By Kaitlyn Goldberg – News Editor 

The annual Jonathan Law Winter Concert is almost ready for showtime. 

Hosted by Law’s music department, Choir Director Ms. Jones, and band and orchestra director Mr. Pelaggi the winter concert is where the choir, band, and orchestra showcase their music from the first half of the year. The concert is on Thursday, December 15, at 7 p.m.  

The music department is very excited to have its first winter concert in almost three years. They are looking forward to performing for a crowd and having the students’ hard work pay off. 

“I’m always excited for our students to perform the music they’ve learned,” Law Band Director Mr. Pelaggi said. “This semester we didn’t have too much time with the music, so it was a great time getting everything together in a short period of time.”

There is a lot of prep work going into the concert to make sure that everything goes smoothly, and the performers are confident. 

“The prepping for the concert is stressful and requires a lot of time and effort, but it is very rewarding when everything gets put together, and we can put on a great show,” junior choir member Kiley Sherman said. 

While the prepping can be stressful, there are some helpful ways students get ready to perform.

“We have our rehearsals where we build skills and work on specific performance repertoire,” Pelaggi said. “Usually, those two parts of the rehearsal are connected, and we also had a special guest conductor come in this year from Western Connecticut State University, and he worked with our students on one of our more traditional pieces of repertoire that we are performing at the concert.” 

Overall, the music department is extremely excited to finally be putting on a winter concert and showcasing students’ hard work over the first half of the school year. 

“I am most excited for people to be hearing the songs that we have worked so hard on for so long,” sophomore Reilly Hungerford said.