The Malad Middle and High School Spring Concerts were held on May 12, 2026, under the direction of Mr. Foster Garrett with Mrs. Lorna Brignone accompanying the choirs.

The 6th Grade Choir began the concert with “Firefly” and “The Lemon Song,” which emphasized turning lemons into lemonade.  The 7th Grade Choir began with an acapella number called “Tongo,” which was accompanied by Devin Ball, Madelyn Gonzalez, and Thatcher Sweeten on percussion instruments. The choir ended with “The True Lover’s Farewell.”

The 7th Grade Choir was joined by the Malad High School drumline to perform “Smog,” with the Middle School students all tapping cadences with drumsticks on empty plastic buckets.

MHS Chamber Choir performed at the concert.

 The Beginning Band showed off what they had learned about their instruments with two Latin-themed numbers: “Montego Bay” and “Cantigas Espania.” This band concluded with a song from 1875 made famous in the 1920s hobo culture, “Big Rock Candy Mountain.”

The Intermediate Band began with “Canadian Sketches,” featuring three Canadian folk songs. “Springfield Mountain” was a song of sadness, followed by the well-known “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” from the movie “Mary Poppins.” The concert concluded with “Dragon Born” from the video game. 

The Malad High School final concert of the year immediately followed the Middle School’s performances.

The concert began with the Concert Band performing four numbers. “American Volunteers” reminded everyone that this is the American 250 year.  “Rondo for Winds and Percussion” featured recurring themes while “Appalachian Morning” evoked feelings of walking in the Appalachian Mountains. The band concluded with the theme from the movie “How to Train Your Dragon.”

The 13-member High School Choir started with the ever-popular “Bye, Bye Love,” made famous by the Everly Brothers in the 1950s. Following “Cantate,” a joyful praise to the Lord, the choir sang the acapella number “Good Timber” and then “Meant To Be,” which was made famous by Florida Georgia Line.  Parker Roper was the soloist on the concluding number, “Swing Low, Sing Low,”

The Chamber Choir, whose 15 members were selected by auditions at the beginning of the year, began with a song of celebration called “Come to the Music,” followed by a Newfoundland folk song “She’s Like the Swallow,” featuring soloist Abbie Cox. “For the Longest Time,” one of Billy Joel’s famous songs, had solo parts sung by Kayla Wilson, Jayson Spencer, Adi Schow, and Jens Huckaby. The Hawaiian farewell song, “Aloha Oe,” written by Queen Lili’uokalani, was followed by “Lunar Lullaby,” a song of moonlight and rest. The concert concluded with the American Spiritual “Wayfaring Stranger,” which featured 7th grader Madelyn Gonzalez on the cello.

After the concert, Mr. Garrett and Mrs. Brignone were presented with floral gifts of appreciation for their hard work this year.  All seniors in the band and choirs were honored with gifts presented by their parents or grandparents, who joined them to loud applause.  Senior musicians honored at the concert were Adi Schow, Bronson Garrett, Johanna and Mary Zabriskie, Austin Mathews, Jaquelynn Young, and Jens Huckaby.