Website Reminders for New Families and Musicians
Please do bookmark our website, miramesaorchestras.org. For those new to our site, please be sure to explore a few of its features, including our always up-to-date Calendar, biographies for our String Faculty, unique pages for our Symphony and Concert Orchestras, and a password-protected Musicians Only page for our course documents and other school-specific information.
I will make an effort to update other sections as well - time permitting - stay tuned!
Please do bookmark our website, miramesaorchestras.org. For those new to our site, please be sure to explore a few of its features, including our always up-to-date Calendar, biographies for our String Faculty, unique pages for our Symphony and Concert Orchestras, and a password-protected Musicians Only page for our course documents and other school-specific information.
I will make an effort to update other sections as well - time permitting - stay tuned!
Donation Drive | Largest Annual Fundraiser
Without a doubt, our single largest fundraiser each year is a donation drive which is fueled by our families. It's really simple - 100% of your donations are used to directly provide services (most notably, string coaching - our largest annual expense) and materials to our students. As always, donations are tax-deductible, so you can feel not only feel good about helping our/your musician(s), but can also help your own bottom line (or that of your business)!
A formal donation letter will be available soon. In the meantime, checks may be made payable to 'MMIMB' with 'Donation" written in the memo portion of the check.
Many corporations will also offer matching charitable contributions, so please do inquire!
Without a doubt, our single largest fundraiser each year is a donation drive which is fueled by our families. It's really simple - 100% of your donations are used to directly provide services (most notably, string coaching - our largest annual expense) and materials to our students. As always, donations are tax-deductible, so you can feel not only feel good about helping our/your musician(s), but can also help your own bottom line (or that of your business)!
A formal donation letter will be available soon. In the meantime, checks may be made payable to 'MMIMB' with 'Donation" written in the memo portion of the check.
Many corporations will also offer matching charitable contributions, so please do inquire!
Shop with Scrip
Shop with Scrip orders are due on September 27th. Obviously, anyone who has registered for an eScrip account may use the Shop with Scrip website as usual. I would encourage our families and friends to register so you can easily purchase/reload gift cards (including eCards).
To register for with Shop with Scrip, enroll here with the code LB285DLF33861.
Our September Order Form is included below (all checks are to be made payable to MMIMB), as are the directions for signing up for eScrip (which is really easy to do - I use this all the time for gas, Amazon.com, etc).
Shop with Scrip orders are due on September 27th. Obviously, anyone who has registered for an eScrip account may use the Shop with Scrip website as usual. I would encourage our families and friends to register so you can easily purchase/reload gift cards (including eCards).
To register for with Shop with Scrip, enroll here with the code LB285DLF33861.
Our September Order Form is included below (all checks are to be made payable to MMIMB), as are the directions for signing up for eScrip (which is really easy to do - I use this all the time for gas, Amazon.com, etc).
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Cookout Concert
Our Mira Mesa Orchestra Community will get together on Wednesday, October 5th to celebrate the beginning of the year. This informal concert will take place in our Mira Mesa High School lunch quad and will feature lighter musical selections. Following the 5:30pm concert (where all orchestra students perform together) we will enjoy a dinner with all of our musicians, families, and friends.
Our orchestra program will purchase the grilled items (hamburgers, hot dogs, buns/rolls, condiments, etc) for all in attendance. Other items (sides, drinks, desserts) are generally provided via potluck.
A signup is available in the orchestra room for potluck items (sides, drinks, desserts) and volunteers (adults who can help grill). Thank you in advance as I am only one person!
Tickets to this event are $5 and will be available during school and on the evening of the event. Please do purchase tickets early so we know many people to anticipate!
Back to School Night
Mira Mesa High School will be hosting its annual Back-to-School Night this Wednesday, September 28th. I hope to see all of our musicians and families in attendance.
Following the evening, at 7:30pm, our Orchestra Room will be open for all our families (especially our Symphony Orchestra parents) who may have questions or topics that we will not have time to address in our brief open house time allocations.
Fall Auditions
I want to thank all of our musicians for performing their fall auditions. As always, I would encourage all students to come and review their performance notes (if they have not done so already). The entire purpose of the assignment/exercise is to learn about our playing and assess ways we can work together to improve.
I want to thank all of our musicians for performing their fall auditions. As always, I would encourage all students to come and review their performance notes (if they have not done so already). The entire purpose of the assignment/exercise is to learn about our playing and assess ways we can work together to improve.
Facebook @miramesaorchestras | Instagram @mmhsorchestras
Last spring we created a Facebook Page for our Mira Mesa High School Orchestras. I want to invite all of our friends, families, and supporters to like/follow this page - the more the merrier! In addition, I would invite all on Instagram to follow our program via our student-led account, @mmhsorchestras.
Below is an entry from earlier this year that is indicative of the types of this we will share here.
Last spring we created a Facebook Page for our Mira Mesa High School Orchestras. I want to invite all of our friends, families, and supporters to like/follow this page - the more the merrier! In addition, I would invite all on Instagram to follow our program via our student-led account, @mmhsorchestras.
Below is an entry from earlier this year that is indicative of the types of this we will share here.
The Schedule Ahead
Here is the schedule for the coming weeks:
Here is the schedule for the coming weeks:
- Monday, September 26th - No Symphony Rehearsal (moved to Tuesday)
- Tuesday, September 27th - Combined Symphony and Concert Rehearsal, 4:30 - 6:30
- Wednesday, September 28th - Back-to-School Night at Mira Mesa High School
- Tuesday, October 4th - Combined Symphony and Concert Rehearsal, 4:30 - 6:30
- Wednesday, October 5th - Concert Cookout (Performance at 5:30, Dinner at 6:00)