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 May 2008 |
An attempt to express
Trying to write a poem with words unable to flow
Trying to find a way to say: Goodbye, this is the start of a new adventure, we love you
When the words won't form the perfect lines
Fake verses with empty meanings
Nothing fitting the emotions in my heart
Wanting to say: this has been great, this isn't the end, I'll miss you
Wanting to make a perfect last farewell, when all I had to say was: I will sing forever thanks to you
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Our Rose
you are our teacher and our friend
the one who has made us the best we can be
you are our laughter and our strife
the one who showed us how to show respect and demand it
you are our success and our determination
the one who taught us how powerful our voices are
and you are our Rose
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Once I saw
Once I saw the moon
Once I saw the light in the dark
Once I saw my hope
Once I saw the path through the forest
Once I saw my way to freedom
Once I saw my future
Once I saw that I could have held
Once I saw all that I could ever want
Once I saw my heart captured and my soul lost
Once I saw, now I see nothing
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Music and the World
When we are born the whole world is a musical
The melody of our family's voices
The symphony of nature
The tempos of our days
The harmony we search for each day
The songs of life played out in movement
As we grow our hold on the music fades - and we are left in the noise of life
In everything there is hope - hope to wake and hear the music
We hear the music, the singers, dancers, artists, and musicians who bring the music to you
We hear the music as we breathe and move and create - we hear the music and we want to share it
So that the music that has faded will build and play for all your lives
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| History of Rock Time Line |
Students in Rose Richard's "History of Rock Music" class have transformed the walls of the Music Room into varous timelines of rock n' roll history. They were inspired by
"As Below, So Above" an installation by artist, Dave Muller, that explores the evolution of rock 'n' roll and is displayed in the lobby of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston which the students visited in February on a field trip partially funded by
the Friends of the Arts. |
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Timeline of the History of Punk Rock |
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A Timeline of Metal...1964 - 2007 |
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| Music Students Attend All State Music Festival |
Greg Minckler and Chad Wimberly were selected through highly competitive auditions in January to attend the Massachusetts All State Music Festival in Boston, March 27 through March 29 which culminated with a concert at Symphony Hall.
Greg was selected for first chair oboe in the All-State Orchestra as a result of receiving the highest score in the state and Chad sang tenor in the 200+ person chorus. |
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Greg and Chad practicing with the Harwich High School band.
Greg was selected for first chair oboe in the All-State Orchestra.
Multi-talented Chad will sing tenor in the All-State Chorus. |
Their names will be added to the All State Music Participant plaques that were a project of Friends of the Arts members, Cindy and Walt Kosloski and that now hang in the high school lobby.
Read more about the project here.
Read the past participant names here . |
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
"On Justice, Truth, and Peace"...An Evening of Protest Music and Art
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As costumes to accompany the musical selections, every performer chose a slogan that was used in protest (shouted...televised...set to music, etc.) and designed a t-shirt displaying it.
A short historical description of the slogan appeared on the back of the t-shirt. A paper exploring the slogan's significance and meaning was also a requirement. There were no "duplicates" so there were approixmately sixty slogans!
Here is a sampling. |
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| All Cape Music Festival 2008 |
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The 48th Annual All-Cape Cod & Islands Music Festival was held at Bourne High School on January 31st, February 1st and February 2nd. Three Harwich violinists, Sarah Ray, Jeff Strome, and Ellen Birmingham performed in the Festival Orchestra along with Greg Minckler on oboe. Kristen Walther represented Harwich in the Festival Concert Band on clarinet.
Chorus members, Mackenzie Hamilton, Courtney Ellis, Courtney Mara, Michelle Hemeon, Alyssa Flynn,Tom Segal, Chad Wimberly, Sean Cunningham, Joe Malone, Pat Blute, Josh Keyes, and Nate Burnie performed in the Festival Chorus. |
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| Southeastern Massachusetts District Music Festival - January 2008 |
| On Friday, January 11 and Saturday, January 12, twelve Harwich High School students attended the Southeastern Massachusetts District Music Festival at Barnstable High School. They were part of a select group of 400 students from 62 high schools across southeastern Massachusetts selected through highly competitive auditions held in November. Courtney Ellis, Gina Vitale, Mackenzie Hamilton, Michelle Hemeon, Ellen Birmingham, Tom Segal, Sean Cunningham, Chad Wimberly, Josh Keyes, and Tony Spaulding participated in the Chorus. In the Orchestra, Jeff Strome played violin and Greg Minckler played oboe as well as sat first chair.See a slide show here. |
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| Fiddle Workshop News from Rose Richard |
Our string players, bass players and two guitarists were invited to participate in a Canadian fiddle workshop with the D-Y string players on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Our students were asked as they have a reputation for being open-minded and enjoy being exposed to multi-cultural music and just know how to enjoy themselves making music!
THE EVENT AND SOME BACKROUND INFORMATION ON THE GROUP THAT CAME:
Franco-American fiddler and teacher, Donna Hébert, and her band Groovemama conducted an afternoon workshop with students from Mattacheese MS, Wixon MS, Dennis-Yarmouth HS, and Harwich HS and performed a concert with the orchestras in the Mattacheese Middle School Auditorium.
Groovemama consists of master dance fiddlers, teachers, multi-instrumentalists, singers and songwriters whose performances blend music of Ireland, Scotland, French Canada, and the Appalachian South with new compositions of their own. |
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| AUDITION NEWS FROM ROSE RICHARD (November 2007) |
Harwich High School's Music Department is incredibly proud of the large representation of our students in the All-Cape & Islands Music Festival. All three of our violinists who auditioned for the Orchestra made it.
YAHOOOOOO! to Sarah Ray, Jeff Strome, and Ellen Birmingham. A big shout of BRAVO! to Greg Minckler who is the oboe player for the Orchestra as well as meaning he earned the highest score of those who auditioned. Harwich High School will be represented in the Concert Band by Kristen Walther (clarinet).
In the Chorus, Harwich High School will be represented by Mackenzie Hamilton, Courtney Ellis, Courtney Mara, Michelle Hemeon, Alyssa Flynn,Tom Segal, Chad Wimberly, Sean Cunningham, Joe Malone, Pat Blute, Josh Keyes, and Nate Burnie. BRAVO HARWICH!
In the highly competitive Southeastern Massachusetts District Music Festival, Harwich will be represented in the Chorus by Courtney Ellis, Gina Vitale, Mackenzie Hamilton, Michelle Hemeon, Ellen Birmingham, Tom Segal, Sean Cunningham, Chad Wimberly, Josh Keyes, and Tony Spaulding. Greg Minckler was the highest scoring oboe player in this competition as well and will be sitting first chair in the Orchestra along with Jeff Strome who earned a high score amongst the auditioning violinists.
Greg, Jeff , Chad, and Tony all earned scores that qualified them to audition in January for the Massachusetts All-State Music Festival!
We are so proud of all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Last Updated
June 4, 2008
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