Chamber Music Night - An Evening of Beautiful Music featuring MW Orchestra Students #207Now @mworchestras #chambermusic #stringsrock

Students in the Maine West Orchestra program performed works of chamber music for friends and family members tonight in the Learning Resource Center. Chamber Music is music that is written for small ensembles, as opposed to large ensembles (like orchestras), and these works are intended to be performed in smaller, more intimate rooms, or "chambers." The LRC provided the perfect venue tonight.

Chamber music is much more demanding for individual musicians, as each person  has to hold their own on their part. In absence of a conductor, the ensemble must learn to communicate non-verbally in order to cue each other and help shape the musical phrase.

The students in the Maine West Orchestra Program performed very well tonight. Bravo, students! Thank you for sharing your music with us this evening!

More pictures and video clips can be found HERE. 

Maine West Student Musicians Earn All-District Honors @maine_west @mwhs207 #207Now #musiced #excellence

Maine West student musicians have earned placement into the 2021 Illinois Music Education (ILMEA) All-District Band, Choir and Orchestra. Audition videos were submitted to ILMEA, judged by a panel of professional musicians, and the top placing scores were selected for participation in the District 7 Honors Ensembles. These elite student musicians will be performing in the District Music Festivals on Saturday, November 6, 2021.

Selection to these ensembles is an incredible honor and accomplishment, a testament to years of practice. The Fine Arts faculty are tremendously proud of these students, who will be representing Maine West and District 207 at this prestigious event.

Congratulations to the following Maine West musicians earning ILMEA District Honors:

SENIOR CHORUS

Dulf Vincent Genis (12) - Bass

SENIOR ORCHESTRA

Augustus Freitag (12) - Cello

SENIOR BAND

Aurelia Lawson (11) - Flute 

To learn more about ILMEA, please visit their website.