We have another busy week ahead as we look forward to traveling to Chicago and preparing to host State S&E! Here is this week's update:
Concert Ensembles Large Chamber Ensembles Our final large chamber ensemble rehearsals schedule before State S&E is as follows:
Good luck to all our large ensembles preparing for State S&E! State Solo & Ensemble: Saturday, March 17, 2018 We once again have the privilege of hosting the MSBOA State Solo & Ensemble Festival this year! This is an honor to be asked once again, as we will be playing host to over 30 area high schools and their top musicians for this great event. ALL SCHS Band Students need to sign-up to volunteer. Student sign-ups can be found here: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/4090a4fabad29a02-2017 If you are a soloist in grades 10-12 performing at State S&E, you will need to prepare a proficiency level to perform along with your solo (scales and sightreading). More information about proficiency levels and scales may be found by clicking here. Parents, State S&E needs you too! Over the last ten years, SCHS has developed a reputation as one of the top sites for MSBOA State S&E by participating schools, directors, judges, and MSBOA officials from across the state of Michigan. But in order for this to continue, we need YOU! Our goal is to have every parent and student that visits our school for S&E to share what a well organized and enjoyable event it was. This is our opportunity to showcase not only our outstanding music program, but our school, and our community as well. Please sign up and join us! Based on feedback received from last year's festival, we are asking for monetary donations instead of food donations for our State S&E Concessions. Please click here to donate: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090a4fabad29a02-sedonations Volunteer: www.signupgenius.com/go/4090a4fabad29a02-2018 Chicago/Hamilton Trip: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 Our trip is coming up this Wednesday! Those traveling are will need to arrive to SCHS by 4:30am next Wednesday, as that is the time our bus is scheduled to pick us up. We will meet briefly in the auditorium lobby area before boarding the bus and departing by 5am. I am told the bus will have outlets and WiFi, although the WiFi access is dependent on the area where the bus is (better signal in some areas than others). Students are being advised to bring breakfast with them on the bus, as we will not likely have the opportunity to stop for breakfast on the way to Chicago. (There is a rest stop scheduled.) There WILL be a dinner stop on the way home to grab fast food, so bringing some money for that is also advised. Lunch is included in the trip and will not require payment. I also told students if interested in merchandise, it is not cheap—similar to what you might see at a concert, etc. (T-shirts $35-40, sweatshirts $75, mugs $20, etc.) We are scheduled to arrive back to SCHS around 11pm that night. I will be posting updates on our group’s progress throughout the day on our Facebook group for any families wishing to keep track of our travel/update our ETA. Our official trip itinerary through Bob Rogers Travel can be found in our Documents or by clicking here: drive.google.com/open?id=0ByG3p5FBCoweUy15OE9iS016MnM Upcoming Performances/Events *March 14: Chicago/Hamilton Trip *March 17: State Solo & Ensemble at SCHS *March 26: All-City Band Concert at Rochester HS (Symphony Band only) *May 9: Spring Band Concert *May 21: Chamber Music Night at Rochester Municipal Park Jazz Band Rehearsals will take place on Monday and Thursday of this week. Please note on Thursday, March 15th, we will be holding our rehearsal in the Auxiliary Gym. Also on Thursday, the SCHS Jazz Bands will be working with David Jensen, Jazz Instructor from Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and Director of Bands from Royal Oak HS. We are very excited to welcome Mr. Jensen to our class! We are excited to officially announce that our SCHS Blue & Gold Jazz Bands will be performing along with the Adams High School Jazz Band at the world famous Cliff Bell's Jazz Club in Detroit on Monday, May 7th! Please be sure to add this exciting event on your calendars- you won't want to miss this awesome night of jazz music in one of the most historic jazz venues around! Cover is $10 person, reservations will be taken beginning April 7th. Stay tuned to schsbands.weebly.com for more details as they become available! Pit Orchestra (Fiddler on the Roof) Rehearsals will be held on Tuesday and Thursday of this week. Rehearsal on Thursday will be held in the Auxillary Gym. Please be sure to look ahead in your books and be ready to read through as much of them as possible. Upcoming Dates: *Rehearsals: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:45-4:30pm *Tech Week: April 16-20th *Matinee: Wednesday, April 25th *Shows: April 27, 28, 29, May 4, 5 Marching Band Leadership Workshop: We will meet next on Monday, March 19th! The Moodle Website for our Leadership Workshop can be found by logging into our district Moodle, navigating to the Stoney Creek HS page, and then clicking on the Music Dept page here: https://moodle.oakland.k12.mi.us/rochester/login/index.php Any student wishing to participate is asked to begin by obtaining a copy of the book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey. (We will be using this edition of the book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change https://www.amazon.com/dp/14t51639619/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_6zyeAb2F5FMAH ) Upcoming Dates: *Workshop dates (all are 2:45-4:00pm): March 19, April 23, May 21 *DM Workshops: April 24, April 26 (2:45-3:45pm) *DM Auditions: May 10 *Section Leader Interviews: May 14 *MB Registration Night: May 22, 6-8pm Opportunities Oakland University is offering a number of free masterclasses and concerts in the coming weeks! (Full event offerings available by clicking here.) SCHS Bands Trip 2019 SCHS Bands will be traveling to Walt Disney World on February 14-19, 2019! This once-in-a-lifetime trip will consist of two different performance opportunities: Performing on a Disney Stage in Walt Disney World (as professional performers with Disney Entertainment), as well as working with a studio musician in a professional recording studio environment to record our own film soundtracks. While we are down in Orlando, we will also visit all four Disney theme parks. Any student enrolled in a year-long band class for the 2018-2019 school year is invited to register for this trip! The first 55 people to register (6 chaperones, 49 students) will have guaranteed seats, after which a waiting list will open. Should we hit 80 people (8 chaperones, 72 students) or more, the waiting list will be cleared and anyone who registers will be cleared for travel. Seats are likely to fill fast, so be sure to complete your registration as soon as possible! To view our tentative itinerary, see pricing and accommodations, and registration directions for this exciting travel opportunity, please click here. Hard copies of trip information and a formal trip announcement will be made in classes on Monday, March 5th. Please feel free to contact Mrs. Staniszewski with any questions-- we want to make sure EVERY student who wants to travel with us has the opportunity to do so. The last time SCHS Bands traveled to Orlando, we had over 80 students performing all together- and it was AMAZING! We hope you will join us for this magical trip! Comments are closed.
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