FARMINGTON — The Mt. Blue Regional School District music department has announced the upcoming March “Music in Our Schools” concert series featuring the choruses, bands and orchestras in area schools.
Because of the continuing renovations at the Mt. Blue High School and the large number of student musicians involved in the performance ensembles, the district-wide concerts will be held in the Mt. Blue Middle School gym and grade levels and formats are changed from the traditional concerts held in past years. All concerts will begin at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public.
Schools participating in these concerts include Academy Hill, Cape Cod Hill and Cascade Brook elementary schools, Mt. Blue Middle and Mt. Blue High Schools.
Starting the concert series will be the district-wide Chorus Festivals. On Wednesday, March 14, the grade 5 choruses and Mt. Blue High School chorus will perform in a joint concert under the direction of Lindsay Burke, Mark Phillips and Carol Shumway. Accompanist is Patricia Hayden. Also performing will be the Syncopations, Mt. Blue Voices and the Mt. Blue Middle School Show Choir.
On Thursday, March 15, the grade 6 choruses and Mt. Blue Middle School chorus will perform under the direction of Mark Phillips and Lindsay Burke. Also included are repeat performances by the Syncopations and Mt. Blue Voices.
The district Band-a-rama will be held Wednesday, March 21. All bands grades 5-12 will perform in this concert under the direction of Karen Beacham and Darryl Pike. The Mt. Blue Middle and Mt. Blue High School jazz bands will also perform.
Thursday, March 22 will be the first of two Orchestra Celebration concerts featuring the grade 6 and Mt. Blue High School orchestras under the direction of Nancy Beacham and Steven Muise. Also performing will be the Middle School Fiddlers and the Franklin County Fiddlers. On Monday, March 26 the second Orchestra Celebration featuring the fourth, fifth and Mt. Blue Middle School orchestras will perform under the direction of Nancy Beacham and Steven Muise.
In case of inclement weather, Thursday, March 29, will serve as a make-up date for any postponed concerts.
The Mt. Blue Music Boosters will serve Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream after the concerts for $1 a bowl. Also, scholarship forms will be available for students in grades 5-11 to attend summer music camps or for private lessons during the summer.
For any additional information, contact each school’s music teacher or Carol Shumway, music department chairperson, at the Mt. Blue High School, 778-3561.
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- Mt. Blue High School students musicians who are in the chorus, band and orchestra include, from left, Alexaiya Backman, Zach Veayo, Zakary Kendall, Zach Cummings, Kevin Foley, Skye Kincaid, Alex Chandler and, seated, Steven Yardley.
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