We have a BIG week ahead as we look forward to hosting the RCS District MB Festival this coming weekend! Here’s all the latest from the SCHS Band Room:
YouTube Livestreaming: Please subscribe to our channel! If you haven’t already done so, please subscribe to our YouTube channel and encourage your friends and families to do the same—we will be able to start livestreaming on YouTube when we hit 1000 subscribers! Click here to view our SCHS Bands Videos YouTube Channel! Parent Volunteers Needed! It takes many hands throughout our season to help our events run smoothly, especially in October with fall concerts and marching band events. To see what events and needs we have coming up, please click here to review our SCHS Music Boosters Sign-Up Genius List. Concert Ensembles (Concert Band, Symphony Band, Wind Ensemble) MSBOA All-State Band Audition Information These ensembles, consisting of students from across the state of Michigan selected by blind audition, will be invited to rehearse and perform in Grand Rapids at the Michigan Music Conference in January 2022. It is a great honor to be selected, and any student enrolled in one of our concert ensembles is eligible (and encouraged!) to audition! The deadline to apply for auditioning is THIS TUESDAY Sept 28th! 2021-2022 MSBOA HS All-State Band & Orchestra Registration Packet (Due to Mrs. Staniszewski Sept 28th to ensure timely registration) All-State Band & Orchestra Audition Information (Auditions to be held October 20-24, 2021) All-State Ensembles Conductors Biographies (Who you’ll be working with if selected) All-State Ensembles Repertoire/Performance Program (What you’ll be performing if selected) Hawaii 2022 Trip (Re) Kick Off We are excited to re-kick off our Hawaii trip after being postponed from last year! Any students involved in the SCHS Bands are invited to participate in this once-in-a-lifetime musical travel opportunity. We will be traveling Friday, March 25th through April 1st, 2022 (Spring Break) in order to participate in some special musical opportunities as well as experience some of the local cultures and experiences that only Hawaii can provide. For more information, please visit our Hawaii Information section of our website by clicking here. (Please note: Updated registration and itinerary information is now available!) Cougar Marching Band The Marching season is coming to a close and we have many big performances coming up! RCS MB Festival this coming weekend, MSBOA Festival Oct 6, Home Game Oct 8, and Senior Night w/Adams HS on Oct 15th, just to name a few...Our latest calendar and links to timelines can be found as links on our season calendar. Click here to access.
Senior Shout-Outs for Football Program The Football Program is offering ½ page senior shout outs to all senior football players, cheerleaders, dance team, marching band & color guard members. Each COLOR ½ page shout-out is $75. Shout outs should be 4" (height) x 5" (width) and sent in PDF form to [email protected] due by Friday, October 1. Payments can be sent via cash, check (payable to Cougar Pride) or Venmo. Either have your senior bring payment to Mrs. Gibson at SCHS (room A236) or mail (ask Mrs. Staniszewski for mailing address). *If you'd like to participate, but this presents a financial burden to your family please contact Julie directly. Senior Night Football Game: October 15th Please mark your calendars for Senior Night on Friday, October 15th, when we will honor all our seniors for our last regular season home game! Seniors and their family members will walk onto the field with their parent/s or guardian/s for name recognition and a photo opportunity. For that reason, we need to know who will be in attendance in order to provide the announcer with a list of names. If parent/s or guardian/s are not able to attend, the student will still be recognized on the field and will have a photo taken with Mrs. Staniszewski. Please complete the Google form below by Friday, October 1st to indicate who will be attending Senior Night with your student. Senior Night - October 15, 2021 Extra Performance Opportunities Central Michigan University Honors Band The Thirty-Sixth Annual Central Michigan High School Honors Band will take place on November 13-14, 2021. The entire schedule of activities will take place in our state-of-the-art music building culminating in a performance in the Staples Family Concert Hall at 4:00 pm on Sunday, November 14. More details (audition details, application, schedule, etc.) can be found here. It's HOCO Week here at SCHS! Here’s all the latest from the SCHS Band Room:
Online Bands Registration If you/your student hasn’t completed their Online SCHS Bands Registration yet, please do so! This greatly helps our band community gather the information we need to participate in MSBOA festivals, distribute uniforms/concert dress, collect cleaning fees, and much more. The link to complete our registration can be found by clicking here. YouTube Livestreaming: Please subscribe to our channel! If you haven’t already done so, please subscribe to our YouTube channel and encourage your friends and families to do the same—we will be able to start livestreaming on YouTube when we hit 1000 subscribers! Click here to view our SCHS Bands Videos YouTube Channel! Concert Ensembles (Concert Band, Symphony Band, Wind Ensemble) MSBOA All-State Band Audition Information These ensembles, consisting of students from across the state of Michigan selected by blind audition, will be invited to rehearse and perform in Grand Rapids at the Michigan Music Conference in January 2022. It is a great honor to be selected, and any student enrolled in one of our concert ensembles is eligible (and encouraged!) to audition! The deadline to apply for auditioning is Sept 28th! 2021-2022 MSBOA HS All-State Band & Orchestra Registration Packet (Due to Mrs. Staniszewski Sept 28th to ensure timely registration) All-State Band & Orchestra Audition Information (Auditions to be held October 20-24, 2021) All-State Ensembles Conductors Biographies (Who you’ll be working with if selected) All-State Ensembles Repertoire/Performance Program (What you’ll be performing if selected) Hawaii 2022 Trip (Re) Kick Off We are excited to re-kick off our Hawaii trip after being postponed from last year! Any students involved in the SCHS Bands are invited to participate in this once-in-a-lifetime musical travel opportunity. We will be traveling Friday, March 25th through April 1st, 2022 (Spring Break) in order to participate in some special musical opportunities as well as experience some of the local cultures and experiences that only Hawaii can provide. For more information, please visit our Hawaii Information section of our website by clicking here. (Please note: Updated registration and itinerary information is now available!) Cougar Marching Band Homecoming this week, RCS MB Festival the next Saturday, MSBOA the following week-- many big performances coming up!
Our latest calendar and links to timelines are also found as links on our season calendar. Click here to access. HOCO Pep Assembly In addition to performing for the Homecoming Football Game, the Cougar MB will be performing for the Homecoming Pep Assembly during the school day on Friday, Sept 24th. More details will be announced as they are confirmed through Student Council for the event. Calling all SCHS Bands Alumni! Homecoming: September 24th, 2021 Our homecoming game is a short two weeks away-- If you are a band alumni, you are invited to join us for the game as an honored guest! Please complete this RSVP form if you are interested in joining us on the field and in the stands as a VIP for this event, and share with any alumni that may be interested in attending! Senior Shout-Outs for Football Program The Football Program is offering ½ page senior shout outs to all senior football players, cheerleaders, dance team, marching band & color guard members. Each COLOR ½ page shout-out is $75. Shout outs should be 4" (height) x 5" (width) and sent in PDF form to [email protected] by Friday, October 1. Payments can be sent via cash, check (payable to Cougar Pride) or Venmo. Either have your senior bring payment to Mrs. Gibson at SCHS (room A236) or mail (ask Mrs. Staniszewski for mailing address). *If you'd like to participate, but this presents a financial burden to your family please contact Julie directly. Parent Volunteers Needed! It takes many hands throughout our season to help our events run smoothly, especially in October with fall concerts and marching band events. To see what events and needs we have coming up, please click here to review our SCHS Music Boosters Sign-Up Genius List. We are very excited to be hosting our RCS District MB Festival this year on October 2nd, 2021! To commemorate this special performance, our SCHS Music Boosters have put together an online store of exclusive 2021 RCS District MB Festival apparel featuring special artwork using all three school logos. Sales of this apparel will help support our music programs.
Click here to shop our RCS District MB Festival Commemorative Apparel There will not be on-site apparel sales available; only online orders will be taken for this sale. Orders must be placed by midnight on September 19th. Orders placed via the online store will be available for pick up at the Festival on October 2nd. Thank you for your support! Congrats to the Cougar MB on some great performances for Arts & Apples and the home game last week! Here’s all the latest from the SCHS Band Room:
SCHS Bands Parent Kick-Off Booster Meeting Our SCHS Music Boosters will be hosting a parent kick-off meeting for the school year on Monday, September 13th at 8pm in the SCHS Auditorium. All SCHS Bands students (Concert Ensembles & Marching Band) need to have at least one adult attend. At this meeting, parents will have the opportunity to learn about all the different events happening throughout the school year in the SCHS Music Department. Thank you in advance for attending, learning, and helping to make SCHS Bands a great community for our student musicians! Online Bands Registration If you/your student hasn’t completed their Online SCHS Bands Registration yet, please do so! This greatly helps our band community gather the information we need to participate in MSBOA festivals, distribute uniforms/concert dress, collect cleaning fees, and much more. The link to complete our registration can be found by clicking here. YouTube Livestreaming: Please subscribe to our channel! If you haven’t already done so, please subscribe to our YouTube channel and encourage your friends and families to do the same—we will be able to start livestreaming on YouTube when we hit 1000 subscribers! Click here to view our SCHS Bands Videos YouTube Channel! Concert Ensembles (Concert Band, Symphony Band, Wind Ensemble) MSBOA All-State Band Audition Information The deadline to apply for auditioning is coming up quick!! These ensembles, consisting of students from across the state of Michigan selected by blind audition, will be invited to rehearse and perform in Grand Rapids at the Michigan Music Conference in January 2022. It is a great honor to be selected, and any student enrolled in one of our concert ensembles is eligible (and encouraged!) to audition! 2021-2022 MSBOA HS All-State Band & Orchestra Registration Packet (Due to Mrs. Staniszewski Sept 28th to ensure timely registration) All-State Band & Orchestra Audition Information (Auditions to be held October 20-24, 2021) All-State Ensembles Conductors Biographies (Who you’ll be working with if selected) All-State Ensembles Repertoire/Performance Program (What you’ll be performing if selected) Hawaii 2022 Trip (Re) Kick Off We are excited to re-kick off our Hawaii trip after being postponed from last year! Any students involved in the SCHS Bands are invited to participate in this once-in-a-lifetime musical travel opportunity. We will be traveling Friday, March 25th through April 1st, 2022 (Spring Break) in order to participate in some special musical opportunities as well as experience some of the local cultures and experiences that only Hawaii can provide. For more information, please visit our Hawaii Information section of our website by clicking here. (Please note: At this time, only an updated itinerary has been announced. Once updated registration and payment information is available, it too will be posted in this area of our website.) Cougar Marching Band Congratulations again to the Cougar MB on their performances last week! We do not have any performances this week, but instead are working up to a big homecoming game next week on Friday, September 24th! Coming up this week:
Senior Shout-Outs for Football Program The Football Program is offering ½ page senior shout outs to all senior football players, cheerleaders, dance team, marching band & color guard members. Each COLOR ½ page shout-out is $75. Shout outs should be 4" (height) x 5" (width) and sent in PDF form to [email protected] by Friday, October 1. Payments can be sent via cash, check (payable to Cougar Pride) or Venmo. Either have your senior bring payment to Mrs. Gibson at SCHS (room A236) or mail (ask Mrs. Staniszewski for mailing address). *If you'd like to participate, but this presents a financial burden to your family please contact Julie directly. Calling all SCHS Bands Alumni! Homecoming: September 24th, 2021 Our homecoming game is a short two weeks away-- If you are a band alumni, you are invited to join us for the game as an honored guest! Please complete this RSVP form if you are interested in joining us on the field and in the stands as a VIP for this event, and share with any alumni that may be interested in attending! Parent Volunteers Needed! It takes many hands throughout our season to help our events run smoothly. To see what events and needs we have coming up, please click here to review our SCHS Music Boosters Sign-Up Genius List. Our school year is off to a great start, making some great sounds! Here’s all the latest from the SCHS Band Room:
SCHS Bands Parent Kick-Off Booster Meeting Our SCHS Music Boosters will be hosting a parent kick-off meeting for the school year on Monday, September 13th at 8pm in the SCHS Auditorium. All SCHS Bands students (Concert Ensembles & Marching Band) should plan on having at least one adult attend. At this meeting, parents will have the opportunity to learn about all the different events happening throughout the school year in the SCHS Music Department. Thank you in advance for attending, learning, and helping to make SCHS Bands a great community for our student musicians! Online Bands Registration If you/your student hasn’t completed their Online SCHS Bands Registration yet, please do so! This greatly helps our band community gather the information we need to participate in MSBOA festivals, distribute uniforms/concert dress, collect cleaning fees, and much more. The link to complete our registration can be found by clicking here. YouTube Livestreaming: Please subscribe to our channel! If you haven’t already done so, please subscribe to our YouTube channel and encourage your friends and families to do the same—we will be able to start livestreaming on YouTube when we hit 1000 subscribers! Click here to view our SCHS Bands Videos YouTube Channel! Concert Ensembles (Concert Band, Symphony Band, Wind Ensemble) MSBOA All-State Band Audition Information The first of many great MSBOA performance opportunities available for concert ensemble students in the 2021-22 school year is auditions for the All-State Bands and Orchestras. These ensembles, consisting of students from across the state of Michigan selected by blind audition, will be invited to rehearse and perform in Grand Rapids at the Michigan Music Conference in January 2022. It is a great honor to be selected, and any student enrolled in one of our concert ensembles is eligible (and encouraged!) to audition! 2021-2022 MSBOA HS All-State Band & Orchestra Registration Packet (Due to Mrs. Staniszewski Sept 28th to ensure timely registration) All-State Band & Orchestra Audition Information (Auditions to be held October 20-24, 2021) All-State Ensembles Conductors Biographies (Who you’ll be working with if selected) All-State Ensembles Repertoire/Performance Program (What you’ll be performing if selected) Cougar Marching Band The Cougar MB had a great performance at Rochester High School with the Falcon Marching Band this past Thursday! Congratulations to all our performers! We have another BIG performance day coming up this Friday, kicking off the Rochester Arts & Apples Festival as well as hosting another home game. Our upcoming dates & confirmed timelines include:
Parent Volunteers Needed! It takes many hands throughout our season to help our events run smoothly. To see what events and needs we have coming up, please click here to review our SCHS Music Boosters Sign-Up Genius List. |
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