A Quick Look Back
Before looking ahead, I just want to thank everyone again for coming our and supporting our students at our Winter Concert. While there are always areas to improve, I am thrilled to see so many students finding a role within our orchestra program. Our concert featured 130 musicians and over 100 string players. The program (for those who like to save them) has been linked below.
Before looking ahead, I just want to thank everyone again for coming our and supporting our students at our Winter Concert. While there are always areas to improve, I am thrilled to see so many students finding a role within our orchestra program. Our concert featured 130 musicians and over 100 string players. The program (for those who like to save them) has been linked below.
| Winter Concert Program.pdf |
Congratulations to our Anthology Quartet, who found themselves quite busy leading into, and over, the winter break. Alice, Betsy, Allison, and Henry performed live on UT-TV (here is a link to the UT-TV feature), and followed that performance up with a gig at Anthology on December 26th.
They performed superbly, and everyone involved have them rave reviews. Andy Neagle, of the La Jolla Booking Agency, had these quick comments following the show.
They performed superbly, and everyone involved have them rave reviews. Andy Neagle, of the La Jolla Booking Agency, had these quick comments following the show.
Your students performed beautifully and contributed to a beautiful evening of music at last night's capacity crowd at Anthology. I received numerous compliments about the performance of the quartet.
Still don't believe me? Read for yourself, in this review of the Beatles vs. Stones show from Music Arts Monthly. Take a peek at a short video clip (and a few pictures) below.
Moving On
Alright... Moving on. Final exams for our Mira Mesa string students will take place next week, January 15th through the 18th. Here is a link to all final exam materials. The information has been available since December 19th (in this website entry). We are holding music finals a week prior to traditional finals so that students will have ample time to focus on their other academic pursuits the following week.
Next... High School Honor Orchestra. All of the information regarding the San Diego Unified School District High School Honor Orchestra is available in two locations: (1) on this website, and (2) on the district's website. Regardless of where you get the material from, all students who want to audition must submit an audition request, which takes two seconds to fill out and is available here. All auditions will be held on Tuesday, February 5th at Serra High School.
Lastly, Les Miserables... For those students interested in playing for this year's musical production, Les Miserables, look for a rehearsal schedule to be posted very shortly (including a probable reading session this Saturday).
Alright... Moving on. Final exams for our Mira Mesa string students will take place next week, January 15th through the 18th. Here is a link to all final exam materials. The information has been available since December 19th (in this website entry). We are holding music finals a week prior to traditional finals so that students will have ample time to focus on their other academic pursuits the following week.
Next... High School Honor Orchestra. All of the information regarding the San Diego Unified School District High School Honor Orchestra is available in two locations: (1) on this website, and (2) on the district's website. Regardless of where you get the material from, all students who want to audition must submit an audition request, which takes two seconds to fill out and is available here. All auditions will be held on Tuesday, February 5th at Serra High School.
Lastly, Les Miserables... For those students interested in playing for this year's musical production, Les Miserables, look for a rehearsal schedule to be posted very shortly (including a probable reading session this Saturday).
