Season. . . A Joyful Winter Concerts

By Debbie Blake Kerrick Director, Performing & Visual Arts Dept.

Music at GCDS rang in the holidays as students in all divisions had opportunities to perform Winter Concerts! While our venues may have been different, we kept the music alive in new and joyful ways. Upper School musicians kicked off our concert series in the beautiful new choral and band rooms on Stanwich Road. A cappella songs were in abundance, followed by stellar performances by our orchestra, concert band, and jazz band. Students in the Middle and Upper Elementary Schools performed concerts in the Alumni Gym, where our young instrumentalists shared the beautiful and varied repertoire they had been working on all semester. The choruses processed in candlelight and sang pieces in a variety of styles to celebrate the season. Our youngest Tigers sang and played Orff instruments, with song cycles from around the world. Families were thrilled to be able to attend in-person concerts after the long pandemic hiatus. Congratulations to all our GCDS musicians and their teachers on a fabulous concert season!

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