Music Returns to Parker with the Spring Music Showcase

Last Thursday, Parker was proud to have our first, live, in-person music event in more than a year. The Upper School Spring Music Showcase featured the Upper School Orchestra, Upper School Jazz Band, Advanced Wind Ensemble and Advanced Choral Ensemble (Grape Jam). 

The Music Department planned this event with the guidance of the Medical Advisory Committee. Their support was integral in creating a safe event for students to share music with their families. A limited audience and performers wore masks, and the audience members maintained space distance.

To make an outdoor evening event possible, the Music Department partnered with BlackOak Technical Productions, which provided amplification, sound design and lighting. Theatre and Technical Manager Tom Moster coordinated the work with BlackOak and provided critical support. 

Upper School music students at Parker have proved that, even in the most difficult times, music persists.  They leaned into the difficulties of remote music classes, and when in-person music classes began, they approached the challenges of creating music with mitigation practices (wearing masks and spacing themselves) with positivity.

With less in-person preparation time than for any other performance in previous years, these Upper School students performed at a high level at the Spring Music Showcase. More than a reminder of what we have missed in the past year, the students made this event a beautiful vision of what we have to look forward to at Parker in the future.

Click here for videos.
Click here for photos.