The Bronx Science Winter Concert on December 17th and 18th, 2024, was an amazing showcase of our student musicians’ talent. The show featured everything from classical pieces to jazz to holiday songs. Under the direction of Mr. Paul DeSilva and Mr. Juan Mantilla, the chorus wowed the audience with songs like ‘The Shadow of Your Smile’ and the upbeat ‘Africa.’ Bronx Science’s Jazz Band brought energy to the stage with Thelonious Monk’s ‘Blue Monk,’ while the Orchestra delivered powerful performances of Brahms’s ‘Variations on a Theme by Haydn’ and Strauss’s ‘Radetzky March,’ which even got the audience clapping along! The Concert Band finished off the night with beautiful pieces like Morricone’s ‘Gabriel’s Oboe.’ Overall, the concert highlighted the incredible musical community at Bronx Science and showed off the passion and hard work of all the students and teachers involved in both preparation and performance.
The Bronx Science Winter Concert: A Celebration of Student Talent
From classical masterpieces to lively jazz, the Bronx High School of Science showcases its students’ passion and artistry in a beautiful two-night performance.
About the Contributors
Anayah Hogue, Staff Reporter
Anayah Hogue is a Copy Chief for ‘The Science Survey.’ In terms of journalistic writing, she finds it appealing in that that journalism allows one to express their passion through writing. Anayah likes music and traveling to places to which she has never been before. She plans on majoring in neurology in college, and becoming a neurologist specializing in treating epilepsy as a career.
Yardena Franklin, Staff Reporter
Yardena Franklin is a Chief Graphic Designer and Editor-in-Chief for ‘The Observatory’ yearbook, as well as a Staff Reporter for ‘The Science Survey’ newspaper. She enjoys journalistic writing as a method to inform people about important subjects, and to share ideas for which she is passionate, all in a constructive, engaging way. She appreciates the art of taking photographs because they force her to think in a different manner, framing the picture in such a way that it tells a story and captures the exact moment in time. It is a precise art that requires much forethought, in order to plan how the photograph will turn out. In doing so, it requires much perspective shifting and flexibility, the challenge of which she enjoys. Yardena loves acting, singing, and directing. She hopes to become an engineer, but she plans to continue to pursue writing in some form, either through journalism or as a novelist, in the future.
Kathryn Wu, Staff Reporter
Kathryn Wu is a Graphic Designer and Copy Chief for ‘The Observatory’ yearbook. She is also a Staff Reporter for ‘The Science Survey.’ Kathryn finds journalistic writing to be very expressive and enjoys how she can learn a lot about many different types of people through each of their unique stories. In addition to writing, Kathryn finds journalistic photography to be an amazing medium that captures stories visually. Kathryn is known to be very artsy and creative. Outside of school, you can find her spending most of her free time watching K-dramas, learning K-pop choreography, and singing karaoke with friends. Kathryn’s plans for the future aren’t set in stone and she is currently unsure of a specific career path. However, she would love to have a future career in a business or artistic field whether that is architecture, digital marketing, or some sort of graphic design.
Sofia Fernandez, Staff Reporter
Sofia Fernandez is a Copy Chief and Chief Graphic Designer for ‘The Observatory’ yearbook. She is also a Staff Reporter for ‘The Science Survey’ newspaper. Sofia believes that journalistic writing allows us to take on new and diverse perspectives. She finds this type of writing appealing and informative because it educates the reader in a creative and engaging way, while also highlighting the writer’s overall message. Photography really speaks to her heart since it allows her to capture a moment and cherish it as time goes on. She isn’t afraid to take new photos of things that she finds to be interesting. Whether it is photography or journalism, both fields allow her to demonstrate her own creative skills and that’s what she loves about them. Outside of school, Sofia pursues a variety of hobbies. These include listening to music, playing sports such as soccer and badminton for fun, working on graphic design, taking photographs, and watching television shows and movies. One of her favorite movies is Coraline because it is surrounded by conceptual fan theories and contains a great level of suspense, all of which is supported by its visual elements. In the future, Sofia plans on integrating her writing, graphic design, and photography skills by studying film and marketing in college.
Kishan Patel, Staff Reporter
Kishan Patel is the Assistant Student Director of Internet Technology, a Graphic Designer, and an Athletics Section Editor for ‘The Observatory’ yearbook. He is also a Staff Reporter for ‘The Science Survey’ newspaper. The journalistic appeal of multi-layered and complex stories illustrated in a concise and truthful manner most intrigues Kishan. Kishan is also fascinated by photographs that tell a story within a story. Outside of journalism, Kishan enjoys robotics, volleyball, and fiddling with technology. In the future, Kishan hopes to pursue robotics and computer science, although he enjoys researching and learning about the universe as well.
Fei Ji, Staff Reporter
Fei Ji is a Chief Graphic Designer and a Copy Chief for ‘The Observatory’ yearbook, and a Staff Reporter for ‘The Science Survey.’ Fei finds journalism to be fascinating because through words, he can combine real world events with what is happening within the Bronx Science community. Fei finds photography to be interesting because of its ability to capture a specific moment in time, through colorful, wordless detail. Outside of school, Fei has many hobbies, but he mainly enjoys reading books and playing basketball in his free time. In the future, Fei would like to work in the fields of electrical engineering and cybersecurity.
Sophie Yang, Staff Reporter
Sophie Yang is a People Section Editor for ‘The Observatory’ yearbook and a Staff Reporter for ‘The Science Survey’ newspaper. She finds the storytelling in journalistic writing to be the most appealing aspect of it, as it brings together the stories and life of Bronx Science together through descriptive writing and reporting. She finds journalistic photography to be interesting, as it captures the exact emotions within an image, in order to tell an interesting story. Sophie likes to spend her free time outside of school writing fantasy novels and listening to music. She’s unsure as to what study she will pursue in college, but she is looking into finance and architecture as potential future majors. Sophie sees herself employed in an art or mathematics related career in the future, and hopes to write a novel in her spare time.