Welcome to February! Here's everything we have going on in the band room for this week, next week, and the weeks ahead: Concert Ensembles (CB, SB, WE) Solo & Ensemble Update: On to States! Congratulations to all our student performers for their District Solo & Ensemble Festival performances! Students who earn a "I" at this festival will be automatically invited to perform at State Solo & Ensemble at Stoney Creek HS on Saturday, March 16. State Solo & Ensemble Registration and payments are due FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9th! State Solo & Ensemble Registration Form Pre-Festival Concerts: Feb 14 (CB&SB) & Feb 15 (WE) Our next set of performances will be on February 14th (Concert Band and Symphony Band) and February 15th (Wind Ensemble) for our Pre-Festival Concerts! Please make sure your calendars are marked. For our February 14th concert, we will be hosting an afterglow for our Hart 8th Grade Bands, so please be sure to also bring a nut-free goodie to share! Cougar Jazz Band Our next rehearsal is Monday, February 5th from 5-8pm. Our Jazz Retreat is coming up on February 9-11, 2024. We will be at the Embassy Suites in Troy again for a great weekend of clinics, music, and fun. Students should plan to arrive between 4:30-5:00pm to check in. There will be NO Jazz Band on Monday, February 12th and Monday, February 19th. Our Jazz Band students will be having a clinic with bassist MSgt Eric Sabo from the President's Own United States Marine Corp Band on Monday, February 26th! We are very excited to have MSgt Sabo talk to and work with our jazz students on improvisation and jazz skills during our evening rehearsal that night. Parents are welcome to come sit in on this clinic if they wish- please email Mrs. Staniszewski to RSVP. Detroit Symphony Orchestra Field Trip: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2024 We have an exciting invitation for a field trip to the DSO- Orchestra Hall to enjoy a classical music concert, Elgar and Sheherazade, featuring Mendelsson’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor and Sherherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov. Tickets are $27.00 and include the concert ticket and transportation. Please fill out the ticket worksheet and permission slip and return to the black mailbox ASAP to reserve your seat! Extended deadline until February 6 due to snow days! Parent chaperones are encouraged to attend as we are in need of you! If you are interested in chaperoning please fill out your information as well as your student. If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Lisa Halushka at [email protected] for more information. Attire for this event is dressy (no athletic shoes, casual jeans, sweatpants, yoga pants, etc). DSO Registration Link Little Caesar's Pizza Fundraiser! There's no better time than to put in your order with our SCHS Music Boosters for your Little Caesars pizza kits! The fundraiser is now open and runs through February 26th. Here is the link for sellers to register: https://fundraising.littlecaesars.com/login/join-fundraiser/3e598250-7941-4d97-9a47-92ed5ec54b60* Student Leadership Meetings Our next leadership meeting will be Monday, February 26th at 4pm! Leadership Meetings dates for the rest of this year will be: 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! The 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 performance opportunity for small groups and combos. More information will come as details are finalized! Our Publicity and Social Committees are working with our SCHS Music Boosters to host our first ever Music Department Bowling Night on Tuesday, March 19th at Avon North Hill Lanes. Cost is $5/person and includes bowling, shoes, and pizza. At least one person per lane needs to be an adult. Registration forms can be seen/printed here. Money and registration forms are due March 8th, 2024 and can be turned in to the black mailbox outside the band or choir office doors. This event is open to ALL Music Department families-- Band, Choir, Orchestra, Color/Winterguard! We hope you will join us! Extra-Curricular Opportunities CMU Saxophone Day: February 25, 2024 The School of Music at Central Michigan University is hosting an exciting Saxophone Day on Sunday, February 25 at the CMU School of Music. Saxophone Day 2024 will feature performances by the CMU Saxophone Studio, with an opportunity for high school students to rehearse and perform in a large saxophone ensemble, plus attend a recital of new literature by our special guest artists, the fabulous ~Nois Saxophone Quartet. The cost to participate is $10 per registrant. This fee will be collected at check in, payable by cash or check only. Checks need to be made payable to Central Michigan University. Click here to register for CMU Saxophone Day Michigan Youth Ensembles Applications for the 2024-2025 Michigan Youth Ensemble (MYE) Season are now open! All MYE Programs are open to students who will be in grades 9 through 12 during the 2024-2025 academic year. Audition / application requirements for each ensemble can be found via our website, smtd.umich.edu/mye. Important dates to note:
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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