Welcome! This is www.hcmusic.org, the official website for the Hinsdale Central High School Music Department. Here you will find the most current information about the music program. Use the linked navigation boxes above to explore. Music Department Staff Jennifer Burkemper
Choir Director
Matt Kurinsky
Band Director & Music Department Chair
Serge Penksik
Orchestra Director & AP Music Theory Teacher Teresa Bruns Music & English Administrative Assistant Jim Rennie Choir Accompanist Department Mission Statement
The study of music involves participation, discussion and performance of musical works that have artistic and historical importance. Each student will strive to develop his or her own skills to the highest possible level. In support of these ideals, we endeavor to create quality large ensemble performances, study music of historical significance, rehearse separately and together to develop expertise, establish relationships that foster understanding, discover the relationships between music and culture, and become lifelong musical learners.
New York City's Veteran's Day Parade 2017  Solo and Ensemble Best-at-site Awards | Music Department Web Store The Web Store, https://store.hinsdale86.org/ is the place to purchase equipment, performance attire, and pay to join the Music Parents Association (MPA). Hinsdale Central Music Department Spiritwear  Support the HCHS music department by wearing your Red Devil gear made possible by the Music Parents Association. You can find HCHS spiritwear by clicking on the link. Rome's New Year's Day Parade 2020 The Red Devil Marching Band received an invitation to perform in the New Year's Day Parade in Rome, Italy, on January 1, 2020. If you are currently in 8th, 9th, 10th, or 11th grade, or a parent chaperone, please help us gauge interest in pursuing this opportunity by filling out the HCHS New Year's Day Parade in Rome form as soon as possible and only once per person. Hinsdale Central's bands have historically traveled every other year and alternate between a less expensive, long weekend trip and a longer, more costly destination like this. The trip is largely all inclusive, will likely run from December 27, 2019, through January 3, 2020, and is currently priced at $3495 per person for double occupancy rooms. Chaperones will have the option to pay additional for a single room. You can look through a Sample Band Itinerary, for more information about sight seeing and meal options. This form is only a survey and is not what you use to join the trip. You will need to officially register and pay a deposit after the school board approves the trip. An example payment schedule would be as follows: $495 on 12/1/18, $750 on 2/15/19, 4/15/19, 8/15/19, and 10/15/19. The first $100 is non-refundable and all other payments are non-refundable after 5/1/19. The cost of the trip includes trip insurance. If you are interested in joining the band as a chaperone or if you have multiple children interested in the trip, fill out the form for each person. If you are not interested in this trip, please give us a negative response using the form. If you know any families with 8th grade band students, please forward this information. Concerto/Aria Winners Congratulations to:
Viktor Kuru- Violin
Laura Libera- Trumpet
Jack Rasmussen- Voice
Anna Lowery- Voice
Concert Percussion plays Trashed Out
The video was shot on our phones and edited by Alex Shepardson and Zach Kanjirath.
Spring Jazz Fundraiser
 At 7:00 pm on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at the Hinsdale Community House local jazz artist, Shawn Maxwell, joins the Hinsdale Central Jazz Program at the annual Spring Jazz Fundraiser Concert. $5 individual tickets and $10 family tickets will be sold at the door. Donate a used instrument and get in for free. All proceeds are donated to Schools Count Corp, the foundation of Dick Flesher, former Central Teacher, and will go to support the band program at LaVizzo Elementary in the Chicago Public Schools. Students should arrive at 5:30 pm to set up and sound check and dress up for the performance.  Shawn Maxwell, Guest Artist
London's New Year's Day Parade 2016
Now that we have had a little time to digest our London experiences and catch up on sleep we want to put together a few final thoughts about the trip.
Online Survey
If you participated in the trip, please take a few minutes to fill out our own LNYDP 2016 Google form as well as the Youth Music of the World Survey about your experience.
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Jazz Ensemble Performance at Mullen's
 Jazz Ensemble performing at Mullen's
The Hinsdale Central Jazz Ensemble recently performed at Mullen's Bar & Grille in Lisle along with the Pete Ellman Big Band. Thanks to Pete Ellman and Ellman's Music for providing the performance opportunity and to Mullen's for hosting an outstanding event.
| Performing Arts Calendar The Performing Arts Calendar has been entered into Google. You can sync it to your phone or desktop and always access it through our website. Click on the Google logo and use your personal Google account to open a full page calendar that you can customize. Or just click on our Calendar link.
Early Bird Schedule Jazz classes will begin on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 with an A Day: Jazz Band and Ensemble. Jazz Lab Information meeting will be on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 7:00AM in 167. If interested, fill out the Jazz Lab interest form. The early bird classes meet every-other-day from 7:00 to 7:50 am on a two-week rotating schedule. On designated Monday late starts, early bird will run from 8:00 to 8:40 am. A DAY: Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Band, Chamber Orchestra B DAY: Jazz Lab, Orchestra Winds & Percussion Late Start Mondays November
ILMEA District 1 & All-State Participants On Tuesday, October 9, 2018, over 100 Hinsdale Central High School music students, along with several thousand students from other District 1 schools, auditioned for the Illinois Music Educator Association (ILMEA) Bands, Choirs, Orchestras, and Jazz Bands. Based on the results of those auditions, 42 students were invited to participate in the Jazz Festival on Saturday, November 10, at Hinsdale Central High School, and the District Festival on Saturday, November 17, at Oak Park River Forest High School in Oak Park, IL. The top seated students at the district festivals, will be invited to participate in the All-State and Honors ensembles during the Illinois Music Education Conference (IMEC) January 24-26, 2019, in Peoria, IL. Please join me in congratulating the students listed below as well as the band directors, Matt Goeke and Matt Kurinsky, the choir director, Jen Burkemper, and the orchestra director, Serge Penksik. BAND Chinmay Amin (11), Euphonium Aryan Bahl (10), Euphonium Elisabeth Bieber (12), Trumpet Alex Colban (12), Baritone Sax Evan Eldridge (11), Trumpet Sean Goldthwaite (12), Alto Sax Piper Huffman (12), Bb Clarinet Aya Klos (12), Bb Clarinet Arun Marion (9), Oboe Bilal Kahn (10), Percussion ORCHESTRA Leah Cecchini (10), Cello Dov Chen (10), Violin Daren Chen (12), Violin James Dowell (9), Cello Kevin Jin (11), Viola Justin Lee (12), Violin Melissa Li (12), Violin Derek Song (10), Viola Jeremy Wong (11), Cello Ethan Greenwald (10), Oboe Margaret Litwin (12), Bass Clarinet Lana Millman (12), French Horn Moses Yawe (10), Trumpet CHORUS Jack Chen (12), Tenor I Emily Condon (12), Soprano I Jack Doppke (10), Bass I Elisa Fridholm (12), Soprano I Hannah Fuechtman (12), Alto II Emma Gordon (11), Soprano II Ashley Haggard (12), Soprano II Tess Klygis (11), Alto II Phillip Mathew (11), Tenor I Allie Moreton (12), Alto II Tim Moser (12), Bass II Lindsay Peters (12), Soprano I Michelle Shen (12), Soprano I Richards Thomas (11), Tenor I Perry Zhao (11), Bass I JAZZ Matt Alder (12), Trumpet Nick Lynch (11), Trumpet Nick Sutton (12), Drum Set Moses Yawe (10), Trumpet 2014 IMEC Percussion Demonstration Clinic Congratulations to the Concert Percussion Ensemble, Symphonic Percussion Ensemble, and Wind Ensemble percussionists on their combined acceptance to perform in a demonstration clinic at the Illinois Music Educators Association’s (IMEA) Illinois Music Education Conference (IMEC) in the Peoria Civic Center at 3:45 pm on Friday, January 24, 2014. This conference is hosted by IMEA, part of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), whose mission is to promote and support music as a vital component in the complete education of every child. Each March, IMEA accepts applications to perform and present at the next year’s “All-State” Conference. Applicants must submit recordings of two music selections as well as respond to questions about the program, department, school, and surrounding community. A panel of music educators not affiliated with IMEA judge the recordings, which are anonymous and do not contain school identification. Several schools or presenters in each division (band, orchestra, choir, jazz, and general music) are selected to perform as featured ensembles or present clinic sessions at the annual conference. Selected ensembles perform a 30 minute concert or 60 minute demonstration clinic for an audience of music educators. IMEA does not operate as a competitive organization. Therefore, being selected as a featured ensemble for the IMEA “All-State” Conference is one of the highest honors that a high school ensemble can receive in Illinois. Many music educators consider it “winning the state title” for the year. Director Matt Kurinsky and Associate Director Matt Goeke are proud of the growth of the Hinsdale Central percussion students and the music program. They feel that this recognition highlights the exceptional musicianship of their students, the overall excellence of the band program, and the great amount of support provided by the administration, school board, and Hinsdale community. The demonstration clinic will be an opportunity to share the successful aspects of our percussion program with music educators from across the state. |
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