High school band, chorus, and Sound Waves perform in Spring concert

By memo on April 26, 2012

The music department prepares all year for its annual spring concert. Performances include chorus, the A cappella group Sound Waves, and the school band.

: Chorus teacher Donna O’Neil conducts the chorus as they start they’re first song in the performance. Typically choruses will wear a white top with black bottoms for an effect of unity and professionalism. Credit: Lila Hughes for Manchester Essex Multimedia Online

: Chorus members sing with the accompaniment of the piano. Chorus members are organized by groupings of altos and sopranos. Credit: Lila Hughes for Manchester Essex Multimedia Online

: Senior Ellen Burgess and sophomore Lindsey Duff sing on the bottom row. This is one of Burgess’s last chorus concerts she will be able to perform before the graduation of the senior class. Credit: Lila Hughes for Manchester Essex Multimedia Online

: The chorus claps with the audience after they finish their performance. Chorus teacher Donna O’Neil has been teaching and leading the chorus for several years in the music department at Manchester Essex. Credit: Lila Hughes for Manchester Essex Multimedia Online

: A decorative basket is set at the side of the stage with balloons for each of the seniors. This is the last chorus performance for the seniors who have participated in chorus. Credit: Lila Hughes for Manchester Essex Multimedia Online

: The seniors in the chorus line up to take a bow while the audience and rest of the chorus class claps. The seniors were then invited to take the balloons with their names on them after the performance. Credit: Lila Hughes for Manchester Essex Multimedia Online

: The Sound Waves sing in harmony as they perform their set list. Each student has to try out in order to make the Sound Waves group. Credit: Lila Hughes for Manchester Essex Multimedia Online

: The Sound Waves pose after performing their final song. Senior Ellen Burgess seen in the front was one of the two soloists who performed during this concert. Credit: Will Davis for Manchester Essex Multimedia Online

: Senior Morgan Kennedy hugs Sound Waves director Donna O’Neil as she presents her with a bouquet of flowers. This is Kennedy’s last year performing with the sound waves. Credit: Will Davis for Manchester Essex Multimedia Online

: The band sets up for the last performance of the spring concert. Band members set up sheet music on music stands and prepare their instruments. Credit: Will Davis for Manchester Essex Multimedia Online

: Band teacher Josoph Sokol informs the audience what the band will be performing. Sokol has been at Manchester for a total of twenty eight years. Credit: Will Davis for Manchester Essex Multimedia Online

: Saxophone players participate in a Phantom of the Opera medley. The Saxophone players are the most prominent and loudest sounding instrument in the band. Credit: Will Davis for Manchester Essex Multimedia Online

: Sophomore Noah Gilbert plays the cymbals while sophomore Nick Janowicz and junior Alex Shepard played the drums. The percussionists are very important to keeping the band on beat. Credit: Will Davis for Manchester Essex Multimedia Online

: Band teacher Josoph Sokol is presented with a Bruins shirt signed by all the seniors who participate in the band. Sokol is an avid Bruins fan and was presented for all his hard work in teaching band this past year. Credit: Will Davis for Manchester Essex Multimedia Online

photos by Lila Hughes photos by Will Davis

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