Music@SPARK Chorus and AC Get Down, Get Up & Git Down

Our concert, especially the final songs, were dedicated to the amazing, wonderful Ms. Pirnstill. Here are some of our favorite moments from our 2018 Field Day to show what an amazing person, planner, teacher, and colleague she is. More than 700 students participated in Field Day, and every station was about fitness, skill, cooperation, and sportsmanship. It was a beautiful and fun day in every way.  Scroll down for photos and for a video of our Chorus AC concert where we dedicated our final several songs to her and her work at SPARK.

To see all of Ms. Turgeon's Field Day photos click HERE

Get Down, Get Up & Git Down
(night, day, boogie)


Our singers were accompanied by members of our musical village: Millie Turek, Jon Marvel (Mary Lin), Melanie Relyea (MES), and Colleen Kingston (Hope-Hill), and Ms. Valkova for coaching our Baby Elephants, and our Amazing Stolen-From-Inman House Band, featuring 
Everett Stubin, bass & Former SPARK student

Peter Haynes, drums

Matthew Vincent, guitar

Futa Kakinuma, keyboards

Also, thank you to Elizabeth Hill for coming to talk to our rising 6th graders, to Ms. Wade for all your help, and to Meaghan Curry from Henderson Mill ES for always being there.

A final, and gargantuan thank you to ASO Bassist and Composer Michael Kurth for always being generous with his talent, his time, his connections, and his joy for music. 

Michael's music has been featured by the ASO all season this year, and we (ASO and Chamber Chorus) just recorded a CD of his work that will be released next year. 

In the meantime, for fun, he wrote Promenade des Elephants Bebes, a piece that RL, SB, and RR have been working on since January, a mashup between Henry Mancini's Baby Elephant Walk and Saint-Saëns The Elephant from Carnival of the Animals. 

Michael has always been eager to share his love and enthusiasm for music all over Atlanta, and we are all grateful for his willingness to come to SPARK, record videos, create music, give advice, and stay connected with us. 

Michael (back) with Rodolfo meeting Maestro Stephen Mulligan