Photo By Cpl. Darien Wright | Students and music directors with Matthew C. Perry High School, Nile C. Kinnick High...... read more read more
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In an auditorium full of families, students and teachers, the sound of whispering conversation fills the echoing room, as the performing students take the stage. Silence overcomes the crowd; the show is about to begin.
Since the COVID-19 outbreak in 2019, the Pacific East District Honor Music Festival has been put on hold, but on April 13, 2022 students from Matthew C. Perry High School, Nile C. Kinnick High School and Ernest J. King Middle High School -in compliance with current COVID-19 restrictions- displayed their musical talent in a performance at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 13, 2022.
“This is an event we used to do before COVID-19,” said Renee Cobb, the Principal of M.C. Perry High School “It’s to bring schools together so they can make music and perform with one another.”
Merrie King, a music director with M.C. Perry High School and the event director for the music festival, coordinated with music directors Paul Lewis of E.J. King Middle High School, InSun Han and Jonathan Parker of Nile C. Kinnick High School to make the event possible.
“Each school was only allowed to bring a limited number of students,” said King. “We coordinated busses and lodging for the other schools, as well as music selections; it took about a month to plan.”
A total of 73 students performed during the music festival, some performing in a choir, others playing in string orchestra and concert band. The students performed classics like Mozart’s “Ave Verum Corpus” and “Mozart Serenade and Dance” and more current-day releases with genres like alternative indie music.
“Military kids move all the time; they lose things,” King said. “They lose friends, but events like this create memories and bonds they can hold onto forever.”
Events like this help build relationships among Department of Defense Education Activity students throughout the Pacific Region with other installations by giving them an opportunity to make friends and share unique experiences with their peers, parents, and mentors.
| Date Taken: | 04.13.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 05.06.2022 02:44 |
| Story ID: | 418561 |
| Location: | IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JP |
| Web Views: | 42 |
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