Performance Opportunities for Instrumentalists
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Douglas Brittain

 Congratulations to the middle and high school vocalists and pianists for their beautiful piano and vocal performances at the Honors Recital at  Fureai Hall on Dec.9th & Dec.10th. The students who performed were awardees at the Solo and Ensemble Festival for Pianists and Vocalists.  High School pianists in grade 9~11 will be featured in the February Honors Recital, so please stay tuned! 

 

Upcoming events: 

Student composers from the Kanto Plain will have an opportunity to participate in the KPASS Composition Festival 2025 at the end of this month.  Highest achievers will have a chance to receive an All-Star rating, and have their music shared with the Kanto Plain community. Students who successfully write for a concert band, string orchestra, and choir will also have a chance to have their piece premiered by the KPASS Honor ensembles for the next academic year.  This year, Hwi Young Kim (G12) will have her concert band piece “One Thousand and One Nights - The Silk Road” premiered by the KPASS Honor Band as an All-Star awardee from the KPASS Composition Festival 2024.

The Seisen Jazz Band will perform at the KPASS Jazz Festival 2025 on February 7th.  The KPASS Jazz Festival is hosted by St.Mary’s International School. This year, the festival will also inaugurate the KPASS Honor Jazz Band.  From Seisen, Yangfan Su (Gr12 Alto Sax), Sora Ihara (G9, Trombone), and Mei Yamada (G9, drums) were selected for the ensemble by audition. Congratulations! 

 

The KPASS Instrumental Solo & Ensemble Festival 2025 will take place at Christian Academy of Japan on February 15th. From Seisen, 26 students from middle and high school will be participating this year, and they will have an opportunity to receive feedback from instrumental specialists as well as festival ratings.  Seisen awardees will have an opportunity to perform at the Honors Recital at the Fureai Hall on February 26th.

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KPASS Vocal and Piano Solo & Ensemble Festival

The students who received gold or silver are invited to perform in our Student Recitals which will take place on Monday, 12/9 (High school) and Tuesday, 12/10 (Middle School) at the Nakamachi Fureai Hall.

Singers at Seisen Lead the School in Songs

At the Centenary Mass on Friday, October 25th, the high school choir led the entire school in hymns, joined by selected singers from the elementary and middle school sections.

Grade 12 Roppongi Museums Trip

Students in Mr. Jimenez’s Grade 12 Diploma Art class spent the day last Wednesday at both the Mori Art Museum and the National Art Center, Tokyo.