Winter concert of the Boardman bands set
Neighbors | Submitted.Senior Francesca Clause will perform a solo on the oboe at the winter concert of Boardman bands on March 4 at 7 p.m. Clause plays clarinet in the Spartan marching band and theater orchestra and tenor sax in jazz ensemble 3. Clause will pursue a degree in music at Youngstown State University in the fall..
The winter concert of the Boardman bands will take place on March 4 at 7 p.m. in the Boardman Performing Arts Center.
The concert will feature the combined freshman/concert band, symphonic band and wind ensemble, as well as the percussion ensemble and Reverse Osmosis (RVO). Musical selections will include “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” “Oye Como Va,” “Pevensey Castle,” “Legends in the Mist,” “Arabesque,” “Light Cavalry Overture” and “St. Louis Blues.” The percussion ensemble will open the concert with “Jazz Variants,” a piece the group performed at the recent OMEA Solo and Ensemble event. The band’s newest ensemble, RVO is a sax/brass/percussion octet inspired by a New York subway and street performing group. RVO will perform a sax quartet piece called “Fallout.”
Also performing at the concert will be senior soloist Francesca Clause on oboe. She will be accompanied by the wind ensemble as she performs two movements of the “Oboe Concerto in C Minor” by Alessandro Marcello. Clause is a student of Loyal B. Mould who was one of the band directors in the Boardman Schools many years ago. In addition to being the principal chair oboist in the BHS wind ensemble and symphony orchestra, Francesca plays clarinet in the Spartan marching band and theater orchestra, and tenor sax in jazz ensemble 3. The concert will allow the symphonic band and wind ensemble to perform the music they are preparing for OMEA District 5 Large Group Adjudicated Event – more commonly known as “band contest.”
High school concert bands from northeast Ohio will perform three selections for judges, then play a piece they have never seen before for a separate judge. The judges issue ratings based on five levels of performance criteria. Boardman bands consistently earn superior and excellent ratings each year. The wind ensemble is one of only two groups in District 5 entering in Class AA which requires the most difficult music. Symphonic band performs in Class C.
The event takes place at Howland High School on March 6. Donations of $3 for adults and $2 for students will be accepted at the door for the March 4 concert. Senior citizens will be admitted free of charge. The Boardman bands are under the direction of Thomas M. Ruggieri, Timothy P. Tuite, Steven C. Chambers and Michael J. Shevock.