A very Happy New Year to all of our SCHS band students, families, and friends! We have a number of great events to anticipate and wonderful music to make in the new year... here is what's coming up for this week and beyond in the band room:
Marching Band Survey To avoid conflicts with the start of the fall sports season, research is underway to explore alternative schedules for band camp. While the current plan is still to remain at the same site and dates as last year, we want to be inclusive of all of our multi-talented students and their commitments outside the band. To reiterate, nothing has changed; rather, this poll is purely an effort to collect data from our group. If you have not yet already done so, please take one minute to complete the survey to help us determine our next steps. Marching Band Camp Survey Concert Ensembles Solo & Ensemble Clinics: Thursday, January 5th, 2017 All students who are attending Solo & Ensemble as a part of their Chamber Music Project are required to particupate in our S&E Clinics on Thursday, 1/5. (This is our second day back from Winter Break!) Each event going to S&E on January 13th/14th needs to sign up for a 10 minute slot. Sign-ups are posted in the band room. If you have not already signed up for your group, you will need to do so upon returning to school. Some reminders about S&E rules to double check prior to the clinics include:
Large Chamber Ensembles: Large Percussion Ensemble rehearsals will resume this Friday, January 6th, while large brass and large woodwind ensembles will resume on Monday, Jan. 9 and Tuesday, January 10th respectively. MSBOA District 4 Honors Band: January 6-7, 2017 If you are one of our three representatives performing with the MSBOA District 4 Honors Bands this coming weekend (Ishpreet K., Nick A., Michael X.), please be sure to turn in your $60 participation fee to Mrs. Staniszewski ASAP. Per MSBOA request, we will be submitting one check for all of your fees. Good luck and have fun representing SCHS Bands for this great musical opportunity! Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Scholarship Auditions: January 13, 2017 A representative from Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp will be visiting SCHS on Friday, January 13th to hold merit scholarship auditions for Summer 2017. We have had a number of students earn a great deal in scholarship funds from these auditions in the past, as well has have a wonderful summer music camp experience! More information regarding the program offerings at BLFAC as well as the scholarships can be found in the following documents as well as their website: bluelake.org. Auditioning for a scholarship is in no way a commitment to attending the camp, therefore, all students are highly encouraged to audition and see how much of a scholarship they can earn before committing to attend. blue_lake_audition_announcement.pdf blue_lake_merit_scholarship_application.pdf blue_lake_permission_to_audition.pdf blue_lake_scholarship_checklist.pdf blue_merit_financial_need_scholarship_application.pdf District 4 MSBOA Solo & Ensemble: Friday and Saturday, January 13-14, 2017 Solo & Ensemble is quickly approaching! Please note, this year's festival will be at Brighton HS, and not Hartland HS, as it has been in past years. The schedule for S&E events can be found below: Friday, January 13, 2017 Saturday, January 14, 2017 NYC Trip Before we know it, we will be packing and performing at Carnegie Hall! We will be having a trip meeting on Monday, January 23rd to review details for the trip, including rooming assignments, as well as the upcoming rehearsal calender. Please click here for the list of important dates for the trip, or check out the dates on our Google Calendar below, beginning January 2017! *Because this trip and our performance involves students from all three band classes, it is essential for us to hold rehearsals after-school. This enables everyone the opportunity to rehearse with one another without disrupting the learning day by pulling them out of other academic classes. These rehearsals will ensure that we have the best possible performance on one of the world’s most famous stages! Rehearsals were scheduled on Mondays, immediately after-school, in the effort to have the least amount of conflicts with other extra-curricular activities. Please plan accordingly and plan on attending all of our rehearsals. Upcoming Performances/Events: Jan 5th, 2017: S&E Clinics, 3-6pm, SCHS Jan 13: BLFAC Auditions Jan 13-14: District 4 MSBOA Solo & Ensemble Festival at Brighton HS Jan 23: NYC Trip Meeting January 25-27: Midterm Exams CB: Memorized Scales (Concert F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb) SB & WE: Chamber Music Compositions for Hart MS students to perform January 30: Start of second semester (Jazz Band meets 5-8pm) January 31: Instrument Petting Zoo 5-7pm (Student musicians needed!) Jazz Band The Cougar Jazz Band is getting ready to kick off it's first year during second semester-- I hope everyone is as excited as I am! We will begin rehearsing second semester Mondays (Starting Jan 30) from 5-8pm, and Wed/Thur Mornings from 6:15-7:15am. To see the most up-to-date calendar for the Jazz Band, including tentative performances, please reference our Google Calendar below.. Calendar Comments are closed.
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