Highland Instrumental Music
MayNewsletter
Hello Rams!
This year is going fast! Our Band, Jazz, Percussion and Orchestra programs have done a lot of great work, with Percussion, Band, and Symphony Qualifying for the state level festivals! Congratulations to our students for all of their hard work! May is our wrap up and reset month! We will have State contests, an end of year concert and take care of end of year class business like auditions and council applications. Please read the upcoming events and look below for specific information. Thanks! State Band- This is the second year in a row that our band has qualified for the State Festival. This is a huge honor. We will play for out of state adjudicators (some of the best band directors in the nation) and get feedback, ratings and a plaque. This year State Band will be hosted at Skyridge High school in Lehi. We have been assigned a Saturday Morning time, of 11:45. Please plan on riding the bus and dressing in nice concert black. We want to look and sound our best! Parents are invited. State Orchestra- Highland is hosting state orchestra. Symphony will perform as the last slot on the first day of the festival. Students should meet in my room at 7:00 in nice concert Black. The performance will start at 7:30, parents are invited. I will also need a lot of help running the festival, please consider volunteering. Sign ups for a shift will be in my room! Open Auditions- Auditions will be held May 9-10, Students need to sign up for a time outside my room. Students should prepare about 3 minutes of music, anything that shows off their skill level is fine. Students who want to join Jazz Band, Wind Ensemble or Symphony must audition. Next year we are splitting the band into an auditioned wind ensemble and non-auditioned concert band. This is the standard for most High Schools and a big step for our program! We have not been able to make the split happen since before we went online for during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Please encourage students to audition and if you know anyone who plays an instrument that might want to come back to it, please encourage them to be apart of our program. There is great music being made at Highland! End of year Honor/Awards concert- This will be a culmination of our year! We will say goodbye to our seniors, honor students who lettered and enjoy some good music. Finally, make sure you turn in your forms and council application by Tuesday May 14th. If you need to do service hours to help you letter, we will be having a service day on Friday May 10th and there will be opportunities to volunteer at State Orchestra. Just sign up for a time on the posted sheet! |
Upcoming State Band Saturday May 4th @ Skyridge 9:45 Call 10:00 Bus departs 11:45 Performance Open Auditions May 9-10 Sign up by room B116 Service Project May 10 Library Clean up after School Jazz at Senior Awards Night May 15 State Orchestra Thursday May 16th @Highland 7:00 Warm up 7:30 Performance Honors/Awards Concert May 21 6:00 Call 7:00 Concert |
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