Spring Band News!!!!!

Hello to all,

The bands at City School will be pretty busy this spring. Currently there are several things coming up for instrumental music here at City. Here are the highlights:

March 28 (Tues) at 7:00 in cafeteria- Senior Band Concert (grades 7/8)
March 30 (Thurs) at 7:00 in cafeteria- Jr. Band Concert ( grade 6)
April 12 ( Wed) at 7:00 in cafeteria- Beginning Band Concert ( grade 5)

Other exciting things happening are as follows:

Troy Peters, conductor of the Vermont Youth Orchestra, will come to City School to work with the Senior band during the regular band class on March 23rd. This will be a great opportunity for the Senior band students to work with a nationally known conductor and composer. Troy Peters recently directed several City School alumni at the All New England Music Festival.

Also coming up will be the Lester Bowie Memorial Jazz Festival which is a day long workshop for Jazz Band members from City School, Town School, and Fairfield School. This will happen on Monday,April 10th. The day will culminate in an evening performance with the bands playing pieces that they worked on for the day, and will also have an appearance of the Joe Levesque Big Band directed by Frank Mehaffey. The concert will be in the cafeteria at 7pm on April 10th.

Don't miss all the wonderful performances here at City School.