Charter Toppers!
Students and faculty from the Middlesex Lowell Academy Charter School came to MCC's Lowell campus to attend a concert presented by the MCC Music Department Outreach Program. The Music Outreach Program, now in its fifth year, has presented concerts and workshops in collaboration with Lowell High School’s music department, and has now expanded these valuable musical experiences to include the students from the Charter School.
The concert program, which took place in the Federal Building Assembly Room, featured Elizabeth Ostling, flutist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Carmen Rodriguez-Peralta, MCC faculty member, on piano.
Ostling and Peralta performed works by 20th century composers, including French composer Phillipe Gaubert, Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera and American composer Jennifer Higdon. Higdon’s piece, “Autumn Reflections” painted a musical picture of the varied moods of autumn. Students were invited to describe how the composer created moods of melancholy and brilliance and also learned about poly-rhythms and poly-tonality used by the composer.
Students were also invited to ask questions about the music and about the careers of the two accomplished professional musicians. Special props to Johannah Segarich, coordinator of MCC's music outreach program!