This is a great time of year. Why? Because it is “Music in Our Schools Month”! (MIOSM)

There will be three concerts held this month in which students from the elementary, middle school and the high school will participate for band and strings and the middle school and high school for chorus . Why three concerts? Because literally hundreds of students participate in the Milton public school music program and it is the only way to accommodate them without going to a concert that would last all night.

The concerts are organized by ensemble as follows:

MIOSM Choral concert / March 5th
MIOSM Strings concert / March 11th
MIOSM Band concert / March 19th

All concerts are held in the MHS auditorium and start at 7:00PM. Tickets are $5.00 and will be sold at the door.

Go to one, go to them all!  When the days are still short and the nights are cold, there is something very heart warming about these concerts full as they are of joy, energy, and enthusiasm. The folks selling tickets and supporting all of this are members of F.A.M.E. (Friends and Advocates of Music Education). They are the Boosters of music in the schools. Their efforts are tireless; and they deserve our support. You can learn more about them at their web site.

But wait, there’s more. On March 12th the Music Department is producing a Faculty Talent Show to  benefit Spring sports and activities. You are not going to want to miss that.  It will also be at 700 PM at the high school auditorium. Cost for admission is $10.00

NOTE: There are individual event postings for each of these which will appear in this blog’s event calendar.

Lastly, we would like to call out those students from Milton High School who were recently selected to in this years Senior SEMSBA concerts for high school students. The Southeast Massachusetts School Bandmasters  Association holds auditions. Those students who perform at a requisite level are selected to perform a concert with other students from high schools around the region.  It is quite an honor to be selected and we congratulate the following students :

BAND –Emily Lawler, Emily Lynch, Willie Archibald, Tim Marotta, Siobhan O’Grady, Laura Hess, Alison McIntyre, Dan Maloney.

STRING ENSEMBLE  — Emily Bowes, Amelie Carpenter, Dylan Crapps, Dana Hankard, Jackie James, Caeleigh MacNeil, Olivia McGrath, Julie Mitchell, Carolyn Ward, Catherine Dambruch, Blake Daniel, Brendan Hayward, Sam Taugher, Nathaniel Breslin, Elizabeth Mahon, Aminzie Marc, Emily Jo McKnight, Michelle Nabi.

CHORUS — Marline Alexis, Kiri Cormack, Liana Gineitis, Brianna McRae, Evelyn Orlando, Lauren Stafford, Arielle Bounas, Hannah Mulkern, Kelli Neville, Brittany Rolfs, Maryanne Truax, Emily Whipple, David Alexis, Adam Hanna, Lev McCarthy, Braedy Taugher

CONGRATULATIONS!