Miró Quartet Leaves Audience Wanting More at Concert Series Season Closer
This story originally appeared in the spring 2014 Harker Quarterly. After a season that included a beatboxing flautist and possibly the most experimental performance in the…
Performing Arts
Three Harker Singers Earn Recognition at Regional Festival, Two Headed to State Festival
Three Harker singers – Shreya Maheshwari and Shreya Basu, both grade 11, and Helen Woodruff, grade 10 – earned “superior” ratings at the California…
Instrumentalists Honored by Selection to All-State; One Selected for National Youth Orchestra
Five Harker instrumentalists were selected for the 2014 All-State Honor Band and played in formal concerts over the weekend, and another student was selected…
Harker Cadet Band Circa 1925
This article was originally published in the winter 2013 Harker Quarterly. Bands at Harker are nothing new, as we see from this photo, but…
Grade 2-3 Students Sing Tributes to the Holidays at Annual Show
The grades 2-3 holiday show, titled “The Most Wonderful Time of Year,” packed the Bucknall Theater on Dec. 19, as the students in both…
Winter Concert Features Diverse Talents of Lower School Orchestra and Jazz Musicians
The 2013 lower school Winter Concert on Dec. 5 brought warmth and a bit of holiday cheer to the audience and showcased the diverse…
Grade 1 Holiday Show Celebrates “Our Favorite Time of Year” With Seasonal Tunes
Just days before the holiday break, people eager for seasonal cheer flocked to the Bucknall Theater on Dec. 17 for the annual grade 1…
PROJECT Trio’s Take on Chamber Music Warms the Harker Concert Series Crowd
If it wasn’t already obvious from the promotional copy on their website, PROJECT Trio’s version of Charles Mingus’ “Fables of Faubus,” their set opener…
Upper School Orchestra to Premiere Piece at Chicago International Music Festival in April
Spring break will be extra special for the students of the Harker upper school orchestra, who will be traveling to Chicago to perform at…
Harker Conservatory Weaves an Epic Tale with 21st Century Odyssey ‘Anon(ymous)’
“Where I come from, there was a war that lasted so long, people forgot what they were fighting for,” says Anon, the titular character…
