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Southside High seniors honored as bands, orchestra and Corleers close school concert
Summary
Students in Southside High School’s concert band, orchestra, stage band and Corleers performed a multi-part program that included formal recognition of graduating seniors and on-site student-run video and lighting support.
Southside High School students and staff marked the end of the school-year concert with performances by the concert band, concert orchestra, stage band and Corleers, and recognized graduating seniors during the program. The event included school-operated lighting and a student video crew recording the three-camera broadcast for YouTube.
The program highlighted music across grades 9–12 and included formal acknowledgment of seniors from multiple ensembles. “This is such an exciting night. It is the last concert for so many of our seniors who have been working so tremendously hard over these past 4 years,” an event announcer said, welcoming the audience and thanking the ROCKVILLE CENTRE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT superintendent and board for their support of arts education. The announcer also introduced student technicians handling lights and the video studio.
Anthony Pomponio, concert band director at Southside High School, addressed the audience during the evening and praised students’ progress. “I can hear what a wonderful amount of improvement these students have done each and every day to get us to this point this year,” Pomponio said, noting the dedication he sees in rehearsals. Pomponio also led the concert band and was acknowledged repeatedly during the program by students and staff.
The concert orchestra paused to recognize its graduating members; one ensemble speaker thanked “our 4 seniors” for their leadership and commitment and urged them to keep music in their lives after graduation. Students gave short remarks to honor teachers: one student credited Pomponio with musical guidance and opportunities, saying he “was extremely accommodating” and had been a steady presence through auditions and performances.
The program also included a staged collaborative piece by the Corleers and a choreographic ensemble created in-class for a final number. At one point a speaker corrected a name in the printed program, noting the collaborative pianist formerly listed as Brianna Brickman is now Mrs. Blake.
Student technicians were credited for running lights and the TV studio: the announcer named Lucy Frayn as the lighting operator and listed video-club students Robert Pottinger, Nancy Laveras, Tom Faherty, Connor Stack, Hugo Vanderveer, Matt Tomassoni, Chris Francois, Max Maina and AJ Lewis as the crew editing the live three-camera feed.
The evening closed with thanks to performers and a request that attendees return for a second night of performances. “That is our show tonight. Get home safely. We hope to see you back tomorrow for night 2. Good night,” the event announcer said.
The concert served as a public demonstration of the district’s secondary-school music programs, student leadership in technical production, and a chance for the school community to formally recognize seniors across ensembles.
