2013-14 past performances
STUDENT A CAPPELLA CONCERT
May 29 @ 7:30 pm
Dance Studio 1A in Tappan Gym
Free admission.
Here's your chance to catch all of Brookline High School's acclaimed student-run a cappella groups in one night. Perfect Pitch, Note-a-fy, and Testostatones join forces for a dynamite evening of song, with material ranging from jazz classics to hit indie tunes. This popular concert tends to pack 'em in, so get there early! For more information, call Michael Driscoll, 617-713-5322.
SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL
May 20 & 21 @ 7:30pm Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
One of Brookline High School’s liveliest musical traditions, the Spring Music Festival brings together—for two nights—all the school’s faculty-instructed music ensembles: Concert Choir, A cappella Choir, Camerata, Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Orchestra. Each night is a different program, with music ranging from classical favorites to today’s hits. A highlight of the Wednesday concert will be "Joy Arise," a combined work for all three choirs, both bands, & orchestra (that’s 250 singers and instrumentalists!) specially arranged and composed for the occasion by former BHS Orchestra director Steven Lipsitt. Festival repertoire also includes music of Vivaldi, Beethoven, Debussy, Persichetti, Gershwin, Otis Redding, John Williams and more.
NEEDS IMPROVMENT
May 2, 7:30 PM
Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
Brookline High School’s talented improv troupe can make a mountain out of a molehill and turn a phrase inside out in the blink of an eye. Their array of short and long-form skits require fast thinking, quick wit, and an ability to roll with the punches — not to mention a willingness to play the fool to hilarious effect. This benefit performance gives you a chance to laugh 'til it hurts and lend a helping hand at the same time. Bring a canned donation for Needs Improvment’s food drive for the needy.
PROGRESSIONS 2014
DANCE CONCERT
May 8, 9, and 10 at 7:30 PM
Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
Students $5, adults $10. 8th-graders FREE
Progressions 2014 will be the dance event you'll not want to miss this year! Over 100 students will perform works by the dance faculty and students to music by Beyonce, Black Violin, Cirque du Soleil and others. This year's theme is color: each teacher has picked a favorite color and choreographed dances to best represent it. Also on the program are a work by independent choreography student Aubrey Johnson, plus a senior dance collective choreographed and danced by twelve of the dance department's finest.
JAZZ BAND CONCERT
April 10 & 11, 7:30 PM
Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
CAMERATA AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Vivaldi, Gloria
April 1, 7:30 PM, BHS Atrium
A spectacular production of Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria was performed by Brookline High School's Camerata and Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Michael Driscoll. Vivaldi's exuberant Gloria has enjoyed universal appeal since it was discovered in the 1920s amongst some of the composer's lost manuscripts nearly two centuries after his death. The performance featured a student orchestra along with professional baroque trumpeter, Bruce Hall. Solos were sung by members of the choir. Tickets $5 (elementary students attend for free) at the door. For more information, please email: Mike_Driscoll@brookline.k12.ma.us
ALL-TOWN STRING ORCHESTRA CONCERT
March 26, 7:00 PM, Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium.
Admission is free.
The Brookline High School Orchestra performed a joint concert with two of Brookline's elementary school ensembles: Brookline Youth Orchestra and the Townwide Orchestra. The program featured Grieg's Holberg suite, one of the masterpieces in the string repertoire, as well as music from "The Lord of the Rings" and a chamber works by Schubert.
ACCAPELLAFEST
March 14, 7:30 PM, March 15, 6:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Dance Studio 1, Tappan Gym.
STATE-WIDE DRAMA COMPETITION
The cast of "V for Vendetti"* celebrated their advancement to the next round of competition in the state-wide drama competition March 12 at 3:30 PM and March 13 at 7:30 PM in Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium. The previous Saturday BHS thespians went head to head with schools from around the State performing short works (under 40 minutes each) as part of the Mass Educational Theater Guild's state-wide drama competition including over 100 schools at 14 different sites. Competition was fierce, but Brookline was a cut above, and the judges chose BHS to advance to the next round of competition.
The BHS Orchestra performs
CHAMBER MUSIC
March 10, 7:30 PM, Black Box.
Members of the BHS Orchestra will perform duets by Bach, Vivaldi, and Havorsen; a Schubert string quartet; Elgar's Serenade for Strings; and more.
STATE FESTIVAL PLAY
March 12, 3:30 PM, March 13, 7:30 PM
Dance Studio 1, Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium.
Spring Play
SHE KILLS MONSTERS
March 5, 3:30 PM, March 6 & 7, 7:30 PM
March 8, 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM, Black Box Theater.
"She Kills Monsters" is the story of a young woman exploring her relationship with her sea sister, through the world of Dungeons and Dragons.
ReVISIONS
January 16, 17, Dance Studio 1.Thoroughly Modern Millie
BHS Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
February 5 at 3:30 PM (cancelled because of snow!)
February 6, 7 and 8 at 7:30 PM
Order a video of the performance.
View the program book.
Thoroughly Modern Millie is the story of a young country girl finding her way in New York City in the 1920's. Filled with mad capped characters, star-crossed lovers, and people pretending to be someone other than who they really are. Some of the best music written for the stage in decades.
$5 students/seniors $10 Adults
$15 - 4 show card Parents of cast
8th graders and BHS staff - Free
BHS Staff - Free
Emerson College Festival Play, "Marriage on the Rocks"
BHS Black Box Theatre
January 30 & 31 @ 7:30 PM
Tickets $5
Come see this quick-paced, witty play, directed by BHS Students Tova Rubenoff and J. Fletcher Hartman. Marriage on the Rocks explores different relationships between husbands and wives. The play centers around Lucy, a housewife, who unkowingly treats her adult neighbors as children because she is around her kids all the time. Cast includes Talia Putnoi, Trevor LaSalvia, Kako Yamada, Ellary Anderson, Boe Herraiz, Harry Kalish, Alexandra Dennis, Matthew Morgan, and Salome Henry.ReVisions
January 16 & 17 @ 7:30pm Dance Studio 1, Tappan Gym
Needs Improvment
Jan. 10th @ 7:30 pm Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
Brookline High School’s talented improv troupe can make a mountain out of a molehill and turn a phrase inside out in the blink of an eye. The group’s array of short and long-form improvisation skits require fast thinking, quick wit, and an ability to roll with the punches – not to mention a willingness to play the fool to often hilarious effect. This benefit performance gives you a chance to laugh 'til it hurts and lend a helping hand at the same time – bring a canned donation or two for Needs Improvment’s food drive for the needy.
May 29 @ 7:30 pm
Dance Studio 1A in Tappan Gym
Free admission.
Here's your chance to catch all of Brookline High School's acclaimed student-run a cappella groups in one night. Perfect Pitch, Note-a-fy, and Testostatones join forces for a dynamite evening of song, with material ranging from jazz classics to hit indie tunes. This popular concert tends to pack 'em in, so get there early! For more information, call Michael Driscoll, 617-713-5322.
SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL
May 20 & 21 @ 7:30pm Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
One of Brookline High School’s liveliest musical traditions, the Spring Music Festival brings together—for two nights—all the school’s faculty-instructed music ensembles: Concert Choir, A cappella Choir, Camerata, Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Orchestra. Each night is a different program, with music ranging from classical favorites to today’s hits. A highlight of the Wednesday concert will be "Joy Arise," a combined work for all three choirs, both bands, & orchestra (that’s 250 singers and instrumentalists!) specially arranged and composed for the occasion by former BHS Orchestra director Steven Lipsitt. Festival repertoire also includes music of Vivaldi, Beethoven, Debussy, Persichetti, Gershwin, Otis Redding, John Williams and more.
NEEDS IMPROVMENT
May 2, 7:30 PM
Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
Brookline High School’s talented improv troupe can make a mountain out of a molehill and turn a phrase inside out in the blink of an eye. Their array of short and long-form skits require fast thinking, quick wit, and an ability to roll with the punches — not to mention a willingness to play the fool to hilarious effect. This benefit performance gives you a chance to laugh 'til it hurts and lend a helping hand at the same time. Bring a canned donation for Needs Improvment’s food drive for the needy.
PROGRESSIONS 2014
DANCE CONCERT
May 8, 9, and 10 at 7:30 PM
Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
Students $5, adults $10. 8th-graders FREE
Progressions 2014 will be the dance event you'll not want to miss this year! Over 100 students will perform works by the dance faculty and students to music by Beyonce, Black Violin, Cirque du Soleil and others. This year's theme is color: each teacher has picked a favorite color and choreographed dances to best represent it. Also on the program are a work by independent choreography student Aubrey Johnson, plus a senior dance collective choreographed and danced by twelve of the dance department's finest.
JAZZ BAND CONCERT
April 10 & 11, 7:30 PM
Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
CAMERATA AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Vivaldi, Gloria
April 1, 7:30 PM, BHS Atrium
A spectacular production of Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria was performed by Brookline High School's Camerata and Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Michael Driscoll. Vivaldi's exuberant Gloria has enjoyed universal appeal since it was discovered in the 1920s amongst some of the composer's lost manuscripts nearly two centuries after his death. The performance featured a student orchestra along with professional baroque trumpeter, Bruce Hall. Solos were sung by members of the choir. Tickets $5 (elementary students attend for free) at the door. For more information, please email: Mike_Driscoll@brookline.k12.ma.us
ALL-TOWN STRING ORCHESTRA CONCERT
March 26, 7:00 PM, Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium.
Admission is free.
The Brookline High School Orchestra performed a joint concert with two of Brookline's elementary school ensembles: Brookline Youth Orchestra and the Townwide Orchestra. The program featured Grieg's Holberg suite, one of the masterpieces in the string repertoire, as well as music from "The Lord of the Rings" and a chamber works by Schubert.
ACCAPELLAFEST
March 14, 7:30 PM, March 15, 6:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Dance Studio 1, Tappan Gym.
STATE-WIDE DRAMA COMPETITION
The cast of "V for Vendetti"* celebrated their advancement to the next round of competition in the state-wide drama competition March 12 at 3:30 PM and March 13 at 7:30 PM in Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium. The previous Saturday BHS thespians went head to head with schools from around the State performing short works (under 40 minutes each) as part of the Mass Educational Theater Guild's state-wide drama competition including over 100 schools at 14 different sites. Competition was fierce, but Brookline was a cut above, and the judges chose BHS to advance to the next round of competition.
The BHS Orchestra performs
CHAMBER MUSIC
March 10, 7:30 PM, Black Box.
Members of the BHS Orchestra will perform duets by Bach, Vivaldi, and Havorsen; a Schubert string quartet; Elgar's Serenade for Strings; and more.
STATE FESTIVAL PLAY
March 12, 3:30 PM, March 13, 7:30 PM
Dance Studio 1, Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium.
Spring Play
SHE KILLS MONSTERS
March 5, 3:30 PM, March 6 & 7, 7:30 PM
March 8, 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM, Black Box Theater.
"She Kills Monsters" is the story of a young woman exploring her relationship with her sea sister, through the world of Dungeons and Dragons.
ReVISIONS
January 16, 17, Dance Studio 1.Thoroughly Modern Millie
BHS Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
February 5 at 3:30 PM (cancelled because of snow!)
February 6, 7 and 8 at 7:30 PM
Order a video of the performance.
View the program book.
Thoroughly Modern Millie is the story of a young country girl finding her way in New York City in the 1920's. Filled with mad capped characters, star-crossed lovers, and people pretending to be someone other than who they really are. Some of the best music written for the stage in decades.
$5 students/seniors $10 Adults
$15 - 4 show card Parents of cast
8th graders and BHS staff - Free
BHS Staff - Free
Emerson College Festival Play, "Marriage on the Rocks"
BHS Black Box Theatre
January 30 & 31 @ 7:30 PM
Tickets $5
Come see this quick-paced, witty play, directed by BHS Students Tova Rubenoff and J. Fletcher Hartman. Marriage on the Rocks explores different relationships between husbands and wives. The play centers around Lucy, a housewife, who unkowingly treats her adult neighbors as children because she is around her kids all the time. Cast includes Talia Putnoi, Trevor LaSalvia, Kako Yamada, Ellary Anderson, Boe Herraiz, Harry Kalish, Alexandra Dennis, Matthew Morgan, and Salome Henry.ReVisions
January 16 & 17 @ 7:30pm Dance Studio 1, Tappan Gym
Needs Improvment
Jan. 10th @ 7:30 pm Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
Brookline High School’s talented improv troupe can make a mountain out of a molehill and turn a phrase inside out in the blink of an eye. The group’s array of short and long-form improvisation skits require fast thinking, quick wit, and an ability to roll with the punches – not to mention a willingness to play the fool to often hilarious effect. This benefit performance gives you a chance to laugh 'til it hurts and lend a helping hand at the same time – bring a canned donation or two for Needs Improvment’s food drive for the needy.
Winter Concert
December 19 @ 7:30pm Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
Tickets $5, FREE TO ALL ELEMENTARY STUDENTS
Brookline High School’s annual Winter Concert is the single best introduction to the wealth of music going on at BHS, and it’s one of the liveliest concerts of the year to boot. Jazz Band, Orchestra, Camerata, Concert Choir, A Cappella Choir, Concert Band — this one has it all! It’s a fabulous showcase for Brookline High School’s top musical ensembles. Don’t miss this rousing musical extravaganza by more than 200 of BHS' finest. This accessible and inexpensive family evening also offers Brookline’s elementary students an inspiring glimpse of what they have to look forward to at BHS (Admission free to Elementary Students).
Troublemaker – Freshman Play
December 11 @ 3:30pm,
Dec. 12 & 13 @ 7:30pm,
Dec. 14 @ 3:30pm & 7:30pm Black Box Theater
This year's Freshman Play is Troublemaker, or, The Freaking Kick-A Adventures of Bradley Boatright!, directed by Summer Williams. Bradley Boatright thwarts single dads who want to date his mom, defeats a diabolical video game mastermind, outwits an evil Superintendent, and plans his escape to the wilds of Business-Class Rhode Island. But the world Bradley sees may not quite be the same as the one in which he lives. Prepare to embark on a fast-paced epic adventure full of drama, danger and kicking A. The BHS Drama Society writes that "this zany, comic book stylized show promises to be super fun for everybody involved!
Improvised Music Festival
November 22 7:30pm Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
Brookline High School's ninth annual Improvised Music Festival is geared toward high school students and the general public. The festival invites musicians who are engaged in creating new paths in music. This year, BHS students join BB&N 's ensemble, closing with a set by alto saxophonist Jim Hobbs and bassist Winston Braman. Tickets $5 at the door.
The Winter's Tale
Nov. 6 at 3:30 PM, November 7-9 at 7:30 PM
students $5, adults $10, 8th-graders free.
Our production takes place in Sicila (Boston in our play) and Bohemia (North Carolina ), just before the Civil War breaks out in 1861. Leontes, an army general in Boston, becomes convinced that his nine-month pregnant wife Hermione is having an affair with Polixenes, his best friend, a general from Bohemia. [Polixenes has secretly fathered a child, Florizel, in Bohemia with an African-American woman with whom he is in a loving relationship.] Leontes is overcome by a fit of jealousy, and he sends Hermione to jail and plots to have Polixenes murdered. Hermione and Leontes’ daughter, Perdita, is born and is banished. The play then picks up sixteen years later in Bohemia, where Perdita has grown up. This is a tale full of wonder: ruined relationships lead to reconciliation and rebirth, a sheep shearing feast celebrates a young couple's love [despite their racial differences] and there is even an "exit pursued by a bear!" This production is suitable for older children--@ 7th grade up. Tickets may be purchased at the door of the Roberts/Dubbs.
December 19 @ 7:30pm Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
Tickets $5, FREE TO ALL ELEMENTARY STUDENTS
Brookline High School’s annual Winter Concert is the single best introduction to the wealth of music going on at BHS, and it’s one of the liveliest concerts of the year to boot. Jazz Band, Orchestra, Camerata, Concert Choir, A Cappella Choir, Concert Band — this one has it all! It’s a fabulous showcase for Brookline High School’s top musical ensembles. Don’t miss this rousing musical extravaganza by more than 200 of BHS' finest. This accessible and inexpensive family evening also offers Brookline’s elementary students an inspiring glimpse of what they have to look forward to at BHS (Admission free to Elementary Students).
Troublemaker – Freshman Play
December 11 @ 3:30pm,
Dec. 12 & 13 @ 7:30pm,
Dec. 14 @ 3:30pm & 7:30pm Black Box Theater
This year's Freshman Play is Troublemaker, or, The Freaking Kick-A Adventures of Bradley Boatright!, directed by Summer Williams. Bradley Boatright thwarts single dads who want to date his mom, defeats a diabolical video game mastermind, outwits an evil Superintendent, and plans his escape to the wilds of Business-Class Rhode Island. But the world Bradley sees may not quite be the same as the one in which he lives. Prepare to embark on a fast-paced epic adventure full of drama, danger and kicking A. The BHS Drama Society writes that "this zany, comic book stylized show promises to be super fun for everybody involved!
Improvised Music Festival
November 22 7:30pm Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium
Brookline High School's ninth annual Improvised Music Festival is geared toward high school students and the general public. The festival invites musicians who are engaged in creating new paths in music. This year, BHS students join BB&N 's ensemble, closing with a set by alto saxophonist Jim Hobbs and bassist Winston Braman. Tickets $5 at the door.
The Winter's Tale
Nov. 6 at 3:30 PM, November 7-9 at 7:30 PM
students $5, adults $10, 8th-graders free.
Our production takes place in Sicila (Boston in our play) and Bohemia (North Carolina ), just before the Civil War breaks out in 1861. Leontes, an army general in Boston, becomes convinced that his nine-month pregnant wife Hermione is having an affair with Polixenes, his best friend, a general from Bohemia. [Polixenes has secretly fathered a child, Florizel, in Bohemia with an African-American woman with whom he is in a loving relationship.] Leontes is overcome by a fit of jealousy, and he sends Hermione to jail and plots to have Polixenes murdered. Hermione and Leontes’ daughter, Perdita, is born and is banished. The play then picks up sixteen years later in Bohemia, where Perdita has grown up. This is a tale full of wonder: ruined relationships lead to reconciliation and rebirth, a sheep shearing feast celebrates a young couple's love [despite their racial differences] and there is even an "exit pursued by a bear!" This production is suitable for older children--@ 7th grade up. Tickets may be purchased at the door of the Roberts/Dubbs.