We've reached our final Update for the calendar year and it's a big one-- Winter Concert, Yearbook Pictures, and Composition Rough Drafts are all going on this week. All the details are right here in this week's update:
Concert Ensembles (CB, SB, WE) Winter Concert: December 19, 2023 Our SCHS Bands Winter Concert is coming up on Tuesday, December 19th. Students will need to arrive at 5:30pm for a combined rehearsal/set the stage prior to our concert beginning at 7:00pm. If you have RSVPed to join us, you are also invited to our rehearsal at 5:30pm to play through Sleigh Ride together and review some details prior to our grand finale. We hope you'll attend! We will also have an afterglow immediately following our Winter Concert performance. Each band family is asked to bring one nut-free treat to share for this event. Treats can be dropped off in the Auditorium Lobby prior to students needing to report for our rehearsal at 5:30pm. Yearbook Pictures: Thursday, December 21 Yearbook pictures will be taken in all classes on Thursday, December 21st. Students will need to bring their Concert Blacks to change into for the pictures. Please be sure to also have black socks and shoes, as they may be visible in the picture. Chamber Music Composition Assignment All Concert Ensemble students were assigned our annual Composition assignment in Google Classroom earlier this month. These compositions will be passed along to our Middle School Band friends to be performed in May at our Chamber Music Night. First drafts are due Thursday, December 21st. Composition Assignment Guideline & Deadline Reference Sheet Solo & Ensemble Clinics: January 11, 2024 Our annual Solo & Ensemble Clinics are a required performance for any students registered to perform at District Solo & Ensemble. This performance is an important practice/"run through" to help students prepare for the formal event later in the semester. Applicable students/groups will need sign up for a time to perform on the afternoon of Thursday, January 11 between 2:45-5:45pm. Each event registered for S&E will need a timeslot; if you/your student are registered for 3 events, each of the 3 events will need to sign up for a timeslot to perform. Please click here to access and sign-up for available time slots for our S&E Clinics on Thursday, January 11th Large Brass and Percussion Ensembles Students are responsible for attending all rehearsals or may be released from performing with the group. Please notify Mrs. Staniszewski and the coach for each large ensemble of any unavoidable conflicts that may arise.
Cougar Jazz Band The Cougar Jazz Band has our regular 5-8pm rehearsal on Monday, December 18th. We will then break until Monday, January 8th for the Winter Recess. For more information including our tentative performance calendar, please review our syllabus for this year's Jazz Band by clicking here. (Dates tentative, subject to shift until confirmed.) Our Jazz Retreat will be held on February 9-11, 2024. All Jazz Band students are highly encouraged to attend! We will be at the Embassy Suites in Troy again for a great weekend of clinics, music, and fun. More information and the registration packet can be found here. Please turn in your registration by Thursday, December 21st! The Cougar Jazz Band is also looking for someone to help take our Yearbook Picture in January! If you are a parent with a good eye and camera, willing to share your talents with us at one of our January Monday night rehearsals, please reach out to Mrs. Staniszewski. Music Booster Fundraising Update Attention SAF families, Due to various reasons, the Music Boosters has decided to pause the current Student Assistance Fund program on December 22, 2023. Please know that any funds your student has accumulated up until that point will not be removed. We realize that this is a prime time to order Raise Right cards, so please be sure to order before then. We hope to bring you an updated and more user friendly version of SAF in the new year. Please feel free to contact Alissa Scolaro at [email protected] if you have questions or concerns. Student Leadership Meetings Our student leadership teams have been busy working on projects for the band program! We hope you can join us for some of these new events: The Outreach Committee is putting together a pep band of wind and percussion students to go to some upcoming hockey games on December 22 and January 27th. If your SCHS Band Student would like to participate, please have them reach out to their section leader for the GroupMe text link to sign up. Our Social Committee is working on a Movie Night for Friday, January 19th after final exams! All band students are welcome to attend; we anticipate this being a free event. Any students interested in joining us for Movie Night are asked to RSVP (click here!). Leadership Meetings dates for the rest of this year will be: January 22nd (4:00pm), March 11th (4:00pm), April 8th (2:30pm), May 6th (4:00pm), and June 3rd (2:30pm). Students, please mark your calendars- we'd love to have your voice in the meetings! Extra-Curricular Opportunities Social Studies Olympiad: Song Writing Stoney Creek High School will be competing in the Social Studies Olympiad this year, and one of the events is to create an original song! More information can be found here. Please reach out to Mrs. Staniszewski or Mr. Mize with any questions or to sign up! Comments are closed.
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