Parent Meeting notes

Notes from the Parent Meeting:

1) Chamber Orchestra members performed the National Anthem
2) Email is the main form of communication, but anytime someone would like to meet in person, please contact Daryl. A paper copy of each Newsletter will be posted in the orchestra room for students who don't check email regularly.
3) FAIR USE FEE - this new fee will be asked of each student in the Titan Orchestra program in the following amounts (check made payable to WSHS Music Boosters):
String Orchestra - $20
Sinfonietta - $30
Chamber Orchestra - $40
This fee will be collected and saved for big purchases - bow replacement, harpsichord, new performance outfits. Fee is due by the end of October - special arrangements can be made for those who are financially unable to contribute.
4) Website has been updated - please bookmark this page and refer to it often for concert dates, assignments, downloadable forms, and more:
www.titanorchestras.com
5) This year, the handbook can be viewed or printed out from the website. Any parent or student who requests a printed copy may receive one.
6) All students are required to complete one live concert review each semester - Daryl would prefer this to be from a classical symphonic organization, but it can be any concert involving stringed instruments.
7) Chamber Orchestra has new requirements this year - see the Student section of the website for more information. If any parents have questions about the commitment requirements, please contact Daryl directly.
8) Grading Policy - all students walk in the door with the right to earn an "A" grade. The following can cause a lowering of the A grade: not completing assignments and/or concert reviews, habitual missing of sectionals or rehearsals, poor attitude or work ethic in class, evidence of no practice. Students will be versed on this policy - parents are welcome to touch base with Daryl for clarification.
9) Sectionals are considered mandatory - please see the website for sectional times. Students who miss must make up the time by practicing extra.
10) Trips this year - Chamber Orchestra is going to the coast in October, Sinfonietta and String Orchestra may go to Portland in December.
11) Salem-Keizer Invitational Band and Orchestra Festival is here at West again - April 16 and 17, 2010. Orchestra students and parents 'run' the band day - Friday the 16th - any and all parent volunteers are welcome! Students will be 'required' to help that day.
12) Summer Strings will be at Leslie this summer - West students will help run this camp. Boot Camp dates will be announced in January or at the latest February - please make arrangements to have your student in town for Boot Camp.
13) Parent Booster Meetings will occur monthly on the 2nd Tuesday of the Month - all parents are invited to attend these important meetings. Contact Kelly Culver at kculver@comcast.net if you are available to volunteer for any of our important parent-run volunteer positions.

Thanks to all who attended. To those who didn't attend, your child will bring home the "Permission to treat" form or you can download it from our webpage - this completed form must be returned to Ms. Silberman by October 1.