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"Bang Bang, You're Dead" at Warren Performing Arts Center

 

 

Warren Township Middle School

Concert Festival

 

March 8 & 9, 2010
 

The Warren Central Performing Arts Department is excited to welcome Warren Middle Schools' band, choir, and orchestra students in performance at the inaugural Warren Township Music Festival on Monday, March 8th and Tuesday, March 9th.  Please attend and support your hard-working student musicians and directors.  Admission is free, and all performances will take place at Warren Central’s Performing Arts Center.  The full schedule is below.  If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Grady Emmert at 532-6272.  We hope to see you there!

 

 

View the Schedule Here
 

 

 

Warren Central Jazz Ensemble

A jazz combo composed of selected members of the Warren Central Jazz Ensemble played at Heather Hills Elementary School on Friday, February 12 as part of their Living Black History Museum.  The combo, featuring two saxophones, bass, drums, and vibraphone, performed selections including “Song for My Father” by Horace Silver, “Watermelon Man” by Herbie Hancock, and “So What” by Miles Davis.  The performance was enjoyed by a very enthusiastic crowd of Heather Hills students and teachers. 

 

 

Volunteers Needed!

 

Warren Central has the unique honor of hosting the 2010 Music for All National Festival on Friday, March 5 and Saturday, March 6, featuring some of the nation’s best middle and high school concert bands.  We need your help to staff the event.  Take the following steps to volunteer:

 

 

 

Please sign-up to volunteer as soon as possible!  In addition to earning service hours, you will have a unique opportunity to hear high-quality performances.  The deadline to sign-up is Friday, February 26.

 

Theatre for Haiti

You’re invited: Theatre for a good cause!  The Warren Central High School Performing Arts Department proudly presents “Theatre for Haiti,” February 25-27.  Tickets are now available for this evening of four one-act plays, each directed by a Warren Central theatre student; all proceeds go to rebuilding efforts in Haiti.  Plays include: Bang Bang You’re Dead by William Mastrosimone, directed by sophomore Molly Lewis; Check, Please by Johnathan Rand, directed by senior Tad Durham; Surprise, directed by junior Daryl Hollonquest; and Take Five, directed by senior Alexandria Piers.  “We shouldn’t underestimate the arts’ impact on society,” says theatre teacher Carrie Reiberg.  “Our students and staff are proud to support those affected by last month’s earthquake in Haiti.  It’s an opportunity for us to use theatre to make a difference.”  Performances are February 25-26 at 7 PM and February 27 at 2 PM and 7 PM.  Tickets $8; limited seating is available in the Warren Performing Arts Center Studio Theatre. 

For more information, call the WPAC Box Office at 317-532-6280.

 

 

Warren Central World Class Winterguard Presents

 

Warren Performing Arts Center to Host

National Music Festival

  

Performance schedules are now available for the Music for All National Festival, presented by Yamaha, which will bring outstanding student musicians from around the country to Indianapolis March 4-6, 2010.  The festival comprises the National Concert Band Festival, Sandy Feldstein National Percussion Festival and three national honor ensembles:  the Honor Band of America, the Jazz Band of America, and the Honor Orchestra of America.

 

The Warren Performing Arts Center has the honor of hosting the Sandy Feldstein National Percussion Festival on Friday, March 5th, and the Middle School National Music Festival on Friday, March 5th and Saturday, March 6th.  Additional performance venues for Festival events include Clowes Memorial Hall and Hilbert Circle Theatre.  Festival concerts at Warren Performing Arts Center are free to the public.  Performance schedules are available at www.musicforall.org/programs/mfanf/.

 

In addition to performing, the nearly 3,000 student musicians—representing 27 ensembles from 12 states—will participate in clinics and master classes, special sessions and social events and enjoy performances by their peers.  Larry Livingston, the 2010 Honor National Orchestra of America musical director and a longtime faculty member of the MFA National Festival, now in its 19th year, says that the festival participants’ experience of performing with other committed musicians in first-class concert halls is uniquely life-changing.

 

Music for All (MFA) is one of the nation’s largest and most influential organizations in support of active music-making.  Headquartered in Indianapolis, MFA combines regional and national music-event programming with awareness campaigns and advocacy aimed at expanding access to music in schools and communities.  Learn more at www.musicforall.org.

 

 

Costume Designer Visits WCHS Theatre

Theatre students in the Warren Central High School Performing Arts Department got a glimpse into the world of professional theatre careers with a visit from a local expert.  Nikki Maritch, Costume Shop Manager at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, shared stories and advice with theatre classes all day Thursday, January 28.  “Having Nikki here was an awesome capstone to the costuming projects that our beginning and intermediate theatre students just finished,” says theatre teacher Becky Schlomann.  “As head of costuming at Indiana’s premiere professional, nonprofit theatre, Nikki brought a real-world perspective to our class.  Our students have just been through the costume design and construction process, and that’s what Nikki does every day.  It was neat for them to compare their work to hers.  Opportunities like this help our students see that the arts can be a viable career option.”  Education and student outreach are central to the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s mission.  Learn more at www.irtlive.com .

 

 

Warren Performing Arts Center Named

'Top Performing-Arts Organization of 2009'

by the Indianapolis Business Journal

 

 

 

 

Indiana Business Journal

 

 

2010 Technical Theater

State Champions

This past weekend, our technical theatre students attended the annual Indiana State Thespian Conference at Vincennes University presented by the International Thespian Society.  This conference consisted of 25 high schools and over 700 students from across the state of Indiana!  During the weekend students participated in theatre workshops, met with dozens of colleges, watched other high school productions, mingled with fellow theatre students, and competed in acting and technical theatre competitions.  One competition in particular was the highlight of our weekend.

The Technical Theatre Olympics is THE state competition for technical theatre students.  44 students from 12 different schools (Including 4 students from Warren Central) competed this year.  The team competed against many intimidating teams such as Merrillville High School, Carmel High School, and Logansport HS.  The competition included five separate events that each student had to compete in separately.  These events tested the students endurance, knowledge of technical theatre, and agility.  These events are timed, calculated at the end of the competition, and added up to give each team a final time score.  For the past 5 years Carmel High School has placed 1st in the Technical Theatre Olympics while Warren Central remained absent from the conference during that time.  This year we returned after our 5 year hiatus to bring the honor back to Warren Central High School.  After a rigorous afternoon of competition the games were over.  Saturday evening it was announced that Warren Central High School finished 1st  in the Technical Theatre Olympics making us the new 2010 Technical Theatre State Champions.   Our trophy is a brand new ETC Source 4 Ellipsoidal.  This “trophy” is a lighting instrument that is a top of the line hanging spot light that will be put to great use in our different theatre spaces. 

The students on the team were Seniors Kirsten Jackley, Kevin Martin, Tyler Hinojosa, and Junior Jessica Newman.  In addition to our prestigious state championship title, Kirsten Jackely placed 3rd in the Lighting competition and Jessica Newman placed 4th.  Kevin Martin placed 4th in the Stage Knot competition. These students’ times were milliseconds away from placing 1st in the individual competitions.  All of the students who participated are the most talented, gifted, honorable, and respected students in our department.  They truly bring a high level of prestige and honor back to WCHS with this State Championship!  We are so grateful for all of the support MSDWT has given WCHS Theatre, the Warren Performing Arts Center, and all of the WCHS Performing Arts.  We look forward to continuing our legacy of high quality technical theatre, performance theatre, and performing arts for years to come.

 

Warren Township Middle School Jazz Ensemble

 

 

Middle school students, your chance to play in a jazz band is coming!  Jazz band will give you the opportunity to play different music, learn new skills, and play solos on your instrument.  Download the brochure or get a copy from your middle school band director.  Seventh and eighth grade saxophone, trumpet, trombone, percussion, bass, and piano players from Creston, Raymond Park, and Stonybrook are all eligible for membership.  Rehearsals will begin after Winter Break.  Please contact Mr. Verplaetse at mverplae@warren.k12.in.us if you have any questions.

 

 

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Warren Central High School Music Program Named

2010 GRAMMY Signature Schools Finalist

 

The GRAMMY Foundation has selected Warren Central High School’s Music Department as a 2010 GRAMMY Signature Schools Finalist for the fifth consecutive year.  As the GRAMMY Award signifies excellence in recording, the GRAMMY Signature Schools program annually honors exceptional public high school music programs across the country.  Music programs are awarded Signature School status based on the following Benchmarks for Evaluation:

o   Excellent instrumental and choral performance ensembles;

o   High quality instruction in multiple musical genres;

o   High quality instruction available to all students in non-performance courses (e.g. music theory, electronic music, etc.);

o   A variety of avenues to provide music education to a larger segment of the student body.

 

Warren Central is one of only three Indiana schools selected as a Signature Schools Finalists, and the only one to receive five consecutive Finalist honors.  The other Indiana Finalists are Rossville High School (Rossville) and West Vigo High School (Terre Haute).  All finalists must now submit recorded performance samples and additional information about their school music program.  GRAMMY Signature School Award winners will be announced in March 2010.  For more information about the GRAMMY Foundation, or to view a complete list of 2010 Signature School Finalists, log on to www.grammyintheschools.com.

 

 

Warren Central’s Music Department staff includes John Hilmer, Director of Bands and Performing Arts Department Chair; Edward Meckes, Jr., Assistant Band Director; Matt Verplaetse, Assistant Band Director; Daniel Darrough, Choir Director; Dustin Podgorski, Choir Director; Gradon Emmert, Orchestra Director; and Jill Wynalda, Piano Teacher and Performing Arts Department Secretary.

 

 

 

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