Over 200 students from 9 academies, including NCC schools Lodi, PUC Preparatory, Paradise, Pleasant Hill, Rio Lindo, and Ukiah Junior Academies, met at Pacific Union College for the 2025 Music Festival.
The musicians included high school musicians from the choir, strings, and band. Rachelle Berthelsen-Davis, music department chair and orchestra director, exclaimed, “This weekend saw some excellent music making, and everybody had so much fun! The students were a wonderfully responsive group of musicians who rose to the occasion and did a wonderful job of bringing the music to life.”
Musicians met for breakout sessions that included improving skills and techniques and practicing the music selected for the Sabbath evening concert. One concertgoer and student from PUC, shared, “I am just impressed at the quality of music presented by our high-school children for this concert and Messiah during the last Christmas season.”
Berthelsen praised, “Bravo to Becky St. Clair, administrative director, who made this event come to life, all the academy performers, teachers, parents, and my co-directors, Will DeWitt for the band, and Ronnie Zanella, who directed the choir.”
Featured in Northern Lights, April 3, 2025
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