Important Upcoming Dates:
Concert Ensembles (CB, SB, WE) Spring Banquet Many thanks to all those who attended and celebrated with us at our Spring Banquet this past week! Many thanks also to Kerri Skonieczny for taking and sharing these wonderful pictures from the event. Wind Ensemble Auditions Congratulations to all those who auditioned! Results will be posted once all auditions have been completed, by the end of this coming week. Chamber Music Night: May 15 We are once again hosting a combined chamber music concert with our Hart MS band friends on Monday, May 15th. ALL SCHS Band students are required to perform at this event for at least one event. (Portfolio students will be performing their selections they have been working on throughout the year; S&E students may choose one of their events to share; Jazz Lab and Band students will be performing at the end of the night.) We invite you to bring your favorite picnic blanket and lawn chair and join us for a beautiful night filled with music from our student musicians! Food trucks will also be available thanks to our SCHS Music Boosters. Students will need to sign up for slots for their performances. Please sign up for your time according to the number of minutes you will need to perform. (One slot = one minute; if 4 minutes are needed, students will need to sign up for 4 consecutive time slots.) Chamber Music Schedule Sign-Up Travel Survey We are looking ahead to traveling again as a band program in 2025. If you/your student are planning to participate in our SCHS Bands in 2025, we would love your ideas! Please complete this survey to provide us with your input for future trips. SCHS Bands 2025 Travel Survey Cougar Jazz Band Our final performances of the year for Jazz Lab and Jazz Band will be at our Chamber Music Night on "The Hill" at SCHS on May 15 (report to SCHS Band room at 7:30pm). Looking forward to a great evening of music to finish our season! A note about Jazz Band rehearsals for the 2023-2024 school year: To better distribute our rehearsal times and hopefully avoid cancellations due to winter weather conditions, Jazz rehearsals will begin on Monday evenings in November 2023 and there will be NO AM rehearsals throughout the semester. This also mirrors the format our marching band utilizes, with rehearsals beginning prior to the formal class start. Students interested in Jazz Band should please anticipate this earlier start to our formal rehearsals and plan to keep their Monday nights available through late fall/early winter months. We will have our retreat in early February, continue rehearsing through March, take April off for the musical, then finish our performance season in May. Please mark your calendars! Cougar Marching Band All drumline members, those applying for a Leadership Position in the CMB, and all incoming freshmen seeking to march should be enrolled in both a core band class (Concert, Symphony, or Wind Ensemble) and Marching Band for the coming school year. Leadership Auditions and Interviews If you are a returning member of the Cougar Marching Band for 2023-2024 and are interested in a leadership position within the CMB, our leadership interviews will be held on Monday May 8th and Monday May 15th. A leadership application and essay must be submitted to Mrs. Staniszewski the Friday prior to your interview on your respective Monday. Please reserve spots prior to 3:30pm for percussion candidates. Leadership Handbook (Reviewing responsibilities and duties for each of our positions) Leadership Application Sign-Up for Interview Times (Please save times prior to 3:15pm for Percussion candidates) SCHS Marching Percussion Calling all SCHS Percussionists! Our drop in clinics have begun in anticipation of auditions happening later in the spring! 2023-24 packets for both our frontline and drumline can be found here: Frontline Packet Drumline Packet MB Mini-Camp Our MB kick-off for the 2023-24 season will be June 7-9th, from 11am-4pm! Be sure to mark your calendars! All marchers for the coming season are required to attend. We will be distributing music, reviewing marching techniques, and more! Student Leadership Meetings Our Final Leadership Council Meeting for the school year will be held on June 5th (2:30pm); newly appointed leadership roles will be discussing plans for the summer and into our fall marching season. Those newly appointed or renewed in their leadership roles are required to attend, but ALL are welcome! Fundraisers RaiseRight card program This is our primary source of SAF fundraising this year! Overall, this is a program where we get a percentage back from any gift cards purchased. No extra fees. You can buy physical gift cards and use as gifts. Perfect for the holidays! Or you can buy reloadable cards or e-cards that you can use yourself at stores you normally buy from anyway. To get started, click here to create an account linked to our SCHS Music Boosters. RaiseRight will be running several specials, especially near the holiday season. Their biggest discount days are called Raise Days and they are Thursday and Friday of this week. So register asap to take advantage of these specials. Extracurricular Opportunities Music Creators Academy- Video Game Composition The Music Creators Academy is hosting a special summer workshop designed to give teenagers and adults the skills they need to successfully compose for video games! This year's VG Composition workshop will be held July 3-15, 2023; Tuition $349 (early bird discount ends June 1) What you get ✓ 25+ hours of real-time instruction from award-winning composers ✓ Get your music recorded in studio by professional players ✓ Fully virtual, live on Zoom. Participate from anywhere in the world ✓ Improve your composition skills in melody, harmony, and form ✓ Grow your confidence in using a DAW ✓ Learn how to record, mix and master your music ✓ Discover the inside secrets to the VG business (contracts, briefs, mockups etc.) Explore our interactive, hands-on learning program here: https://www.musiccreatorsacademy.com/ Register Now! Summer Jazz Workshop The midtown Detroit Summer Jazz workshop for 2023 will be held on July 10-14. In the heart of midtown Detroit, students will study with some of the top local jazz musicians and perform a concert at Aretha's Jazz Cafe for family and friends. See this website for photos, videos, and more information. Oakland Youth Orchestra Auditions This April and May, OYO will once again be holding Spring Auditions virtually via Zoom. New student audition signup is now available on our website HERE. More information about OYO auditions can be found here. From The Top Podcast seeks Young Musicians from Rochester! From the Top, a music nonprofit organization most widely known for its radio program on NPR. From the Top will be recording a radio show in Michigan during their 2023-2024 season featuring young musicians from around the state, and is looking for Rochester Community Schools musicians apply to take part in our Fellowship, which includes the radio (and podcast) recording. What is From the Top? From the Top is a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the stories, talents, and character of young classically-trained musicians ages 8-18. Selected students will take part in our Fellowship, which includes recording for our NPR radio program and participating in virtual workshops with their peers that explore career opportunities in the arts, audio production, community engagement, and more. Apply at: apply.fromthetop.org Also, for any dedicated young musicians with financial need who are in need of funds to support their musical growth (such as by making it possible for them to purchase their own instrument, take regular private lessons, or attend a summer music program), From the Top also offers the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award, a need-based award of up to $10,000 given in conjunction with full participation in From the Top’s Learning and Media Lab Fellowship. In order to provide the best opportunity to be considered for all of their radio programs next season, students are encouraged to apply by June 15, 2023. Comments are closed.
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