2015 Senior SEMSBA Music Festival
February 3, 1959 may have been the day the music died, but
February 7, 2015 marked another day that the Hull High School Band became more
alive! This was the day that sophomore
tenor saxophonist, Ricky Barone, auditioned for the Senior SEMSBA (Southeastern
Massachusetts School Bandmasters Association) Concert Band. The process started with his audition at
Qualters Middle School in Mansfield. The
audition included performing three musical scales from memory, playing an audition
piece (song) that he spent weeks and weeks working on, and a short sight
reading musical excerpt. It was only a
few short days before we were notified of his acceptance into the 2015 Senior
SEMSBA Concert Band!
The music festival was held on March 13 and 14 at Plymouth
North High School. Ricky spent an entire
day, Friday, rehearsing with nearly 80 of the best South Shore high school
musicians. One of the first comments
Ricky said to me during a break on Friday was that “it’s really nice to play in
a big band.” He also wished that some of
our current high school Band students could have been there to share the
experience with him. Hopefully next year
we will! The next morning included a
short rehearsal and lunch before the final performance.
It’s been nearly 20 years since a student musician from Hull
was participating in a SEMSBA ensemble.
We are so proud of Ricky and his dedication to music and for representing
Hull’s music program at this year’s Senior SEMSBA festival.
