SPFHS Music & Band Photos: Choral Groups

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Monday, May 30, 2016

SPFHS Music at Memorial Day Parade 2016

From 2016-05-30-MemDayParade

The SPFHS music program was well represented as always at the annual Memorial Day ceremonies in downtown Scotch Plains and the parade from there to downtown Fanwood. Here is an album of photos including the Marching Band, the choral group singing America the Beautiful, and the Rhythmsense float.

We also have video of the Marching Band and Guard in Fanwood.

Friday, April 24, 2015

SPFHS Music trip to Washington a big success

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Music Department's traveled to Washington in April to take part in a “Festivals of Music” competition. The musicians picked up many "excellent" and "superior" ratings, and two ensembles were best-in-show in their categories: the Men's Choir, which was named Best Overall Choir, and the Moonglowers, honored as Best Overall Jazz Ensemble.

The Fanscotian has a full article along with a list of all the SPFHS rankings and awards.

David Tice has posted this video from the winning performance by the Men's Choir.

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Singers showcased at SPFHS Caberet Night 2015

Student vocalists were the stars of "Caberet Night" at SPFHS on Feb. 11. The program included numerous solo performances plus numbers by Las Cantadoras, Sensations, Men's Choir, Chamber Choir, Select Choir and Concert Choir (pictured above, singing a medley from "Phantom of the Opera").

Here's an album of photos by Dan Murphy capturing most (but not all) of the performances. Please let us know if you have photos or videos of the show that we can add to the collection!

Monday, May 26, 2014

Marching Band in 2014 Memorial Day Parade (Video, Photos)

Continuing with tradition, the SPFHS Marching Band and Color Guard took part in the annual Scotch Plains-Fanwood Memorial Day Parade on May 26, 2014. The band played the National Anthem to begin the ceremonies in downtown Scotch Plains. It then joined the line of march down Park and Martine Avenues to the parade's conclusion in downtown Fanwood.

Also during the ceremonies in Scotch Plains, members of the high school choir sang "God Bless America."

Here's an album of photos of the band marching into downtown Fanwood, from band parent Dev Anjaria. (Click on this link or the image below to see the album.)

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

Spring Choral Concert 2014 - Photos

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School choirs and other singing groups presented a two-hour-long Spring Choral Concert on May 21.

Choral director Jan Allen noted that this year's seniors are the first class she has taught from freshman year to graduation - and that some of them also had been her students at Coles Elementary School.

The show wrapped up another wonderful spring-concert season at the school. We also have photos from the Spring Instrumental Concert and the District Jazz Night. As always, we welcome your contributions of photos and/or links to videos from these and any other SPFHS musical events.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Festivals of Music 2014 in Virginia Beach: Photos

The various SPFHS instrumental and choral groups and Winter Guard took part in a Festivals of Music competition in Virginia Beach on April 4-5.

Thanks to parent Erica Karakis, we have an extensive set of photos covering the performances - including the great shot above, of a light moment during a choral performance.

We're always happy to add more photos and videos from family and friends of our student musicians, so please contact us if you have any to add.

Here's the full album of photos, including some of the students relaxing between shows. Enjoy!

Sunday, April 13, 2014

District Choral Concert 2014 - Video

By way of TAPonTV, the YouTube channel of The Alternative Press, we have a couple of videos from the SPFHS District Choral Concert, held April 9 at the high school auditorium.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Flashback: All-States Mixed Choir 2013

Photo contributed by the Mulcahy family

This photo was taken at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on Nov. 17, 2013. These seven students represented Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School on the All-State Mixed Chorus that performed at NJPAC that evening, and at the Atlantic City Convention Center on Nov. 8, 2013.

The All-State Mixed Chorus is sponsored by the New Jersey Music Education Association. Students audition to be accepted to the chorus.

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Winter Choral Concert 2013: Photos

The very impressive lineup of SPFHS choirs and vocal ensembles took the stage Dec. 17 for the annual Winter Choral Concert. Here's a selection of photos by Dan - and as always we welcome your contributions!

Sunday, December 15, 2013

New videos added from Disney Trip 2013

We're always happy to add to our collection of SPFHS musicians, whether the images are fresh, less recent or historic.

We're now catching up on videos from the past year submitted by band parent Maria Mulcahy. We've added three from the May trip to Disney World: Maria's view of the Main Street Parade, and two videos from the Moonglower's performance. Click here to see them!

If you take photos or videos of upcoming SPFHS musical performances, or have shots of old shows, we'd be happy to share them here. Click here to e-mail Dan with photos, links or for instructions on uploading directly to our collection. Thanks!

Monday, May 27, 2013

Memorial Day 2013: Singing at ceremony, marching in parade (More photos added 6/6)

SPFHS musicians sang at the Memorial Day ceremonies in downtown Scotch Plains and then the Raiders Marching Band took part in the annual parade to downtown Fanwood.

Here's an album of photos that starts with members of the choir singing the National Anthem and follows the band and color guard along the parade route. There are also a couple of shots of Rhythmsense on a float.

(Photos by Dan Murphy, Susan Schuman and Julie Murphy)

In this video, the band steps off at the start of the parade in downtown Scotch Plains, and later marches into downtown Fanwood.

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Disney Trip 2013: Videos (Updated 12/15/13)

We're building our collection of videos from the SPFHS Music 2013 trip to Disney World.

Here are three videos of the Marching Band in the Magic Kingdom Parade. The first shows two views of the band marching and playing on Main Street in the rain. The second shows the parade from the opposite side of the street. And the third shows the band marching through a gate at the start of the parade - while they were still dry!

Next, thanks to the Tice family, two clips of the Symphonic Band performing on the Waterside Stage in Downtown Disney.

Thanks to Maria Mulcahy for these clips of the Moonglower's performance. First, some excerpts from songs featuring the group's vocalists.

Next, the Moonglowers perform Black Orpheus, featuring several instrumental solos. Enjoy!

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

SPFHS Musicians Take Disney World by Storm (Updated 6/6)

More than 300 SPFHS musicians took part in this year's music department trip to Disney World. The Marching Band took part in the park's nightly parade down Main Street in the Magic Kingdom and the school's various instrumental and choral groups performed at venues around the park.

The weather was rainy on and off, but as seen above, the students soldiered on - and park goers warmly greeted their performances.

Here is an album of photos contributed by a couple of our music parents. We hope to gather more over time from parents, chaperones, staff members and students. Enjoy - and please share your own pics and clips! (More photos added 5/18 and 6/6.)

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Do you hear the students sing? Cabaret Night 2013

Cabaret Night at the SPFHS auditorium was a big success, as a packed house listened to choral and solo performances of songs from stage and screen. Here's a brief video clip of the last chorus of the medley from Les Miserables that closed the show.

Below are photos taken by Dan during the Les Mis medley. Please help us add to this album! If you have photos or videos of this show, please share them. Learn how!

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Coming up: Pops Concert, Day of Percussion, Caberet Night

A scene from Pops Concert 2012

The SPFHS Pops Concert, featuring the school's various instrumental ensembles, is coming up this week, on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. To get in the mood, have a look back at some photos and video clips of last year's show.

On Saturday , Feb. 9, our school will host its annual Day of Percussion, featuring performances by percussion ensembles from SPFHS and several other schools, plus clinics by four outstanding performers and educators. See this flyer for more details.

And Wednesday, Feb. 13, will be Cabaret Night in the high school auditorium, starting at 7:30 p.m. Come hear a variety of music from musicals, movies and more. There will be many solo performances in addition to choral arrangements of selections from Irving Berlin, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Les Miserables.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Scenes from the 2012 Winter Choral Concert

Here's a selection of photos from the Dec. 18 Winter Choral Concert at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. If you have more images of this event to share, please contact us!

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Winter Choral Concert 2012: Concert Choir Finale

With the holidays approaching, the SPFHS music department presented its Winter Choral Concert on Dec. 18, featuring performances by the Concert Choir, Men's Choir, Chamber Choir, Select Choir, Sensations, Las Cantadoras and of course the 235-member-strong Concert Choir.

Here's a clip of the Concert Choir's final number of the evening, "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)," with solos by William, Julie, Molly and Julia, accompanied by Alexander on piano, Panayiotis on saxophone, Lonny on bass and Enayi on drums.

Monday, May 28, 2012

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Memorial Day Parade 2012

The Memorial Day commemoration in Scotch Plains and Fanwood included performances by the SPFHS Raiders Marching Band, the Chamber Choir and Rhythmsense.

Here are a few photos taken before the parade began. A video is posted separately.

Do you have pictures or videos to share? Please contact us!

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Congratulations on great performances in Boston

Our musical students traveled to Boston April 19-22 to take part in a Festival of Music evaluation program.

WERE YOU THERE?
DID YOU TAKE PICTURES?

We're looking for photos
of our SPFHS musicians on the
2012 Spring Evaluation Trip
to Boston.

PLEASE SHARE YOUR
PHOTOS OR VIDEOS!

Please e-mail Dan to add
your images to our collection.
Thanks!

Twelve schools from Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia and Canada participated. The ensembles were given ratings of superior, excellent, good, fair or poor.

Here are the results for Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School:

SELECT CHOIR: Superior, 1st Place
CONCERT CHOIR: Superior, 1st Place, Best Overall Mixed Choir
LAS CAN: Superior, 1st Place
CHAMBER CHOIR: Superior, 1st Place, Best Overall Choir
MEN'S CHOIR: Excellent, 1st Place
CONCERT BAND: Excellent, 1st Place
JAZZ BAND A: Excellent, 1st Place
JAZZ BAND B: Excellent
PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE: Good
RHYTHMSENSE: Excellent, 2nd Place
WINTER GUARD: Excellent, 2nd Place
SPF JAZZ: Superior, 1st Place
MOONGLOWERS: Superior, 1st Place, Best Overall Jazz Band
WIND ENSEMBLE: Superior, 1st Place, William D. Revelli Award for Best Overall Concert Band
MOONGLOWER SAXOPHONE SECTION: Best Overall Section
NICK POULIOS: Outstanding Jazz Soloist, Outstanding Choral Accompanist.

Video: Festivals of Music-Boston 2012

We've found a couple of videos on YouTube from the April 2012 evaluation trip to the Festivals of Music in Boston. If you have or know of other videos, please send us links so we can add them to this collection.

Here, the Moonglowers perform "The Little Clam"
Next: The Moonglowers perform "Bugle Call Rag"

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