Tonight
would be a great opportunity for you all to see our students performing their
hearts out. The band and jazz kids have worked super hard these last few
weeks to prepare for this evening and have some fantastic pieces to perform for
you.
The jazz ensembles will have you tapping your toes to their fun,
upbeat music. A few highlights from the bands include pieces by SWHS alum
Libby Larsen (’68) and Carl Schroeder (’01) as well as a tribute to the social
justice movement.
Wind Ensemble will be performing Frank Ticheli’s
‘Amazing Grace’ accompanied by a collaborative slideshow of images and quotes
that the students came up with to represent their own personal reactions to our
current climate as a nation.
Tomorrow
evening the Guitar and Orchestra students will present their concert and
they’ve been working equally hard. The Guitar Orchestra will be
performing a few works including a cool version of W. C. Handy’s ‘St. Louis
Blues.’
Another highlight will be the String Orchestra performing
Vivaldi’s ‘Autumn’ - how appropriate for our amazing weather right now!
Chamber Orchestra will be performing two movements from Antonin Dvorak’s
Serenade for Strings.
We
hope that you can join us to support our students, it truly makes them proud to
see teachers in the audience.
Pre-concert
jazz combos begin at 6:30pm
Concerts
begin at 7pm and will be roughly one hour in length.
See
you there!
Reid Wixson
Director of Instrumental Music
Director of Instrumental Music
Minneapolis Southwest High School
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