Jazz Concert Videos Online!

Check out the videos from the Spring Jazz Concert here:

Spring Jazz Concert Playlist!!!

SHAMROCKAPALOOZA!!

Congratulations to the Percussion Ensembles, Concert Band, and Jazz Ensembles on their fantastic performances this week! On Wednesday, April 25, the Concert Band, Beginning Band and Percussion Ensembles treated the audience with the music of Gustav Holst, Frank Ticheli, George M. Cohan, John Philip Sousa, Chick Corea, and Pat Metheny. Two days later, the jazz ensembles welcomed 7-time Grammy Award-winning drummer Paul Wertico to the Stahl Family Theatre Stage. The groups performed the music of Duke Ellington, Tito Puente, Josef Zawinul, Brad Meldhau, Sammy Nestico, Bill Holman, and student composer, Luis Rivas. The final selections of the evening featured Paul Wertico playing Buddy Rich classics with the Honors Jazz Band. It was a week that will be hard to forget. Videos soon to follow..... Way to go Shamrock Music!

Playing an Instrument Helps Tune the Brain

"Note to husbands who need excuses to play the guitar with their buddies and to parents justifying the cost of their children's piano lessons: A new study from Northwestern University in Evanston says lifelong playing of musical instruments has a positive impact on the brain." See the rest of the article here: Playing and Instrument Helps Tune the Brain

Thank You!

Friends of SPHS Music, please read the following letter: Thank You Letter

Blue Man Group Performance

WOW! What a fantastic performance! Today the SPHS Bands & Percussion Ensembles were treated to a performance of the Blue Man Group at the Briar Street Theater. We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day. Record warmth at 80 degrees and it's still officially winter? They have updated the performance a bit since last we attended. Freshman Harrison Sterling got to be a part of the performance and did a great job.