Upcoming Dates at a Glance:
Registration for the 2019-2020 Music Department: Thursday, May 30th Please mark your calendars for May 30th 6 - 8 PM for the Music Registration. This registration night is mandatory for all students enrolling in an SCHS Music class (Band and/or Choir, Marching Band, Jazz Band, etc.). PLEASE complete the online pre-registration form by May 28th to ensure that your registration process is quick and easy! Click on the link to register: On-Line Registration Form Marching Band Parents - We have openings for Camp Chaperones! We need you! Please consider joining us on a fun week supporting our band for a full or half week. Also hoping to add support medical/nursing staff. Please contact Pamela Steen with any questions ([email protected]). New MB Leadership meeting: Thurs, May 30 at 5pm Section leaders and Drum Majors for the 2019-2020 Cougar Marching Band will be meeting at 5pm on Thursday, May 30th, prior to our Music Dept. Registration Night. Spiritwear Sales: Now through May 31, 2019! This spring we have a brand new spirit wear collection to offer for the coming school year! With the new season fast approaching, it is a great time to stock up on your spirit wear. This year, we are offering custom jackets in addition to our regular collection. These jackets can be customized for any name/instrument. Sample size jackets are now available for trying out in the band room. Let's display our Cougar Pride!! Custom Jacket Orders should be completed and turned in to the band mailbox. Order forms can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SKArouzP0_oLpd5JAdeCUyEGR-CWwxZEEAnDD-6qtJM/edit?usp=sharing All other spiritwear sales are online via FanCloth! Click here to view the catalog and place your order. Senior Concert Dress Uniforms due NOW! Attention Seniors! Your Concert Dress Uniforms are due ASAP! Please return all tux/dress parts in your garment bag to the rack in the band room. Seniors who do not turn in their concert dress will have a hold placed on your student account/may not march at graduation! Please turn them in ASAP! All other Concert Dress Uniforms will be due the day after graduation, June 7th. Instrument Inventory: Marching Instruments due NOW! ALL CONCERT ITEMS/INSTRUMENTS DUE JUNE 7th! In order to successfully clean and transition our school owned instruments into the coming marching season, ALL marching instruments not used for performing at graduation/jazz band (Tuba, marching baritone, mellophone, trombone, saxophone, etc.), are due NOW. Any student needing to check out a marching instrument for the 2019-2020 season will be able to do so at our Registration Night on May 30th, so long as they have a completed instrument contract along with the $10 usage fee. Please click here for the Instrument Usage Contract. After graduation, ALL SCHS instruments, music, and concert uniforms/dresses must be turned in. Inventory will be completed by the end the next week, at which point anyone needing a school instrument for the 2019-2020 school year should plan on checking it out during the last week of school. To expedite the checkout process, please be sure to bring a completed instrument check-out contract (Found here) and $10 instrument usage fee. Graduation at O'Rena (Oakland University): Thursday, June 6th During the day, students will be excused from hours 1-4 for rehearsal at Oakland. Bus transportation will be provided. Should any students wish to drive themselves to rehearsal, a parental note/e-mail must be given to Mrs. Staniszewski by Monday, June 3rd. Students driving themselves are not permitted to drive other students and will need to report to the O'Rena at 8:30am. Seniors who will be joining us on the featured performance at Graduation should plan on arriving to the O'Rena with instruments and music, ready to rehearse at 10:15am. For the evening's ceremony, students will need to have their own transportation. It is highly suggested that students carpool or be dropped off at the O'Rena, as parking is quite limited. Students will need to be at the O'Rena by 6:00pm. Commencement exercises are usually complete between 9:00-9:30pm. Parents picking up performing students should plan to arrive around 9:15pm. Additional Opportunities Attention: Percussionists Jeremy Otto, local professional percussionist, is hosting a number of workshops for percussionists over the summer! For more information please visit his website, or click to view the list of offerings. Fundraisers Orange Leaf Night: Wednesday, June 19 at 9pm (After Mini-Band Camp/Parent Meeting) Please join us on Wednesday, June 19th at the Orange Leaf location off Tienken and Rochester Rd. to celebrate kicking off summer and our 2019-2020 Marching Band season! 20% of your bill will be donated back to the SCHS Music Boosters! Amazon Smile Now you can support SCHS Music when you shop on Amazon-- .5% of all sales come back to our SCHS Music Boosters! Please be sure to add the SCHS Music Boosters as your preferred charity or click here when doing your Amazon shopping! Upcoming Dates at a Glance:
Chamber Music Night at Rochester Municipal Park! Chamber Music Night will be on Monday, May 20th at Rochester Municipal Park, and our Chamber Music Night sign-ups are now live! In order to fulfill your chamber music project, ALL SCHS instrumentalists are required to participate, with the exception of those who performed in coached large ensembles (Lg WW, Lg. Brass, Lg. Perc.). One person per ensemble needs to sign up; slots are in 1-minute incriminates. Be sure to sign up for however many consecutive minutes you need to perform your chamber music selection. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO ACCESS SIGN-UP Jazz Band Our final performance is also coming up on Monday, May 20th, at the Chamber Music Night at Rochester Park. (Report at 7:30pm, perform at 8:00pm.) Senior Concert Dress Uniforms due NOW! Attention Seniors! Your Concert Dress Uniforms are due ASAP! Please return all tux/dress parts in your garment bag to the rack in the band room. Seniors who do not turn in their concert dress will have a hold placed on your student account/may not march at graduation! Please turn them in ASAP! All other Concert Dress Uniforms will be due the day after graduation, June 7th. Instrument Inventory: Marching Instruments due NOW! In order to successfully clean and transition our school owned instruments into the coming marching season, ALL marching instruments not used for performing at graduation/jazz band (Tuba, marching baritone, mellophone, trombone, saxophone, etc.), are due NOW. Any student needing to check out a marching instrument for the 2019-2020 season will be able to do so at our Registration Night on May 30th, so long as they have a completed instrument contract along with the $10 usage fee. Please click here for the Instrument Usage Contract. Drumline Auditions For all those interested in auditioning for the 2019-2020 SCHS Drumline, workshops and auditions will be held on Friday, May 24. Auditions will begin at 3pm and go until complete. The Drumline Packet and Contract (must be signed by student and parent & turned in on audition date) can be found by clicking on the links above. Spiritwear Sales: Now through May 31, 2019! This spring we have a brand new spirit wear collection to offer for the coming school year! With the new season fast approaching, it is a great time to stock up on your spirit wear. This year, we are offering custom jackets in addition to our regular collection. These jackets can be customized for any name/instrument. Sample size jackets are now available for trying out in the band room. Let's display our Cougar Pride!! Custom Jacket Orders should be completed and turned in to the band mailbox. Order forms can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SKArouzP0_oLpd5JAdeCUyEGR-CWwxZEEAnDD-6qtJM/edit?usp=sharing All other spiritwear sales are online via FanCloth! Click here to view the catalog and place your order. Registration for the 2019-2020 Music Department: Thursday, May 30th Calling all SCHS Music Students for the 2019-2020 school year-- Please mark your calendars for May 30th 6 - 8 PM for the Music Registration! This registration night is mandatory for all students enrolling in any of our music offerings at SCHS for the coming school year (All band and choir classes, Marching Band, and Jazz Band). PLEASE be sure to complete the online registration form by May 28th to ensure that your registration process is quick and easy! Link to the on-line registration form can be found by clicking here. New MB Leadership meeting: Thurs, May 30 at 5pm Section leaders and Drum Majors for the 2019-2020 Cougar Marching Band will be meeting at 5pm on Thursday, May 30th, prior to our Music Dept. Registration Night. Additional Opportunities Attention: Percussionists Jeremy Otto, local professional percussionist, is hosting a number of workshops for percussionists over the summer! For more information please visit his website, or click to view the list of offerings. Fundraisers Amazon Smile Now you can support SCHS Music when you shop on Amazon-- .5% of all sales come back to our SCHS Music Boosters! Please be sure to add the SCHS Music Boosters as your preferred charity or click here when doing your Amazon shopping! A heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS to all our SCHS Musicians on a wonderful Spring Concert last week! It was a fantastic way to officially cap our band concerts for this school year. Also, a particularly special thank you and congratulations again to all of our SCHS Band Seniors for sharing your time, spirit, and musicianship with us for the last four years!
We have some more celebrating ahead of us this week with our Honors Convocation performance on Tuesday as well as our own special Band Banquet Celebration on Wednesday yet-- all the details and more can be found below in this Week's Update! Upcoming Dates at a Glance:
Instrument Inventory: Marching Instruments due NOW! In order to successfully clean and transition our school owned instruments into the coming marching season, ALL marching instruments not used for performing at graduation/jazz band (Tuba, marching baritone, mellophone, trombone, saxophone, etc.), are due NOW. Any student needing to check out a marching instrument for the 2019-2020 season will be able to do so at our Registration Night on May 30th, so long as they have a completed instrument contract along with the $10 usage fee. Please click here for the Instrument Usage Contract. Band Banquet at Addison Oaks The annual SCHS Band Banquet will be held on Wednesday, May 15th! Please note: Doors open at 6:30pm and dinner will be served at 7pm, followed by the presentation of our annual awards. Here's to celebrating all our students have accomplished over the course of this year! Chamber Music Night at Rochester Municipal Park! Chamber Music Night will be on Monday, May 20th at Rochester Municipal Park, and our Chamber Music Night sign-ups are now live! In order to fulfill your chamber music project, ALL SCHS instrumentalists are required to participate, with the exception of those who performed in coached large ensembles (Lg WW, Lg. Brass, Lg. Perc.). One person per ensemble needs to sign up; slots are in 1-minute incriminates. Be sure to sign up for however many consecutive minutes you need to perform your chamber music selection. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO ACCESS SIGN-UP Jazz Band We are quickly wrapping up our performances for this year! We will have one final rehearsal on Monday before Tuesday night's Honors Convocation (report at 5:30pm) and Wednesday night's Band Banquet (report at 6pm) performances. Our final performance is also coming up on Monday, May 20th, at the Chamber Music Night at Rochester Park. (Report at 7:30pm, perform at 8:00pm.) Cougar MB Section Leader Try-Outs Try-outs for 2019-2020 Section Leader (May 13th) are coming up on Monday! Please be sure to read thoroughly through all required handbooks and requirements for more details. Section Leaders applicants will need the Leadership Handbook and Section Leader Application/Essay Prompt. Time slots for interviews will be available to sign up for first thing on Monday morning. Drumline Auditions For all those interested in auditioning for the 2019-2020 SCHS Drumline, workshops and auditions will be held on the following dates: Friday, May 10: Workshop from 3-4pm Friday, May 17: Workshop from 3-4pm Friday, May 24: Auditions beginning at 3pm until done The Drumline Packet and Contract (must be signed by student and parent & turned in on audition date) can be found by clicking on the links above. Spiritwear Sales: Now through May 31, 2019! This spring we have a brand new spirit wear collection to offer for the coming school year! With the new season fast approaching, it is a great time to stock up on your spirit wear. This year, we are offering custom jackets in addition to our regular collection. These jackets can be customized for any name/instrument. Sample size jackets are now available for trying out in the band room. Let's display our Cougar Pride!! Custom Jacket Orders should be completed and turned in to the band mailbox. Order forms can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SKArouzP0_oLpd5JAdeCUyEGR-CWwxZEEAnDD-6qtJM/edit?usp=sharing All other spiritwear sales are online via FanCloth! Click here to view the catalog and place your order. Additional Opportunities Attention: Percussionists Jeremy Otto, local professional percussionist, is hosting a number of workshops for percussionists over the summer! For more information please visit his website, or click to view the list of offerings. Fundraisers Amazon Smile Now you can support SCHS Music when you shop on Amazon-- .5% of all sales come back to our SCHS Music Boosters! Please be sure to add the SCHS Music Boosters as your preferred charity or click here when doing your Amazon shopping! Chamber Music Night sign-ups are live! In order to fulfill your chamber music project, both portfolio and s&e groups need to participate. (Large Ensembles with coaches do not need to sign up.) One person per ensemble needs to sign up; slots are in 1-minute incriminates. Be sure to sign up for however many consecutive minutes you need to perform your chamber music selection.
Chamber Music Night will be on Monday, May 20th at Rochester Municipal Park. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO ACCESS SIGN-UP Coming into the spring and the home stretch for the school year! This week finds us preparing for our final large ensemble concert, Jazz Band starting back up, as well as drumline, section leader, and drum major auditions. All that and more in this week's update:
Upcoming Dates at a Glance:
Jazz Band Jazz Band students should be working on their solo study for the month of April! More information can be found by clicking here. Solos (either recorded or live) are due Monday, May 6th! Spring Band Concert: Wednesday, May 8th Our final full ensemble performance for the year, the Spring Bands Concert, is coming up on Wednesday, May 8th. Students will need to report to the Auditorium by 5:15pm in order to begin rehearsing at 5:30 pm for our "Megaband" selection. We are also in need of some chamber groups willing to perform as interludes in between ensembles. (If you are not able to attend our Chamber Music Night on May 20th, this is a great way to get in your performance!) Please let Mrs. Staniszewski know if you are interested. Drum Major & Section Leader Try-Outs Try-outs for 2019-2020 Drum Major (May 9th) & Section Leader (May 13th) are coming up soon! Please be sure to read thoroughly through all required handbooks and requirements for more details. Section Leaders applicants will need the Leadership Handbook and Section Leader Application/Essay Prompt. In addition to both of those documents, Drum Major applicants will also need the Drum Major Handbook. Drumline Auditions For all those interested in auditioning for the 2019-2020 SCHS Drumline, workshops and auditions will be held on the following dates: Friday, May 10: Workshop from 3-4pm Friday, May 17: Workshop from 3-4pm Friday, May 24: Auditions beginning at 3pm until done The Drumline Packet and Contract (must be signed by student and parent & turned in on audition date) can be found by clicking on the links above. Additional Opportunities Attention: Percussionists Jeremy Otto, local professional percussionist, is hosting a number of workshops for percussionists over the summer! For more information please visit his website, or click to view the list of offerings. Fundraisers Amazon Smile Now you can support SCHS Music when you shop on Amazon-- .5% of all sales come back to our SCHS Music Boosters! Please be sure to add the SCHS Music Boosters as your preferred charity or click here when doing your Amazon shopping! |
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