Kicking Off Spring Concerts
A Night of Jazz starts off the spring music department concerts in the cafeteria at 6 p.m. Sherwood’s Jazz band, under the guidance of Alex Silverbook, has been preparing since earlier this spring. Along with the Jazz concert, the Spring Instrumental Concert will be held in the Ertzman on May 6 at 7:30 p.m. Both feature several of the same students that participate in the bands at Sherwood.
“Practice during band can get spacey since often we’ll be preparing for Rock N’ Roll revival. But once it’s done we continue everyday to go through all songs we intend to play at the concert,” said senior Nish Desai. Desai has been a part of the music department for three years. “My favorite part about being in band is learning from each other,” said Desai about his time in band. “We’ve all had different levels of training so being able to teach and be taught by other musicians is always beneficial.”
There are some differences between this year and previous years. “Last year we lost a lot of our musicians, but this year we really bounced back under the guidance of Mr. Silverbook. Though we have different strengths as a band this year than we did last year, we still always come together to perform fully,” said Desai.
Senior Martin Mueller is participating in all four Spring concerts, including both band events, the Spring Chamber Singers Concert, April 24, and the Spring Choral Concert, May 8. He has been in Chambers for two years and band for four years. “[We started preparing] about two months ago,” said Mueller. “We’re a lot better than previous years.”
Rehearsals for the Spring Choral Concert were affected by the unexpected and large amount of snow days MCPS had in February and March. “We have had a lot of rehearsals for our spring concert outside of school so that we are better prepared,” said senior Ashley Magliaro. Magliaro has been in Chambers for three years. “Being in Chambers … is really comfortable for me, we are like a big family,” expressed Magliaro.
Chambers this year is preparing to travel Europe, specifically Italy and France. According to Magliaro, “sophomore year and junior year we did a lot of the same songs … this year we picked up a lot of new repertoire.”
The Spring Chamber Singers Concert will be at The Lutheran Church of St. Andrew and they will start at 7:30 pm and the Spring Choral will be held in the Ertzman Theatre , also starting 7:30 pm.
Bill Evans is the teacher in charge of Chambers and most of the choruses. “[Spring concerts are] a great sharing time for the students where the students from each group get to watch the other groups,” said Evans.