Congratulations to all our SCHS Band students on a wonderful Winter Concert this past week! There are some videos of our performances (including Stille Nacht) available on our YouTube Channel:
www.youtube.com/channel/UC_eFiT825s_2Q5KLfLXDEzA Upcoming Week(s) Summary:
Concert Ensembles (Concert Band, Symphony Band, Wind Ensemble) Yearbook and Individual Composite Pictures Tuesday, December 18th: Individual Composite Portraits (Concert Dress & Marching Band Uniforms) Friday, December 21st: Yearbook Pictures (Concert Ensemble/Concert Dress Only) Students will need to make sure their have all of their appropriate uniform pieces for both of these days in order to have their pictures taken. Those students in marching band only are asked to bring their marching band uniforms for December 18th and have their pictures taken during their lunch period in order to be included on our Bi-Annual Composites. Families wishing to order prints of their student's individual portraits are encouraged to pick up one of the order envelopes in the band room to fill out and turn in on December 18th. Solo & Ensemble Clinics: Tuesday, December 18th Our annual S&E Clinics will be held on Tuesday, December 18th from 3-6pm. Students will not need to be at school for the full event time, however, each event registered for Solo & Ensemble must sign up for a 10-minute time slot to perform as a part of their Chamber Music Project requirements. Sign-ups are currently posted in the band room; please sign up for timeslot ASAP! Large Chamber Ensembles All large chamber ensembles rehearse this week, and all rehearsals are REQUIRED. All Large Chamber Ensembles will be performing at Solo & Ensemble on Saturday, January 19th, 2019.
Midterm Assignments/Projects Symphony Band & Wind Ensemble students will be composing a short piece of chamber music to be performed by Hart MS students for our Chamber Music Night in May. More information can be found by clicking here. All compositions (PDFs and Audio files) must be submitted electronically by January 23rd, 2019. Concert Band students need to perform all twelve major scales, one octave, from memory. Students may choose to perform these live or video record themselves (must be done in one take, not edited). Videos or live performances must be received by January 22nd, 2019. Disney Trip Update We continue rehearsals on Mondays, 2:45-3:45pm. It is HIGHLY recommended that students begin creating BLACK binders with plastic page protectors in which to keep music. Important Dates: Chaperone Meeting: Tuesday, December 18th, 7pm (We will be going over rooming preferences, required paperwork, and any additional questions.) Final Trip Meeting: Wednesday, January 30th, 2019
Our waitlist is officially cleared! We are looking forward to traveling with everyone to sunny Orlando this February! Extracurricular Performing Opportunities This is the inaugural year of Divergent Performing Arts and we are fielding both a percussion ensemble and winds ensemble to compete in the Winter Guard International Season. We are currently looking for mainly upper level high school students (or older) to join, but we will take a student of any skill level as long as they are dedicated and willing to learn! Any marching wind instrument is welcome, as well as synth and auxiliary percussion players. For more information, please visit: https://www.divergentpa.com/ or contact Matthew Kolar ([email protected]) Jazz Band Jazz Band Retreat Dates: January 11-13, 2019 Register by Monday, December 17, 2018! We are looking to kick off our Jazz Band season with a fun getaway! Our first ever SCHS Jazz Band Retreat will be held on the afternoon of Friday, January 11, 2019 through Sunday morning, January 13, 2019 at the Embassy Suites in Troy. The student cost of $160 includes all meals, hotel/lodging costs, clinicians, chaperones, and activities for the duration of the weekend. Please note: this retreat is not required for students looking to be in our jazz band, but will be a special weekend for us to distribute music, work with professional jazz musicians, and strengthen our ensemble skills as we look ahead to officially beginning in the second semester. 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! Comments are closed.
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