FARMINGTON — The Mt. Blue Regional School District Music Department has announced the March “Music in Our Schools” concert series featuring the choruses, bands and orchestras in area schools.
Concerts will be held at the Mt. Blue Campus and are free and open to the public. Student musicians from Academy Hill, Cape Cod Hill and Cascade Brook elementary schools, Mt. Blue Middle and Mt. Blue High Schools will perform.
Starting the concert series will be the districtwide Orchestra Celebration concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 8, in the Mt. Blue Campus gym. It features orchestra students in grades four to ?12, under the direction of Nancy Beacham and Steven Muise.
There will be two district Band-a-rama concerts, both on Thursday, March 15. The first concert will feature band students in grades five, seven and eight and will start at 6 p.m. The second concert will feature band students in grades six and nine through 12 and will start at 7 p.m. Doors will open for the second concert at the completion of the first concert. All concert bands are under the direction of Karen Beacham and Ken Labrecque.
?Rounding out the series will be two Mt. Blue Chorus Festival concerts, both on Wednesday, March 21. The first concert will feature chorus students in grades five, seven and eight and will start at 6 p.m. The second concert will feature chorus students in grades six and nine through 12 and will start at 7 p.m. Doors will open for the second concert at the completion of the first concert.
Choruses are under the direction of Lindsay Burke, Scott Dunbar and Adrian St. Pierre. Accompanists for the evening are Patricia Hayden, Krista Lyman and Deborah Perkins.
In case of inclement weather, Monday, March 26, and/or Wednesday, March 28, will serve as a make-up date for any postponed concerts.
The Mt. Blue Music Boosters will serve ice cream after the concerts for $1 a bowl. Summer music camp and private lesson scholarship applications will be available for students in grades five to 11 at this time.
For more information, contact the school music teacher.?
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