Past Music Events
2023 - 2024 School Year
The Harvest Moon Ball is just around the corner!
Join us for an evening of fabulous music, dance, food and raffle prizes for one of the main music fundraisers of the year!!
Free dance lessons from Amanda Kupillas Dance starts at 6:30, then try out your new moves to the live music starting at 7:00!
👉 Purchase raffle tickets in person at the farmer's market on 10/28 and 11/4, or at the door the night of the show 👈
See photos and details from previous years HERE!
Sign up to help with this terrific fundraising event HERE - all money raised goes to fund music events for HoH students!
2022 - 2023 School Year
WCSMA Area All-State, November 2022
Keith Mon, Violin
Sofia Eliasi, Violin
Johanna Nollen, Violin
Olivia Seidenberg, Viola
Leon Wang, Cello
Aidan Dorn, Bass
Josh Burdick, Bass
Natalie Garson, Clarinet
WCSMA All-County, March 2023
Zoe Verduin, Violin
Devin Muldoon, Cello
David Franco, Saxophone
Alexa Frusciante, Mallet Percussion
WCSMA All-County A Jazz Band, 2023
Jasper Zimmerman, Piano
Music In The Parks, April 2023
HHS Orchestra: 1st Place, String Orchestra Division 1A
HHS School Band: 4th Place, Concert Band Division 1A
NYSSMA Festivals, 2023
74 Students Grades 4-11 participated in this year's Solo & Ensemble Festivals
Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards 2023
Jasper Zimmerman, High School Outstanding Performance, Piano
Jasper Zimmerman, High School Outstanding Composition, "Interstellar Cable Car"
Hastings Music is thrilled to welcome a special guest artist, Jeremy Kittel, along with his trio, Kittel & Co., to work with our string players on fiddle-style playing and give a special performance on Thursday, March 2nd.
Jeremy is a Grammy-nominated violinist who specializes in an exciting fusion of Celtic, classical, and jazz. The performance will feature Jeremy and his trio alongside the Hastings High School Orchestra at 7pm on 3/2 in our newly renovated FMS Auditorium.
2021 - 2022 School Year
HHS sophomore cellist Miles Levine needs your vote!
He is one of the solo 1st place winners in the 8th Camerata Artists International Competition.
See the recording of his amazing performance and
VOTE on YouTube for him to be considered for the GRAND PRIZE round!
Calling all teenagers in the Rivertowns!
Join the LAB rivertownslab.org, a new organization dedicated to amplifying teens and their ideas across the Rivertowns.
They host monthly Open Mics, led by High School producers from Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, and Ardsley. They have teens from Ardsley and Ursine in New Rochelle playing as well. Join them this month on Sunday the 27th, 7-9pm. Come by, check it out, sign up!
Homecoming was a wonderful day with beautiful weather, and the mighty pep band elevated the festive vibes with great tunes and school spirit!
2020 - 2021 School Year
Spring Concert 2021 - IN PERSON!
A beautiful night with amazing music provided by the HHS band, orchestra, steel pans, jazz band, and chorus groups. And special performance by the local student band Shakedown to cap a perfect evening!
See the video of the concert HERE!
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Band: 2:35 / Steel Drums: 15:30 / Orchestra: 22:22 / Jazz Band: 36:05 / Chorus: 45:37
Thanks to Orchestra dad Jon Hock for his amazing work putting this video together!
Jazz Band
AMP volunteers
Orchestra
Chorus
Band
Steel Pans
Safe and Sound
A Virtual Concert
Featuring HHS and FMS Bands, Orchestras, Jazz Ensembles and more!
The HHS/FMS Music Department is proud to present "Safe and Sound," a virtual concert which will premiere on YouTube at 7pm on March 26, 2021 at 7pm. (It runs just under 30 minutes and will play "live," but then will remain up at the link like a regular YouTube video following the premiere.)
Bands, Orchestras, Jazz, and more will be featured, including approximately 125 instrumental music students in grades 7-12.
We hope you can tune in for an eclectic mix of music in a creative virtual setting. Enjoy!
2019 - 2020 School Year
Mr Day's 2019-2020 Middle and High School
Band and Orchestra Ensembles
Mr Day's FMS and HHS students have been working together since mid-April on virtual ensemble pieces during this distance learning time. Students learned music at home and ultimately used "conductor cam" videos (which included metronome, guide tracks, and Mr Day conducting) in order to record themselves playing their individual parts. Their videos were then lovingly combined through the magic of modern technology (and a couple of professional helpers!) to create the effect of musicians playing together.
"Needless to say, we terribly miss the experience of making music in the same room, but this project has been a great source of creative focus and positive energy during these challenging times. Please click on the images below to view both videos. I hope it brings you some joy to see how we were able to come together in pursuit of making something beautiful. Please enjoy and feel free to share!" - Mr Day
Eric Day, ConductorMusic edit and mix by Jennifer DunningtonVideo edit by Lucas Tahiruzzaman SyedAll student recordings used with parental permissionThanks to teachers Mr. Rubino, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Concra, and RiverArts instructor Barbara Allen for their videos and support.
Drop in to hear Mr Riss in an all day marathon performance of all four Clavier-Übung volumes of J.S. Bach, live-streamed from Irvington Presbyterian Church!
Bach wrote four Clavier-Übung volumes, with each including in the title page some variation of the dedication "for music lovers and the refreshment of their spirits." For the curious, the first volume consists of the six partitas; the second, the Italian Concerto and French Ouverture; the third, a collection of organ works commonly referred to as the "German Organ Mass,"; and the fourth, Bach's well-loved Goldberg Variations.
Mr. Riss will present all four volumes in a marathon harpsichord, piano, and organ concert on Saturday, June 6th from 12:00 noon until approximately 6:00 PM
ZOOM: HHS Virtual Open Mic Night!
This Thursday, June 4th, we will be hosting a HHS Virtual Open Mic Night over Zoom at 5pm! We have some great acts already signed up and are hoping some more will jump in by Thursday (students can use the link below to sign up).
So far some musicians are doing NYSSMA solos they didn't get to perform since festivals were canceled, others are doing singer/songwriter covers and originals, and one or two are doing classical piano pieces.
We're hoping this will be a nice way to bring the community together and give the students a venue to perform, and naturally families are invited to tune in and enjoy the performances.
See Zoom info below, as well as the link for sign-up. Hope to see you there!
Thursday, Jun 4, 2020 5:00 PM
Meeting ID: 792 6071 1508
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HHS Winter Concert Thur Dec 19th
Dr. William Tonissen (conductor and music educator who teaches Band at White Plains HS) working with the HHS Band on stage as final prep for Thursday's concert.
