2 - Romanza
Joseph Wright, Tuba
(Organ and string quartet and accompaniment arranged and conducted by Dr. Michael Monroe.)St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Bedford, MA
May 21, 2017
St. Paul's "Ascension Concert" was a celebration of that feast in a special afternoon with the music of Ralph Vaughn Williams, including this movement from his Tuba Concerto, "Lark Ascending" and his "Mystical Songs", with organ, strings, choir, and solists.
Having studied the concerto over the years, this was my first opportunity to perform part of it.
The Wood Hill/West Middle School Bands
Combined Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Graders for the final number of the Spring concert.Wood Hill Middle School, Andover, MA
June 13, 2013
This concert was significant, because it would be the last in a ten year period of struggle for the Andover Bands in which there was no beginning band program until the middle schools. In order to have viable performances at that time, we were compelled to bring the bands from the two smaller middle schools (of three in Andover) together. One ray of hope was a slightly overcrowded stage (particularly in the percussion section) for the last combined number, and by this time looking forward to increased staffing and a resumption of elementary bands to begin in the new coming school year.
Bancroft Third Grade Students
Bancroft Elementary School, Andover, MA
June 14, 2018
In six years of teaching third grade classroom music at Bancroft School in Andover, we established a tradition of "Recorder Flash Mobs", where approximately 100 students "sneak" their recorders into a mostly unsuspecting assembly and break into a piece of music for the school. This was from the Flag Day assembly in 2018, when we happened to be privileged to be joined by "Blades", the mascot for the NHL Boston Bruins. The song is always chosen by a special process mostly driven by the counsel of the students, and we work together on the arrangement. In this particular case, it worked out logistically best if the accompaniment was created via digital sequencing. The "Recorder Flash Mob" had become a much anticipated event at Bancroft School, and one of its worst kept secrets.
Arr. Joseph Wright
The Andover High School Golden Warrior Marching Band
Joseph Wright, DirectorMassachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association
Marching Band Finals
Cawley Stadium, Lowell, MA
October 25, 2009