Padua Celebrates 2026 Fall Music Festival

Current and Future Bruins musicians showcased their talents at the Padua Franciscan High School Fall Instrumental Concert and Elementary Festival at the Brecksville-Broadview Heights Middle School Auditorium on Sunday, October 25, 2026.

Padua’s Symphonic Band, Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble played alongside 6th-8th grade musicians from our Elementary Music Program (including: Assumption Academy, Incarnate Word Academy, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Charles Borromeo, St. Columbkille, Sts. Joseph and John, and St. Albert the Great).

The students performed under the guidance of Mr. Mark Wozniak ‘97 (Padua Director of Instrumental Music), Miss Madeline Jurec (Padua Franciscan Academy Band Director) and Mrs. Dawn Kulikowski ‘00 (Padua Franciscan Academy Orchestra Director).

The evening featured performances of “C-Jam Blues,” “A Nightengale Sang in Berkeley Square,” “Mystic Traveler,” “America the Beautiful,” “Let Freedom Ring!,” “With Malice Toward None,” and “My Shot” from Broadway musical Hamilton, among several other numbers.