Listed below are the times for performance (this is not included call time, warm up time, or sight-reading time) for those interested in seeing some great groups play. All times and concert order is subject to change...
Friday April 17 (at West Auditorium)
1:00pm Billings, MT (a guest to Oregon)
1:35 North Salem High School
2:10 McNary High School
2:45 McKay High School
3:20 Redmond High School
Break
5pm Sprague High School
5:35 South Salem High School
6:10 West Salem High School
6:45 West Albany High School
7:20 Gresham Band
SATURDAY APRIL 18, 2009
ADVANCED STRING ORCHESTRAS
8:30am West Salem High School
9:00 North Salem High School
9:30 McNary High School
10:00 McKay High School
10:30 Sprague Camarata String Orchestra
11:00 South Salem High School Chamber Orchestra
11:30 Reynolds High School
break
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS (Strings, winds, brass, percussion)
1:00 North High School Symphony
1:35 West Salem High School Symphony
2:10 South High School Symphony
2:45 Sprague High School Symphony
3:20 Reynolds High School Symphony
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Newsletter #24
Within this newsletter:
1) Thank you for a great concert at Capital Manor!
2) Festival/Competition here at West April 17 and 18 - West performances!
3) Save the date - Friday, May 15 - State Competition at OSU
4) PRE-STATE CONCERT - CHANGED DATE... April 30, 7pm!!!
5) Possible gameplan for Period 6 and 7 final performances
1) Thank you to all the students and parents who helped to make the wonderful concert at Capital Manor happen last Wednesday (April 8). The residents and the organizer were so incredibly pleased with our performance. They mentioned how great the music was, how nicely dressed our students were (yay!), and how much they enjoyed watching the students interact with one another. I look forward to having the students play for the Manor residents again.
2) Friday April 17 and Saturday April 18 are going to be busy days here at West! The Salem-Keizer Invitational Orchestra festival and the Central Valley League Band contest occur at West this year. Wind Ensemble plays on Friday after dinner (exact time to be announced Monday in class) and we have 2 groups performing on Saturday. All the other local schools (South, North, McKay, McNary, Sprague) and a few other invited guests will be performing as well - it'll be 2 great days of music!
Here's some important information - more info will be emailed and posted these next few days.
Students -
Friday April 17th I need help around the school from 1pm - 9pm - there will be a sign up sheet in the orchestra room by Tuesday. Also, if you are not in Advanced Orchestra or Symphony, please come support your colleagues by attending the concert at West at 8:30am and 1:35pm.
Here's the schedule for performers Saturday:
Advanced Orchestra arrive, dressed and ready, at 7:15am - official warm up at 8:00 - on stage performance 8:30 - sightreading at 9:00 - you are officially done at 9:30am. But, all students are required to see 2 other groups play. It's my recommendation that you plan to spend the day seeing all the groups perform!!!
Advanced Symphony arrive, dressed and ready, at 12:30pm - official warm up at 1pm - on stage performance at 1:35 - sightreading at 2:10 - you are officially done at 2:50. But, all students are required to see 2 other groups play. It's my recommendation that you plan to spend the day seeing all the groups perform!!!
Student assignment - all students must complete 2 adjudication sheets (for 2 groups). This assignment is due Monday 4/20. This may be complete with any 2 groups that perform on the 17th or 18th. If a student absolutely is unable to attend 2 groups, there will be an alternate assignment available, due 4/20.
Adults - Please come support West by being in our audience at 8:30am and 1:35pm on Saturday April 18. Also, I need some volunteer help in increments of 2 - 4 hours on Friday the 17th. We will be running concessions, monitoring doors in the auditorium (all performances are recorded - so there need to be no interruptions), and we need help at the check-in table. I will send out an plea in the next few days - please volunteer to help if you have time. We want to be organized and efficient for this festival! We're honored to have such great music happen on our own campus.
3) Good news - at the Monmouth festival last week, both Advanced Orchestra and Advanced Symphony qualified to participate at the Orchestra State Championships in Corvallis on May 15. The times won't be announced for another few weeks. But, it's likely going to be sometime between 9:30am and 6pm - please join us in Corvallis to pack the crowd with West supporters - it's so great to play to an adoring crowd!
4) The Pre-state concert (featuring all the groups that qualified to go to State - all the advanced groups in orchestra, band and choir at West have qualified) will be April 30... not May 4 as stated in the orchestra handbook. Please make a note.
5) The last concert of the year on the books is June 1 but that concert will now only be for Advanced Orchestra and all graduating seniors. It will be a concerto concert featuring talented West Salem advanced instrumentalists.
Period 6 and 7 students will be required to attend this concert to support their colleagues.
Period 6 and 7 students have elected to try to organize a 'day in the elementary schools' as their final performance. I am working to find a day in late May when students in periods 6 and 7 will travel by bus to the 4 west area elementary schools to perform for students. Parents are welcome to attend those performances - schedule to be announced. If parents wish, we could also repeat the performance at West in the evening... please let me know if this is of interest to you.
Thanks all! See you next week... hopefully!
~Daryl S.
1) Thank you for a great concert at Capital Manor!
2) Festival/Competition here at West April 17 and 18 - West performances!
3) Save the date - Friday, May 15 - State Competition at OSU
4) PRE-STATE CONCERT - CHANGED DATE... April 30, 7pm!!!
5) Possible gameplan for Period 6 and 7 final performances
1) Thank you to all the students and parents who helped to make the wonderful concert at Capital Manor happen last Wednesday (April 8). The residents and the organizer were so incredibly pleased with our performance. They mentioned how great the music was, how nicely dressed our students were (yay!), and how much they enjoyed watching the students interact with one another. I look forward to having the students play for the Manor residents again.
2) Friday April 17 and Saturday April 18 are going to be busy days here at West! The Salem-Keizer Invitational Orchestra festival and the Central Valley League Band contest occur at West this year. Wind Ensemble plays on Friday after dinner (exact time to be announced Monday in class) and we have 2 groups performing on Saturday. All the other local schools (South, North, McKay, McNary, Sprague) and a few other invited guests will be performing as well - it'll be 2 great days of music!
Here's some important information - more info will be emailed and posted these next few days.
Students -
Friday April 17th I need help around the school from 1pm - 9pm - there will be a sign up sheet in the orchestra room by Tuesday. Also, if you are not in Advanced Orchestra or Symphony, please come support your colleagues by attending the concert at West at 8:30am and 1:35pm.
Here's the schedule for performers Saturday:
Advanced Orchestra arrive, dressed and ready, at 7:15am - official warm up at 8:00 - on stage performance 8:30 - sightreading at 9:00 - you are officially done at 9:30am. But, all students are required to see 2 other groups play. It's my recommendation that you plan to spend the day seeing all the groups perform!!!
Advanced Symphony arrive, dressed and ready, at 12:30pm - official warm up at 1pm - on stage performance at 1:35 - sightreading at 2:10 - you are officially done at 2:50. But, all students are required to see 2 other groups play. It's my recommendation that you plan to spend the day seeing all the groups perform!!!
Student assignment - all students must complete 2 adjudication sheets (for 2 groups). This assignment is due Monday 4/20. This may be complete with any 2 groups that perform on the 17th or 18th. If a student absolutely is unable to attend 2 groups, there will be an alternate assignment available, due 4/20.
Adults - Please come support West by being in our audience at 8:30am and 1:35pm on Saturday April 18. Also, I need some volunteer help in increments of 2 - 4 hours on Friday the 17th. We will be running concessions, monitoring doors in the auditorium (all performances are recorded - so there need to be no interruptions), and we need help at the check-in table. I will send out an plea in the next few days - please volunteer to help if you have time. We want to be organized and efficient for this festival! We're honored to have such great music happen on our own campus.
3) Good news - at the Monmouth festival last week, both Advanced Orchestra and Advanced Symphony qualified to participate at the Orchestra State Championships in Corvallis on May 15. The times won't be announced for another few weeks. But, it's likely going to be sometime between 9:30am and 6pm - please join us in Corvallis to pack the crowd with West supporters - it's so great to play to an adoring crowd!
4) The Pre-state concert (featuring all the groups that qualified to go to State - all the advanced groups in orchestra, band and choir at West have qualified) will be April 30... not May 4 as stated in the orchestra handbook. Please make a note.
5) The last concert of the year on the books is June 1 but that concert will now only be for Advanced Orchestra and all graduating seniors. It will be a concerto concert featuring talented West Salem advanced instrumentalists.
Period 6 and 7 students will be required to attend this concert to support their colleagues.
Period 6 and 7 students have elected to try to organize a 'day in the elementary schools' as their final performance. I am working to find a day in late May when students in periods 6 and 7 will travel by bus to the 4 west area elementary schools to perform for students. Parents are welcome to attend those performances - schedule to be announced. If parents wish, we could also repeat the performance at West in the evening... please let me know if this is of interest to you.
Thanks all! See you next week... hopefully!
~Daryl S.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Capitol Manor concert, April 8, 7pm - information
(This email was sent 4/7)
We're taking Titan Orchestras on the road - well, a few miles away anyway. All students are expected to attend this concert - if there are transportation issues please ask me or work with one another to get rides, etc. And, as is the case with all scheduled concerts, all students are expected to attend and perform - if a student misses this performance for any reason other than extreme circumstance (illness, etc...) there will a grade consequence (and/or an alternate assignment project assigned).
Here's the schedule and order for tomorrow's concert. Capitol Manor is at the end of Edgewater, just before the 22. 1955 Dallas Hwy NW, Salem, OR 97304. Here's a link to their website if you need that information:
http://www.capitalmanor.com/
Thank you Cathy Master for offering to transport stands. I will be at Capitol Manor a little after 5:30 to unload stands and help get the stage ready. My cell number is 818-317-8218 if there are any issues that come up. Parents are welcome to attend the concert.
BASSES AND CELLI are expected to bring their instruments. If you have to use a school instrument, please let me know so I can 'check' you out an instrument. You are responsible for transporting your instrument - I and other parents can help if there is a transportation issue - please ask and figure out a way to get your instrument to the Manor today (rather than wait to the evening of).
5:50pm-ish - Symphony Strings arrival at Capitol Manor dressed (like we were dressed last week - formal) - BRING MUSIC.
6pm - Symphony Strings warmup on 'stage'
6:20-ish - Advanced Orchestra arrival at Capitol Manor dressed (like we were dressed last week - formal).
6:30pm - Advanced Orchestra warmup on 'stage'
7pm - Symphony Strings performance (20 minutes or so)
7:25pm- Advanced Orchestra performance
Over before 8pm
You will hear some great music tomorrow, if you're able to attend. Thank you for helping me bring our music to the community - community support is very important for a public school music program. The residents at Capitol Manor are great supporters of the Arts and of West Salem High School, as well as being a very appreciative audience (which is a valuable commodity in the Arts!).
See you at the Manor.
~Daryl S.
We're taking Titan Orchestras on the road - well, a few miles away anyway. All students are expected to attend this concert - if there are transportation issues please ask me or work with one another to get rides, etc. And, as is the case with all scheduled concerts, all students are expected to attend and perform - if a student misses this performance for any reason other than extreme circumstance (illness, etc...) there will a grade consequence (and/or an alternate assignment project assigned).
Here's the schedule and order for tomorrow's concert. Capitol Manor is at the end of Edgewater, just before the 22. 1955 Dallas Hwy NW, Salem, OR 97304. Here's a link to their website if you need that information:
http://www.capitalmanor.com/
Thank you Cathy Master for offering to transport stands. I will be at Capitol Manor a little after 5:30 to unload stands and help get the stage ready. My cell number is 818-317-8218 if there are any issues that come up. Parents are welcome to attend the concert.
BASSES AND CELLI are expected to bring their instruments. If you have to use a school instrument, please let me know so I can 'check' you out an instrument. You are responsible for transporting your instrument - I and other parents can help if there is a transportation issue - please ask and figure out a way to get your instrument to the Manor today (rather than wait to the evening of).
5:50pm-ish - Symphony Strings arrival at Capitol Manor dressed (like we were dressed last week - formal) - BRING MUSIC.
6pm - Symphony Strings warmup on 'stage'
6:20-ish - Advanced Orchestra arrival at Capitol Manor dressed (like we were dressed last week - formal).
6:30pm - Advanced Orchestra warmup on 'stage'
7pm - Symphony Strings performance (20 minutes or so)
7:25pm- Advanced Orchestra performance
Over before 8pm
You will hear some great music tomorrow, if you're able to attend. Thank you for helping me bring our music to the community - community support is very important for a public school music program. The residents at Capitol Manor are great supporters of the Arts and of West Salem High School, as well as being a very appreciative audience (which is a valuable commodity in the Arts!).
See you at the Manor.
~Daryl S.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Oregon Symphony tomorrow (Tues) night - great concert!
Ready concert-goers?
Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the Oregon Symphony in Salem concert at Smith Hall at Willamette University at 8pm. $5 student, $10 accompanying adult ticket prices are available an hour before at the ticket window.
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Horacio Gutiérrez, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (Linz)
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Lindberg: Feria
Ravel: Bolero
For more info:
http://www.orsymphonysalem.org/
Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the Oregon Symphony in Salem concert at Smith Hall at Willamette University at 8pm. $5 student, $10 accompanying adult ticket prices are available an hour before at the ticket window.
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Horacio Gutiérrez, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (Linz)
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Lindberg: Feria
Ravel: Bolero
For more info:
http://www.orsymphonysalem.org/
Afghani music
At West, we are having Afghanistan Day - all teachers are presenting units of information about the Afghanistan version of their discipline - for my classes this encompasses Afghani music. Because of our competition and performance schedule, we won't be able to spend too much time on this today, so I'm posting these links for those who might be interested in delving into what's available online regarding Afghani music. Enjoy!
Links to many sites: http://www.afghanistanmusic.com/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Afghanistan
About Afghanistan's best known 'classical' musician: http://www.afghanland.com/entertainment/music/sarahang.html
An article with good Real Audio links to Afghanistan classical music: http://www.rferl.org/Content/Article/1062873.html
Music from Afghanistan (great audio links): http://www.afghanhits.com/
An article about an Afghani violinist and his band: http://www.livemint.com/2009/02/18212604/Music-in-postwar-Afghanistan.html?d=1
A good site with video and audio: http://www.afghansongs.com/
National Geographic's world music website: http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/country/content.country/afghanistan_35
Links to many sites: http://www.afghanistanmusic.com/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Afghanistan
About Afghanistan's best known 'classical' musician: http://www.afghanland.com/entertainment/music/sarahang.html
An article with good Real Audio links to Afghanistan classical music: http://www.rferl.org/Content/Article/1062873.html
Music from Afghanistan (great audio links): http://www.afghanhits.com/
An article about an Afghani violinist and his band: http://www.livemint.com/2009/02/18212604/Music-in-postwar-Afghanistan.html?d=1
A good site with video and audio: http://www.afghansongs.com/
National Geographic's world music website: http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/country/content.country/afghanistan_35
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Monmouth results
Success in Monmouth. The students played really well today - we qualified (receiving a score of 75 out of 100 from at least 2 judges at a qualifying event, which today was) with both groups - Advanced Orchestra and Advanced Symphony - for the State competition on May 15 at OSU (we won't know times for that competition for another few weeks).
Congrats to all - our next event is Wednesday (Capitol Manor) and then Salem-Keizer Invitational the 17th and 18th at West.
~Ms. S
Congrats to all - our next event is Wednesday (Capitol Manor) and then Salem-Keizer Invitational the 17th and 18th at West.
~Ms. S
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Newsletter #23
In this post:
1) Monmouth Festival tomorrow (Thursday, Apr. 2)
2) Looking ahead - Apr 8, Apr 17 and 18
3) Congrats to Boston Folks
4) Checked out the blog recently??
5) Pre-state concert has been moved back to April 30th
1) Advanced Orchestra and Advanced Symphony perform tomorrow at Smith Hall in Monmouth (WOU) at 1pm and 3pm respectively. This is the first of 2 opportunities we have to qualify (with 2 scores of at least 75) for the State Orchestra and Symphony competition in May - wish us luck!!
All students know the schedule:
Advanced Orchestra and 17 members of Period 7 will leave class at 11:15 - bus leaves at 11:30.
The rest of Period 7 leaves at 1:10pm - thank you to orchestra parent Steve Tatman for chaperoning the 1pm bus!!!
Students will be home around 4:45pm - if you need to call me if to know if the bus is on time or not please feel free to: 818-317-8218
Students must dress in our school-issued black dresses/tuxes. Black socks/hose are a must! Performance shoes too. This is as formal an affair as there is for us - let's look as amazing as we sound!!
I'll let the students know the results and post info on the blog on Thursday or Friday after we play.
2) All period 1 and 7 students are performing at Capitol Manor this next Wednesday evening. Call time is as follows:
Period 7 - 6pm at Capitol Manor
Period 1 - 6:30pm at Capitol Manor
I NEED SOME PARENT HELP TRANSPORTING MUSIC STANDS TO THE MANOR - if you have a large vehicle that could transport 20 stands, I'd greatly appreciate it.
We perform at 7pm - there is plenty of room for parents. The concert will end at 8pm. We're excited about this public performance - Capitol Manor residents are very proud of their connection to West Salem. I'm thankful to them for their donation to Music Boosters for this concert.
On April 17 and 18 we have a big deal coming to West - Friday the 17th from 1-7pm is Central Valley League Band competition and Saturday the 18th from 8am - 5pm is the Salem-Keizer Invitational Orchestra Festival. In years past this fantastic festival has been hosted at North High School - this year marks the first year it will be held at West.
I WILL NEED PARENT AND STUDENT HELP ON FRIDAY THE 17th! More about that in next week's blog.
Advanced Orchestra plays at 8am (yawn) on Saturday the 18th. Symphony performs at 1:30pm the same day.
3) Congrats to all those who performed in Boston. There was an article about it in the Statesman Journal. And, student journalist Meg Carey has written an article from the student perspective - keep an eye for that.
HUGE thanks goes out to the trip committee: Mark and Denise Lowen, Kelly Culver, Staci Larson, Pam Wittman, Sue Love, and Cindy Culpovich. Thanks too to Music Booster treasurer Scott Muller and Missy Page for all their instrumental financial consultations and help!
HUMONGOUS thanks go to the chaperones for our amazing trip: Mama Denise Lowen, Papa Mark "Maahk" Lowen, Staci Larson, Pam Wittman, Becki Weathermon, Steve Tatman, Karen Tatman, Ann McCloud, Stella Kim, Wendy Bruton, Glenys Loewen-Thomas, and Kelly Amsberry.
GIANORMOUS thanks go to the Lowens for the hundreds of hours they spent organizing this trip and leading it.
It's pretty amazing to have occassion to have perfect harmony with a trip like this - it was a grand success; socially, historically, and musically.
4) Have you checked the blog recently? If not, feel free to scroll down. There's the trip blog, the Boston photo slideshow, a great link to a site where you can created and view flashcards in all sorts of disciplines (I put the music link up there for you), and more.
5) The pre-state concert - for all groups at West who qualify for State competitions - will be held on it's original date, *NOT THE DATE LISTED IN THE GREEN HANDBOOK* - it's now going to be at 7pm on April 30th. More info on that later in the month.
Have a great weekend - check back soon to see the results of tomorrow's competition.
:)
~Ms. S
1) Monmouth Festival tomorrow (Thursday, Apr. 2)
2) Looking ahead - Apr 8, Apr 17 and 18
3) Congrats to Boston Folks
4) Checked out the blog recently??
5) Pre-state concert has been moved back to April 30th
1) Advanced Orchestra and Advanced Symphony perform tomorrow at Smith Hall in Monmouth (WOU) at 1pm and 3pm respectively. This is the first of 2 opportunities we have to qualify (with 2 scores of at least 75) for the State Orchestra and Symphony competition in May - wish us luck!!
All students know the schedule:
Advanced Orchestra and 17 members of Period 7 will leave class at 11:15 - bus leaves at 11:30.
The rest of Period 7 leaves at 1:10pm - thank you to orchestra parent Steve Tatman for chaperoning the 1pm bus!!!
Students will be home around 4:45pm - if you need to call me if to know if the bus is on time or not please feel free to: 818-317-8218
Students must dress in our school-issued black dresses/tuxes. Black socks/hose are a must! Performance shoes too. This is as formal an affair as there is for us - let's look as amazing as we sound!!
I'll let the students know the results and post info on the blog on Thursday or Friday after we play.
2) All period 1 and 7 students are performing at Capitol Manor this next Wednesday evening. Call time is as follows:
Period 7 - 6pm at Capitol Manor
Period 1 - 6:30pm at Capitol Manor
I NEED SOME PARENT HELP TRANSPORTING MUSIC STANDS TO THE MANOR - if you have a large vehicle that could transport 20 stands, I'd greatly appreciate it.
We perform at 7pm - there is plenty of room for parents. The concert will end at 8pm. We're excited about this public performance - Capitol Manor residents are very proud of their connection to West Salem. I'm thankful to them for their donation to Music Boosters for this concert.
On April 17 and 18 we have a big deal coming to West - Friday the 17th from 1-7pm is Central Valley League Band competition and Saturday the 18th from 8am - 5pm is the Salem-Keizer Invitational Orchestra Festival. In years past this fantastic festival has been hosted at North High School - this year marks the first year it will be held at West.
I WILL NEED PARENT AND STUDENT HELP ON FRIDAY THE 17th! More about that in next week's blog.
Advanced Orchestra plays at 8am (yawn) on Saturday the 18th. Symphony performs at 1:30pm the same day.
3) Congrats to all those who performed in Boston. There was an article about it in the Statesman Journal. And, student journalist Meg Carey has written an article from the student perspective - keep an eye for that.
HUGE thanks goes out to the trip committee: Mark and Denise Lowen, Kelly Culver, Staci Larson, Pam Wittman, Sue Love, and Cindy Culpovich. Thanks too to Music Booster treasurer Scott Muller and Missy Page for all their instrumental financial consultations and help!
HUMONGOUS thanks go to the chaperones for our amazing trip: Mama Denise Lowen, Papa Mark "Maahk" Lowen, Staci Larson, Pam Wittman, Becki Weathermon, Steve Tatman, Karen Tatman, Ann McCloud, Stella Kim, Wendy Bruton, Glenys Loewen-Thomas, and Kelly Amsberry.
GIANORMOUS thanks go to the Lowens for the hundreds of hours they spent organizing this trip and leading it.
It's pretty amazing to have occassion to have perfect harmony with a trip like this - it was a grand success; socially, historically, and musically.
4) Have you checked the blog recently? If not, feel free to scroll down. There's the trip blog, the Boston photo slideshow, a great link to a site where you can created and view flashcards in all sorts of disciplines (I put the music link up there for you), and more.
5) The pre-state concert - for all groups at West who qualify for State competitions - will be held on it's original date, *NOT THE DATE LISTED IN THE GREEN HANDBOOK* - it's now going to be at 7pm on April 30th. More info on that later in the month.
Have a great weekend - check back soon to see the results of tomorrow's competition.
:)
~Ms. S
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