Notables experience New York’s Carnegie Hall

October 13, 2009 • Christa Hill, Asst. Features Editor  
Filed under Student Life

Schools just begun, and everyone has their stories to tell about how there summer went. What’s your story? Well if you were one of the notables of 2008-2009. You got to go to New York and sing at Carnegie Hall.  The notables group arrived in New York on Thursday, the 25^th around 9 A.M. They stayed there until Monday morning the 29^th and left at 9 A.M. However going to New York as a fun trip, Randal Bond said,  “It was a very organized festival.” The Thursday that they arrived was a “free” day and they got to do lots of site seeing with each other. The went to Time square, Carnegie Hall, and Central Park. After Thursday the had regularly scheduled rehearsals. Then onto Friday rehearsals, getting things ready for the big day.

After that, the group had some for site seeing to do. Many of the students went to China Town, Little Italy, Statue of Liberty, World Trade Center Memorial, Empire State Building and Grand Central Station.

Saturday was the same routine. On Sunday the big day started out by being bussed in the morning to Carnegie Hall. They had dress rehearsals and then had one hour to go eat and then perform. The Notables joined about 220 other people and sang John Rutter’s Requim. Mr. Rutter directed all of the rehearsals and the performance. Bond said, “This was FAR beyond what I could have expected.” After the concert the company they went with had a cruise around New York Harbor. They saw the Brooklyn Bridge and Cruised around the Statue of Liberty. On the ship was all you can eat buffet and dancing.  Bond said, “The musical experience was something that many people will never experience. But beyond the musical experiences (Working with a world class conductor, singing in one of, if not the best venues in the world, performing world class music) the cultural exposure was remarkable. Visitng Little Italy, China town is like visiting another country.

As a music teacher and educator the education my students received on this trip was far more than I could ever give them in my classroom.” Something that he would like to accomplish this year is that the past few years the group has qualified for the State Musical Festival, and last year they did not. And it was very disappointing. They try and shoot for the same goal every year. They want to be the Best vocal group that the can be, and one of the best choirs in North East Kansas. That is not just including 4A. The have always competed at their highest levels and Bond is anticipating that they will return to that level this year.

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