A new year and upcoming events …..
Our Winter Concert is Wednesday, January 19th at 7PM in the large Theater. The groups performing are the string orchestra, concert and symphonic bands, and marching band. The general meeting for the RHS music boosters will be interspersed between groups. Sign in, warm-ups and tuning start by 6:30PM. We anticipate the concert lasting about 90 minutes. Please note the Theater Etiquette on the reverse side adopted by the RHS Arts Dept. and approved by administration. Everyone is welcome.
It is a required concert, as stated in the syllabus/handbook, including staying for the entire concert. Since the concert is a culmination of the semester’s work, it comprises 30% of each student’s final semester grade. Students do not get full credit unless they follow the sign out procedure at the concert’s conclusion. This policy allows each group to have a full audience. Plus, each student completes a written evaluation of every group, which is a national standard for music and one reason my classes are designated college prep.
In addition to the concert, students will perform in-class an etude or exercise out of their book. The order of performance is selected at random and begins January 20th. A written assignment centered around a given article focusing on their instrument will be due at the end of their final. Typed papers are appreciated! Students will also have a written reflection assignment done the day of their final.
Concert attire is ready for pick up and hemming. Students have instructions concerning future cleaning and tack hemming the pants and dresses. Please remember that both the ladies’ dress and men’s pant hem is at the ankle bone and that the men’s pants should be at least tacked down at the seams and pleats (the four corners). Men must make sure their pants are at the waist. NO SAGGING!!! Do NOT use tape or machine to hem because both are impossible to take out for the next person’s use. The concert attire will be used for several spring activities and returned in June on the hanger used for distribution.
All students need to return their Disney form ASAP; there are additional copies available. I need to know from each class how many students are going to set the instrumentation, plus plan the motel rooms, chaperones, and bus costs. The group deposit on the first night motel stay is due at the end of this month. I cannot reserve rooms for students I don’t know are going! Plus, I must get out chaperon information. The January deposit of $45.00 is due. If you need to return your form with a positive answer but without the deposit, please send the form in right away with additional information about your payment schedule plans. Checks are made payable to Rosemont High School, given to me and a receipt written.
The RHS student Music Club will be sponsoring an electronic waste collection (e-waste) as a fundraiser. It will be on a Saturday in the RHS front parking lot. Date is still to be determined. Please support us by donating old electronics and get them out of your way at the same time! Items with a screen, like televisions, laptops, and computer monitors, are the things that earn money, but all electronics are accepted.
Thank you for your support of the RHS music department. Keeping music alive!
