MUSIC SOCIETY

A Busy, Tune-filled Fall

by Guest Contributor, Chris Zablan, Music Society Co-President

NVCC’S Music Society devoted Fall 2022 to entertaining our campus community as well as others throughout the state of Connecticut. In addition, the club lent some of their performing talents to fundraising.

The Music Society Club’s A Cappella group, Fermata the Valley, represented NVCC at Trumbull Library on Nov. 6th. They sang seven songs and raised $300 for the club.

Music Society held their biannual Coffee House in the Ricci Playbox Theater on Oct 11th. Students were able to perform singing, instrumental, and other acts in a relaxed environment enjoyed by their peers and loved ones.

A perennial favorite is the club’s, “Cocoa

& Caroling” evening that helps close out the fall semester with great holiday spirit. At the December event, students performed several Christmas solo songs and Fermata the Valley joined the fun as well. Parents and peers sang familiar holiday tunes to help spread the spirit, led by Music Department head, Dr. Gil Harel.

New this fall was a musical theater revue, “NVCC Musical Theatre presents the show, Mean Girls.” The show was stage managed, cast, and blocked by Brianna Mattingly with Chris Zablan acting as Assistant Stage Manager. Students played a revolving cast of characters from the Broadway show with a live pit performance by Dr. Gil Harel on keyboard, John Tuohy on guitar, and Elliot Wallace on percussion.

The Music Society rounded out the year with a Winter Showcase, a collection of works that students had been preparing for all of the 2022 fall semester. The NVCC Chorale performed Brahms’ “Ein Deutsches Requiem,” Movements 1, 2, and 6. They also performed an original work by Professor Harel, “A Dream Within a Dream,” based on the Edgar Allen Poem of the same name.

The NVCC Jazz Band, directed by Prof. Henry Lugo played five tunes and featured Adam Padilla and Josh Rodis on guitar, Kyle Scriven on piano, Gabe Torres on bass, and Ethan Ledina on drums.

Fermata the Valley finished off the night with pop tunes by the likes of Mariah Carey, Harry Styles, Journey, and Bryan Adams. A busy, tune-filled fall!

NVCC Theater Department and Stage Society present EVERYBODY Jacobs-Jenkins

A Contemporary Take on the 15th Century Morality Play, Everyman

November brought an engaging intellectual exercise to theatergoers at NVCC.

Educational Assistant, Cecilia Kurachi, from the Theater Department shares her dramaturgical reflection about the play and the fall’s exciting production, which was directed by Prof. Sasha Bratt.