Jazz Auditions - If interested in auditioning for Honors Jazz Ensemble or Advanced Jazz Improvisation please click the link below for a list of the requirements.
JAZZ AUDITION INFORMATION - Auditions for Honors Jazz Ensemble and Advanced Jazz Improv will take place on Monday, March 4th. Sign-Ups are on the board in room 164. Please click here for audition music and further information.
Tiger Bebop Call Back Music - "He Beeped When He Shoulda Bopped" click for link
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Congratulations to Honors Jazz Ensemble, Tiger Bebop and Advanced Jazz Combo for their excellent showing at the Berklee Jazz Festival!!!
Special acknowledgements:
Advanced Jazz Combo - 2nd Place at the Berklee Jazz Festival
Dejan Brown - Berklee Festival Outstanding Musician Award
Aidan Devine - Judges Choice Award
Maddy Ranalli - Judges Choice Award
Dejan Brown - Judges Choice Award
Dejan Brown - All State Jazz Band, 1st Tenor Saxophone
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2018 Music Performance Dates
SEPTEMBER 23 @ 12:00 PM - NEWTONVILLE VILLAGE DAY Newtonville, MA NNHS Jazz Ensemble 1 NOVEMBER 14th @ 7:00 PM - HARVESTFEST I NNHS Performing Arts Center Jubilee Singers, Tiger Bebop, Jazz Ensemble 1, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble NOVEMBER 15th @ 7:00 PM - HARVESTFEST II NNHS Performing Arts Center Vocal Ensemble, Concert Choir, Family Singers, Orchestra, String Ensemble NOVEMBER 30th @ 7:00PM - NORTH/SOUTH BENEFIT CONCERT American Legion Post 440, Watertown MA Jazz Ensemble 1, Jazz Ensemble 2, Tiger Bebop, Advance Jazz Combos DECEMBER 20st - IN SCHOOL "HOLIDAY CONCERT" NNHS Performing Arts Center NNHS Music Ensembles DECEMBER 21nd - IN SCHOOL CAROLING NNHS Vocal Ensembles |
2019 Music Performance Dates
JANUARY 10th @ 7:00 PM - WINTER JAZZ NIGHT NNHS Performing Arts Center Jazz Ensemble 1, Jazz Ensemble 2, Tiger Bebop, Jazz/Rock Workshop, Advanced Jazz Combos JANAURY 23rd @ 7PM - WINTERFEST 1/NORTHSIDE BAND NIGHT NNHS Performing Arts Center Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Day Middle School, Bigelow Middle School JANUARY 24th @ 7:30 PM - WINTERFEST II / RAY SMITH MEMORIAL CONCERT NNHS Performing Arts Center Concert Choir, Vocal Ensemble, Family Singers, Orchestra JANUARY 26th - BERKLEE JAZZ FESTIVAL Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA Jazz Ensemble 1, Advanced Jazz Combos, Tiger Bebop FEBRUARY 2nd @ 7:00 PM - Jubilee Singers Concert NNHS Performing Arts Center FEBRUARY 11th @ 7:00 PM - JAZZ GATHERING NNHS Music Rooms (PLEASE SEE NOTE ABOVE) Honors Jazz Ensemble, Advanced Jazz Combo, Jazz Ens 2 Combo, Day & Bigelow Jazz Bands April 3-7th, Trip to New Orleans Jazz Program Students APRIL 10th @ 7:00 PM - SPRINGFEST I NNHS Performing Arts Center Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Chamber Ensembles APRIL 11th @ 7:00 PM - SPRINGFEST II Honors String Ensemble, Family Singers, Vocal Ensemble, Orchestra, Concert Choir APRIL 12th - ALL DAY IN SCHOOL - JAZZ APPRECIATION DAY NNHS Performing Arts Center & Music Rooms All Jazz Groups April 25 @8:00 PM - FAMILY SINGERS/BROOKLINE HIGH SCHOOL Family Singers at Brookline High School MAY 15th @ 7:00 PM - POPS NIGHT Music Department Ensembles 6:00 PM - Potluck Supper JUNE 1st @ 7:00 PM - JUBILEE SINGERS CONCERT NNHS Performing Arts Center JUNE 5th @ 5:00 PM - NNHS GRADUATION Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Family Singers |
Newton North Concert Attendance Policy
Every performer is an important part of every performance and the quality of the performance and the experience for everyone involved is diminished when anyone is missing.
Newton North music students are required to attend all concerts in which their group performs including evening concerts, in-school performances, and festivals.
Students are required to remain for the entirety of any concert in which they participate.
Illnesses and religious commitments are the only absences which will be excused.
Any unexcused absence will result in a change in the term grade.
The music calendar for the school year is listed above and is there to aid students and families in their planning for work, sports, vacations, and other appointments through the coming year.
All rehearsals and performances currently scheduled are included above. Any additions and/or deletions will be sent home through the students and posted above on the NNHS Music Website main page.
Every performer is an important part of every performance and the quality of the performance and the experience for everyone involved is diminished when anyone is missing.
Newton North music students are required to attend all concerts in which their group performs including evening concerts, in-school performances, and festivals.
Students are required to remain for the entirety of any concert in which they participate.
Illnesses and religious commitments are the only absences which will be excused.
Any unexcused absence will result in a change in the term grade.
The music calendar for the school year is listed above and is there to aid students and families in their planning for work, sports, vacations, and other appointments through the coming year.
All rehearsals and performances currently scheduled are included above. Any additions and/or deletions will be sent home through the students and posted above on the NNHS Music Website main page.
Newton North Music Faculty
Faculty
Adam Grossman - AP Music Theory, Concert Choir, Family Singers, Music Theory, Orchestra, String Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, American Musical Theater
Richard Labedz - Advanced Jazz Improv., Jazz Ensembles 1 & 2, Jazz / Rock Workshop, Symphonic Band, Tiger BeBop, Wind Ensemble
Sheldon Reid - Jubilee Singers
Todd Young - Department Chair, Film Scoring, History of Rock Music, Music of The Beatles, Music Technology
Extension Faculty
Kevin O'Connell - Jazz Ensembles / Bands
Andre Sonner - Percussion Ensemble
Private Lesson Teachers at Newton North
Chris Belluscio - Trumpet
Andre Sonner - Percussion
Adam Grossman - AP Music Theory, Concert Choir, Family Singers, Music Theory, Orchestra, String Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, American Musical Theater
Richard Labedz - Advanced Jazz Improv., Jazz Ensembles 1 & 2, Jazz / Rock Workshop, Symphonic Band, Tiger BeBop, Wind Ensemble
Sheldon Reid - Jubilee Singers
Todd Young - Department Chair, Film Scoring, History of Rock Music, Music of The Beatles, Music Technology
Extension Faculty
Kevin O'Connell - Jazz Ensembles / Bands
Andre Sonner - Percussion Ensemble
Private Lesson Teachers at Newton North
Chris Belluscio - Trumpet
Andre Sonner - Percussion
Music Department Travel
2019 - New Orleans
2018 - Australia 2016 - Australia 2016 - New Orleans 2014 - Australia 2010 - Italy 2009 - China 2007 - France 2006 - Spain 2005 - Ireland GELF is the 'Global Education Leadership Fund' which supports students to participate in International Travel with NNHS programs. This fund has helped many Newton North music students to experience the incredible education that comes through travel. 
NNHS ARTS AUSTRALIA EXCHANGE - In May of 2013 Mr. Young visited Haileybury College, just outside of Melbourne, to help establish an exchange relationship with the school. Since then the FPA Department has sent two exchange groups. The exchange is planned for typically every 2-3 years.
Ray Smith Memorial Concert Series2018 - Haydn: "Mass in Time of War"
2017 - excerpts from Bizet's "Carmen" 2016 - Schubert: "Mass in G" 2015 - Beethoven: "Choral Fantasy" and "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage" 2014 - Vivaldi: "Gloria" 2013 - Haydn: "Mass in Time of War" 2012 - Thompson: "Frostiana" 2011 - Schubert: "Mass in G" 2010 - Mozart: "Requiem" 2009 - Vivaldi: "Gloria" & " Concerto for Four Violins" Past concerts have included Handel's "Messiah," Haydn's "Lord Nelson Mass," and Ellington's "Sacred Service." _______________________________________________________________ Featured Artists / CliniciansApril 2018 - Pasquale Tassone - Composer,
With Rue My Heart is Laden; God Don't Be Silent February 2018 - Benjamin Cohen, Clinic with Family Singers and Concert Choir April 2017 - Michael Weinstein - Composer, Three Songs on Poems of Nelly Sachs March 2017 - Fred Harris - Clinics w/ Symphonic Band & Wind Ensemble March 2017 - Rick Hirsch - Clinic w/ Jazz Combos January 2017 - Sandra Piques Eddy & Heather Gallagher - Mezzo Soprano's w/ NNHS & NSHS combined Orchestras and Choruses April 2016 - Thomas Stumpf - Composer, Shakespeare Magic November 2016 - Mimi Rabson clinic w/ Orchestra September 2016 - Natalie Cressman & Mike Bono - Clinic on Songwriting January 2016 - Lynn Chang - Violin Soloist w/ Orchestra November 2015 - NEC Brass Ensemble - Wind Ensemble September 2015 - Caili O'Doherty Quartet - Talent Discussion/Masterclass September 2015 - Rebecca Loebe, Eliza Gikyson, BettySoo, Bianca DeLeon - Singer- Songwriters April 2015 - Paul Brust - Composer, Four Shakespeare Songs January 2015 - Constantine Finehouse - Piano Sololist w/ Orchestra & Chorus April 2014 - Sara Heaton - Soprano w/ Orchestra & Chorus April 2013 - Whitman Brown - Composer, Psalm 23 (first performance) March 2013 - NEC Brass Ensemble - Wind Ensemble January 2013 - Nathan Childers - Jazz Improvisation January 2013 - Mark McEwan - Orchestral Winds December 2012 - Eric Bloom - Brass & Jazz Improvisation December 2012 - Dominique Eade - Vocal Improvisation October 2012 - Mmmaven School - Music Technology April 2012 - Rodney Lister - Composer, The Bees May 2009 - Catie Curtis & Kevin Barry - Singer/Songwriter Symposium ______________________________________________________________ |
MMEA Dates / Districts & All-StateNovember 17, 2018 - Senior District Auditions @ Milton HS
January 4-5, 2019 - Senior District Festival @ BLS January 12, 2019 - Junior District Auditions @ Needham HS January 26, 2019 - All State Auditions @ Shrewsbury HS Feb 28 - March 2, 2019 - All State Festival, Seaport Hotel/Symphony Hall, Boston March 8-9, 2019 - Junior District Festival @ Lincoln-Sudbury HS Newton North Resident Artist ProgramThe Lillian Radlo Resident Artist Program is designed to help foster opportunities in the Arts for Newton’s high school students that go above and beyond the scope of the traditional school Arts curriculum. Additionally, the program seeks to build relationships within the community and the schools through Arts initiatives.
Initiatives may range from providing a master class / lecture to long-range projects throughout a school semester. Ideas or program initiatives center on student involvement and engagement. Jazz Night2016 - Guest Artists - The Brian Thomas / Alex Lee-Clark Big Band
2014 - Guest Artists included Doug Olsen, Dino Govoni, Steve Hunt, Bruce Gertz and Steve Langone. 2013 - Guest Artists included Ed Harlow, Yoko Miwa, Allan Chase, Dave Weigert, Eric Bloom, Bruce Gertz, and Joel Yennior. 2012 - NNHS Faculty Student Big Band featured faculty: Ken Mignone, Caleb Cutler, Ed Harney, Matt Joseph, Walt Bostian, Geoff Wadsworth, Ed Harlow, Ted Decolo, Rich Labedz and Sheldon Reid. 2011 - NNHS Faculty Student Big Band featuring Casey Scheuerell with guest artists: Walt Bostian, Caleb Cutler, Ed Harlow, Ed Harney and Jason Squinobal. |
