Royle Music K-8 contest winners

 Royle School announces MusicK8 magazine cover art contest winners! 

Every year, students in music classes at Royle School are given the opportunity to enter the MusicK8 magazine cover art contest.  Under the direction of music teachers Kathleen Theisen and Kristen Turkosz, students are encouraged to draw anything musical to go onto the cover of the magazine.  This year, 69 students from Royle School entered the contest.   There were 6 national winners from Royle! 

Ella Clarke - 4th Runner-Up  - winner of $50 prize and her art work was published on the back cover of the magazine 

Noa Durocher-Pyun - Top Finalist 

Carter Silverman - Promising Young Artist Finalist 

Quinlan MacColl   - Most Humorous Honorable Mention

Emma Nee - Honorable Mention

Eliza Patterson - Honorable Mention

Young Composers Concert April 21st

Darien Young Composers Concert

 The 21st annual Darien Young Composer's concert will be held virtually on Wednesday, April 21st at 6:30pm!  The concert will feature original compositions from 24 student composers from all 5 elementary schools, MMS and DHS.  Click here for a full list of participants.  

Student composers will participate in a zoom workshop with guest composer Robert Hugh. Mr. Hugh is an accomplished musician and composer who composed and arranged over 250 songs. He is a retired music educator, having spent most of his career teaching music at Wolcott School in West Hartford, where he is well known for his composition work with students. Click here to learn more about Robert Hugh.

The concert will be premiere on YouTube on Wednesday, April 21st at 6:30pm.  The YouTube link will be posted on the Darien Music Department website: https://sites.google.com/darienps.org/k-12dpsmusicsite/young-composers.  Don't miss this special event!

Music in Our Schools Month and Beginning Instrumental Showcases

 March is Music in Our Schools Month!

Thank you to Miss Minnis and the students in Tri-M for decorating the DHS auditorium lobby for Music in our Schools Month!  We are especially grateful for our music teachers for continuing to go above and beyond to keep music in our schools no matter what the circumstances!

Beginning Strings Showcase!

Thank you Miss Hanley and 3rd grade strings students from Tokeneke, Holmes and Hindley for sharing your Beginning Strings Showcase virtual concerts with us!

Click here for the Tokeneke 3rd grade strings showcase

Click here for the Holmes 3rd grade strings showcase

Click here for the Hindley 3rd grade strings showcase

Beginning Band Showcase!

Thank you to Mr. Walters and the 4th grade band students from Tokeneke, Ox Ridge and Royle for sharing your Beginning Band Showcase virtual concerts with us!

Click here for the Tokeneke 4th grade band showcase

Click here for the Royle 4th grade band showcase

Click here for the Ox Ridge 4th grade band showcase