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​UPCOMING EVENTS:

April 16, 2020 - Update
Labedz - Distance Learning Google Folder

2019 Music Performance/Event Dates

SEPTEMBER 12 from 7 - 9 PM - BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT

SEPTEMBER 22 @ 12:00 PM - NEWTONVILLE VILLAGE DAY
Newtonville, MA
NNHS Jazz Ensemble 1


NOVEMBER 16th - EASTERN DISTRICT SENIOR AUDITIONS

NOVEMBER 20th @ 7:00 PM - HARVESTFEST I
NNHS Performing Arts Center
Jubilee Singers, Tiger Bebop, Jazz Ensemble 1, Symphonic Band, 
Wind Ensemble


NOVEMBER 21ST @ 7:00 PM - HARVESTFEST II 
NNHS Performing Arts Center
Vocal Ensemble, Concert Choir, Family Singers, Orchestra, String Ensemble

NOVEMBER 22nd @ 7:00PM - NORTH/SOUTH BENEFIT CONCERT
American Legion Post 440, Watertown MA

Jazz Ensemble 1, Jazz Ensemble 2, Tiger Bebop, Advance Jazz Combos, Jazz/Rock Workshop


DECEMBER 19th - IN SCHOOL "HOLIDAY CONCERT"
NNHS Performing Arts Center
NNHS Music Ensembles

DECEMBER 20th - IN SCHOOL CAROLING
NNHS Vocal Ensembles


2020 Music Performance/Event Dates

JANUARY 10th & 11th - MMEA EASTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL

JANUARY 15th @ 7:00 PM - WINTER JAZZ NIGHT
NNHS Performing Arts Center
Jazz Ensemble 1, Jazz Ensemble 2, Tiger Bebop, Jazz/Rock Workshop, Advanced Jazz Combos

JANUARY 25th - MMEA ALL STATE AUDITIONS
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JANAURY 29th @ 7PM - WINTERFEST 1/NORTHSIDE BAND NIGHT
NNHS Performing Arts Center

Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble

JANUARY 30th @ 7:30 PM - WINTERFEST II / 
RAY SMITH MEMORIAL CONCERT

NNHS Performing Arts Center
Concert Choir, Vocal Ensemble, Family Singers, Orchestra


FEBRUARY 1st - MMEA EASTERN JUNIOR DISTRICT AUDITIONS

FEBRUARY 1st @ 7:00 PM - JUBILEE SINGERS CONCERT
NNHS Performing Arts Center

FEBRUARY 10th @ 7:00 PM - JAZZ GATHERING
NNHS Music Rooms
Honors Jazz Ensemble, Advanced Jazz Combo, Jazz Ens 2 Combo,
​Day & Bigelow Jazz Bands


FEBRUARY 3rd - 14th - NNHS ENSEMBLE AUDITION WEEKS
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MARCH 5th - 7th, MMEA ALL STATE FESTIVAL

MARCH 13TH & 14TH - MMEA EASTERN JUNIOR DISTRICT FESTIVAL -
CANCELLED

MARCH 14th - CLARK TERRY UNH JAZZ FESTIVAL - CANCELLED

Jazz Ensemble 1 & Advanced Jazz Combo

APRIL 4th - GOSPEL FESTIVAL

APRIL 15th @ 7:00 PM - SPRINGFEST I
NNHS Performing Arts Center
Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Jubilee

APRIL 16th @ 7:00 PM - SPRINGFEST II
Honors String Ensemble, Family Singers, Vocal Ensemble, Orchestra, 
Concert Choir
 

APRIL 17th - ALL DAY IN SCHOOL - JAZZ APPRECIATION DAY
NNHS Performing Arts Center & Music Rooms
All Jazz Groups

April  30th @8:00 PM - FAMILY SINGERS/BROOKLINE HIGH SCHOOL
NNHS Performing Arts Center Lobby
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Family Singers 

MAY 14th @ 7:00 PM - POPS NIGHT
Music Department Ensembles

6:00 PM - Potluck Supper

MAY 30th @ 7:00 PM - JUBILEE SINGERS CONCERT
NNHS Performing Arts Center

JUNE 3rd @ 5:00 PM - NNHS GRADUATION
Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble 1, 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.



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

Music Department Travel 

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2019 - New Orleans
2018 - Australia
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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.

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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 Series

2019 - Vivaldi "Magnificat"
2018 - 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."
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Featured Artists / Clinicians

April 2019 - Sara Doncaster - Composer,
         Early Summer Morning; Summer Evening
April 2018 - Pasquale Tassone - Composer,
         With Rue My Heart is Laden; God Don't Be Silent
February 2018/2019 - 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

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MMEA Dates / Districts & All-State

November 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

Information on Eastern District Festivals
Information on All-State Festival

Newton North Resident Artist Program

The 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. 
Link to Application / Information

Jazz Night

2016 - 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.

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