On Thursday-9-May the Bogota Fine Arts Dept. presented their Spring Concert for 2019. This year there was only performances were by the High School Concert Band and the Jazz Band. There was also Gallery show by Mr. Robert Calleja’s Art Students. The works were on display in the north first floor hallway. The works ranged basic assignment with colour, shadowing, & shapes, to creating new works inspired by classical painting. There were also a number of original works that included landscapes, portraits and abstract images.
The Concert Band was the first to perform under the direction of Mr. Barry McCann. Their selections included works by Eric Osterling “ Wind Song” and “Celtic Ritual” by John Higgins. One piece was “Morning Madness” which had members of the Band act out the morning routines of waking up, preparing for the day, and event drinking one more cup of coffee to face the world. They also played songs from ‘ The Greatest Showman” This featured solo performances by Syed Hamza Hussaini on Flute, Emalia Samouhos on Trumpet, Gabrielle Cintron on Trombone, and Gabrielle Grant on Alto Saxophone. Before the Concert Band’s final number Seniors Alondra Batista and Angelie Jaipersaud took a moment to thank the music instructors from the High School. First to be recognized was Choir Director Ms. Andrea Lynch. Due to personal reason Ms. Lynch did not have the time to create a Spring program. The Students still thanked her for work she had done with in past years. Then the Senior Members of the Concert Band were called forward and introduce to the Audience. They then thanked Director McCann for his talent, support, education and patients in showing them how to become the Students, Musicians, and Citizens the are today. Both Ms.Lynch and Mr.McCann were given present for their hard work.
After Intermission the Bogota High School Jazz band took to the Stage. The opened with the Crusaders hit song “ Birdland” They also played the Stan Kenton number “Artistry in Rhythm” to expose the musicians to the work of the he famous Swing and Jazz band leader. Between this two piece another light hearted tune ‘’The Curly Shuffle” was performed. This featured Vocals by Chris Grod, Nick Feliciano, Syed Hamza Hussaini, and Kyle Torres who sang and improvised a bit of slapstick during the song. Throughout the performances the Students were able to have solos of their own. This included. Angelie Jaipersaud on Tenor Saxophone, Elsie Luque on Trumpet, & Almadeo De La Pava on Guitar during Birdland. Alondra Batista on Baritone Sax in “ A Bari Cool Chart” Gabrielle Cintron on Trombone and Maryann Gesmundo on Piano for “Artistry in Rhythm”. And finally during “Mr. Papi” Mauricio Valerio on Trumpet, Syed Hamza Hussaini on Flute, and Kyle Torres on Tenor Sax.
The Bogota Marching Buccaneer Band will lead the Memorial Day Parade on Monday-27-May. They will also take part in the Arc Walk-a-thon on Saturday-6-June. The Bogota Fine Arts Dept will hold their Awards dinner on Wednesday-12-June. This will be held in Speary Gym with tickets are priced at $5.00 per person.
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Art Club Show
Concert band
Jazz Band
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