A very Happy New Year to all our SCHS Band Students & Families! We have an exciting year ahead of us-- here are all the details for our return to school in January:
Concert Ensembles (CB, SB, WE) Chamber Music Composition Assignment All Concert Ensemble students had their rough drafts due before the Winter Holiday-- we are now working on edits and our final projects. Final projects (final editions and recordings) drafts are due Thursday, January 18th. Composition Assignment Guideline & Deadline Reference Sheet Solo & Ensemble Clinics: January 11, 2024 Our annual Solo & Ensemble Clinics are a required performance for any students registered to perform at District Solo & Ensemble. This performance is an important practice/"run through" to help students prepare for the formal event later in the semester. Applicable students/groups will need sign up for a time to perform on the afternoon of Thursday, January 11 between 2:45-5:45pm. Each event registered for S&E will need a timeslot; if you/your student are registered for 3 events, each of the 3 events will need to sign up for a timeslot to perform. Please click here to access and sign-up for available time slots for our S&E Clinics on Thursday, January 11th Solo & Ensemble Schedules Released Our District MSBOA S&E schedules are now available! All events will be held at Rochester High School. Click links to see for more details. 1/20/2024: Large Brass & Percussion 2/3/2024: All Other Events Large Brass and Percussion Ensembles Students are responsible for attending all rehearsals or may be released from performing with the group. Please notify Mrs. Staniszewski and the coach for each large ensemble of any unavoidable conflicts that may arise.
Cougar Jazz Band The Cougar Jazz Band resumes our regular 5-8pm rehearsal on Monday, January 8th! Our Yearbook picture will be taken on Monday, January 22nd. All Jazz Band members will need to bring concert blacks for this rehearsal. Our Jazz Retreat will be held on February 9-11, 2024. We will be at the Embassy Suites in Troy again for a great weekend of clinics, music, and fun. More information and the registration packet can be found here. Please turn in your registration ASAP if you haven't already done so! Student Leadership Meetings Our student leadership teams have been busy working on projects for the band program! We hope you can join us for some of these new events: The Outreach Committee is putting together a pep band of wind and percussion students to go to some upcoming hockey games on December 22 and January 27th. If your SCHS Band Student would like to participate, please have them reach out to their section leader for the GroupMe text link to sign up. Our Social Committee is working on a Movie Night for Friday, January 19th after final exams! All students are welcome to attend. Any students interested in joining us for Movie Night are asked to RSVP (click here!). Leadership Meetings dates for the rest of this year will be: January 22nd (4:00pm), March 11th (4:00pm), April 8th (2:30pm), May 6th (4:00pm), and June 3rd (2:30pm). Students, please mark your calendars- we'd love to have your voice in the meetings! Extra-Curricular Opportunities Social Studies Olympiad: Song Writing Stoney Creek High School will be competing in the Social Studies Olympiad this year, and one of the events is to create an original song! More information can be found here. Please reach out to Mrs. Staniszewski or Mr. Mize with any questions or to sign up! Comments are closed.
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