The Freeport High School Spring Festival of the Arts instrumental concert featured an ambitious program of 15 songs beautifully performed by a variety of student groups. The program was a clear demonstration of the level of talent and commitment nurtured by the school system.
The concert orchestra, directed by Jill Boardman, set the tone for the night as they opened with Richard Meyer's "Vanishing Pointe," a song dedicated to the senior class as they embark on their lives beyond high school and discover their own next symbolic vanishing point. This was followed by the familiar strains of Johannes Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5 and Larry Moore's "Best of Queen," a homage to the British rock band.
The Sinfonietta orchestral group, situated in front of the stage, performed at intervals as the stage was being reset behind closed curtains for the larger groups. Among their selections were Johann Sebastian Bach's Fugue in G minor and his Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. Lauren Workman was among the featured soloists in the show. She performed Mitchell Peter's "Yellow After the Rain" on the marimba.
The concert band, directed by Michael LaSorsa and student teacher Joel Lewis, had their turn on stage performing four songs including Gary P. Gilroy's "Fire." LaSorsa and Lewis returned to direct the wind ensemble for a trio of songs before the musicians paired with the Freeport Symphony Orchestra, also directed by Jill Boardman, for a rousing rendition of Gioachino Rossini's "William Tell Overture" as the program finale.