Accapella Performance - John Bapst Purple Day Assembly Emma Higgins, Soleil Skehan, Zach LaPlant, Taryn McCoy, Aidan Close "Stay!" (Arranged by Pentatonix) Read More
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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
John Bapst Musicians Reach Out
Since the beginning of November, members of the John Bapst Chamber Ensemble have been sharing their love of playing music with residents of the Rehab Wing at EMMC weekly. Violinist and Co-President, Brandon Aponte ‘19, organized this musical outreach with advisor Julienne Ewing of the music Read More
Kenzey Tracy ’18 donates art to EMMC
As a part of her John Bapst Distinguished Graduates Program project, Kenzey Tracy ’18 created and donated several beautiful pieces of art to Eastern Maine Medical Center’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. The purpose of her gift, however, is what makes this project so special. In 2008, at eight years Read More
Meagan Rowell ’14 Spins Data into Gold
The John Bapst Music library is a work of organized chaos. Well, mostly organized chaos. Stacks of sheet music cover a large work table as they are prepared for distribution to the band. Other stacks wait their return to the three large filing cabinets or the two-door closet which houses the band Read More
BDN – Noah Tomah ’17 Helps Preserve Passamaquoddy Language Through Music
Noah Tomah '17, and his brother Zoo-Sap Tomah, perform bluegrass with their father, Allen Sockabasin. What is unusual about their music is that it is sung in Passamaquoddy. The trio performs with the larger plan to preserve their native language, which has fewer and fewer native speakers. Read the Read More
“Step Up for Wynter” Aids Local First Grader
We are pleased to report that a fundraiser held at John Bapst by the Top Hat II dance studio for local first-grader Wynter Przybylski's family help cover medical costs associated with her battle to overcome Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. The event raised $3,000. The donation-only May 16th dance Read More