Darien High School Holiday Spectrum Concert 2019

The Darien High School Music Department presented their 2019 Holiday Spectrum Concert on Wednesday, December 18 in the Darien HS auditorium The concert featured the Wind Ensemble, Pops Strings, Concert Choir, Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, Tudor Singers, Concert Orchestra, A Cappella Vocal Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, String Quaret, Concert Band, and Jazz Combo.  All of the ensembles joined forces to perform Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride" as their concert finale. The Darien HS Music Department ensembles are conducted by Christopher Andrade, Jonathan Grauer, and Jane Minnis. 

If you would like to hear the entire Holiday Spectrum concert you can access the video at:

https://youtu.be/NGxd00oy7_4

Middlesex Presents 2019 Winter Chorus Concert

The MMS Grade 6 Chorus performing their Winter Concert on Wednesday, December 11 at Darien High School. The Middlesex Choral Directors are Mrs. Kimberly Sadler and Mr. Thomas O'Donnell.

The 6th grade Viva Voce choral ensemble is co-directed by Mrs. Rebecca Parnoff and Mrs. Kimberly Sadler.

The MMS 7th Grade Chorus performed Duke Ellington's "Take the A Train" "Count on Me" by Bruno Mars and "Jinglin'" Bells" on December 11th.

The 8th Grade chorus under the direction of Kimberly Sadler and Thomas  O'Donnell started of the 8:00 p.m. Concert with "High Hopes," "Shallow" and "Cool Yule."

The MMS Camerata Singers directed by Mrs. Kimberly Sadler and accompanied by Mr. Dwayne Condon closed out the MMS Chorus Concert on December 11th and featured soloists: Elizabeth Gonnella, Kendall O'Hoppe and Lilla Slattery.
 

To hear both of the MMS Choral Concerts you can go to: 

Live Stream link for Grade 6, 7 and Viva Voce Concert at 6:30 p.m. December 11, 2019

https://youtu.be/sHp5PCOXHO4

Live Stream Link for Grade 8 Chorus and Camerata Singers Concert 8:00 p.m. December 11, 2019

https://youtu.be/UijP90cZMZM

Tokeneke 2019 Winter Concert

Mr. Curley conducts the Tokeneke Band at the Tokeneke Winter Concert on Tuesday, December 10th.

Ms. Hanley conducts the Tokeneke Orchestra to a full house on December 10th.

Mrs. Parnoff directs the Tokeneke School Chorus in "Solfege Santa" on December 10th.

DHS Tudor Singers and MMS Camerata Perform at Stamford Palace

Our DHS Tudor Singers, under the direction of Christopher Andrade, and MMS Camerata Singers under the direction of Kimberly Sadler were featured in the "Songs of the Season" show at the Palace in Stamford on Sunday, December 8th.

Our Darien Tudor Singers and Camerata Singers combined with the Greenwich Elementary Honors Choir for the grand finale on December 8th.

Palace Performance Darien Tudor Singer&Camerata Singer plus Greenwich Elementary Honors Choir

You can hear the entire Palace concert at:  https://youtu.be/C96zfzZErls

"Songs of the Season" concert at the Palace Theatre, Stamford Connecticut, December 8, 2019.
Featuring the Greenwich Elementary Honors Choir, Middlesex Middle School Camerata, and Darien High School Tudor Singers.

Middlesex Orchestras Present Winter Concert 2019

The Middlesex Middle School Orchestras presented their Winter Concert on Monday, December 9 at Darien High School. The 6th Grade Orchestra, pictured above, opened the concert with Bizet's "Fanandole." The Orchestra Ensembles are directed by Mr. Austin Scelzo and assisted by Mr. Dylan Spielvogel.

The 7th Grade Orchestra performed "Hark the Herald Fiddles Play," "Emperor Waltz,"  and "St. Louis Blues."

The 8th Grade Orchesra performing "March" from the Nutcracker on December 9th.

The MMS ROCKestra performed "Chameleon," "Lean On Me," and "Sweet Dreams Are Made of These/Seven Nation Army."

Darien Music Ensembles Perform at Stamford Town Center

Several musical ensembles from the Darien Public Schools performed at the Stamford Town Center during the week of December 2-6 as part of the "Holidays in Harmony" Concert series. Small ensembles from the Darien HS Band, the DHS Tudor Singers, DHS Orchestra, and the Tokeneke Elementary School Chorus and MMS Rockestra all performed holiday music for audiences at the Stamford mall.

The Darien HS Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Ms. Jane Minnis performing at the Stamford Town Center on Wednesday, December 5th

Middlesex Bands Present their 2019 Winter Concert

Our Middlesex Middle School Bands presented their Winter Concert on Thursday, December 5 in the Darien HS auditorium. The 6th Grade Band, directed by Mrs. Gretchen Perrett, opened the concert with "Apollo Fanfare" by Robert W. Smith.

The 7th Grade Band, under the direction of Brandon Babbin, performing "Freefall!!" on the 2019 MMS Winter Band Concert.

The MMS 8th Grade Band under the direction of James Carter. 

The MMS Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of James Carter, featured several jazz soloists.

DHS Strings: Midday Music Holidays in Harmony

The DHS Chamber Orchestra students presented their second Midday Music recital on Wednesday, December 4 during the power hours time block. Christopher Van Ingen, Ellis Murphy, Andrew Lin and Michael Dong perform "March of the Nutcracker."

Rowan Kennedy, Emily Wiley, Saskia Zimmerman, Meghan Shaughnessy and Jack Roberson performed "Christmas Time Is Here" to an audience of students, teachers and administrators.

Catherine O'Connor, Anika Satish, Kai Zhou and Jack Roberson performing "Feliz Navidad." The event was planned and organized by DHS Orchestra Director Jane Minnis.

Jazz Quartet Performs for DHS Students

A professional Jazz Quartet performed for Darien High School Music students on Tuesday, December 3 in support of the Music Department's Curricular Focus theme on Jazz. The musicians performed  Jazz standards for our students and featured  Jakob Ebers on bass, Hiroshi Yamazaki on piano, Maddie Winters, sax and vocals and John Cutrone drums.

Jazz saxophonist and vocalist Maddie Winters lead a vocal jazz workshop with the Darien HS Tudor Singers following the concert.

DHS students engaged in a question and answer session with guest performer Maddie Winters and the John Cutrone Jazz Quartet on December 3 on the DHS auditorium stage.

Darien Schools Announce Winter Holiday Concert Schedule

The Music Department of the Darien Public Schools would like to announce their line-up of school Holiday Winter Concerts. For additional information contact the Darien Music Department at: 203-655-3981 ext: 2250 or visit the Music Department website at: http://blogs.darienps.org/music/

December 5                          Middlesex Bands Winter  Concert at DHS              7:00 P.M.

December 9                          Middlesex Orchestras Winter Concert at DHS        7:00 P.M.

December 10                        Tokeneke Holiday Concert                                       9:00 A.M.

December 11                        Middlesex Chorus Winter Concerts at DHS       6:30 & 8:00 P.M.

                                         (Grade 6, 7 and Vivia Voce 6:30/Grade 8 & Camerata 8:00 P.M.)                                                                

December 11                         Hindley Holiday Concert                                          9:30 A.M.

December 12                         Holmes Holiday Concert                                          9:30 A.M.

December 13                         Ox Ridge Holiday Concert                                       9:45 A.M.

December 17                         Royle Holiday Concert                                             9:15 A.M.

December 18                         DHS Holiday Spectrum Concert (Band, Orchestra  7:00 P.M.

                                              Jazz Ens., Pops Strings, Concert Choir, Perc. Ens.,

                                              Tudor Singers)  Spectrum Snow Date: 12/19