2014-15 Musical Schedule

The following is the schedule of musicals being performed at Monroe County schools during the 2014-15 school year. We will be updating the information as new announcements are made:

October 2014

• October 24-26, November 1-2 - Forever Plaid - Greece Athena High School

November 2014

• November 7-9 - A Year With Frog and Toad - Dake Junior High @ Irondequoit High School
• November 13-15 - Into the Woods - Spencerport High School
• November 13-16 - The Wizard of Oz - Brockport High School
• November 14-15 - Into the Woods, Jr. - Twelve Corners Middle School, Brighton
• November 14-15 - Camp Discovery - Calkins Road Middle School, Pittsford
• November 14-15, 21-23 - The Sound of Music - Hilton High School
• November 19-21 - Schoolhouse Rock, Live! Jr. - Gates-Chili Middle School
• November 20-22 - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Pittsford Mendon High School
• November 21-22 - G2K Once Upon a Mattress - Johanna Perrin Middle School, Fairport

December 2014

• December 11-13 - Little Women: The Musical - Pittsford Sutherland High School

January 2015

• January 15-17 - Alice in Wonderland, Jr. - Barker Road Middle School, Pittsford
• January 16-17 - The Little Mermaid - East Rochester 6-8 @ East Rochester High School
• January 16-17, 23-24 - Beauty and the Beast - Greece Athena Middle School
• January 30-31 - Aladdin, Jr. - Oliver Middle School, Brockport
• January 30-31, February 6-7 - Addams Family - Greece Olympia High School

February 2015

• February 6-7 - Shrek the Musical - Brighton High School
• February 6-7 - Peter Pan, Jr. - Burger Middle School, Rush-Henrietta
• February 6-7 - Peter Pan, Jr. - Willink Middle School, Webster
• February 6-8 - The Wizard of Oz - Churchville-Chili High School
• February 6-8 - Camp Discovery - Calkins Road Middle School, Pittsford
• February 19-21 - Grease: The School Version - Greece Odyssey
• February 26-March 1 - Guys and Dolls - Webster Schroeder High School

March 2015

• March 5-7 - Les Miserables - Fairport High School
• March 6-7 - TBD - East Rochester High School
• March 6-8 - TBD - Cosgrove Middle School, Spencerport
• March 6-8 - The Music Man - Greece Arcadia Middle School
• March 6-8 - TBD - Bay Trail Middle School, Penfield
• March 12-14 - TBD - Martha Brown Middle School, Fairport
• March 13 - Seussical Jr. - Spry Middle School, Webster
• March 13-14 - Oklahoma - Roth Middle School, Rush-Henrietta
• March 18-19 - TBD - Gates Chili High School
• March 19-20 - Nice Work If You Can Get It - Penfield High School
• March 19-21 - Aida - Eastridge High School
• March 19-21 - Good News - Honeoye Falls-Lima High School
• March 19-21 - TBD - Pittsford Mendon High School
• March 19-21 - TBD - Webster Thomas High School
• March 20-21 - TBD - Minerva DeLand, Fairport
• March 20-21 - TBD - Wheatland-Chili High School
• March 25 - TBD - Barker Road Middle School, Pittsford
• March 26-29 - The Drowsy Chaperone - Irondequoit High School

April 2015

• April 23-25 - Monty Python's Spamalot - Rush-Henrietta Senior High School

May 2015

• May 1-2 - High School Musical, Jr. - East Irondequoit Middle School @ Eastridge Auditorium
• May 8-9 - TBD - Churchville- Chili Junior High School

New Acquisitions: September 19, 2014

The following are new pieces that we have recently added to the Music Library:


Chorus

• Ave Maris Stella by Mark Thomas (Earthsongs / SATB / 166 copies)
• The Bike Let Loose by Edie Hill & Serena Fusek (Hummingbird Press / SSAA / 119 copies)
• Bright Morning Stars Are Rising by Paul Siskind (G. Schirmer/Hal Leonard / SSAA / 89 copies)
• Caramba (Good Gracious, My Love) by Otilio Galindez & Albert Grau (Neil A. Kjos / SATB / 246 copies)
• Carrickfergus, Traditional Irish Song, arranged by Philip E. Silvey (Santa Barbara Music / SATB / 246 copies)
• Come Into My Garden by Z. Randall Stroope (Colla Voce / SATB / 165 copies)
• Gaudete!, Traditional, arranged by Michael Engelhardt (Walton Music / SSA / 79 copies)
• Heaven Unfolding by Andrea Ramsey (Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard / SA / 80 copies)
• How Can I Keep From Singing (My Life Flows on in Endless Song) by Taylor Davis (Morning Star Music / SATB / 101 copies)
• If Ye Love Me by Thomas Tallis, arranged by Thomas Dunn (E.C. Schirmer / SATB / 182 copies)
• La Paloma (The Dove), Traditional Venezuelan, arranged by Cristian Grasses (Walton Music/Hal Leonard / SSA / 70 copies)
• Let All the World in Every Corner Sing by Andrea Ramsey (Alliance Music / SSA / 90 copies)
• O Pastorelle, Addio (Now is the Time For Parting) by Umberto Giordano (G. Schirmer/Hal Leonard / SSA / 66 copies)
• O Sapo, Traditional Brazilian Folk Song, arranged by Stephen Hatfield (Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard / SATB / 104 copies)
• Peze Kafe, Traditional Haitian, arranged by Sten Kallman (Walton Music / SATB / 165 copies)
• Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little / Goodnight Ladies by Meredith Willson, arranged by Cristi Cary Miller (Hal Leonard / 3-Part Treble / 50 copies)
• Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepherd by Srul Irving Glick (Earthsongs / Treble Chorus / 77 copies)
• Requiem by Eliza Gilkyson, arranged by Craig Hella Johnson (Hal Leonard / SATB / 105 copies)
• Two Strings, But One Voice (O Sweetest of Songs) by Z. Randall Stroope & Rainer Maria Rilke (Walton Music / SSAA / 119 copies)
• Wanting Memories by Ysaye Barnwell (Musical Source / SSATB / 124 copies)
• Way Over in Beulah Lan', Traditional Spiritual, arranged by Stacey V. Gibbs (Gentry Publications / SATB / 125 copies)

Band

• Ancient Moon by Elliot Del Borgo (Alfred / 1 set)
• Aztec Fire by Jay Bocook (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
• Black Forest Overture by Michael Sweeney (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
• Blue Ridge Saga by James Swearingen (C.L. Barnhouse / 1 set)
• Dark Adventure by Ralph Ford (Alfred / 1 set)
• Emperata Overture by Claude T. Smith (Wingert-Jones / 2 sets)
• Enchanted Spaces by Samuel R. Hazo (Hal Leonard / 2 sets)
• Exaltation by James Swearingen (C.L. Barnhouse / 1 set)
• Fires of Nazama by Michael Sweeney (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
• From the Valley (Fantasy on Red River Valley) by Gregory B. Rudgers (Carl Fischer / 3 sets)
• Kindred Spirits by Brian Balmages (FJH Music / 3 sets)
• Knights of Destiny by Michael Sweeney (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
• The Last to Defend by David Shaffer (C.L. Barnhouse / 1 set)
• Majestica by Brian Balmages (FJH Music / 1 set)
• More Cowbell! (From Popcopy) by Scott McAllister (Lyd Music / 2 sets)
• Moscow, 1941 by Brian Balmages (FJH Music / 1 set)
• Music For a Darkened Theatre (The Film Scores of Danny Elfman) by Danny Elfman, arranged by Michael Brown (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
• Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons (C.L. Barnhouse / 1 set)
• Roman Overture by Thomas Doss (Mitropa Music / 2 sets)
• Silverbrook by Michael Sweeney (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
• Tempered Steel by Charles Rochester Young (Southern Music / 2 sets)
• Where the Sun Brakes Through the Mist by Michael Sweeney (Hal Leonard / 1 set)

Orchestra

• Meistersinger von Nurnberg by Richard Wagner (Luck's / 1 full set, 3 string sets)
• Rites of Tamburo by Robert W. Smith (Alfred / 1 set)

Strings

• Concerto Grosso in E by George Frederick Handel (Luck's Music / 3 sets)
• Dragonhunter by Richard Meyer (Alfred / 1 set)
• The Evil Eyes and the Hideous Heart (Carl Fischer / 1 seet)
• Fiddles on Fire by Mark Williams (Alfred / 1 set)
• Gauntlet by Doug Spata (Alfred / 1 set)
• New World Symphony, Theme by Antonin Dvorak, arranged by Michael Allen (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
• Overture to Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi, arranged by Sandra Dackow (Tempo Press / 2 sets)
• Sahara Crossing by Richard Meyer (Alfred / 1 set)

Jazz Band

• Count Bubba by Gordon Goodwin (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
• Re-Imagining the World by Dave Rivello (Dave Rivello / 1 set)
• Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima, arranged by Mike Lewis (Alfred / 1 set)

Jazz Vocal

• Come Fly With Me by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen (Self Published / 16 copies)
• Hit That Jack Jive by Alston & Tolbert, arranged by Tiffaul (Self Published / 17 copies)
• Sesame Street by Joe Raposo, arranged by Greg Murai (Self Published / 17 copies)

Congratulations to Area Quarterfinalists For Grammy Music Educator Award

Two area educators have made it to the quarterfinals for the Music Educator Award presented by The Recording Academy and the Grammy Foundation.


According to a press release "The Music Educator Award was established to recognize current educators (K – college, public and private schools) who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrate a commitment to the broader cause of maintaining music education in the schools."

Of the 222 educators who have been named as quarterfinalists, two are from Monroe County, Diane Abrahamian from Penfield High School and Michael Struzik from Brighton High School.

The list will eventually be pared down to ten finalists with the winner being flown to Los Angeles for the Grammy Awards along with receiving a $10,000 honorarium. The nine other finalists will each receive a $1,000 honorarium. The schools of all ten finalists will receive matching grants.

The full list of candidates can be seen at grammyintheschools.com.