Charlie Hart ’14, has been playing guitar for about five years. However, unlike most guitarists, Hart plays guitars that he makes by hand. He has made two entire electric guitars and says that “from the initial design concept to tightening the last screw it is around 200 hours worth of work. For the first...
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Everyone, and I do mean everyone, should come to the Winter Concert for Repertory Band, Concert Band, Orchestra, and Jazz “A” on Thursday, December 20th, 2012! The concert is free and open to the public. Bring your friends, your family, anyone! The concert will be held in the CCHS auditorium at 7 pm. The Jazz...
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Alright, it’s official, I am obsessed with Mumford & Sons. And, in my humble opinion, you should be too. What makes this band so amazing is that they are totally unique to anything I’ve ever heard before. Oh, and they’re British, which is always a bonus. It’s hard to describe the genre of Mumford...
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Mr. Gresko, can you tell me how long you have been a teacher? This is my twelfth year teaching. I spent nine years at Ashland Middle School and High School. I also spent seven years teaching grades from 7 to 12. Then I spent two years at Charlottesville High School. What did you do...
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To his students’ dismay, Al Dentino – affectionately referred to as Mr. D by most of his students and the band director at Concord Carlisle High School for the past twenty years – is retiring this year. When asked to explain why he is retiring, Mr. D responded, “First of all, I can. I’ve...
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This is an interview with Connor Fischelis, a Concord-Carlisle Alumnus who graduated in 2011, and Sophie Fisher ’12. Fischelis is currently working on a music video, which is being directed by Fisher for her senior project. Also preforming in the video is CC student Celeste Balboni’14. (Visit here for the YouTube channel, here for...
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The Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association – MICCA – was held at Lexington High School on Saturday, March 31st and Sunday, April 1st. The CCHS Repertory Band performed on Saturday, while the Concert Band performed Sunday. Emotions were high, as it is band director Al Dentino’s last year this year. Repertory Band received...
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On March 1st through March 3rd, some four hundred high school students from across Massachusetts flocked to Boston’s Seaport and Renaissance Hotels for the 2012 MMEA All State Festival. The festival offers the top student musicians in Massachusetts an unique opportunity to perform with each other under seasoned conductors who have experience playing in and conducting professional ensembles....
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For the winter and early spring months, much of the CCHS student body spends their days in the same auditorium, rehearsing for the winter musical. The musical is a different experience for everyone, and from the pit it sometimes feels entirely different from how it does to everyone else involved. The pit is...
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The MMEA Eastern Senior District Festival is a highly selective band, orchestral, and choral festival featuring the top musicians in our region, and it took place on January 7 this year. Students begin practicing their audition pieces as early as June, and auditions take place in late November every year. Instrumentalists and vocalists alike perform scales, sight-reading,...
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