Important Upcoming Dates:
Band Seniors! We have a lot of celebrations coming up and need your responses!
Wind Ensemble Auditions Students interested in auditioning for the 2023-2024 SCHS Wind Ensemble will have the opportunity to audition during the last week of April. Auditions consist of three parts:
To reserve your audition time, please sign up here. Travel Survey: We will be looking ahead to traveling again as a band program in 2025. If you/your student are planning to participate in our SCHS Bands in 2025, we would love your ideas! Please complete this survey to provide us with your input for future trips. SCHS Bands 2025 Travel Survey Cougar Jazz Band Monday rehearsals resume in May! Although we are breaking for April due to the musical, we will resume Monday night rehearsals in May to prepare for our upcoming spring performances. Cougar Marching Band All drumline members, those applying for a Leadership Position in the CMB, and all incoming freshmen seeking to march should be enrolled in both a core band class (Concert, Symphony, or Wind Ensemble) and Marching Band for the coming school year. Leadership Auditions and Interviews If you are a returning member of the Cougar Marching Band for 2023-2024 and are interested in a leadership position within the CMB, our leadership interviews will be held on Monday May 8th and Monday May 15th. A leadership application and essay must be submitted to Mrs. Staniszewski the Friday prior to your interview on your respective Monday. Please reserve spots prior to 3:30pm for percussion candidates. Leadership Handbook (Reviewing responsibilities and duties for each of our positions) Leadership Application Sign-Up for Interview Times (Please save times prior to 3:15pm for Percussion candidates) SCHS Marching Percussion Calling all SCHS Percussionists! Our drop in clinics have begun in anticipation of auditions happening later in the spring! 2023-24 packets for both our frontline and drumline can be found here: Frontline Packet Drumline Packet MB Mini-Camp Our MB kick-off for the 2023-24 season will be June 7-9th, from 11am-4pm! Be sure to mark your calendars! All marchers for the coming season are required to attend. We will be distributing music, reviewing marching techniques, and more! Student Leadership Meetings Thank you to those who have signed up to help at our Instrument Petting Zoo for Take Your Child to Work Day at Stoney this week! Take Your Child to Work Day Instrument Petting Zoo Sign-Up (5th Hr, Th 4/27) Upcoming Leadership Meeting Dates: May 8th & 15th (Leadership Interviews) June 5th (2:30pm) Fundraisers RaiseRight card program This is our primary source of SAF fundraising this year! Overall, this is a program where we get a percentage back from any gift cards purchased. No extra fees. You can buy physical gift cards and use as gifts. Perfect for the holidays! Or you can buy reloadable cards or e-cards that you can use yourself at stores you normally buy from anyway. To get started, click here to create an account linked to our SCHS Music Boosters. RaiseRight will be running several specials, especially near the holiday season. Their biggest discount days are called Raise Days and they are Thursday and Friday of this week. So register asap to take advantage of these specials. Extracurricular Opportunities GRAMMY Camp® - Weekend is a one-day non-residential music industry experience over three weekends where a small group (20-30) of high school students can gain an introduction to the business of music. These are FREE for students wishing to attend. The Detroit area GRAMMY Camp – Weekend program is an event that takes place on Saturday, May 6th and Saturday, May 13th from 10am-4pm at the Detroit Hispanic Development Center (1211 Trumbull, Detroit, MI 48216). Each weekend date will feature two different career tracks, and you can attend one or both, but it is not mandatory to go to both. We will also offer a special music industry professional panel on Saturday, May 20th with guest professionals working in the field, who will share their experiences and partake in a Q&A session with the students. We are offering the following tracks at the Detroit Camp: Electronic Music Production and Vocal Performance (May 6th) Audio Engineering and Songwriting (May 13th) Online registration form to RSVP: https://grammymuseum.formstack.com/forms/grammy_camp_weekend_registrationform_2022_detroit Summer Jazz Workshop The midtown Detroit Summer Jazz workshop for 2023 will be held on July 10-14. In the heart of midtown Detroit, students will study with some of the top local jazz musicians and perform a concert at Aretha's Jazz Cafe for family and friends. See this website for photos, videos, and more information. Oakland Youth Orchestra Auditions This April and May, OYO will once again be holding Spring Auditions virtually via Zoom. New student audition signup is now available on our website HERE. More information about OYO auditions can be found here. From The Top Podcast seeks Young Musicians from Rochester! From the Top, a music nonprofit organization most widely known for its radio program on NPR. From the Top will be recording a radio show in Michigan during their 2023-2024 season featuring young musicians from around the state, and is looking for Rochester Community Schools musicians apply to take part in our Fellowship, which includes the radio (and podcast) recording. What is From the Top? From the Top is a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the stories, talents, and character of young classically-trained musicians ages 8-18. Selected students will take part in our Fellowship, which includes recording for our NPR radio program and participating in virtual workshops with their peers that explore career opportunities in the arts, audio production, community engagement, and more. Apply at: apply.fromthetop.org Also, for any dedicated young musicians with financial need who are in need of funds to support their musical growth (such as by making it possible for them to purchase their own instrument, take regular private lessons, or attend a summer music program), From the Top also offers the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award, a need-based award of up to $10,000 given in conjunction with full participation in From the Top’s Learning and Media Lab Fellowship. In order to provide the best opportunity to be considered for all of their radio programs next season, students are encouraged to apply by June 15, 2023. Comments are closed.
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