2009 Videos

These are 2009 videos of the Rose Family children, mostly of their public musical performances.

If you have a high-speed Internet connection, you should definitely try using the links to watch these videos. All of the videos can be watched in high definition on YouTube simply by clicking the links, and the video quality is very good - YouTube is pretty amazing. Alternatively, you can just view the small-screen version of the videos on this page instead.

Spencer is the soloist on this piece, Michael Brecker Waltz, which he played with his high school jazz ensemble on Jazz and Swing Night at the high school in April 2009.

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Maisie plays Tweedle Dum in this scene from the musical Alice which was staged by the Highland Park Players, our local community theater group. The play ultimately won the award for the best community theater production in Illinois in 2009, and they went on to represent Illinois in the Midwestern regional competition in South Bend, Indiana.

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Liam shares the lead vocals on this song Wild Goose Chase from the musical Honk!, which was staged by the 5th grade class at his elementary school. He does a creditable job despite being a little hoarse from a cold.

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Spencer plays drums for his band Unemployed, as they perform their original song Cheese in the finals of Highland Park's Battle of the Bands on July 4, 2009, for an audience of several hundred people.

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Maisie sings My Simple Christmas Wish by David Friedman, from the soundtrack to the movie Trick, during the Music Institute of Chicago's end-of-year Performathon in May 2009.

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Liam is learning to play the trumpet. Here he is practicing his part for a 5th grade band performance of The Itsy Bitsy Spider.

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Spencer's college jazz combo plays in the Bebop style, here is a short excerpt from a December 2009 concert that includes one of Spencer's solos.

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