Arts
Musical arts are very prominent and respected extracurricular activities at CCHS. The music department currently supports a Concert Band, Repertory Band, orchestra, chorus, and numerous jazz ensembles. Several groups from the theatre department were selected to perform in Europe during the 2007–2008 school year.
In 1998, 2004, 2007 and 2010 the Concert Band, led by Alfred Dentino, traveled to Japan in celebration of their national recognition for achievement and played with the Sapporo Shiroishi High School wind ensemble, which is currently ranked as the 2nd best high school band in Japan. The joint concert of these two bands took place in Sapporo at the world-renowned Sapporo Concert Hall. Additionally, the CCHS Concert Band has won a gold medal at the annual Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association invitational for the past 18 consecutive years, earning the chance to perform at Tanglewood, Boston's Symphony Hall, and Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts numerous times.
In April 2008, the Orchestra and Chorus traveled to Walt Disney World to perform in Festival Disney. Competing separately, this was the Orchestra's first trip with Scott Knopf as conductor. The orchestra received an "Excellent" rating, the highest ranking given out at the competition.
In the winter of 2011, over 120 students participated in a musical production of "The Producers." Other shows performed at Concord-Carlisle include, A Little Night Music, West Side Story and Falsettos. In 2013, the theatre department will perform A Chorus Line.
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