Hello Band!
It’s Solo and Ensemble Week and it’s Jazz MPA Week! Good luck to all students who are performing!! You’re going to ROCK!
Parents: Thank you for taking time to read all parts of this email that pertain to you and your students.
1. Solo and Ensemble Reminders
2. Inventory Reminder
3. Jazz MPA Information (Jazz Band kids only)
4. SPRING CONCERT DATE ANNOUNCED!
For students performing at next weekend’s Solo and Ensemble festival, held at Markham Woods MS, please review the email that was sent out via Skyward last week. That email had an attached Schedule and Checklist that has all of the information you need to be successful this weekend! If you need either of those documents again, just email me, no problem.
The schedule pdf has all student’s event time info, judge name, solo name, accompanist name, and EVENT ID.
- You will need to know all of this information, and can fill in the blanks on the CHECKLIST pdf to bring with you to the festival.
- You will need the EVENT ID for your student to access your final rating, usually updated within an hour after your performance time. There will not be scores posted on paper near the cafeteria, as in years past.
Be sure to also access the CHECKLIST from last week’s email which has information such as what to wear, when to arrive, what to do when you arrive, and a SCRIPT for how to introduce yourself to your adjudicator properly for your event.
We will also be reviewing this information with students extensively this week in class.
*** The date and location on the CHECKLIST sent out last week was still incorrect, I am sorry for the confusion. All other information on the checklist is correct.
To Confirm: The correct dates and location for this year’s S&E Festival is on Friday/Saturday, February 21st and 22nd at Markham Woods MS.
Lastly, please be sure to pay your accompanist directly ($30 per solo, $25 for percussion solos). Payment can be made this week via check or cash (Checks are made out to the accompanist’s name, except for percussion, see below). See the S&E schedule to confirm whom your accompanist is.
Percussion – checks are made out to “Vivacity LLC”, not to Heather Thorn (Two Solos cost $40)
Beverly Couch – will be in on Tuesday working with some 1st period students
Craig Wilson – will be in on Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday working with 2nd and 4th period students
Hunter Azme – will be in on Tuesday/Wednesday working with students from all classes
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School District Inventory will be held next week (2/24). All School Owned instruments must be returned and left at school from 2/24-2/28 while the county checks to make sure we have all of the instruments in our inventory. This process is very important, please email me if you anticipate any difficulties returning your instrument next week, after Solo & Ensemble festival.
Students renting instruments from a private music store such as Music Shack, Allegro, or Music & Arts center do not need to return or leave their instruments at school during inventory week. This only applies to school owned instruments only.
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Jazz MPA festival is this Thursday, February 20th! MPA a BIG DEAL for our band program as our jazz band performs for adjudication.
We perform at 10:30am on Thursday, February 20th at Lake Mary HS.
All MPA events are free and open to the public, you’re invited to come and support us!
Be thinking of our hard working jazz students and wish us luck to make the best recording possible!
Jazz Band students should come directly to school, dressed in their full tuxedo. Arrival should be no later than 9am, however a few students have reached out to me letting me know their bus get’s to school at 9:20, and that is OK.
The bus departs at 9:30am, sharp. We are planning to do a small warm up in the band room from 9am to 9:25am.
Warm up at LMHS is at 10am, performance at 10:30 and we will be returning to school no later than D Lunch in 3rd period.
Students have already been excused from 1st and 3rd period classes but are still expected to make up any missed assignments/classwork.
____________________________________________________________________________
Lastly, Lyman HS has finally confirmed our SPRING CONCERT DATE!
Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, May 6th at 6:30pm in the Lyman HS’s auditorium.
All bands will be performing our final musical selections for the year! I’m so excited to have everyone together to celebrate the year’s musical growth and achievements.
That’s it for this week! Please email me if you have any questions!
Regards,
Joshua Autrey
Director of Bands
Milwee Middle School
It’s Solo and Ensemble Week and it’s Jazz MPA Week! Good luck to all students who are performing!! You’re going to ROCK!
Parents: Thank you for taking time to read all parts of this email that pertain to you and your students.
1. Solo and Ensemble Reminders
2. Inventory Reminder
3. Jazz MPA Information (Jazz Band kids only)
4. SPRING CONCERT DATE ANNOUNCED!
For students performing at next weekend’s Solo and Ensemble festival, held at Markham Woods MS, please review the email that was sent out via Skyward last week. That email had an attached Schedule and Checklist that has all of the information you need to be successful this weekend! If you need either of those documents again, just email me, no problem.
The schedule pdf has all student’s event time info, judge name, solo name, accompanist name, and EVENT ID.
- You will need to know all of this information, and can fill in the blanks on the CHECKLIST pdf to bring with you to the festival.
- You will need the EVENT ID for your student to access your final rating, usually updated within an hour after your performance time. There will not be scores posted on paper near the cafeteria, as in years past.
Be sure to also access the CHECKLIST from last week’s email which has information such as what to wear, when to arrive, what to do when you arrive, and a SCRIPT for how to introduce yourself to your adjudicator properly for your event.
We will also be reviewing this information with students extensively this week in class.
*** The date and location on the CHECKLIST sent out last week was still incorrect, I am sorry for the confusion. All other information on the checklist is correct.
To Confirm: The correct dates and location for this year’s S&E Festival is on Friday/Saturday, February 21st and 22nd at Markham Woods MS.
Lastly, please be sure to pay your accompanist directly ($30 per solo, $25 for percussion solos). Payment can be made this week via check or cash (Checks are made out to the accompanist’s name, except for percussion, see below). See the S&E schedule to confirm whom your accompanist is.
Percussion – checks are made out to “Vivacity LLC”, not to Heather Thorn (Two Solos cost $40)
Beverly Couch – will be in on Tuesday working with some 1st period students
Craig Wilson – will be in on Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday working with 2nd and 4th period students
Hunter Azme – will be in on Tuesday/Wednesday working with students from all classes
____________________________________________________________________________
School District Inventory will be held next week (2/24). All School Owned instruments must be returned and left at school from 2/24-2/28 while the county checks to make sure we have all of the instruments in our inventory. This process is very important, please email me if you anticipate any difficulties returning your instrument next week, after Solo & Ensemble festival.
Students renting instruments from a private music store such as Music Shack, Allegro, or Music & Arts center do not need to return or leave their instruments at school during inventory week. This only applies to school owned instruments only.
___________________________________________________________________________
Jazz MPA festival is this Thursday, February 20th! MPA a BIG DEAL for our band program as our jazz band performs for adjudication.
We perform at 10:30am on Thursday, February 20th at Lake Mary HS.
All MPA events are free and open to the public, you’re invited to come and support us!
Be thinking of our hard working jazz students and wish us luck to make the best recording possible!
Jazz Band students should come directly to school, dressed in their full tuxedo. Arrival should be no later than 9am, however a few students have reached out to me letting me know their bus get’s to school at 9:20, and that is OK.
The bus departs at 9:30am, sharp. We are planning to do a small warm up in the band room from 9am to 9:25am.
Warm up at LMHS is at 10am, performance at 10:30 and we will be returning to school no later than D Lunch in 3rd period.
Students have already been excused from 1st and 3rd period classes but are still expected to make up any missed assignments/classwork.
____________________________________________________________________________
Lastly, Lyman HS has finally confirmed our SPRING CONCERT DATE!
Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, May 6th at 6:30pm in the Lyman HS’s auditorium.
All bands will be performing our final musical selections for the year! I’m so excited to have everyone together to celebrate the year’s musical growth and achievements.
That’s it for this week! Please email me if you have any questions!
Regards,
Joshua Autrey
Director of Bands
Milwee Middle School
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