{"id":1902,"date":"2021-11-15T11:56:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T16:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2021-11-15T11:56:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T16:56:39","slug":"the-prism-concert-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/the-prism-concert-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prism Concert Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Claire Fagan, staff writer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday, October 30 the RHHS music department performed the RHHS Prism Concert. Both music students as well as teachers worked diligently to ensure it was entertaining and engaging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior Grace Huang from the String Ensemble emphasized that performers need to \u201cknow where [they] have to be. It\u2019s a nonstop concert, everything\u2019s back-to-back. We start when the curtain opens, so we have to watch for that.\u201d She believes this is key for performers to ensure that the Prism Concert runs smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Prism Concert is an annual tradition at River Hill where groups from each music department\u2014band, choir, guitar, orchestra, and piano\u2014perform. There\u2019s only one catch\u2014the music is continuous. Every song is immediately followed by another performance, and the audience is only given time to applaud at the end of the concert as all of the students flood onstage. The goal of this concert is to show off River Hill\u2019s talent and amaze the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each group has been preparing extensively for the concert. Sophomore Grace Leska from Treble Choir mentioned, \u201cFocusing [and] staying on task has been really important. Everybody\u2019s putting in their best effort, keeping a positive attitude, and helping each other get better with each practice.\u201d Choir students are memorizing their music to allow easier transitions within the concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, many of the performances are detailed and complex and incorporate different elements to make them more interesting and engaging.. Grace Huang added, \u201cWe’ve been rehearsing with the other people playing with us\u2014we have someone on the piano, someone on the drums, and someone on the bass guitar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many band members are challenged with playing in an ensemble and marching band. Junior Preston Passamonti from Symphonic Band described, \u201cIt\u2019s been a bit tough balancing marching band and drills with our inside concert practicing, but we\u2019ve been handling it well.\u201d For the Prism Concert, the marching band served as the epic finale, with band students marching through the auditorium aisles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Prism concert is always a time to spread joy among the community, but this concert was even more special because it was the music program\u2019s first in-person concert in two years. This year, the concert\u2019s theme was \u201cStay Strong and Hawk On.\u201d River Hill music departments came together to prove that our school is stronger than ever after the pandemic as all of the students involved put in all of their energy to ensure that every piece of music was beautiful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Claire Fagan, staff writer On Saturday, October 30 the RHHS music department performed the RHHS Prism Concert. Both music students as well as teachers worked diligently to ensure it was entertaining and engaging.  Junior Grace Huang from the String Ensemble emphasized that performers need to \u201cknow where [they] have to be. It\u2019s a nonstop…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":1903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_2324-e1636995368176.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1904,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions\/1904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}