Young Performers Showcased at Music and Dance Medley

Twenty-five talented young musicians will provide the entertainment at Friends Enrichment Program’s (FEP) annual Music and Dance Medley this Sunday.

Among the performers is Moorestown High School freshman Alyssa Caffrey, who will play “Angel of Music,” by British composer Andrew Lloyd-Webber, on the harp.

The youngest soloist on this year’s program is 7-year-old Latrice Ellis, a Baker Elementary School first-grader, who will play “Hot Cross Buns” on the piano, and one of the oldest is 16-year-old violinist Isaac Gebremedhin, a Lenape High School junior, who will play “Gavotte” by J.S. Bach and “Gigue” from Sonata in D Minor by F.M. Veracini. Also among the oldest is 17-year-old Kenan Soso, a hip-hop dancer and Moorestown Friends School junior. Kenan will dance a solo to the music and lyrics of “3:16 AM” by Jhene Aiko, and will lead the FEP dancers in his hip-hop dance rendition of “Baby It’s You.”

A total of 25 young people are on the program: violinists Anna Cai, Maria Heffernan, Nina Johnson, Justin McAllister, Karina Santos, Elliot Smith, Matthew Wolverton and Paige Young; pianists Rose Gebremedhin, Sophia Gillespie and Emma Giordano; and FEP dancers Mary Bradley, Aaliyah Champion, Latrice Ellis, Azoriah Matthews, Karina Santos, Tamia Shannon, Jada Walker, Destiny Williams and Paishence Young. Rose Gebremedhin will also play the guitar.

Aside from performing as hip-hop dancers, the FEP dancers will perform as praise dancers under the direction of Moorestown High School junior Desiree Williams and as intro-to-ballet dancers under the direction of Moorestown Friends School senior Ashleigh Cartwright.

The event begins at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 28, in the dining hall/commons at Moorestown Friends School. Refreshments will follow the performances.

Admission is free. However, freewill donations will be gratefully accepted. Donations help fund scholarships for financially disadvantaged, underserved Moorestown children to attend summer camp, enroll in art classes or sports clinics, take private music lessons, or participate in other age-appropriate, life-enhancing activities.  

Provided by Monique Begg, FEP chair

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