Student Sonata

Upper School students in Rochelle Itzen's Chamber Players class performed at the Vineyard Theatre on March 7. View photos here and a video of the performance here, or watch below.

 

Chamber Players is a class for instrumentalists who enjoy playing with an ensemble. The repertoire ranges from classical works and familiar movie themes to rock and pop arrangements. In recent years, Chamber Players has performed Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite, Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles, and music from the Harry Potter soundtracks by John Williams. The orchestra periodically performs larger-scale masterworks in conjunction with the Upper School Chorus. Representative compositions have included Gloria by Vivaldi and Schubert’s Mass in G. The students perform together as a chamber orchestra and also rehearse and perform in smaller groups drawn from the larger ensemble. There are two concerts per year, one in December and one in May. In addition, the students perform at an annual “Recital Night” in late February or early March, which showcases the smaller ensembles and solo presentations by each musician. Other performance opportunities often arise throughout the year.