One more week of rehearsals and performances before we head into Spring Break! Here's what's happening in the band room...
Concert Ensembles All-City Band Concert (Symphony Band Only): Monday, March 26th Symphony Band will be representing SCHS Bands at our upcoming RCS District All-City Band Concert to be held in the Main Gym at Rochester HS on Monday, March 26th. Students will need to report to RHS by 6:15pm in their concert dress with instruments in order to set up, warm-up, and be ready to perform. The concert will begin promptly at 7pm and should be done by 8pm. Wind Ensemble Auditions for 2018-2019 Wind Ensemble auditions for the next school year will be held during classes and after school on Friday, April 27th. Auditions consist of three parts: a prepared solo, sightreading, and scales (major and melodic minors). Please see Mrs. Staniszewski for any questions or to sign-up for a time. Upcoming Performances/Events *March 26: All-City Band Concert at Rochester HS (Symphony Band only) *April 27: Wind Ensemble auditions for 2018-2019 *May 9: Spring Band Concert *May 21: Chamber Music Night at Rochester Municipal Park Jazz Band Due to the All-City Band Concert and the start of Spring Break, there will be no Jazz Band rehearsals this week. CALENDAR UPDATE: Due to our numerous weather cancellations, we will hold Jazz Band rehearsals on Monday, April 9th and Thursday, April 12th (the week after Spring Break). These two rehearsals will help us to make up for the hours missed in February and March due to detrimental weather. Please add these rehearsals to your calendar so we can continue our preparations for our many Spring performances! Cliff Bell's: Cliff Bell's will begin taking reservations for our performance in downtown Detroit on Saturday, April 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! Joining us will be the Adams HS Jazz Band- Cover is $10 person, and performances will happen from 6-8pm. We hope you can come! Pit Orchestra (Fiddler on the Roof) Rehearsals will be held on Tuesday (3-5pm) and Thursday (2:45-4:15pm) of this week. We will be rehearsing with cast on Tuesday in the band room-- be ready to work through all of Act 1! (Please also note the time change for rehearsal on Tuesday to accommodate our cast!) Upcoming Dates: *Tech Week: April 16-20th *Matinee: Wednesday, April 25th *Shows: April 27, 28, 29, May 4, 5 Marching Band Leadership Workshop: Our next leadership workshop will be on Monday April 23rd. This will be our last workshop before section leader/drum major auditions! 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): 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. 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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