Darien Public Schools Music Department News: Performance videos and DHS music student honors

The DPS Music Department performs Ode to Joy

This year's music department curricular theme is Beethoven and Friends. Check out this compilation video of students from all 7 schools performing Beethoven's Ode to Joy: Click here for Ode to Joy

Elementary Strings Virtual Concerts

Students from the Holmes, Hindley, and Tokeneke strings program performed virtual concerts:

Hindley 3rd Grade Strings Spring concert
Hindley 4th and 5th Grade Orchestra Spring Concert
Holmes Beginning Violin Virtual Recital
Holmes 3rd Grade Strings Spring Concert
Tokeneke 3rd Grade Strings Spring Concert
Tokeneke 4th and 5th Grade Orchestra Spring Concert
Tokeneke 4th Grade Beginning Violin Spring Concert

More Virtual Concerts

Students from the Darien 5-6 Grade Jazz Lab perform Jazz Lab Blues written by their teacher Matt Curley and arranged by the students!

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Students from Mr. Scelzo's MMS Rockestra perform Aerosmith's Walk This Way!

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Students from Mrs. Parnoff's 5th grade music classes competed with jets flying overhead and construction vehicles to perform We Won't Stop Dreaming by Pinkzebra!

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DHS Music Students Selected for Regional, State and Local Festivals

21 students from the Darien High School Band, Choir and Orchestra were selected by audition to perform in the 2021 CMEA Western Region Festival:

Western Region Band: Matthew Taylor, Madchen Carrier, Anna Schorr, Adil Shahzad, Owen Wagner, Frank Drugge, Jose Echeverria, Shea Ehrhard, Grant McIntyre, Jack Kennedy, Andrew Huffman
Western Region Choir: Henry Kanlian, Ellie Gaaserud, Riley O'Connor, John Raskopf
Western Region Orchestra: Margaret Russel, Conan Thibodeau, Michael Dong, Sydney Du
Western Region String Orchestra: Quinn Taylor, Emily Byrnes

3 students from Darien High School were selected by audition to perform in the 2021 CMEA All-State Festival:

All-State Band: Frank Drugge
All-State Orchestra: Margaret Russell, Conan Thibodeau

2 students from Darien High School were selected by audition to perform in the 2020 NAfME All-National Honors Ensemble:

All-National Mixed Choir: Eleanor Chase, John Raskopf

Pictured (L-R): Quinn Taylor, cello; Margaret Russell, viola; Eleanor Chase, soprano; Anna Schorr, clarinet; Madchen Carrier, clarinet; Shea Ehrhard, french horn; John Raskopf, Tenor; Jack Kennedy, trombone; Grant McIntyre, tenor sax