Saxes and
Clarinets and horns!! Oh my!! The November meeting of the
Music Boosters for the school was very productive. Requests
for
instruments from Mahoney, Memorial and the High School totaling $15,000 were
approved.
Saxes and
Clarinets and horns!! Oh my!! The November meeting of the
Music Boosters for the school was very productive. Requests
for
instruments from Mahoney, Memorial and the High School totaling $15,000 were
approved.
Mahoney Middle School will be adding a 3/4 size Tuba, a Yamaha Oboe and a Bass Clarinet to its instrument cache.
Memorial Middle School will now own a Baritone Horn, a French Horn, a Tenor Sax, a King Vavle Trombone and a Bass Clarinet.
The High School also will be receiving funds to purchase instruments.. Two Tenor Saxes and a Bass Clarinet.
The South Portland Music Booster are proud to award funds to purchase instruments for our schools. It is a great thing to know that year after year the instruments will be used to improve the quality of the music program.
The
SPHS Wind Ensemble will travel to Orlando, Florida to compete in Disney's Magic
Music Days and the Orlando Musicfest in April. They will be
competing with hundreds of bands from across the nation. This is a performance
of a lifetime as they will play for an audience of DisneyWorld visitors. The
Music Boosters has generously agreed to cover half of the $65,000 cost. The
remainder will be raised by the students through fundraising.
On November 16 the High School Jazz Band, Wind Ensemble and Concert Band had their annual Holiday Instrumental concert. Opening with the Jazz Band performing "No Time To Lose" with soloists Charlie Stanhope, Geoff Smith and Jeff Swoboda. The band immediately went into "The Ready To Use Blues" composed by our own Craig Skeffington. Soloists were David Arnold, Henry Keiter, Robbie Chiamulera and Neil Pearlman. They closed with the Cole Porter standard "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" with soloists Holli Ciresoli, Francis Hyunh and Kat Libby.
The Wind Ensemble took the stage and performed a rousing rendition of "The March" from the movie "1941" starring John Belushi. They then went into "City Rain" followed by "Defying Gravity". Defying Gravity was led by Guest Conductor Jillian Cote. The Wind Ensemble closed their performance with a piece titled "Africa: Ceremony, Song and Ritual". Soloists included Allie Libby, Jeff Swoboda, Savannah Brooks, Sam Hersom, Brie Grant and Henry Keiter.
The Concert Band closed out the the evening performing a collection of English folk songs titled "Sailing Songs". Soloists Emily Ledue and Meaghan McKinnon made Mozart's "Rondo for Solo and Wind Band" excellent. Guest Conductor Jillian Cote led the band through "Where Eagles Soar". The evening ended with a stirring performance of "Heathwood". Many thanks to all who helped with this wonderful show.