Every group at Prospect deserves some recognition. Whether it’s a sports group or a Fine Arts group. The seniors in each group deserve a little more recognition for all of the hard work they’ve done the past 4 years.

“I think it’s gonna be a great opportunity to get to celebrate some of the seniors who put so much effort into band the last four years,” drum major Kelly Robinson said.

Chris Barnum, the director of band at Prospect, came up with an idea to feature the seniors in an event called the senior recital. It will feature any senior that wants to perform for friends and family.

The senior recital will take place on Friday,  April 26 at 7 p.m. in the theater. It is free admission to anyone who wants to come. It started as an idea from Barnum, which he presented to the seniors, and asked who would be interested in doing it.

Not every senior was interested in taking up the extra work of performing at the senior recital but at least 15 of them are. Once the idea was out there, everyone got started on how to make it happen. It is mainly student run and every senior has their own specific roles to make it a success. Some of the roles are promoting the recital, making the program, and basically just planning the whole event.

Everyone practices on their own or with their partners for as long as they need. It’s not like Acapella where every group meets at the same time and then goes into separate rooms to practice.

It’s all up to everyone to have their own rehearsal. Some people have rehearsed a bunch and some people have not depending on how hard or easy their piece is. There will be solos, duets and other ensemble pieces.

One duet is Robinson and senior Lauren Morton They will be playing a song from “Beauty and the Beast” in which they will both be playing the flute. Another duet is Marina Roe and Claire Stonitsch. They are playing “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay. They will both be playing the clarinet. Stonitsch is going to be doing a solo as well as the duet with Roe.

All of the seniors have worked so hard on making this happen. It’s a great way to feature the seniors in band one more time before they go off to college.

“I like that this gives the seniors one last chance to show who they are and the music they want to play,” Roe said.