HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2015-03-04, Page 1010 News Record • Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Drum making workshop held at CHSS
Tara Ostner/The Clinton News Record
On February 25 Maggie Brennan, owner of Off the Beatin Path
in Bayfield, lead a drum making workshop at Central Huron
Secondary School in Clinton. Numerous students participated in
the special event and were eager to express their creative side.
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CHSS Student Success teacher, Margery Holmes, chats with three interested AMDSB Student Success coordinator, Stacy
students before the workshop. Somerville, was happy to attend the event.
St. Anne's Concert Band performs original piece inspired by the Big Storm of 1913
On February 20 the St. Anne's
Catholic Secondary School (Clinton,
ON) Concert Band welcomed
acclaimed composer Jeff Christmas
to rehearse a piece that he com-
posed specifically for the St. Anne's
Concert Band. Jeff's compositions
are in demand internationally and
have been performed by sympho-
nies all over North America from the
Orchestra London to the Dallas Fort
Worth Symphony.
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With the help of a grant from the
Grand Bend Rotary Club, the 56
member St. Anne's band commis-
sioned a piece from Jeff Christmas
that would reflect their Lake Huron
heritage. Jeff delivered with an
exemplary concert band piece enti-
tled "Songs of the Karegnondi"
which explores themes surrounding
the Big Storm of 1913.
"Commissioning a piece of music
about the lake provides students the
opportunity to explore their Lake
Huron heritage through music says
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band director Josh Geddis. "Stu-
dents in the band have been
involved with the process from the
initial idea, previewing the rough
copy of the score, to learning the
piece, and now getting to work
directly with the composer. It is an
amazing educational opportunity to
watch local history and music col-
lide:' says Geddis.
In his liner notes Jeff describes the
piece further. While at St. Anne's he
elaborated on how the research pro-
cess works directly with the compo-
sition process when creating a piece
such as this:
I chose to divide this work into
three themes, "Hymn To The
Foundered'; "Wexford Shanty; and
"November Witch": Hymn To The
Foundered is a chorale dedicated
to souls that perished in the Big
Storm of 1913. While most sailors
clung to various superstitions,
they had a deep respect for the
power of the lakes and conse-
quently, the power that created
them. Using a hymn setting brings
a reverence to the piece that
speaks to that respect.
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