By Akane Fujimura
The Homer High School choir, swing choir, jazz band and band performed their Fall Concert on October 24, 2011 in the Mariner Theater.
After 10 weeks of practice, the choir performed six songs, including “Lacrymosa” from the Mozart’s Requiem. It honored the 10th anniversary of 9.11.
The song called “Dulaman” was absent, as Owen Duffy, one of the soloists, was absent that day. “He worked so hard on his solo part to prepare for the concert,” said Mr. Robinson, the choir teacher. Owen will have a second chance performance to perform the song in the Spring Concert.
Members of the audience said the swing choir and the jazz band performed well. Tian-En-Liu, a sophomore in the jazz band, noted the “Moonlight Serenade” performance. “I think we did very well and the dynamic was perfect. We should perform together again at the next concert.”
“We did way better than we did in practice,” Molly Duggan, a junior in the band said. “Especially in a song called ‘The Blue and the Gray’, the clarinets and the flutes pulled out together nicely, which was awesome. I really enjoyed the concert.”
All the musicians started to work on the Winter Concert songs right away. It’s coming December 12.