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Synergy Brass Quintet Residency December 15, 16, 17, 2008.
Experiencing the Arts is pleased to sponsor a three day residency with Synergy Brass Quintet. Last year, Synergy was so successful connecting with students of all ages that we designed this residency for them to work with band students of all ages at Enfield and Canaan Elementary Schools, Indian River Middle School and Mascoma High School. More than 200 students will celebrate music at Mascoma School District by playing together with Synergy for the community and participating with Synergy in several venues.
"Coordinating the Synergy workshops with four different class schedules was a challenge. The goal was to have music students enjoy intensive workshops with Synergy, and to play together. Workshop sessions were scheduled during the class day on both December 15 and 16, and a mandatory workshop session and final practice for the evening concert after school from 3-7 at Mascoma High School on the 16th. Experiencing the Arts sponsored a pizza party dinner for all 211 band members! The concert for the community will be December 16th at 7 P.M.. Donations encouraged.
At 9 A.M., December 17th, the third day of the residency, busses arrive at the schools to take all the students to the Lebanon Opera House. Mascoma High School students play with Synergy for the Youth Education Series (YES) show at 10 A.M.. By performing for the YES show our bands will be benefiting a community of about 26 other schools. Because of the size of the group they will not all be playing together (the community concert at Mascoma High School will be the only time all 211 play together).
After the concert at Lebanon Opera House, the elementary school students and Indian River School students will return to their schools.
Mascoma High School band will continue from Lebanon Opera House to Hanover High School. They must each have a bag lunch and will be eating lunch on the bus between Lebanon and Hanover. At Hanover High School, they will work with Synergy for an hour and a half and then play with Synergy and the Hanover band for Hanover High School.
I am very pleased to offer this residency opportunity. We hope that parents come to the concert December 16th at 7 P.M. at Mascoma High School! "
Christopher Morse, Director, Experiencing the Arts
Experiencing the Arts has been honored to continue to win the Artlinks grant support from the NH State Council on the Arts with matching support from Mascoma School District. We have also enjoyed generous support from the Byrne Foundation and Mascoma Bank Foundation, the Walker Fund, and The Wellborn Ecology Fund.
Pitcures of Synergy at all district schools last year:
Photos of Synergy Evening Community Concert
Photos of Synergy Playing with Mascoma Band
Photos of Synergy Playing with Mascoma Band
Photos of Synergy at Mascoma High School
Photos of Synergy at Indian River School
Photos of Synergy at Enfield Elementary
Photos of Synergy at Canaan Elementary
ABOUT: SYNERGY BRASS QUINTET
From their web site: http://www.synergyquintet.com
Synergy Brass Quintet performs more concerts than anyone in classical music today, averaging nearly 300 engagements per year. Acclaimed for "a veritable fireworks display of outstanding musical ability combined with superb showmanship" (Door Concerts, Inc) in addition to "blazing precision [and] amazing technique" (The Watertown Daily Times), the Synergy Brass Quintet has emerged as one of the world's most exciting ensembles. Synergy "has hit on a magical approach...unadulterated exuberance, and a rock star approach of performing," (U.S.1). Their engagements have taken them to every corner of the United States including the Ravinia Music Festival in Illinois, the Bethlehem Musikfest in Pennsylvania, the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts, and internationally at the Festival de Musica de Camara de Aguascalientes. And, after hearing the ensemble at Tanglewood in 2003, Samuel Adler invited the Synergy Brass Quintet to perform on the premiere recording of his Transfiguration: An Ecumenical Mass. Synergy is often heard on National Public Radio, and in 2005 they broadcast on NBC with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
In addition to Synergy's rigorous performance schedule, the ensemble dedicates an enormous amount of time to the education of tomorrow's musicians and music-lovers. They have presented various programs at over 500 public schools from coast to coast, "[bringing] classical music to the kids in a way that they thought it was some pretty cool music. Not always an easy task to do...The students (even the non-band students) talked about you long after you were gone" (Bottineau High School, Bottineau, ND). Synergy teaches the various genres of music and composer backgrounds to "present a very educational program" (North Ward Elementary School, McCook, NE), making music accessible to all children.
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