Newsletter #2 - emailed 9/24/10

***Save the Date***
Fair Use fees are past due - please pay or submit waiver to bookkeeper's office at West
Fri 10/1 - Chicago Trip deposit due ($75)
Thu 10/7 - Entertainment Book Sale over (money or books returned to school)
Mon 10/18 - 5pm Sinfonietta and Titan Strings provide Potluck for St. Olaf's Concert
Mon 10/18 - 7pm St. Olaf's Symphony Performance (free concert for students and parents!)
Tue 10/26 - Fall Gala Concert - All Students (7pm at West Auditorium)

Contained within:

1) If you ordered Hillary Hahn tickets, please pay up...
2) Trip deposit is due by October 1!!!
3) Entertainment Books fundraiser ends October 7
4) Theory Online...
5) In Touch Online - starting next week 'true' grades will be revealed
6) Here's what we're currently working on in class...

1) If you ordered Hillary Hahn tickets, please pay up...
Those of you who ordered tickets for Hillary Hahn with the Oregon Symphony on October 5 at 8pm, please pay the $5 student fee by the concert date. Even if you don't attend, you will owe (maybe find someone else to take your ticket?) - the OR Symphony has *already* been paid for your ticket. More info on that evening in the next newsletter

2) Trip deposit is due by October 1!!!
If you're planning on attending the trip to Chicago this next March, you must pay your $75 fee (check, cash, or student account) by Friday October 1 - we will be reserving plane tickets and buses soon! If this is an extreme financial hardship but you really want to attend, please contact Ms. Silberman. Mid-October we'll have a bunch of info for those going on the trip - in a separate email. Also, Waltz Night orchestra rehearsals will be announced next week.

3) Entertainment Book fundraiser ends October 7
We got an extension on the deadline - yay! Lots of students have books out - please bring money or books back by October 7 (October 8 is a no-school day).

4) Theory Online...
We will be doing theory in class, some, but there are simple ways of playing games or taking lessons online to enhance your musical theory skills. Here are some favorites:

http://www.musictheory.net/ - This website does great tutorials! Even non-musicians would learn some great basics on this site!

http://www.8notes.com/theory/ - Students looked at this website last year - there are lessons, tests, and games on this site.

http://www.emusictheory.com/practice.html - This site was assigned to Sinfonietta and Chamber students last week - they were to pick a test and give it a whirl. There will be future assignments for all students on this site.

5) In Touch Online - starting next week 'true' grades will be revealed
I have been working on getting the grade book up-to-date and will start entering in "zeros" where missing there are assignments or fees. This may skew some grades - until the Fair Use waiver or fee is turned in, or other missing item/assignment/supply, students may have a very lowered grade. If there are ever questions about grades, or if students *have* turned something in and it's not being reflected on InTouch Online, please contact me!

6) Here's what we're currently working on in class... parents, you should be hearing these selections at home during practice time (per week: 60 mins for Titan Strings, 100 for Sinfonietta, 180 for Chamber)

Chamber Orchestra
Bach Double Violin Concerto
Bach Brandenburg #6 Concerto for 2 violas (with all violinists playing the tutti viola part!)
Vivaldi Concerto for 2 cellos in G minor
Anthem and Frolicsome Finale

Sinfonietta
Mozart Eine Kleine Knachtmusik, 1st movement
Tchaikovsky Marche Slav arrangement
Sectionals - Suzuki book 3 pieces started this week

Titan Violins
Rakes of Mallow (fiddle tune)
Bourree from Suzuki book 2
G Major in the Green Book - Dona Nobis Pacem
Star Wars
Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Titan Bassi
G Major in Green Book
Dona Nobis Pacem and Chorale
Bourree (left hand bass part)
Hungarian Dance