Have you heard the news? Students from John Bapst’s Band and Chorus will join Portland’s Shoestring Theatre in leading the opening parade of the 2019 American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront through the streets of the Bangor Waterfront, Friday, Aug. 23. This is the first time in its 18-year Read More
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A Thank You Dinner for Fine Arts Parents
Thank you! Fine Arts Parents, have you helped support our Fine Arts students throughout the year by volunteering at Homecoming, concerts, art shows, drama productions, or our fabulous Craft Fair in December? The John Bapst Fine Arts faculty would like to show you their appreciation by inviting you Read More
Colin Aponte ’22 performs at the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s Young People’s Concert
Colin Aponte '22 performed as a soloist at the Bangor Symphony Orchestra's recent Young People's Concert. Held annually at Orono's Collins Center for the Arts, the concert exposes area students to classical music and the composition of an orchestra. Congratulations, Colin. For a brief interview Read More
Purple Day Assembly Soleil Skehan ’19 and Emma Higgins ’19
Dress Rehearsal for the Sunday, April 7, Spring Concert
"Come Travel With Me," music by Scott Farthing, text inspired by W. Whitman's "Song of the Open Road," a number from Friday's dress rehearsal of our upcoming concert. Tickets for the Sunday, April 7, John Bapst Spring Concert will be available at the door for $3.00. The concert begins at 1 p.m. Read More
Purple Day Musical Performance, Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Accapella Performance - John Bapst Purple Day Assembly Emma Higgins, Soleil Skehan, Zach LaPlant, Taryn McCoy, Aidan Close "Stay!" (Arranged by Pentatonix) Read More
Colin Aponte ’22 Heading to Carnegie Hall for NYO2
Colin Aponte '22 was one of 80 young musicians selected to attend NYO2 at Carnegie Hall this coming summer. Students were selected from across the country for NYO2, a three-week, intensive summer orchestral training program for outstanding American instrumentalists ages 14–17. The members of NYO2 Read More
Colin Aponte ’22 and Sylvia Burns ’21 compete in Bangor Symphony Orchestra High School Competition
On March 2nd, John Bapst students Colin Aponte ’22 and Silvia Burns '21 were two of seven finalists from across the state who competed in the 38th Annual Bangor Symphony Orchestra High School Concerto Competition. Colin finished with a first place award, performing Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Read More
The John Bapst 2019 Winter Student Art Show
John Bapst art students exhibited their first semester's work on Wednesday, January 16 at the well attended Winter Art Show in Sekera Auditorium. Work exhibited included projects in Basic Design, Drawing, Advanced Art, AP Studio Art, and Digital Photography. Congratulations to all who Read More
Bapst Senior Brandon Aponte ’19 Featured on NPR
Brandon Aponte '19 appeared on a recent episode of "From the Top," the hit NPR radio program featuring America’s best young classical musicians. The show aired on Maine Public Classical on Saturday, December 22 at 5 PM and by podcast at fromthetop.org beginning December 17. Listen here. The Read More