Music at MICCA this Week End

Five musical groups from the King Philip Regional School System and the Norfolk Freeman-Centennial School Band will be entered for evaluation in the Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association (MICCA) Festival on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 4-6. The public is invited to all events, at no charge.

King Philip North's Eighth Grade Band kicks off the performances at 4:30 PM on Friday at Hopkinton High School on Route 85. At 6:30 PM the same day, the King Philip High School Concert Band will perform, and at 8:30 PM, the King Philip High School Symphony Band will play, both at Hopkinton HS.

On Saturday, the Norfolk Freeman-Centennial School Band will perform at 10:30 AM at Hopkinton HS. At 10:30 AM the same day, the King Philip North Seventh Grade Band will perform, also at Hopkinton High.

The KP North Bands include the following students who auditioned for and won invitations to the Massachusetts Music Educators Association's Junior District Festival in March: Emily Fanty, flute; Kelsey Lovejoy, string bass; Christopher Bergerson, alto saxophone; Alexandra Yavarow, flute; Scott McVay, trombone; Michael Rayner, trombone; and Abigail Lambert, tuba.

At 12 Noon on Sunday, the King Philip High School Chorus will perform at Norwood Junior High School on Dean Street in Norwood.

All the performances will be followed by workshops with experts who help the students polish their performances. These workshops are open to all who attend the performances.

If any group receives a gold medal from the MICCA judges, the group will be invited to perform Saturday, April 26, at the annual Stars at Symphony at Boston's Symphony Hall or, on May 11, at Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood.

4/2/2003

###