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