After weeks of clinics, sectionals, rehearsals, and many hours of rehearsal in classes, we finally return to Band Festivals for the first time since 2020. All the details for these significant performances are found in this week's Update along with other upcoming events: Concert Ensembles (Concert Band, Symphony Band, Wind Ensemble) MSBOA District Band Festival Concert Band is scheduled for Friday, March 11th at Clarkston High School and the Symphony Band & Wind Ensemble on Saturday, March 5th at Novi High School. The most current timeline for Band Festival can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I1jXCV00Z_W-ZhCW1GKsWhBeMyqon_RpAnnBbioQKtI/edit?usp=sharing State Solo & Ensemble (Virtual for 2022) Performances for State S&E can be uploaded in OpusEvents between Monday, March 14th and Saturday, March 19th. When completing your Virtual State S&E performance:
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 The Cougar Jazz Band meets on Monday night this week as well as our Wednesday and Thursday morning rehearsal times. MSBOA State Jazz Festival is coming up on Thursday, March 24th! Please click here for the timeline of this big performance date. 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 Leadership Meeting 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. 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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