We have our Pre-Festival Clinic Concerts to anticipate this week prior to our mid-Winter Break! Here's all the details for our performances and more for the coming week and weeks to come: Leadership Meeting Many thanks to all who attended our Leadership meeting this past week! Our Social, Outreach, and Publicity Committees are off and working on some great opportunities for our band students. Our next meeting will be on Monday, March 14th at 4pm. Concert Ensembles (Concert Band, Symphony Band, Wind Ensemble) Pre-Festival Concerts (Click on Links for Timelines)
Music Booster Scholarships: February 24, 2022 The SCHS Music Boosters will once again offer scholarships to students continuing in a band, orchestra, or choir class for the 2022-23 school year. Those interested in a scholarship will need to prepare an audition to perform on February 24th, sign-up for an audition time between 3-6pm in the band room, and complete a letter of intent (click here). Letter of intent and sign up for audition due on February 16th. Please ask Mrs. Staniszewski any questions. MSBOA District Band Festival The schedule for MSBOA District Band Festival has been announced! The Concert Band will perform Friday, March 4th, Symphony Band and Wind Ensemble on Saturday, March 5th at Clarkston High School. Please click here to review the detailed schedule for our District Band Festival Performances. State Solo & Ensemble (Virtual for 2022)
Travel Update: May 20-22, 2022 SCHS Bands will be offering a short (2 night) trip to Chicago on May 20-22, 2022 to experience the performing arts outside of our local area! On this trip, we will be hearing the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as well as the Broadway touring production of Fiddler on the Roof, while exploring many of the other arts and leisure offerings in the Windy City. This trip is open to all SCHS Band students & adult family members as chaperones, and will be capped once we hit our maximum number of travelers. Please Note: Similar in nature to our DSO trip, all travelers electing to participate in this voluntary opportunity will need to provide proof of vaccination (as required by Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Broadway in Chicago venues). All travelers must also agree to abide by health guidelines as stipulated by these participating venues and local governments for the full duration of the trip. To see more information (itinerary, trip insurance, etc.) please click here. To register, please click here. Jazz Band Jazz Band rehearsals continue this week on Monday evening, 2/14. Please note: There will be NO AM rehearsals on Wednesday 2/16 or Thursday 2/17 due to our Pre-Festival Concerts this week. There is also no Monday night rehearsal on 2/21 due to Mid-Winter Break. Our next rehearsal after Monday, 2/14 will be THURSDAY, 2/24. The SCHS Cougar Jazz Band will be performing along side the Adams and Rochester HS Jazz Bands and with the Scott Gwinnell Jazz Orchestra in a VERY special performance at Detroit's historic Music Hall on Tuesday, April 12th! We are also thrilled to invite back Jesse Elder (Postmodern Jukebox) and our 2020 & 2021 Cougar JB alum to world premiere Jesse's big band arrangement of Pink Floyd's "Money" for this event! There is a $20/person cover charge for this performance. Student performers will not need to pay the cover fee. Alumni interested in joining us should plan on attending rehearsal on Monday, April 11 at 5pm, SCHS Band room to rehearse with Jesse prior to Tuesday's performance. Please note: Alumni joining us will be required to pay the cover fee. To RSVP for this special event, please complete this Google Form: https://forms.gle/KjKa5vXQwWxonsii8 Music Boosters Announcements
Parent Volunteers Needed! It takes many hands throughout our school year to help our events run smoothly. To see where help is needed, please click here to review our SCHS Music Boosters Sign-Up Genius List. Cougar Marching Band Parent Support for Next Year's Marching Band A successful season for next year starts today! Help is needed to fill some critical positions looking ahead for Fall 2022. If you have any questions, please contact our VP for Band Affairs, Stacey Anason at [email protected]. Comments are closed.
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