Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts

12.11.2025

Dimensions: Celebrate! Music Concert #207Now @mainewestfab

 

This year’s Dimensions Concert lit up the auditorium with joy and energy! Students from band, choir, and orchestra came together, creating a night filled with color, connection, and the pure fun of making music as a community.

The theme Celebrate came to life in every piece. Ensembles highlighted moments of triumph, gratitude, and shared experience, reminding everyone why the arts matter so much in our school. From start to finish, the concert felt like a joyful look at everything our students have worked toward this year—performing together, supporting one another, and sharing music that means something to them.

Congratulations to all of the student musicians and their directors - Mr. Bernie Gerstmayr, Ms. Stefanie Herrera and Ms. Daniella Valdez - on a fantastic performance!

Many more pictures from tonight's concert may be found HERE.

The concert program may be found HERE

Thank you to WMTH and Ms. Rebecca Fisher for video recording tonight's concert. Enjoy their production below:

Thank you to the Maine West Fine Arts Boosters for supporting - both financially and through volunteer efforts - a pizza dinner that was served to all student participants - on stage and behind the scenes!


2.15.2022

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

10.19.2021

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