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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
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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.
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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. |
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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, di rected
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. |
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Warren
Central World Class Winterguard Presents
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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.
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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 .
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Warren
Performing
Arts
Center
Named
'Top Performing-Arts Organization of
2009'
by the Indianapolis Business Journal
Indiana Business
Journal
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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
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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.
Click HERE to get
more information
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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:
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Excellent instrumental
and choral performance ensembles;
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High quality instruction
in multiple musical genres;
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High quality instruction
available to all students in non-performance courses (e.g. music
theory, electronic music, etc.);
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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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The Metropolitan
School District of Warren Township