Three Large Ensembles Perform at WSMA District Concert Festival

Advanced Band, Intermediate Band, and the String Orchestra represented Reagan High School on Friday April 12th at the MPS District Concert Festival.  Sponsored by the Wisconsin School Music Association and located at the state of the art Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, Concert Festival is an opportunity for our students to perform for a panel of three adjudicators who provide detailed feedback and an overall rating. 

All three of our ensembles reached new heights and we are proud of their accomplishments!

Advanced Band

Premire Class A Contest Festival performance!

(II rating)

Intermediate Band

DEBUT Concert Festival performance! 

(II rating in Class B)

String Orchestra

DEBUT Concert Festival performance!

(II rating in Class B)

BRAVO IB Music 2 Students!

Last night, four of Reagan's finest senior musicians presented a recital of solo music on their instruments.  Recordings of their performances in the recital constitute 25% of their overall IB Higher Level score for college credit.  Over 70 friends, staff, parents and community members came out to support these students in their outstanding musical efforts. Students also wrote detailed program notes describing the musical features and historical context of each piece performed in the recital.   Special thanks to Adam Baus for his outstanding accompaniment skills in the performance!

The repertoire performed on the recital is listed below:

Now, O Now, My Needs Must Part  by John Dowland  (1563-1626)

When To Her Lute Corina Sings  byThomas Campion  (1575-1619)

Bist Du bei Mir by Johann Sebastian Bach (1680-1750)

Liebst du um Schönheit     by Clara Schumann  (1819-1896)

Caro Mio Ben by Giuseppe Giordani (1744-1798)

Pur Dicesti by Antonio Lotti  (1667-1740)

The Ash Grove  arr. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

The Sky Above The Roof   by Ralph Vaughan Williams  (1872- 1958)

 I Dreamed A Dream  by Claude-Michel Shönberg  (1944-      )

Blanca Martinez,  mezzo-soprano

Minuet in G Major  by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)   arr. by Ryan Tedder  

Morgenstemnin   by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

I Dovregubbens Hall  by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

Time (Inception Theme)  by Hans Zimmer  (1957-       )

Come Sail Away  by Dennis DeYoung & Tommy Shaw

Strobe          by Joel Zimmerman (1981-        )  arr. Morgan Schultz

Morgan Schultz, piano

Romances op. 4 no. 5 by  Sergei Rachmaninoff  (1873-1943)

Trumpet Concerto in Eb Major Hob.VII, e. 1  by Joseph Haydn  (1732-1809)

          1.  Allegro

            II. Andante 

The Maid of The Mist       by Herbert L. Clark (1867-1945) 

El Torero  by  Stanley F. Thomas

 Roman Mariano, trumpet

Etude op 10 no. 4 in C sharp minor  by Frédéric Chopin  (1810-1849)

Prelude and fugue no. 22 in B flat minor  by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

from The Well Tempered Clavier book 1

Piano Sonata op. 10 no. 3 in D major  by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)

            1.  Presto

Ballade no. 4, op. 52  by Frédéric Chopin  (1810-1849)

Derrick Hahn, piano

1st Annual BAND CAMP!

The Reagan High School Band under the direction of Adam Murphy and Nicholas Johnson are kicking off the school year with our first-ever Reagan Band Camp! 30 students have spent the week learning new repertoire, mastering marching steps and building community before the school year begins!

Mr. Adam Murphy shouts out marching commands during outdoor rehearsal!

Students practice basic marching steps with their instruments

The newly-formed Reagan High School Drumline is also kicking off the school year with the help of guest percussionist Bony Plog-Benavides.

Second Annual Music Department Awards

The Music Department hosted the second annual Music Department Awards Ceremony.  Recognition and honors were given to exceptional musicians, graduates, and rising stars.   The ceremony was followed by the customary Band versus Choir Dodge Ball Tournament and Ice Cream Social.  CHOIR upheld their reign as Dodge Ball Champions defeating the BAND for a second year in a row.  Mr. Murphy is currently hand selecting teacher referees for next years battle.

 

Seen above are graduating senior music department students.  Class of 2011 you will be missed!