MONEY DUE Right away!
Final trip payment are due. Please turn in checks immediately!!!
Total amounts due are posted on the orchestra room door.
Solo and Ensemble Contest is Friday, March 5th!
Please turn in transportation permission page immediately.
Please see Additional Opportunities for more information.
Please make sure you have adequate music for the contest next week.
You must have originals for yourself, your pianist and for your judge.
Anyone who is playing with Mrs. Pyron should bring a check to
PCHS music for $25.00.
PCHS Music is working hard to support our annual food drive.
Send cans money and other non perishable foods to school daily!
Thanks to all who assisted with the Masterwork concert.
You all were just great!!!
Thanks to everyone who helped with the December concerts
Concessions were amazing!
Congratulations to...
2010 All State Orchestra Members from Central
Connie Chen, Violin
Joy He, Violin
Hope Hua, Violin
Adam McDonald, Violin
Sean Byrne, Viola
Ben Park, Cello
Maggie Madsen, Cello Alt.
Daniel McDonald, Violin Alt.
2009-2010 All Suburban Orchestra Members
Violin
Charles Qin
Adam McDonald
John Lee
Andrew Kim
Douglas Tang
Hope Hua
Kristen Latta
Hye-soo Park
Anisha Gururaj (alt.)
Eric Burns (alt.)
Viola
Anita Fike
Cellos
Maddie Erickson
David Huang
First rehearsal is Friday Nov. 13th at
Summit High School
6:30-9:30pm
You must attend!
Scottish Concert 10/9th at Logan College
See below for details. All orchestra students
are expected to participate.
Bring wire stand and
instrument.
Artist in Residence at PCHS
Brian McNeill, Scottish folk music excerpt will perform at the
Focal Point on Oct. 3rd at 8 pm. Tickets are available at the door.
The Focal Point is on Sutton Rd south of Manchester in Webster Groves.
http://www.thefocalpoint.org/concerts.html
Brian’s professional career spans more than three decades; and
he is acknowledged as one of Scotland’s great musical forces—
a songwriter, composer, producer and musical director, as well as
a performer. Brian plays fiddle, octave fiddle, guitar, mandocello,
bouzouki, viola, mandolin, cittern, concertina, bass and hurdy gurdy.
He is a master musician and a great writer— Brian will feature his latest CD
“The Baltic Tae Byzantium.” Another show jointly-sponsored event of the
Focal Point and the Scottish Partnership for Arts and Education (www.stlspae.org)
$14 in advance; $16 at the door.
All State Audition Information is available online
Please see the website for excerpts and detailed
audition information.
Start now if you are serious about
this audition.
http://moastaweb.org/All%20State/excerpts.htm
All Suburban Audition Information is online
as well. See additional opportunities for website info.
http://www2.csd.org/slsmea/ensembles/high_orches.html
Please return Scottish concert commitment sheet ASAP.
Orchestra needs 10 volunteers to work concessions in the
stands on Homecoming Football game. Friday night!
Great way to earn honors points.
St. Louis Scottish Festival Performance Information
Workshop/Rehearsal
Brian McNeill, World renown expert in Scottish Traditional Music
Concert II and Symphonic Orchestra
Lab 9:40 on Monday and Weds.
Bring your home instruments except basses
Concert I Orchestra
9:40 Class on Tues. & Thurs.
Concert Schedule
October 9th, Friday, PCHS
6:15 pm arrival at Logan College of Chiropractic William Purser Center
http://www.logan.edu/SubPages.aspx?pID=221&mhID=221&splpID=26
DIRECTIONS TO LOGAN
Approaching Logan College Purser Center f r o m H w y 40/I-64 a t I-141.
Take H w y 4 0 / I - 6 4 West to exit #20 Chesterfield Parkway.
Turn left on Chesterfield Parkway. Cross over Highway 40.
Turn left immediately onto South Outer 40.
Turn right immediately 1/10 of a mile onto Schoettler Road. Don’t miss this!
Logan College entrance is about 1 mile on the right side of the road.
Follow signs to the Purser Center.
7:00pm Concert at Purser Center. Parents are welcome. Entry is free!
Bring your instrument and a wire music stand. (Extras available at Central.)
Wear new black orchestra T shirt and khaki or black pants.
You will not receive full credit for this event unless your commitment
form is turned in by October 1st.
If you cannot attend, you will may be excused if you return your form on time
and your excuse
is approved by Mrs. Crock in advance and has your parent’s signature.
Participation is expected.
NOTES ON ORCHESTRA TESTING
Parents and students!!!
If you have questions about your test grades please
see the test type or description. If the test is indicated as a MT
(Mastery Test) grades are considered in progress until
you reach the 95%. These tests are assessing crucial
skills to solo and orchestral performance. You need
to achieve a 95% or higher in order to progress sequentially
both technically and musically.
If you have not achieved a 95% or better you
are encouraged to take the test again with the goal
of better success, higher skill level demonstration
and a better grade until the end of the grading period or
the concert where
the repertoire is featured. Please see Mrs. Crock
before or after school or at lab to repeat a test.
If the test is indicated as a T in the grade description
the grade is fixed and is not considered a mastery skill but
a fixed indication of student skill and
preparation at a certain time.
We have been doing mastery testing in orchestra for
years but parents were not always party to the "in process"
aspect of the grading system. We feel this type of testing
enhances student learning and achievement and raises the
overall skill level of all involved. We feel that it is elemental
in seeing that all students succeed in the very complex and
difficult tasks we demand.
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a private teacher recommendation
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Excellence is a habit!
Aristotle
If you do not have a metronome go to www.metronomeonline.com
Start practicing 20 less than indicated. Play two or three speeds daily.
If there are any hesitations or mistakes do unit practice on those spots
and drop down a speed or two.
Do not speed up until it is easy and accurate. If the final speeds seem slow that is ok.
We are working on consistent tempo control now. Speed is not hard for us!
There is a free downloadable metronome if you don't want to always be online
(It's limited to count increments of 10):
http://www.download3000.com/download-Free_metronome-count-reg-8925.html
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Thanks to Ms. Needles for all of her work as Music Parents President.
Welcome to Dr. and Mrs Becker as incoming Music Parent Presidents.
Thanks to Mr. Jacobs for continuing his work as Music Parents Treasurer.
Thanks to Mr. John Hendrickson of Concord Cleaners for his help and assistance with cleaning the orchestra tuxes.
Thanks to Mrs. Wang and Mrs Altese for their weekly assistance in the music office.
Your help is vital to our program.
THANK YOU To All who contribute to our programs!
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Practice only on the days you eat.
Shinichi Suzuki
But they, while their companions slept. were toilng upward in the night.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden sway,
But they, while their companions slept. were toilng upward in the day.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow/via Crock
Without music, life would be a mistake.
Frederich Nietzsche
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