Welcome to 2020! We have a lot of great music to anticipate in the new year- all the details are here in this week's update!
Concert Ensembles (Concert Band, Symphony Band, Wind Ensemble) Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Scholarship Auditions: Thursday, January 9, 2020 A representative from Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp will in all classes on Thursday, January 9th to hold open auditions for scholarships. Auditioning for a scholarship is not a commitment to attending the camp; BLFAC will mail you a scholarship offer 2-3 weeks after the audition, at which time you can choose to accept or decline. Auditioning students need only prepare a short excerpt of music of their choosing that demonstrates their best playing. All students are highly encouraged to audition, even if they do not choose to go to the camp! 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 22nd, 2020. 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 completed & received by January 23rd, 2020. Jazz Band Our SCHS Jazz Band Retreat will be held on the afternoon of Friday, January 10, 2020 through Sunday morning, January 12, 2020 at the Embassy Suites in Troy. Particularly exciting this year is our partnership with professional jazz pianist and Postmodern Jukebox member, Jesse Elder! Mr. Elder will be composing a brand new song arrangement for this year's Cougar Jazz Band, as well as flying in from NYC to work with us throughout the semester. His first workshop with us will be on Saturday, January 11th at this year's retreat!! Our schedule for the weekend and additional details can be found here. Marching Band Volunteering: We need YOU! The Marching Band season may be coming to a close, but we are already looking ahead to Band Camp 2020! Please see our Volunteering page to sign up for one of our committees! Leadership Meetings Monthly leadership meetings will begin on Tuesday, January 14th, 2020, 2:45-3:30pm in the Band Room. These meetings are open to ALL Cougar MB members who wish to attend. Those interested in a section leader or drum major position should plan on attending, as your attendance will be noted as a part of the application process in the spring. Leadership meetings dates for the rest of the year include:
Extra-Curricular Performance Opportunities North Oakland Concert Band Concerto Competition The seventh annual NOCB Concerto Competition auditions will be held February 20, 2020 at Lake Orion High School. The winner will receive $1,000 and will perform with the band during their spring concert at the Lake Orion High School Auditorium in Lake Orion, MI. Students who wish to apply must meet the following criteria:
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