The Choral Festival Concert and K-12 Art Show that was scheduled for this evening will now take place on Monday, March 11.
The West Genesee Central School District will be closed today, Thursday, February 29, 2024. This includes Holy Family.
West Genesee Musicians Selected for Elementary All-County Concerts Twenty-four West Genesee Intermediate School sixth graders have been selected to perform in the Elementary All-County Festival at Henninger High School on May 3-4, 2024. The six students selected to be in the Choir are listed below. * Emma Caltabiano * Aidan Ewanek * Lily Fancher * Annabelle Letizia * Quinn Peckham * Maddison Perkins The eleven musicians selected to play in the Orchestra are listed below. * Sofia Babota (Violin) * Luca Belfield (Viola) * Matthew Eassa (Cello) * Joshua Fasulo (Double Bass) * Cassandra Kennedy (Cello) * Kaitlyn Klaben (Violin) * Amy Melnik (Violin) * Solomae Nyadedzor (Violin) * Aeva Shelestovsky (Violin) * Sarah Sullivan (Viola) * Victor Vasilev (Violin) The seven Band members selected are listed below. * Olivia Barry (Trumpet) * Brayden Bielby (Tuba) * Iris Eddy (Baritone/Euphonium) * Boden Erwin (Trombone) * Anthony Gucciardi (Tenor Saxophone) * Joseph Komuda (Trombone) * Parley Millar (Trumpet)
WG Fine Arts Summer Program dates are now available for your planning! Brochures and registration information will be available in March!
Dance a Difference Week
"Dance A Difference" Week is a week of dance-based community service spread throughout the nation. The National Dance Educators Organization (NDEO) and the National Honor Society for Dance Arts (NHSDA) recognizes the power of dance to make and impact for both individuals and communities. In 2017, "Dance A Difference" Week was instituted to dedicate time to dance based service in communities.
Dance A Difference Week is held during the first full week in March, and is coming up this year from March 3-9, 2024.
This year, WG NHSDA is collecting items for a local cancer support group called 13Thirty Cancer Connect. 13Thirty Cancer Connect is a non-profit organization that began in 2001 after Melissa Sengbusch passed away at the age of 19 from Acute Myeloid Leukemia. The mission, vision, and values of 13Thirty is to help adolescents and young adults living with cancer, with their coping skills and self-esteem by building satisfying peer connections. In preparation for Dance A Difference Week this March, WG NHSDA dancers are now accepting donations of :
* pre-packaged snacks (chips, pretzels, fruit snacks, granola bars, etc.)
* taco kits
* bottled water
* Gatorade
* art supplies (markers, colored pencils, crayons, paint markers, acrylic paint, pens, pencils, colored paper)
* copy paper
* air dry clay
* tye-dye materials
Items may be dropped off at the WGHS Main Office, Fine Arts Office, or sent in with students through February 29, 2024. Thank you!
WGHS Students Selected for Syracuse Youth Wind Ensemble
This fall an opportunity became available to high school musicians for the new Syracuse Youth Wind Ensemble.
Conceived and started by Westhill Band Director, Erin Althen and our very own, Greg Borsz, this ensemble aims to provide "an inspiring musical home to the most exceptional high school woodwind, brass, and percussion student-musicians from across Central New York" (from https://syracuseyouthwindsymphony.org). Interested students auditioned last October and began weekly rehearsals in November.
There were eleven WGHS musicians selected to play in this special ensemble. They are:
* Daniel Alvaro (french horn);
* Dounia Bserani (alto saxophone);
* Harrison Card (trumpet);
* Sarai Card (clarinet);
* Audrey Diddle (percussion);
* Benjamin Korzeniewski (alto saxophone);
* Anthony Mangano (timpani);
* Angus Tarolli (trombone);
* Nathan Smith (baritone);
* Conor Swete (tuba); and
* Amelia Vezey (oboe).
The group had a fantastic debut concert on Sunday, January 21, 2024 at Westhill High School.
Messages of congratulations and gratitude were shared by student musicians, families and conductors alike following the performance! Well done!
Congratulations to our JV Guard (1st pic) on a wonderful first competition-getting 3rd place with a great performance and to our Varsity Guard (2nd pic) on fabulous 2nd place performance at ESM this weekend! Congratulations to both groups and their instructors!! ❄️🌎💙💛
A big THANK YOU to everyone that came to the shows and supported this production! So very proud of this cast, crew, pit, and the whole production team!! Job well done!! 🎶🎭💙💛
Don't let your last chance to see Cinderella slip your grasp!! Our final show - tonight, 6 PM, $15!! You don't want to miss it! 🎶🎭💙💛 #ALovelyNight
Don't miss your chance to see Cinderella @ WGHS! Two more shows-TODAY @ 1pm & 6pm. 🎶🎭💙💛wgfinearts.ludus.com@WestGeneseeCSD @WGFineArts @sperdutikristyn @AAlvaro1 @AndreaScerbo
Dear Cast, Crew, Orch, & everyone involved in WG production of Cinderella - you have done something special! The performance was extraordinary & the audience moved! Bravo!
Ella and the Superintendent discussing happenings in the kingdom! Don't miss your chance to see Cinderella @ WGHS! Three more shows-2/9 @ 7pm, 2/10 @ 1pm & 6pm. 🎶🎭💙💛wgfinearts.ludus.com
Happening at West Genesee on Friday, February 9:
Come see the enchanted musical Cinderella premiering tomorrow at WGHS 2/8 (7pm), 2/9 (7pm) & 2/10 (1pm & 6pm). To purchase tickets via credit card head to https://wgfinearts.ludus.com (or scan the QR code). Click here for the full article with more plot and cast information: https://westgeneseecsdny.sites.thrillshare.com/article/1426586
Our summer program dates are now available for your planning! Brochures and registration information will be available in March!
The February Fine Arts Blog is now available! Check out what’s been happening in Fine Arts! https://www.smore.com/yx3ms
Today is the first day of Black History Month! #BlackHistoryMonth
To learn more about this month and how you can celebrate African-American history and culture, please visit:
https://blackhistorymonth.gov
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/black-history-month
Congratulations to the 29 WGHS/CMS students who received a total of 48 awards in the 2024 Scholastic Art Awards competition! More info at: https://westgenesee.org/article/1436824
Congratulations to the CMS/WGHS singers on their participation in the OCMEA Jr. High All-County! Such a wonderful fulfilling musical experience to have! #WGsings #CMSsings #suchartistry #whatasound
Fabulous Winter Guard preview night for both our JV and Varsity groups!! 💙💛
