Orchestra
Orchestra * Symphonic Orchestra * Swingin' Strings
Orchestra Director - Ms. Rosaria Macera
The Newark High School Orchestra program provides comprehensive instruction in performance of orchestral instruments and music history/theory in a cooperative learning environment. The curriculum is supplemented with chamber music, visiting artists and clinicians.
The NHS Orchestras maintain an active performance calendar of four major concert programs a year. They have traveled to locations like Virginia Beach, Myrtle Beach, Toronto and Orlando where the musicians have achieved many "superior" ratings in their festival adjudications. In 1997 and 1999, the Symphonic Orchestra was chosen to perform at the Eastern Division Convention of the Music Educators National Conference held in Baltimore, MD and New York, NY, respectively. Each year, many of our members are selected to participate in the Delaware All-State Orchestra. In 2010, our music program was recognized by the Grammy Foundation and our ensembles and members have performed on the stages of the Kennedy Center (2010) and Carnegie Hall (2012).
The NHS Orchestra program offers three levels of study: Orchestra (strings only), Symphonic Orchestra (with winds & percussion) and Swingin' Strings (Jazz Arts). Students may elect to take a class for Honors Credit, a contracted agreement between student and teacher, which will require a recital performance and research project.
Ms. Rosaria Macera is the Orchestra Director and String Specialist at Shue-Medill Middle School and Newark High School. As a professional orchestral violinist, she performs regularly with the Delaware Symphony. She received a Bachelor of Music degree in violin performance from the New School of Music Conservatory (Philadelphia) and a Master of Music degree in conducting from the University of Delaware, where she continues her post-graduate studies. In 2005, Ms. Macera became a National Board Certified Teacher and currently serves as Christina District Music Chair.
Contact Ms. Macera via email.
The NHS Orchestras maintain an active performance calendar of four major concert programs a year. They have traveled to locations like Virginia Beach, Myrtle Beach, Toronto and Orlando where the musicians have achieved many "superior" ratings in their festival adjudications. In 1997 and 1999, the Symphonic Orchestra was chosen to perform at the Eastern Division Convention of the Music Educators National Conference held in Baltimore, MD and New York, NY, respectively. Each year, many of our members are selected to participate in the Delaware All-State Orchestra. In 2010, our music program was recognized by the Grammy Foundation and our ensembles and members have performed on the stages of the Kennedy Center (2010) and Carnegie Hall (2012).
The NHS Orchestra program offers three levels of study: Orchestra (strings only), Symphonic Orchestra (with winds & percussion) and Swingin' Strings (Jazz Arts). Students may elect to take a class for Honors Credit, a contracted agreement between student and teacher, which will require a recital performance and research project.
Ms. Rosaria Macera is the Orchestra Director and String Specialist at Shue-Medill Middle School and Newark High School. As a professional orchestral violinist, she performs regularly with the Delaware Symphony. She received a Bachelor of Music degree in violin performance from the New School of Music Conservatory (Philadelphia) and a Master of Music degree in conducting from the University of Delaware, where she continues her post-graduate studies. In 2005, Ms. Macera became a National Board Certified Teacher and currently serves as Christina District Music Chair.
Contact Ms. Macera via email.
Orchestra Concert Dates
Orchestra Sectionals
Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, 8:00 am - 12:00
- Winter Concert: Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, 7:00 pm (with NHS Chorus) - 5:30 Mandatory Dress Rehearsal; 6:30 Doors open; 7:00 Performance
- An Orchestrated Performance, Thursday, April 11, 2019, 7:00 pm
Orchestra Sectionals
Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, 8:00 am - 12:00
Orchestra Fees: $75 due in Sept.
REPORT TIME
Report time is always earlier than the event time. Band, Chorus and Orchestra members usually need to arrive at the band room approximately one hour ahead of time. You will be emailed the report time for events about a week before its actual date.
“To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, to be late is not to be.”
Please make sure your student arrives in plenty of time to have all their equipment and uniform and general stuff ready to go at Report Time.
MUSIC FEE
There is fee for each music student. The NHS Music fees are used to pay for concert piano accompaniment for orchestra concerts, clinicians, competition fees, miscellaneous music supplies, and the music banquet. MUSIC FEE DOES NOT INCLUDE CONCERT ATTIRE!
IMPORTANT! When sending in funds please send check or money order (not cash) and write your child’s name and purpose of the check on the memo line. Checks are to be made payable to “NHS Music”.
Note: YOUR MUSIC FEE IS DUE IN SEPTEMBER! Checks can be deposited in the Music Booster locker in the band room or in the Orchestra room.
PHOTOS
We usually ask for a parent to take informal pictures at all music events and post them online and available for everyone to see (no names are posted) and download. You’ll be sent the URLs via the email list. We are always looking for more photographers. If you use a digital camera, and would like to contribute some pictures, please let someone on the board know.
VOLUNTEERING
There are four major booster activities at the football games:
One of the perks of helping with the above items is that you get free admission to the game!
BOTTOM LINE ... GET INVOLVED!!!
We need you! Whether you can donate a lot of time or a little, your contribution is important!!
THANK YOU!
Report time is always earlier than the event time. Band, Chorus and Orchestra members usually need to arrive at the band room approximately one hour ahead of time. You will be emailed the report time for events about a week before its actual date.
“To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, to be late is not to be.”
Please make sure your student arrives in plenty of time to have all their equipment and uniform and general stuff ready to go at Report Time.
MUSIC FEE
There is fee for each music student. The NHS Music fees are used to pay for concert piano accompaniment for orchestra concerts, clinicians, competition fees, miscellaneous music supplies, and the music banquet. MUSIC FEE DOES NOT INCLUDE CONCERT ATTIRE!
IMPORTANT! When sending in funds please send check or money order (not cash) and write your child’s name and purpose of the check on the memo line. Checks are to be made payable to “NHS Music”.
Note: YOUR MUSIC FEE IS DUE IN SEPTEMBER! Checks can be deposited in the Music Booster locker in the band room or in the Orchestra room.
PHOTOS
We usually ask for a parent to take informal pictures at all music events and post them online and available for everyone to see (no names are posted) and download. You’ll be sent the URLs via the email list. We are always looking for more photographers. If you use a digital camera, and would like to contribute some pictures, please let someone on the board know.
VOLUNTEERING
There are four major booster activities at the football games:
- Uniform Duty: Uniforms are stored in the band room. Students come to the door of the store room before the game and get their bagged uniforms. Afterwards, the students re-bag their uniform and return them to the store room where the volunteers hang them up.
- Chaperoning: For away games, each bus needs a parent on it to be sure everyone is on board and seated.
- Booster Table: During the first half of the game we sell fundraising items at the Booster Table. After halftime, the items are boxed up and taken back to the band room. Generally volunteers work in two shifts: 1) Setting Up and Pre-Game through the 1st Quarter or 2) 2nd Quarter through Halftime and Breaking Down
- Pit: Working the "Pit" means helping students to load and unload the instruments that remain on the sidelines during the show (xylophones, vibraphones, percussion, etc.) as well as the ladders that the drum majors stand on. After the show, all items are taken back to the band room (home games) or truck (away games).
- distributing the uniforms before the game and putting them away afterwards,
One of the perks of helping with the above items is that you get free admission to the game!
BOTTOM LINE ... GET INVOLVED!!!
We need you! Whether you can donate a lot of time or a little, your contribution is important!!
THANK YOU!