FEBRUARY CONCERTS AND SHOWS
Coming to EBPAC on Tuesday, February 3 @ 7:00 PM
All EB students free!
BALL IN THE HOUSE (with guests the Warnsdorfer Chorus)!
Following in the path of classic harmony groups like Boyz II Men, The Temptations, and Take 6, while incorporating the pop and neo-soul influence of artists like Bruno Mars, Daft Punk, and Pharrell Williams, five member veteran vocal band, Ball in the House, will move audiences with their music.
A review from the Boston Globe put it very succinctly - "Ball in the House has everything you would expect to find in a successful pop/rock band....the one thing it doesn't have is instruments."
Purchase Adult/Senior Tickets Here (All EB Students Free)!
Wednesday 2/4/2015 Chittick Winter Concert (This is the rescheduled date)
Chittick Elementary School, 7:00 PM
Thursday, February 5 --this is the rescheduled date
The daytime festival brings together approximately 800 students in grades 3-12 that love to sing!
Join us for the evening version of the festival for performances by all attendees including the All District Elementary Chorus, Hammarskjold Chorus, Churchill Junior High School Chorus, and the East Brunswick High School Concert Choir, Bella Voce, and Men's Ensemble. 7:00 PM at EBPAC @ Hammarskjold!
Join us for the evening version of the festival for performances by all attendees including the All District Elementary Chorus, Hammarskjold Chorus, Churchill Junior High School Chorus, and the East Brunswick High School Concert Choir, Bella Voce, and Men's Ensemble. 7:00 PM at EBPAC @ Hammarskjold!
Special CJHS Orchestra Event
DATE: Friday, February 6, 2015 TIME: 8:00 am – 9:45 am
LOCATION: CJHS Cafetorium
On February 6th, Churchill JHS will host an event featuring award-winning journalist Joanne Lipman and Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Melanie Kupchynsky, authors of Strings Attached: One tough teacher and the gift of great expectations. The true story of Melanie’s father Jerry Kupchynsky, former EBHS Orchestra teacher and Supervisor of Music, Strings Attached is a powerful memoir about resilience in the face of unspeakable tragedy and triumph over adversity. Having survived a horrific childhood in Nazi controlled Ukraine, Jerry transformed his own heartache into a legacy of joy for the hundreds of students who he taught not just to play an instrument or be part of an orchestra, but to be disciplined, develop confidence, and to believe in themselves.
Telling the story of Jerry’s Kupchynsky’s extraordinary life would be incomplete without the inclusion of music. In addition to a solo violin performance by Melanie, both authors will join the Churchill Advanced Orchestra, conducted by Jerry’s former student Dr. Anna Braun, in a performance of his Ukrainian Folk Song Suite. The event will end with a question and answer session. Thanks to a generous Churchill PTA grant for a class set of books, Churchill Orchestra students have been reading excerpts from Strings Attached in preparation for this event. Staff members are welcome to drop in at any time, or Churchill teachers can bring their classes.
For more information about Strings Attached, go to http://stringsattachedbook.com/
A student reflection on the book:
"Music basically was the world to Mr. K. He learned to play
music at a young age when he escaped to America and later on found a love for
teaching music, but to him it was more than that. He felt a calling for teaching
- he wouldn't dream of doing anything else. Music helped him through harder
times in life like when he was in Ukraine and he heard the German playing the
violin. He was completely enraptured. In addition, when his daughter Stephanie
went missing the only thing he could do to keep himself sane was to continue
teaching while his daughter Melanie played music to cope with her despair.
Overall, Mr. K spent almost his entire life playing and teaching music so he had
a profound love for it. To me, music is an integral part of my life although I
can't say I love it as much as Mr. Kupchynsky did; I'm not sure anyone can. I
simply love music-when I'm sad, listening to music cheers me up. Also I get
frustrated a lot with different things and music helps me cope and cheer up.
However, as much as I love listening to music, I love playing it almost as much.
To me, there is no better feeling than practicing new, exciting, and hard pieces
for months in orchestra and all of that practicing culminating in a concert.
Playing music is such a fun and amazing experience. I don't know what I would do
if music didn't exist or I never chose to play an instrument." -D.Z.
Wednesday, February 11 (AM) --this is the rescheduled date
180 Elementary Band students descend upon East Brunswick High School to listen to the EBHS Wind Ensemble and play side by side with them!
Wednesday, February 11 (PM) --this is the rescheduled date
225 Elementary Strings students descend upon East Brunswick High School to listen to the EBHS Chamber Orchestra and play side by side with them!
THEATRE ARTS
The Churchill Junior High School Drama Club
presents
A Night of One-Act Plays
The Love Doctor by Moliere
The King just lost his wife and now his daughter wants to get
married. Not if he can help it. In this hilarious tale, each character tries
to outsmart the other and it turns into a circus of deception, cured only when
the Love Doctor appears.
Tick Talk by Lindsay Price
In Tick Talk kids have a lot to say, but no way to say it. What happens when a character has just one word to express hopes, fears, and frustrations? What if they have something terribly important to say but can't? Set in 1999, right before the new millennium, kids are worried about the end of the world, bullying, acceptance and relationships. This play is a cacophony of one-word teenage angst that challenges our notion of communication.
CONGRATULATIONS to the following *Churchill Junior High School and Hammarskjold Middle School students and their teachers *Kathryn Reid and Judith Weiss for acceptance into the following honors ensemble:
*Aleda Jomy CJMEA Intermediate Regional Chorus
*Mary
Georgis CJMEA Intermediate Regional Chorus
*Rachel Lee CJMEA Intermediate Regional Chorus
Julian Ade CJMEA Intermediate Regional Chorus
Krish Desai CJMEA Intermediate Regional Chorus
Anne Gambourg CJMEA
Intermediate Regional Chorus
Priyal
Garg CJMEA Intermediate Regional Chorus
Ayman Khalil CJMEA Intermediate Regional Chorus
Eunice Kim CJMEA Intermediate Regional Chorus
Vivian Lee CJMEA Intermediate Regional Chorus
Fiona Liu CJMEA Intermediate Regional Chorus
Sally Lynch CJMEA Intermediate Regional Chorus
Alankrita
Murari CJMEA Intermediate
Regional Chorus
Cayleigh
Quiles CJMEA Intermediate Regional Chorus
Smita
Rosemary CJMEA Intermediate
Regional Chorus
Alexander
Suponya CJMEA Intermediate Regional
Chorus
Vritika Thadani CJMEA
Intermediate Regional Chorus
Maria Vypryazhkin CJMEA
Intermediate Regional Chorus
Tina Zheng CJMEA Intermediate Regional Chorus
There will be an award
ceremony and slide presentation on the opening night at the Montclair Art
Museum celebrating the Gold and Silver Key winners. Yingru's four works that received a
Gold Key award at the regional level will then be forwarded to the National
Scholastics Art and Writing Awards for consideration for further recognition.
National adjudication occurs in March with award ceremony and exhibitions the
first week of June.
AWARD CEREMONY & RECEPTION:
Thursday February 12, 6 – 9
pm
6pm Exhibition Preview
7:30 pm Award Ceremony
EXHIBITION DATES:
February 12 – March 22, 2012
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