orlando Times
Valada Flewellyn, Onyx Magazine
Richard Black, Onyx Magazine
Curtis Rayam

About the Composer
George Frideric Händel was born in Halle (Saale), Germany on February 23, 1685. He received his early training in Halle
and worked in Hamburg as a composer until he immigrated in 1712 to London where he would have his greatest success
as a composer of operas, anthems, organ and other keyboard music as well as oratorios. Händel’s most popular and bestknown
composition, Messiah, an oratorio for four-part chorus of mixed voices with soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists,
was composed in twenty-four days. Messiah had its first performance at a concert given for charitable purposes in Dublin,
Ireland, on April 13, 1742.

Programme
WELCOME
Mr. Orlando Norwood
Principal, Jones High School
Jones High School Hymn
Words & Music: THOMAS C. COLLIER, JHS 1943
Jones High School Orchestra, Jones High School Band Percussion and
Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
Rufus Redding III, conductor
Arrangement & Orchestration: CARL MAULTSBY, DFA, JHS 1965,
based on a band arrangement by JAMES W. “CHIEF” WILSON

REMARKS
Adm. (Ret.) David L. Brewer, President
Jones High School Foundation
Messiah (Part I)
Libretto: CHARLES JENNENS; Music: GEORGE FRIDERIC HÄNDEL
Dr. Jeffery Redding, Andrea Green, Cicily Youngblood, conductors
Symphony (Overture) (Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra)
Accompagnato (Clifford Youngblood, Jr., JHS 1993, Tenor)
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God; speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry unto her, that her
warfare is accomplishèd, that her iniquity is pardoned.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway
for our God.
Air (Mitchell Klavins, OCS, Tenor)
Ev’ry valley shall be exalted, and ev’ry mountain and hill made low: the crooked straight, and the rough places plain.
Chorus
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealèd, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Accompagnato (Sheryl Shell, JHSACC, Contralto)
Thus saith the Lord, the Lord of Hosts; Yet once, a little while, and I will shake the heav’ns, and the dry land; and I will
shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come.
The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in;
Behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Air (Jonathan Grant, JHS 2018, Bass)
But who may abide the day of His coming, and who shall stand when He appeareth?
For he is like a refiner’s fire.
Chorus
And He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Recitative (Euliyah Street, JHS 2025, Alto)
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call his name EMMANUEL, God with us.
Air (Stacey Gordon-Ali, JHS 2001, Alto) and Chorus
O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem,
lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Arise, shine,
for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
Accompagnato (Braxton Bar, JHS 2022, UCF 2026, Bass)
For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people; but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and the
Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Air (Mr. Bar)
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death,
upon them hath the light shined.

Chorus
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name
shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.
Intermission
(10 minutes)
Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) (Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra)
Recitative (Liline Jeannot, JHS 2023, Soprano)
There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
Accompagnato (Deonne Burns, JHS 1993, Soprano)
And lo! The angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were
sore afraid.
Recitative (Mrs. Burns)
And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Accompagnato (Vanessa Niblack-Head, JHS 1975, Soprano)
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying:
Chorus
Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, good will towards men.
Air (Vanessa Hawkins, JHS 1995, Soprano)
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee. He is the
righteous Saviour, and He shall speak peace unto the heathen.
Recitative (Kionna Smith, JHS 2024, Alto)
Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstoppèd; then shall the lame man leap as an
hart, and the tongues of the dumb shall sing.
Duet (Joy Westbrook, JHS 2024, Alto; Ms. Smith, JHS 2024, Soprano)
He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; and He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.
Come unto Him, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and He shall give you rest. Take His yoke upon you, and learn
of Him; for He is meek and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Chorus
His yoke is easy and His burthen is light.
The end of Messiah (Part I)
Chorus
At the singing of the lyric “KING of KINGS,” please stand as you are able.
HALLELUJAH! For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ: and He shall reign for ever and
ever. KING of KINGS, and LORD of LORDS, HALLELUJAH!

A Brief History of the Jones High School Concert Choir
By Dr. Carl MaultsBy
The Early Years (1922-1956)
With two Carnegie Hall appearances to its credit (2018 & 2019), the Jones High School Concert Choir is
exemplary of the mantra of the 127 year historic Jones High School: “Rich in Pride, Rich in Tradition.” For the
school year 1920-1921, Orange County Schools hired Mattie Rigel to teach at Jones. During the early years of
her tenure, Mrs. Rigel organized a group of singers to perform at the annual commencement ceremonies, other
internal school assemblies and most likely for the dedication of the Parramore & Washington Streets new Jones
High School building that opened the school year 1921-1922. This group was the beginning of the Jones High
School Choir which today is known as the Jones High School Concert Choir (JHSCC).
Ms. Rigel was succeeded by Ethel Wooden, Thomas C. Collier (composer and lyricist of the “Jones High School
Hymn”), Catherine Helms Fleming, Lessie Brayboy Weaver (1956-1963), Beverly McGowan Hicks (Jones Junior
High School Choir 1960-1965), Roderick Williams (1963-1965), Helen Morrison, Roberta Bacon Manuel, Norman
Choice, Edna Sampson Hargrett (1967—2000, a protégé of Mrs. Weaver), Darlean Coleman (2000-2008, a protégé
of Mrs. Hargrett), Christopher Simms, Terrance Lane and the current director, Mrs. Andrea Green (another
protégé of Mrs. Hargrett).
The Double “A” Concert Chorale (1956-1965)
Lessie Brayboy Weaver changed the trajectory of JHSCC from being an in-school special events, e.g., graduation,
performance choir to a statewide recognized ensemble that from 1956-1963 never earned less than a “Superior”
rating (the highest possible at that time) for concert performance as well as sight reading at district and state
festivals which today are known as the Music Performance Assessment (MPA). In spite of racial segregation,
JHSCC, then called the “Jones High School Double A Concert Chorale,” performed at civic events around Central
Florida including its annual concerts at the McCoy Air Force Base and the Orlando Negro Chamber of Commerce.
The term “Double A” was used in the state of Florida rankings of schools according to student population as well
as the difficulty of the music performance repertoire. “Double A” was the highest rank. Although the student
enrollment for Jones High School made the school a “Class A” school, Mrs. Weaver insisted that at state-wide high
school choir festivals, the Jones choir sing the repertoire designated for “Class AA” schools. Hence came the name
the “Jones High School Double “A” Concert Chorale.
For the 1963-1964 school season, Mrs. Weaver limited her teaching activities to the JHS English Department and
turned the leadership of the choir to Roderick Williams. Under Mr. Williams, JHSCC gave in December 1964 its
first performance of the Christmas portion of Händel’s Messiah with Mrs. Weaver as the piano accompanist and
Mr. Williams conducting. The concert was held in the JHS auditorium. It would be another eight years later before
the Jones students would experience the joy of singing Messiah with an orchestra and at the Orlando Municipal
Auditorium, currently known as the Bob Carr Auditorium.
The First “Sugar Lumps” (1967-2000)
Using the motto “Think Superior, Act Superior, Be Superior, Sing Superior Plus,” the Jones High School Concert
Choir (JHSCC) under Mrs. Hargrett developed a diverse repertoire from opera to standard choral works to
spirituals and traditional gospel while garnering a reputation of performing at the highest possible professional
choral standard. Mrs. Hargrett affectionally dubbed her singers “Sugar Lumps” and they in turn reciprocated by
calling her “Mama Sugar Lump.”
The success of a musical collaboration between JHSCC and the Florida Symphony Orchestra (FSO) for the
Walt Disney World’s first Christmas Candlelight Service of 1971 inspired the groups’ then leaders, Edna Sampson
Hargrett (JHSCC Director, 1967-2000) and Herman Hertz (FSO) to plan a collaborative performance for the
following season. The result was the 1972 JHSCC and FSO concert of Messiah. JHSCC sang the oratorio from
memory. Subsequent collaborative annual performances of Messiah followed. After FSO disbanded in the 1990s

and until she retired from Jones in 2000, Mrs. Hargrett preserved the tradition of annual performance of the work,
intentionally, according to her obituary, in the African American community as “a signature mark of excellence for
both her students and the Orlando African American community”.
The Transition Years (2000-2011)
Mrs. Hargrett’s handpicked successor, protégé and JHS alumna, Ms. Darlean Coleman preserved the Jones annual
Messiah performance tradition. From 2000-2007, Ms. Coleman also continued the choir’s collaboration with
the orchestral community and the FSO successor, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, notably under the baton of
Christopher Wilkins.
However, with the sudden demise of Ms. Coleman in 2007 and of Mrs. Hargrett in 2010, JHSCC went through
a series of directors and left the annual community presentation of Messiah in limbo. A 2012 “Street Designation
Unveiling Ceremony Honoring Mrs. Edna Sampson Hargrett,” organized by Representative Geraldine Thompson,
brought together a number of JHSCC alumni, including the newly appointed JHSCC Director (2011-present),
Mrs. Green, as well as the event’s guest conductor and 2019 Grammy Music Educator Award recipient, Dr. Jeffery
Redding. For the choristers, the event rekindled a flame for singing as a group.
Subsequently, in August 2013, the Jones High School Alumni and Community Choir was formed as an ongoing
tribute to Mrs. Hargrett and Ms. Coleman. Under the leadership of Cicily Youngblood, the Jones High School annual
tradition of the singing of Messiah in the community resumed and continues.
The Green Years (2011-present)
In 2011, Mrs. Green return to her alma mater as Choral Director. Without fanfare and under the radar, she began
slowly and quietly crafting a Jones High School Concert Choir that would honor and build on the foundation of her
predecessors while simultaneously propelling JHSCC to musical heights, national recognition reflective of her artistic
vision, sensibilities and imprimatur. Mrs. Green expanded the JHSCC repertoire to include world music, specifically
music of the African Diaspora. For example, at New York City’s famed Abyssinian Baptist Church on the 2018
Sunday following the death of Winnie Mandela, wife of South African apartheid fighter, Nelson Mandela, Mrs. Green
led JHSCC in such a stirring rendition of the South African Sotho song “Ke Nale Monna” that the South Africans in
attendance were moved to join in with indigenous calls and responses that validated the authenticity of the JHSCC
standing ovation performance.
Earlier at a 2017 rehearsal of Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Mrs. Green and the Jones High School Master
Singers (a select group of 30 of the best singers from the Concert Choir) wowed OPO Maestro Eric Jacobsen, the
current OPO Music Director, with an impromptu performance of “Lully, lulla,” a 16th century English carol. As
part of the Spring 2017 Jones High School/Orlando Philharmonic Partnership concert, Mrs. Green continued
the collaboration by conducting JHSCC and members of OPO in a performance of J. S. Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s
Desiring.”
Other recent JHSCC accomplishments under Mrs. Green include the Choir’s renewed participation in the Walt
Disney, Candlelight Performances, earning superior ratings at District and State Music Assessment Performances
(MPA) as well as 2016 and 2018 MPA Choir of Distinction designation. Also, in 2018 at the invitation of the
National Youth Choir Festival, JHSCC performed at New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall to a standing ovation. This
performance was preceded by an appearance by Mrs. Green and then JHS Director of Bands, Jamaal Nicholas, on
the Ellen DeGeneres television show with a live feed from JHS of JHSCC. In 2020, Mrs. Green and the JHS Master
Singers were invited back to Carnegie Hall and gave an “Encore” performance under the direction of Jones High
School’s alumnus and 2019 Grammy Award winner, Dr. Jeffery Redding.
In 2014 JHSCC was featured at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA. For nine consecutive years,
2011-2019, and in the post-Pandemic years, JHSCC members have received superior ratings at Solo and Ensemble
MPAs. Recent performances include Dr. Phillip’s Center for the Performing Arts with recording artist Whitley
Phipps and the City of Orlando Dr. Martin Luther King Commission Tribute Choir under the direction of Dr.
Redding.

Jones High School Concert Choir 2022-2023
Andrea Green, Director
First Sopranos
Xzaijah Cool 10
Lita Hurst 11
Kionna Smith 11
Second Sopranos
Glenda Exilas 12
Jasmin Giles 11
Ariuna Glover 11
Liline Jeannot 12
Aiyana LaLane 10
Yanta Meyers 9
Shaniya Slaughter 10
Carmen Smith 10
Tani Sullivan 12
Danisha Victor 12
First Altos
Lady Johnson 10
Rhyianna Johnson 10
Alyssa Slaughter 11
Euliyah Street 10
Joy Westbrook 11
Second Altos
Jaeda Anthony 9
Farah Boodram 10
Dimiah Patterson 10
Jade Tuck 9
Jiya Woodard 9
Jones High School Alumni and Community Choir
Cicily Youngblood, Director
Tenors
Dequavion Austin 11
Curtis Dallas 10
Baritone
Gary Curry 11
Basses
Iandre Brown 10
Tayshaun Tillman 9
Following a 2012 “Street Designation Unveiling Ceremony Honoring Mrs. Edna Sampson Hargrett,” organized
by Representative Geraldine Thompson, a number of Jones High Concert Choir alumni expressed a desire
to continue making music as a group. The result was the formation in August 2013 of the Jones High School
Alumni and Community Choir (JHSACC). JHSCACC is an ongoing tribute to the former directors of Jones
High Concert Choir, the late Mrs. Hargrett and her immediate successor, the late Ms. Darlean Coleman. Under
the leadership of Cicily Youngblood assisted by her brother, Clifford Youngblood, Jr., an annual tradition begun
by Mrs. Hargrett, the holiday singing of Messiah in the community lives on.
JHSACC is the product of years of musical training and singing that transcends several generations. Members hail
from the 1960s to more recent years. JHSACC desires to perpetuate the musical legacy and performing traditions
embodied in the name of dear “Ole’ Jones High evermore.” JHSACC embraces all former members of the JHS Choir
with that tiger spirit of love instilled in its alumni during their student years. JHSACC’s passion for great music,
commitment to community and pride for Jones High School guides every member as expressed in the JHS Choir
Motto: “Think Superior, Act Superior, Be Superior and Sing Superior Plus!”
Sopranos
Stacey Gordon-Ali
Deonne Baba Burns
LaToya Clarke
Natalie Dexter
Vanessa Hawkins
Vanessa Niblack-Head
Shamea Rolle-Radford
Marie Robinson
Chanel Royal
Tonita Scott
Noirée Weaver
Accompanist
Dr. Lloyd Douglas Brockington
Altos
Daina M. Johnson,
Sheryl Shell
Tenors
David Shaver
Clifford Youngblood, Jr.
Basses
Phil Ellis
Henry Glaspie
Johnny Turner

ERIC JACOBSEN, MUSIC DIRECTOR
Celebrating its 30th Season, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra is led by Music Director Eric Jacobsen and
is comprised of creative musicians and artists from around the world. The Philharmonic annually presents the
11-concert Classics Series and Pops Series in Steinmetz Hall as well as its Focus Series and Symphony Storytime
Series at The Plaza Live, a historic Central Florida venue. The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra’s vision is to
enrich, inspire and serve the Central Florida community through the transformative power of live music, and
it presents more than 170 live concerts and impacts more than 70,000 children, youth, and families annually
through its Young People’s Concerts, Symphony Storytime Series, Notes in Your Neighborhood program, and
free outdoor community concerts. A resident company of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the
Philharmonic is proud to perform in the new Steinmetz Hall, one of the finest venues for acoustic music in the
country. The Orlando Philharmonic is a Partner Organization of the National Alliance for Audition Support, an
initiative to increase diversity in American Orchestras. Learn more at orlandophil.org.
First Violins
Rimma Bergeron-Langlois
Concertmaster
The Lynn and Charles Steinmetz Chair
Olga Ferroni,
Associate Concertmaster
The Jeanne and John Blackburn Chair
Marius Tabacila, Assistant Concertmaster
Oksana Gorokhovskiy
MESSIAH 50 Anniversary
Bass
Chris Morgan, Principal
Laurel Stanton, Assistant Principal
Oboes
Jamie Strefeler, Principal
In Partnership with UCF
Sotos Djiovanis
Second Violins
Galen Kaup, Principal
Rebecca Edge, Assistant Principal
Linda Van Buren
Violas
Mauricio Céspedes-Rivero, Principal
The Dr. Jefferson and Mrs. June Flowers Chair
Douglas Pritchard, Assistant Principal
Cellos
Grace Gavin, Principal
Bassoon
Diane Bishop, Principal
The Theodore R. Hassen Chair
Trumpets
Michael Fee, Principal
The Stephen Goldman Chair
Jesse Cook
Timpani
Carl Rendek, Principal
The Kenneth and Ann Hicks Murrah Chair

Orlando Choral Society
Dr. Jeffery Redding, Executive Director/Founder
Dr. Terrance L. Lane, Accompanist
Orlando Choral Society (OCS) was founded in 2019 by the 2019 GRAMMY Music Educator Award Recipient,
Dr. Jeffery Redding. OCS appears regularly at Steinmetz Hall. The motto of OCS is “Building Community
Through Song.”
Altos
Niki Eggert
Marsha Fasi
Sarah Hibbs
Heidi Inder
Zhanyr Johnson
Sarah Leeth
Victoria Lane
Nancy Loughlin
Alison Mansell
Emylette Marrero
Melani McGuffie
Junie Monroe
Karen Nice
Christine Wells
Sopranos
Audrey Lynch
Amy Seifer
Michaela Shaw
Tenors
Mitchell Klavins
Jim Cunningham
Basses
Luis Frias
Hector Marrero
Blake Rubgor
Andrew V. Smith
Jones High School Orchestra
Rufus Redding, Director
The newly reformed Jones High School Orchestra JHSO is in its infancy. Through the Jones High School
Foundation, JHSO is the beneficiary of a City of Orlando Mayor’s Matching Grant under which the students
receive tutoring and masterclasses offered by members of Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2021, JHSO
participated in its first Music Performance Assessments (MPAs) and received both Superior and Excellent
ratings.
First Violins
Malana Deas 12
Kenneth Teague 10
Moriah Wyatt 10
Second Violins
Demontae Flowers 11
Aiyana Holliday 10
Jayla Howard 11
Jamiya Jurineack 10
Antoine A. Morrow 11
Evmarlie Nelson 10
Labraun Owens 11
Raybekah Pierre 11
Annalysa Pommells 11
Daniel Saviory 10
Makaylah Tilman 10
Viola
Ciara Boyd 11
Cello
Giselle Dalrymple 10
Sarah Dubuisson 11
Christina Germinal 11
Bass
Brianna Redd 11
Tamar Vincent 11

Jones High School Band Percussion
Bruce Green, Director
Travis Peoples, snare drum 11
Autum Martin, tenor drum 10
Erica Burke, bass drum 11
Jayda Foster, crash cymbal 12
Aniyah Simmons, ride cymbal 10

Jones High School Foundation
MAJOR SPONSORS
(As of December 1, 2022)
DIAMOND TIGER SPONSORS ($10,000 & more)
• The Richardson Family
• James & Kathy Gilchrist
• Dr. Portia Maultsby
• Onyx Magazine
• David C. Forrest, Jr., Esq
• LIFT Orlando, Inc.
• Stony Brook Foundation, Inc
• The Brewer Family
• Jamie Isom Uko
• The Orlando Times
PLATINUM TIGER SPONSORS ($7,500 - $9,999)
• A & Associates Staffing, Inc.
GOLD TIGER SPONSORS ($5,000 - $7,499)
• Mayor Jerry Demings
• Bruce & Joyce Henson
• The Honorable Eleanor Mitchell’s Estate
• City of Orlando
• Dr. Charles Alexander West
SILVER TIGER SPONSORS ($1,000 - $4,999)
• 100 Black Men of Greater Orlando
• Advanced Information Systems Group, Inc.
• Alvin J. Cowans
• Atty Jeffrey Jones
• Bennette H. Johnson
• Bernice Pelham
• Bunche Manor/Hollando HOA
• Byron Brooks
• Carter Tabernacle CME Church
• CFE Federal Credit Union
• City National Bank of Florida
• Columbia University
• Commerce National Bankshares of FL
• Constance Proctor Williams
• Dowdy Limited Partnership
• Downtown Baptist Church of Orlando
• Dr. Allen P. Weaver, Jr.
• Dr. Bernard S. Myers
• Dr. Calvin & Mrs. Lottie Collins
• Dr. Carl MaultsBy
• Dr. Janice R. Choice
• Dr. Jeresia Choice
• Dr. Nathaniel Evans
• Dr. Robert Baker
• Dr. Tyrone Adams
• Ellen C. Hunter
• Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC
• First Baptist Church
• First United Methodist Church of Orlando
• Frederick S. Jones, Jr.
• Friends of Distinction
• Friendship Foundation, Inc.
• Gregory Mundy
• Howard Grocery Company, Inc.
• Jan M. McPherson
• JHS Class of 1960
• JHS Class of 1961
• JHS Community & Alumni Band
• John Bryan, Sr.
• Kay L. Wolf
• Larry E. Farmer
• Leslie B. Barron
• Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church
• Margo Cooper
• Marva H. Thomas
• Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church

• Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Institutional Church
• National Christian Foundation Orlando
• Orange Blossom Family Health Center
• Orlando Chapter of Girl Friends, Inc.
• Orlando Community & Youth Trust, Inc
• Orlando Utilities Commission
• Patricia A. Seitz and Alan Graham Greer
• Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Gamma Delta Sigma Chapter
• Plantation Oaks Senior Living Management, LLC
• Ralph Johnson
• Ronald O. Rogers
• Sandra Woodard Johnson
• Stephen H. Goldman Foundation
• Stephen Walker
• Tangerine Sports Association, Inc.
• Terry & Shayla Prather
• The Children’s Home Society of Florida
• The Harris Rosen Foundation
• The Honorable Belvin J. Perry, Jr.
• The Hope Church
• The Martin Andersen – Gracia Andersen Foundation, Inc.
• United Arts of Central Florida
• Vicki J. Brooks
• Walbridge
• Washington Shores Presbyterian Church
• Willie C. Wiley
• Willie J. Weaver
• Women’s Club of Winter Park, Inc.
• Joan Lemosy
• John H. Dyer, Jr.
• Julius Broadway
• Ka’Juel Washington, Esq.
• Kenneth R. Poston
• Kim & Charles Bailes
• Lake Mann Estates HOA
• Latoya Barrow
• Loretta Ings Brandon
• Maria Ruiz Hays
• Mary & William Wilson
• Morgan & Morgan
• Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church
• Orlando Police Department
• Parker Conference Management, Inc.
• Postell’s Mortuary
• Rev. Helen H. Norman
• Roy Cockrum
• Rynette Upson Bush
• Shirley G. Bryant
• The Boeing Company
• The Coca Cola Company
• The Rafman Club, Inc
• Thomas Gaiter Foundation
• William Hayes
• Willie F. Bacon
• Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Inc.
BRONZE TIGER SPONSORS ($500 - $999)
• ACME Cleaners, Inc.
• Antoine Bethel
• Barbara P. Burns
• Barry Wilson
• Bridgadette Club of Orlando, Inc.
• Carrie L. Johnson
• Debonnaires Civic & Social Club
• Dennis & Jillian O’ Connor
• Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Margeson
• Dr. John Peterson
• Dr. Michael J. Meares
• East Winter Garden Community Development Corp
• Esther Drayton Stephenson
• Eugene Sullivan
• First Christ Ministries Church
• Florida Citrus Sports Events, Inc
• Gary McCall
• Gateway Plaza Limited
• Gayle Pritchett Danner
• Harry H. Dickens
• Jacqueline A. Holley
• James Lowry
• JHS Class of 1956
• JHS Class of 1968
• JHS Class of 1974
• Jim Davis

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