By Mayli Martin
The last couple weeks have been an exciting time for Tremper’s music department. Last weekend was Choral Fest and a couple weeks before that was Band-O-Rama! It has been very exciting for them with working with their guest conductors and getting to perform at Indian Trail, and with it being a huge event with many schools packed in Indian Trail’s fieldhouse, it is definitely an exciting and busy day with rehearsals, preparations, and the magical night of the concert. Both events have been super successful with having two amazing nights of music, but there is still one left: Orchestra Fest!
On March 9th, Orchestra Fest will take place at Indian Trail with guest conductor Ms. Michelle Kaebisch. Ranging from fourth graders to seniors, many amazing orchestra selections will be performed, including a piece combining all students: “Peer Gynt.” It will be a magical experience with hundreds of students in a fieldhouse playing one piece, and it is always a fun time. Choral Fest and Band-O-Rama have been very successful so there is high anticipation for how Orchestra Fest will be, which is sure to be amazing as well.
One exciting detail about this year’s Orchestra Fest is that the combined high school orchestra will be playing an arrangement of “Wicked,” celebrating the news of the new Wicked movie coming out November 27th! The medley included the songs “No One Mourns the Wicked,” “The Wizard and I,” “Dancing Through Life,” “Popular,” and “Defying Gravity.” It is bound to be a magical performance which will raise excitement for the movie coming out, and with the official trailer being released at the SuperBowl, anticipation for the new movie with Arianna Grande and Cynthia Erivo is growing bigger the more that is released. With the orchestra performing this selection, it is bound to be a remarkable night!
This night will be semisweet, however, for it will be the seniors last Orchestra Fest. Tremper’s Orchestra Seniors include Enze Price, Ana Salcedo, Nicholas Warnock, Maya Dawson, and Elizabeth Whittier, and it will be very sad to see them all go. The seniors are very loved and appreciated, and they will be celebrating with getting their roses to wear during this special night as they take pictures and celebrate their last performance at ITHS. This time can be sad for everyone, teachers, seniors, friends, and families, but it is also an exciting time. Seniors will be missed, but make the night a moment to remember! Performances are always stressful, but have fun with it and spend time with the seniors because of their hard work and influence on everyone in orchestra.
With a sold out event, Orchestra Fest 2024 is bound to be an exciting night that everyone is looking forward to. Support by watching the Livestream on KUSD’s YouTube channel at 6:30 on March 9th to watch the event and to all students that are performing, good luck, have fun, and continue to make musical memories! Congratulations to all students that have performed at Choral Fest and Band-O-Rama and look forward to fun events for the music department!