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.
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.
Contact Ms. Macera via email.
Orchestra Concert Dates
Orchestra Sectionals
- Winter Concert:
- Spring Concert: This is our special gift card fundraiser. Local Newark businesses donate gift cards for the NHS Music Boosters to raffle. Bring cash to purchase raffle tickets.
Orchestra Sectionals
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.
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.