St. John Paul II Regional Catholic School Students will perform in CT Future Musicians All-State Gala Band

The following students from St. John Paul II Regional Catholic School in Middletown, will be performing as members of the CT Future Musicians All-State Gala Band:  Emily Appell (clarinet),  Elisabeth Appell (trumpet), Elizabeth LeBlanc (flute), Alex Ushchak (alto saxophone), and Alyssa Rondinone (clarinet) Mrs. Jill Hernandez, Band Director.

The 2015 CT Future Musicians All-State Band Program will be presenting a concert on Saturday, March 21, at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain.  Approximately 300 student musicians, representing 54 elementary and middle school parochial schools in the Archdiocese of Hartford, the Diocese of Norwich and the Diocese of Bridgeport will be performing. 

The concert will feature students in the All-State Gala Band, the youngest All-State group.  Musicians in the Gala Band were nominated by the school band directors.  The concert will also feature the All-State Jazz, Flute Choir, Concert, and Symphonic Bands.  Students in these groups were selected, by audition, and represent some of the top musicians in the Future Musicians Band program.

Guest conductor for the Symphonic Band will be Mrs. Patricia Lignelli, Director of Music in Glastonbury, CT.  Future Musicians band directors will also be conducting in the concert.  The Future Musicians All-State Symphonic and Concert Bands will also be performing on Monday, May 20, 2015 on the Plaza at Lincoln Center, New York City, at 1:00 p.m.  The All-State Symphonic, Concert and Jazz Bands will be performing on Friday, May 22, 2015 at 12:00 noon on the lawn of the Old State House, in Hartford. 

CT Future Musicians, LLC provides music programs for students in private and parochial schools in Connecticut.  This is Future Musicans thirty-third year of providing instrumental music education to students in Connecticut Catholic Schools.

For tickets, please contact Jill Hernandez, All-State Coordinator at (860) 342-4485 or CT Future Musicians, LLC, P.O. Box 428, Portland, CT 06480.