Darien's 2019 Young Composers Present their Music!

The 2019 Darien Young Composers with guest composer Mr. Darryl Tookes presented their music on April 9th at Darien High School.

Darien High School seniors and composers Elizabeth Garijo-Garde and Evelyn Sload pose for a picture with guest composer Darryl Tookes.

The 19^th annual Darien Young Composers Concert held at Darien High School on April 9 featured the original musical compositions of talented young composers from the Darien Public Schools.  Our young composers, ranging in age from Kindergarten through grade 12, had an opportunity to meet and ask questions of accomplished guest composer Darryl Tookes. Mr.Tookes is a prolific vocalist performer, song writer and composer who is currently on the faculty of Florida A&M University and has performed with artists ranging from Elton John and String to Leonard Bernstein. The students also received comments from Mr.Tookes on each of their compositions. Richard Sadlon, the Director of Music states, “This year’s group of talented Young Composers performed an amazing range of musical styles and expressed their thoughts and ideas through music. We are always impressed by their creativity and extremely proud of their musical accomplishments.”

This year’s featured young composers were:

Kindergarten: Willian Telgheder, Grade 2: Lucy Appel, Medeline Galligan Grade 3: Alistar Jespersen, Lauren Erdlen, Grade 4: Caroline Galligan, Sienna Hall, Charlotte Cowles, Gavin Wheeler, Melody Long, Caroline Clemow, Ashley Rogers Grade 5: Lilly Davenport, Ella Goodrich, Mackenzie Boulton-Wallace, Mackenna Boulton-Wallace,  Mackenzie Fosdick Grade 6: Charlotte West, Allison Valji, Katelyn Erdlen, Cece Cummins Elise Shulman Grade 7: Sriram Pankanti, Vaughan Silcox Grade 8: Anya Napoli, Theo Bang, Nikhil Talwalkar Grade 11: John Phipps, John McGovern, Grade 12: Elizabeth Garijo-Garde and Evelyn Sload

You can view the entire concert at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cidMxYKn2uQ&feature=youtu.be&scrlybrkr=9c6cefe5