Sunday, May 6, 2012

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Are you looking for the personnel list?  Check the post below

Congratulations to the Orchestra for a very strong performance on Friday night at the CMEA festival!

All band and orchestra families for next year are invited to an informational meeting about the spring 2013 tour on Wednesday night at 7:00 in the PAC.  Please join us as I share my vision for our possible spring music trip.

Finale Concerts are coming up next week!  Beginning Band, Concert Band and Wind Ensemble will perform Wednesday night while Orchestra and Jazz Band will perform Thursday night.  Both concerts are at 7:00 in the PAC.  Both nights will feature some great music making so please invite your friends & family, arrive on time and plan to stay for the duration of the concert.  I will also have the opportunity to recognize outstanding members of the ensembles for their contributions throughout the year.  I hope to see you there!

Graduation is Thursday, May 31.  All current members of Wind Ensemble are required to perform, and those moving into Wind Ensemble next year are invited to join us.  We will depart PHS for the Rose Garden at about 3:30 and return following the ceremony.  Students may leave after the ceremony with family members with written permission in advance.  The bus should return to PHS at about 7:45.  Students are dismissed once they check their school instrument in with me or take a personal instrument home.

School instruments will be available for summer check-out to those students continuing in music at PHS in the fall.  Students must return a signed Summer Instrument contract after the Finale Concerts before they are permitted to take any instrument home.  Once the student has performed next week, all instruments are to stay at the school.

There are many live performances this week and next.  If you have yet to do your Live Review, get out to one of these concerts and get the assignment turned in.  All the info is on the Live Music page!

Finally, there are currently 34 students who owe the program money totaling about $2,414.  Families need to get any balance paid as students can not end the year with a negative balance!  Students who end the year with a positive balance, though, are able to keep that credit and start the year off with a credit!