We are already mid-way through February, and we have LOTS of excitement ahead in the next weeks leading up to Spring Break! Pre-Festival Concert, Festival at LOHS, State S&E, musical rehearsal start, our NYC trip kick-off, hosting our All-City Band Concert.... Here is this Week's Update!
Concert Ensembles Music Booster Scholarship Auditions: Thursday, February 18th Scholarship auditions will be this Thursday evening. A schedule will be announced later this week, prior to auditions. Good luck to all our auditioning students! Large Chamber Ensembles- Brass: Our next rehearsal will be on Monday, February 22nd. We will plan on beginning at 2:45pm, although Mrs. Staniszewski will be coming from a meeting elsewhere and may be a few minutes late. Please start yourselves on time by warming up, doing some lip slurs and tuning should she not return by 2:45pm. Woodwind: You are responsible for keeping up with your parts in the coming months, as we will be performing for our final performance, our Chamber Music Day in Rochester Park on Friday, May 20th. We will resume Tuesday 2:45-3:30pm rehearsals on April 26th, May 3rd, & 17th in order to prepare for our performance. Percussion: Your final performance will be for our Spring Concert on May 11th. Rehearsals will resume with James in April.. MSBOA BAND FESTIVAL DATES ANNOUNCED:
Please click here to view our detailed timeline for all three festival performances. Please click here for recordings of all our festival pieces to be used as we prepare for festival! Enjoy! April 2017 NYC Trip: SCHS Bands to perform at Carnegie Hall! It's official! The SCHS Band program will travel to New York City in April 2017! Our 2017 trip will include many highlights, including working with professional musicians and performing on stage at Carnegie Hall! Other highlights will include: seeing a Broadway show, visiting many NYC landmarks and highlights, sightseeing, and more! Space is LIMITED for this trip. The first 44 students and 10 parent chaperones to submit their deposits will be guaranteed, after which a wait list will be created. Should we have enough students and parents to fill a second bus from the wait list, they will also be cleared for travel. Anyone interested in traveling with us is HIGHLY encouraged to attend and bring a checkbook for the deposit to our initial trip meeting on Wednesday, March 9th at 7pm in the band room (following Parent/Teacher Conferences). Upcoming Events
Pit Orchestra Our first rehearsals will be on Tuesday and Thursday of this week, 2:45-4:30pm. Please be sure to bring your signed contracts and music in 3 ring binders. Also, all parents of pit orchestra musicians are asked to attend the parent meeting for the musical on Thursday, February 18th in the Auditorium from 6-7pm. Marching Band Congratulations to the Cougar Marching Band on the completion of a very successful 2015 season! Please make a note of these important dates for next year:
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