Orchestra Update 5.12.25 - Revised Call Time

 

Spring Concert Information

Date: Wed. May 14

Time: 7:00 pm

Call Time: 6:00 pm for Concert, Sinfonia and Intermezzo; 5:30 for ALL Chamber Orchestra and ALL seniors

Dress: Uniforms (seniors are wearing formal, "prom" type attire)

Uniform Collection:  All students will be turning in uniforms immediately following the concert. Seniors should plan to give their uniform to an underclassman friend who can take care of that for them. Don't forget to bring clothes to change into and that this is part of the concert grade. 

Dress Rehearsals: no dress rehearsals will be utilized this week 

Post-Concert Refreshments:  We are in danger of needing to cancel the post-concert reception as our sign-up list is no where near full. We need to have this list pretty much filled by tomorrow morning or will have to make a difficult decision. Please consider helping make this a special night for our seniors.  You can click here for the Sign Up Genius. 

Spring Concert Update

Spring Concert Information

Date: Wed. May 14

Time: 7:00 pm

Call Time: 6:00 pm

Dress: Uniforms (seniors still don't have their dress code nailed down yet...more to come)

Uniform Collection:  All students will be turning in uniforms immediately following the concert. Seniors should plan to give their uniform to an underclassman friend who can take care of that for them. Don't forget to bring clothes to change into and that this is part of the concert grade. 

Dress Rehearsals: Concert, Sinfonia, and Intermezzo will NOT be utilizing the dress rehearsal dates. Provided that all non-Chamber Orchestra seniors can commit to being at Tuesday's rehearsal 6th hour next week, they should be in the clear as well. Right now we are 80% certain that Chamber orchestra will not need the Monday dress rehearsal after school, but we will know more after we work with our orchestra winds for the first time during class on Friday. The decision will be made and communicated sometime Friday afternoon. 

Post-Concert Refreshments:  Please help us celebrate our seniors after the concert by donating some refreshments for the reception! We are also in need of a handful of people to help monitor and set up. You can click here for the Sign Up Genius. Thanks for all that you have done for our students and our orchestra program this year!!!

Orchestra Update 5.1.25

Spring Concert Updates & Reminders

Concert Date: Wed. May 14

Time:  7:00 pm

Call Time:  6:00 pm

Dress:  Orchestra Uniform (seniors will have a separate dress code)

Uniform Collection:  ALL UNIFORMS will be collected IMMEDIATELY following the concert. Students are required to bring clothes to change into.  The green room and restrooms will be available.  This is part of your student's grade for the performance, so please help them remember. Seniors should pass their uniforms along to an underclassman friend to turn in for them. 

Dress Rehearsals:  Please keep the dress rehearsals on the calendar clear (Fri May 9 and Mon May 12). Right now our most pressing needs are for the senior piece and for Chamber Orchestra's collaboration with our wind players, but the sand is shifting beneath our feet at a rapid pace. With the myriad of senior absences due to graduation related events, AP testing, and multiple field trips, we have no idea from one day to the next the rehearsal time that we will be losing due to these circumstances. Announcements will be made by the middle of next week. 

U5 Music Parents Update

Our Unit 5 Music Parents (U5MP) organization, which serves as a district-wide music booster program, is currently facing a shortage of parent volunteers. This is a district-wide organization to avoid overwhelming families with multiple booster groups for each school or ensemble. U5MP's advocacy is a huge reason that our music programs exist, and we would be lost without their support with fundraising and accounting. If you've ever sent your student with a check written to "U5MP", you may have an idea how much they support us in our schools!

Unfortunately, due to personal commitments, some key members of the board (President(s), Vice President) will be stepping down. As a result, we are in urgent need of new volunteers with leadership experience to step up and help keep Music Parents running smoothly.

We need your help! If you have any experience in leadership roles, such as PTO or other board commitments, I kindly ask you to consider reaching out to the current President Josh Jensen (Unit5MusicParents@gmail.com) and Secretary Angela DeJaynes (U5MPSecretary@gmail.com) of our Unit 5 Music Parents organization. They hold monthly parent meetings and focus on advocacy and managing funds for our music programs. The last meeting of the year is on May 27. If you are willing or interested in helping support our amazing music programs in Unit 5, please consider attending. 

You are welcome to join with friends, as no single person needs to take on a specific role alone. In particular, if you are comfortable with budgets and spreadsheets, additional support for the Treasurer position would be greatly appreciated.

Your involvement and support in this matter would hugely benefit our music programs and the students involved. Thank you for considering this important opportunity to contribute to our school community.