March is Music in Our Schools Month!
MMS Honor Band
The MMS Honor Band was selected to perform at Sacred Heart University on March 9th. They had a clinic with world-renowned composer Randall Standbridge. They will be performing his pieces in the MMS spring band concert on May 11th at DHS.
DHS Music Students Perform at Western Region
24 DHS musicians were selected by audition to perform in the 2023 CMEA Western Region festival:
Band: Brenna Agarabi, Ellen Best, Darragh Hallinan, Andrew Park, Ryan Hoffman, Isabella Moss, Brooke Liddell, Jonathan Nawrocki, Austin Ennor, Logan McIntyre, Aarohan Mehta, Sachi Mehta, Charlotte Krueger
Symphony Orchestra: Selen Yasanliel, Michael Lin, David Lui, Emily Byrnes, Sydney Du, Kaitlyn Murray
Chorus: Craig Schorr, John Raskopf
Jazz: Moses Maldonado
String Orchestra: Christian Sokolowski, Luka Zhou
MMS Music Students Perform at Western Region Festival
26 MMS musicians were selected by audition to perform in the 2023 CMEA Middle School Western Region festival:
Concert Band: Ilse Fedoronko, Joshua Golden, Chase Hasan, Brendan McCarthy,
Moritz Schoenemann, November Smith, Tolga Yasanliel, Chloe Zhou
Chorus: Brooke Banner, Claire Butler, Lauren Erdlen, Eliza Hall, Julianna Harron, Annie Heuer, Claire Wood, Thomas Whipple
Jazz: Rodrigo Miranda
String Orchestra: Tzi-Ti Baechi, Chi-Wei Daugavietis, Alexander Gray, William Gray, Kayla Huang, Greeley Morgan, Alyssa Polyntsev, Brianna Qin, Nicholas Steinke
Darien Night at the Bridgeport Islanders Game
Chorus students from all 5 Darien Elementary Schools perform God Bless America
MMS chorus students perform the National Anthem
DHS Band Concert
The Darien Young Composers and Songwriters Concert
The music department of the Darien Public Schools is pleased to announce that the annual Darien Young Composers Concert will be presented live in the DHS auditorium on Wednesday, March 29th at 6:30pm. The concert is free and open to the public. We encourage you to come enjoy the creative talents of our Young Composers! If you are unable to attend, the concert will be live streamed at: https://youtube.com/live/cUg5uqq0_Qs?feature=share