University of Illinois at NH Tonight!

Hello Choir Families,

This is just a reminder that everyone is invited to a free concert this evening at 7:00PM in the Middle School auditorium.  The University of Illinois wind ensemble and chamber singers will present a concert as part of their tour to New York City, where they will perform at Carnegie Hall.  Several of our choir families will join the instrumental families in hosting and housing their members overnight before they continue their travel to NYC tomorrow morning.  

Additionally, our own NH wind ensemble will open the concert by performing the pieces that they will perform at the PMEA State Conference in Lancaster next week.

If you are free and able to attend, we'd love to have a full audience to welcome our guests to North Hills.  Below is the complete news release we put out on social media a few days ago.

Have a great weekend.

Mr. Cloonan

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University of Illinois Wind Symphony and Chamber Singers to perform at North Hills while North Hills Wind Ensemble shares PMEA Preview 
Thursday, April 12th7PM Middle School Auditorium
 
The University of Illinois Wind Symphony and Chamber Singers, led by Director of Bands Dr. Stephen Peterson and Director of Choral Activities Dr. Andrew Megill, will perform a concert at North Hills en route to Carnegie Hall in New York City. The concert will be performed by two of the school’s flagship ensembles and will exemplify Illinois excellence, instill pride, and deepen engagement through a once-in-a-lifetime experience. In New York, the ensembles will be joined by soloists Nathan Gunn, Todd Payne, and Yvonne Redman for the debut of a newly commissioned work titled Gathering. 
 
The first half of the concert will feature the North Hills Wind Ensemble in their PMEA preview concert. On Thursday, April 19th, the Wind Ensemble will perform this same concert for the PMEA Convention Audience. The North Hills Bands have performed at either the PMEA All-State or NAfME All-East Conventions in 7 of the last 8 years. Their program will be as follows:
 
The Black Horse Troop, John Philip Sousa/Fennell
On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss, David Holsinger
Dance Movements, Philip Sparke
            II. Molto Vivo (for the Woodwinds)
Turbo Scramjet, William Pitts                    
Variations on a Korean Folk Song, John Barnes Chance
Galop, from Moscow, CheremushkyDmitri Shostakovich/Hunsberger
 
Please join us for this special event!