Donation Drive
Our Mira Mesa Orchestras are kicking off their fall donation drive in hopes of raising $10,000 in charitable donations by November 5th to support our students.

Read the letter below, then click here to make a secure donation online via PayPal. An receipt for tax purposes is provided immediately via email.

​And yes, please do share our donation letter with interested friends, families, and businesses!

Cookout Concert
Tickets to our annual Cookout Concert featuring our combined Concert and Symphony strings are now on sale! Tickets are $7 and include a performance at 5:30 PM plus dinner. All are welcome to attend - see you there!

Potluck Sides & Volunteers
To register a potluck side or sign up to volunteer, use the SignUpGenius form!

We are fortunate to have wonderful students affiliated with our Mira Mesa High School Orchestras. Still, it was great to have the opportunity to share a walk-out with this fine young man. Keep up the good work!
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Thank you for the photo, Mr. Bartels.

Guest Artist | Drake Trio
It was a pleasure to have the Drake Trio on campus yesterday to share a morning of chamber music with our students. Dr. Sidon (Cello), Dr. Roth (Piano), and Professor Padilla (Clarinet) performed a number of chamber works for our orchestra classes during third and fourth period.
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Many thanks to the Drake University Music Department for making their visit possible. Thank you!

Fall Performance Assessments
The Fall (2018) Performance Assessment Packet has been included below. As a reminder, performance assessments are undertaken at the beginning of the year as a means of determining the current abilities of our orchestral ensemble members.

The schedule for performance assessments is as follows:

• Violins - September 19, 20, 21
• Violas & Celli - September 26, 27, 28
• Basses - September 25

Etudes have been selected with the intent of reinforcing positive performance habits.

Resources
A number of wonderful online resources exist to assist students in preparing. Specifically, students may access stringskills.com for scale assistance, utilize the Habits of a Successful String Musician texts that are available in class, and play along with both Spotify and YouTube playlists of intonation drones.

Spotify Playlist | Intonation Drones

YouTube Playlist | Intonation Drones