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Bedford music played at coffee house event

Friday, March 1, 2013

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Percussionists keep a rhythm by drumming on a dozen plastic utility buckets, six white and six orange, during a lively bucket-ba jam at the show hosted by the high school's music boosters. The musicians include Tyler Assetta, A.J. Burdick, Colin Casazzaq, Matthew Dube, Bryce Givvons, Sean Looney, Tyler Manniello, Ben Parker, Devin Phaek, Nick Ruggiero, Connor Russell and Jeffrey Sampson.

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A talented trio of 10th-grade songstresses, from left, Stina Anderson, Hannah Benson and Olivia Lambert, lends some rich tones and blended harmonies to the song, Build Me Up, Buttercup, during the musical showcase held in the Bedford High School cafeteria.

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Cookies and snacks were prepared for the enjoyment of around 200 guests by nearly two dozen members of the Bedford High School Music Boosters Club including from left, Kathleen Casazza, Evelyn Chessie and Kil Lee.

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Nick Dreyer, 17, a senior who began playing sax in third grade and took up bass guitar in eighth grade, performed at the show with an ensemble including Tristan Ness, Anika Hibbard, Letti Hibbard, Ali Withee, Jeremy Furusho, Isaac Manella, Colin Casazza, Sean Looney and Dan Lorenz.

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Elliot Chun, a 17-year-old junior who also plays sousaphone in the high school band, prepares for a violin duet performed alongside fellow violinist David Wang. Chun also performed a duet for violin and tenor saxophone opposite saxophonist Jack Gorham.

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Torin Kula Rosier, 17, a junior, follows an intricate musical score during an ensemble performance with others in the clarinet section, a group including Lyena Birkenstock, Victoria Cormack, Linda Delahunty, Brandon Levenstein, Nicole Nover, Emily Peach, Erica Rutherford, Erica Sherman, Victoria Southwell, Victoria Standard, Jacqueline Valeri, James Whitney, Sierra Walcott, Matthew Dube and Colin Casazza.

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by LORETTA JACKSON

Staff Writer

The cafeteria at Bedford High School was filled Feb. 20, with an audience of nearly 200 who came to see the music department’s sixth annual Coffee House event, an evening of song and instrumental music.

Music teacher James Butka was the emcee. Chorus director Susan Reilly was the other half of the creative team. About 100 high school and middle school students performed in a two-hour span.

The event was hosted by the Bedford High School Music Boosters Club. Boosters Club President Janette Cormack said the Coffee House was designed as an informal setting to showcase students’ talents. Numerous volunteers were on hand to greet incoming guests, and to keep the snack table well supplied.

Angie and Ed Cande were among the volunteers, as were Kathleen and Paul Cazazza, Evelyn Chessie, Carolyn Walcott and Kill Lee, and many others.

“We had a really great night,” Cormack said. “Mr. Butka and Mrs. Reilly did a great job of showcasing the high school students’ varied musical talents.”

The evening progressed as students headed for the spotlights.

A brass choir of 21 musicians played a rousing Scottish ballad. Duets and trios shared lively tunes. Violins, flutes and clarinets were heard. A bucket jam was performed that brought together 12 drummers. In a flourish on the last note, the group threw down the sticks and ended on a wooden note that echoed off the floor.

Butka has taught band since the school opened in 2007, the first year for the Coffee House event.

He said performing music in front of an audience gives students vital experience.

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