RECENT PERFORMANCES2016-2017 Performances (so far)Shakespeare: "Julius Caesar"
Nov. 2, 3:30 pm Nov 3, 4, & 5, 7:30 pm Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Read the Sagamore review here. Camerata/Orchestra Concert Nov. 10, 7:30 pm Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Needs Improvment and BETCo November 18, 7:30 pm Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Improvised Music Festival Dec. 2, 7:30 pm Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium BHS Freshmen Play: "The Phantom Tollbooth" Dec. 7, 3:30 pm Dec. 8 & 9, 7:30 pm Dec. 10, 3:30 pm & 7:30 pm The Black Box Milo, a kid who is bored with everything, comes home to find a mysterious package that leads to some amazing adventures! In order to cruise through the Land of Wisdom, Milo is forced to think differently. Armed with an E-Z Pass, she goes on a wild rescue mission with some friends she makes along the way. Winter Concert Dec. 16, 7:30 pm Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Volunteer! Tickets Our annual Winter Concert is the single best introduction to the wealth of music at BHS and one of the liveliest concerts of the year! Music Collective (advanced contemporary music ensemble), Orchestra, Concert Choir, A Cappella Choir, Camerata (auditioned choir), Concert Band — this is a fabulous showcase for Brookline High’s top musical ensembles. Don’t miss this rousing extravaganza, with more than 200 of BHS’s finest musicians performing works by Elfman, Gershwin, Berlin, and more. 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. Needs Improvment Jan. 6, 7:30 pm Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium All-Town Chorus Jan. 10 & 11, 7:00pm Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Emerson Festival Play: "Borne in the Clouds" Jan. 20 at 3:30 and 7:30 pm The Black Box Winter Musical: "Grease"
Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Advertise in the Program Book! Tickets Grease is the word, have you heard? This popular musical brings back the classic sounds of music from the 1950s, sets them in a high school in Southern California, and gives us a look into what it was like to be a teen back in the "good old days." Bring your parents, your grandparents, and don’t forget your friends, for a great evening of song and dance! Revisions Friday, February 10, 7:30 pm Saturday, February 11, 5:30 and 7;30 pm Dance Studio One, Tappan Gym ReVisions is the only Performing Arts show of the year to display the endless talent of student vocal groups, instrumental groups, dancers, choreographers, and actors on one stage! Held in the intimate setting of dance studio one in the Tappan Gym, this annual showcase is not to be missed. Tickets Chamber Music Festival Come hear our String Orchestra members in small groups performing a diverse, creative program. Wednesday, Feb. 15, 7:30 pm Black Box 2015-16 PerformancesShakespeare: "Lear"November 4, 3:30 p.m.
November 5, 6, 7, 7:30 p.m. Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Tickets $10 adults, $5 students. The BHS Drama Society is proud to present "Lear," our version of Shakespeare's timeless tragedy, "King Lear." It is set in the world of fashion, where Lear, a woman, is founder and CEO of Queen by Lear. On the eve of her retirement, she distributes the company to her daughters Goneril and Regan, but chaos strikes when her youngest daughter, Cordelia, refuses to participate in this publicity sham. Lear fires her abruptly, as well as her long-time personal assistant, Kent, and Lear's descent into madness begins. Due to the sophistication and violence of the subject matter, this production is suitable only for 8th graders and up. Tickets: $5.00 for students, $10.00 for adults, available at the door. Needs Improvment and BETCo November 12, 7:30 p.m. Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium "WARNING: CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE" Tis the season . . . end-of-quarter assessments, college applications, and nailbiting sports games. BETCo explores stress and pressure, calling into question whether it's all bad all the time. It has, after all, been around since the dawn of time . . . or at least that's how BETCo imagines it. And what would be better to relieve stress than a little laughter? Needs Improvment actually has a lot of laughter reserved for you. What could be better than that for a night out? Camerata/Orchestra Concert November 13, 7:30 p.m. Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Join us for first music BHS concert of the year, the annual Camerata-Orchestra Concert, featuring the BHS string orchestra and our auditioned choir, Camerata. The orchestra will perform “Andante festive” by Sibelius and Dvořákís Serenade No. 1. Camerata will perform the spiritual “Soon-ah Will be Done,” a “Fyer, Fyer” by Thomas Morley, Robert Pearsall's gorgeous “Lay a Garland,” and the Ray Charles hit “Hallelujah, I Love Her So.” The concert concludes with the choir and orchestra combining to perform a work by Mozart's teacher, Padre Martini, featuring vocal soloists. Improvised Music Festival November 20, 7:30 p.m. Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Freshman Play "The Giver" Based on the book by Lois Lowry December 9, 3:30 p.m. December 10 & 11, 7:30 p.m. December 12, 3:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. The Black Box Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control and safe. There is no war, fear, or pain. There are also no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. But when Jonas turns twelve, he is chosen for special training from The Giver, to receive and keep the memories of the community. The Giver is the only person who holds memories of real pain and real joy. Now Jonas will learn the truth about life—and the hypocrisy of his utopian world. Through this astonishing and moving adaptation, discover what it means to grow up, grow wise, and take control of your own destiny. Winter Concert Friday, December 18, 7:30 p.m. Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Needs Improvment January 8, 7:30 p.m. Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium All-Town Chorus January 12 & 13, 7:00 p.m. Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Revisions A cappella groups Perfect Pitch, The T-Tones and Note-a-fly, plus Needs Improvment Theater and dance premieres from the choreography class! Don't miss this wonderful winter show called "Revisions," Tickets are $5.00. January 14, 7:30 p.m. January 15, 3:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Dance Studio One Emerson Festival January 21, 7:30 p.m. January 22, 3:30 pm The Black Box "Dust Storms," a student-written and student-directed play, will be presented as part of the drama festival hosted by Emerson College. Musical: Best of Broadway February 3, 3:30 p.m. February 4, 5, & 6, 7:30 p.m. Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Chamber Music Festival February 11, 7:30 The Black Box Tickets are $5 at the door. Come hear music small groups of BHS Orchestra musicians have been preparing for this special concert: trios, quartets, and innovative arrangements of classical, pop, and contemporary music. Performed in the intimate setting of the Black Box Theatre, this is sure to be a concert to remember. State Drama Festival February 27, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium BHS is hosting this preliminary round of the Mass. High School Drama Festival! Seven schools will perform at BHS, and we need volunteers to sign up for two-hour shifts: 7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Please join us--especially during the 1:00 p.m. shift when BHS performs. Please email Lilly Harris, Student Production Assistant. "Catutstrophe" The BHS entry in the State Drama Festival March 9 & 10, 7:30 p.m. Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Acappellafest March 19, 4:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., Dance Studio 1, Tappan Gym Tickets $5 online here. (free to Brookline K-8 students). Here is your chance to catch all Brookline High School's a cappella groups: the A Cappella Choir directed by Michael Driscoll plus the student-led Perfect Pitch, Note-a-fy, and Testostatones. BHS's hilarious improv comedy troupe, Needs Improvment, adds humor to this family-friendly event. These popular concerts tend to sell out, so buy your tickets in advance. All-Town/BHS Orchestra March 23, 7:00 p.m., Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Come hear string-playing youth from all over Brookline perform a program of movie scores and works by Bartok and Tchaikovsky. John Ferguson directs the All-Town Orchestra, with students up to grade 8; Jorge Soto directs the BHS Orchestra. Choreography Class Performance March 24 & 25, 7:30 p.m., Dance Studio One Camerata Choir & Chamber Orchestra Masterwork Concert March 30, 7:30 p.m., BHS Atrium Antonio Vivaldi Magnificat, RV 610; Tomaso Ingegnieri Dixit Dominus; Giovanni Battista Martini Domine ad adjuvandum me festina. Tickets $5 online here. (Free to Brookline K-8 students.) Under the direction of Michael Driscoll, the BHS Camerata Choir and Chamber Orchestra perform works by Italian Baroque composers, featuring the first modern-day performance of Tomaso Ingegnieriís Dixit Dominus. We bring this work (arranged and edited by Bohemian composer Jan Dismas Zelenka for performances in Dresden) to life for the first time in over 250 years! The program also includes Vivaldi's exuberant Magnificat, likely written for the composer's high school students in Venice. The performance features soloists from the choir. For more information, please email Mike Discoll. Music Collective Spring Concerts March 31 & April 1, 7:30 p.m., Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Come hear the BHS Music Collective, our advanced instrumental music group, performing Mingus, Ornette, D'Angelo, Tower of Power, and more — with most of the arrangements by members of the ensemble. This will be the only time to hear these tunes before the Collective heads out to San Francisco in April. Members are Zach Altshuler, Evan Jacobson, Eddie Cipullo, Ian Mitchell, Eddie Lee, Jason Altshuler, Sammy Davies, Jesse Fletcher, Neda Morakabati, Shane Dahler, James Monaco, Jory Cherry, Tristan Geary, Hal Triedman, Alice Jennings, and Peter Fletcher. "The group is graduating eight seniors this year, so they are sounding pretty tight!" —Carolyn Castellano, Director Spring Play: "Baltimore" April 6, 3:30 p.m. April 7 & 8, 7:30 p.m. April 9, 3:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. The Black Box Come see the premiere production of "Baltimore," a brand new play by local playwright Kirsten Greenidge. Shelby is a busy student with plenty do outside of her responsibility to the students on her dormitory floor, but her plans are forced to change when a racially charged incident occurs on her watch. Suddenly her students demand she take sides. But choosing who to believe and how to act is complicated. Was the incident a joke? Or are its roots deeper than Shelby wants to admit? Does it speak to some part of the American experience which Shelby, despite being black, just does not know how to talk about? "Baltimore" explores the complexities of racism from the perspective of eight culturally diverse students. Following in the footsteps of last year's "Good Kids, Baltimore," this is the second work of a New Play Initiative established by the Big Ten Theatre Consortium. Progressions Dance Concert May 5, 6,& 7, 7:30 p.m. Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium $10 adults, $5 students & seniors, Free for Brookline K-8 students In our annual spring dance concert, the BHS dance teachers—S. Christien Polos, Kathleen Exar, and Mayra Hernandez—will present dancers from beginning, intermediate, and advanced classes, performing works using classical to contemporary music. We will also feature student works from the BHS choreography class and a dance by senior choreographers. Needs Improvment May 13, 7:30 p.m. Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Spring Music Festival May 17 & 18, 7:30 p.m. Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Tickets at the door. $5, Free for Brookline K-8 students VOLUNTEER SIGN-UP HERE! This is the end-of year-performance for all the choral and instrumental groups. More than 300 students will take the stage in a two-night performance showcasing a diverse repertoire -- each night is different! Tuesday: concert choir, a cappella, camerata, concert band. Wednesday: orchestra, samba drumming, combined choirs, camerata, music collective Student Directed Festival May 20, 7:30 p.m. May 21, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Black Box/Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Student-directed A Cappella Concert May 25, 7:30 p.m. The Black Box Needs Improvment Battle May 27, 7:30 p.m. Roberts/Dubbs Auditorium Carolyn’s Open Mics 7:00 p.m. in Band Room September 11, October 16, November 24, December 21, January 22 February 12, March 24, April 16, June 10. |
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