Participants

Under the direction of: Samantha DeLuca.

Newark Charter High School, located in Newark, Delaware (USA), provides extensive music and performing arts experiences for its students. The music programme includes various choirs, an orchestra, two full concert band ensembles, a steel drum band, and a marching band for grades 9-12. Almost half the student body of Newark Charter High School participates in a music programme group. Over the years, the Patriot Pride Band has received numerous awards for musicianship and character. Students involved in the band programme perform in semi-annual concerts and competitions, as well as local community and school-sponsored events. Performance highlights include Disney World in Orlando, Florida, USA in 2017 and most recently the London New Year’s Day parade and concert series in 2019.  After the COVID pandemic limited their in-person performances for nearly two years, the Newark Charter High School Concert Band is proud and excited to be a part of the Rome New Year’s Day celebrations!

Social Media

Website:  newarkcharterschool.org

Facebook:  @NCSmusicdepartment

Instagram:  @nchs_patriot_pride_band

Under the direction of:  Mrs. Kelly Kline

Newark Charter High School, located in Newark, Delaware (USA), provides extensive music and performing arts experiences for its students, from kindergarten through to 12th grade. The music programme includes various choirs, an orchestra, two full concert band ensembles, a steel drum band, and a marching band. The Newark Charter Concert Choir consists of over 170 singers from the Arts Department of the High School and is made up of students with varying music levels. The ensemble has received numerous awards for musicianship and character at festivals and competitions in the Eastern United States. Students involved in the choir programme perform in semi-annual concerts, as well as local community and school-sponsored events. Performance highlights include Disney World in Orlando, Florida, USA, in 2017, and the Big Apple Music Festival, New York City in 2019. The Newark Charter High Concert Choir is thrilled to be a part of the Rome New Years Day performances this year!

Social Media

Website: www.networkcharterschool.org

Facebook: @newarkcharterde

Instagram: @newarkcharterschoolde

Musical Director:  Mr. Tim Huber

The St. Paul’s Concert Band programme is a strong and active instrumental music curriculum dedicated to supporting and representing St. Paul’s Episcopal School. The concert band programme is comprised of students in grades 5-12 participating in beginning, intermediate, and advanced music ensembles. Each level presents opportunities for public performances such as school concerts, and church and civic club performances. The St. Paul’s Episcopal High School Concert Band has also  performed in concerts and competitions nationally and internationally. They last performed in Italy in 2014 when they accompanied St. Paul’s Episcopal High School Chorale in the concerts in Rome and Frascati. They have also played as part of the London New Year’s Day Musical Festival.

 Website:  www.stpaulsmobile.net

Instagram: sps_band

Direzione musicale:  Dr. Harold J. Powell Sr.

The St. Paul’s Episcopal School Chorale is a choir comprised of middle and upper school students from St. Paul’s School in Mobile, Alabama, USA.  Under the direction of Harold J. Powell, this group performs choral literature of many different periods and styles. In addition to providing anthems for monthly Eucharistic services at their local church, St. Paul’s Episcopal, they also perform concerts at school and in their local community. Nationally around America, they have appeared in such venues as Carnegie Hall in New York and the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. They were the keynote performing group for the Alabama Music Educators Association In-Service Conference and the American Choral Directors’ Association state invitational programme. Internationally, they have sung with the London International Choral Festival in England.In Italy, they have been honoured to sing the mass in several Basilicas and churches including St. John Lateran, Santa Maria dei Miracoli in Rome; Chiesa del Gesù, in Frascati and San Sebastianni in Pompeii. Their choir has received consistent straight Superior ratings at District, State, and Regional festivals across America. This group continues the reputation of a strong Fine Arts Curriculum at St. Paul’s.

Website: www.stpaulsmobile.net