Thank you all for your help and support creating a wonderful year of musicianship, citizenship and friendship for our students! I sincerely appreciate and am so thankful for you – our amazing YHS Band community. Have a fantastic summer!
Daily Archives: June 23, 2024
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Congratulations to our awesome class of 2024 Band students! It has been an honor to be your teacher for four years – my love and best wishes to all as you begin your next adventures in life!
Many thanks to all of the band students who performed at the graduation ceremony yesterday. Our entire learning community truly appreciates your time and talents! Thank you for your participation and help in creating this special memory for our seniors and their families!
Graduation Band participation is worth 3 community service hours. (10:00am-1:00pm)
New sheet music and professional recordings have been added for CB, WE, JB, and Pep Band! Have fun this summer checking out our songs for the fall!
All YHS Band students grades 9-12 are requested to attend a day filled with musicianship, friendship, and citizenship. Students will work together in sectionals, and full rehearsals, to jump start our year. Then, we will enjoy dinner and our 23rd annual Music Dept. Ice Cream Social. So excited to use this opportunity to build our Band Family!
Join me this summer as I bring my own family to enjoy the amazing (and free!) West Point concerts. Concerts take place at Trophy Point park – a gorgeous outdoor venue overlooking the Hudson. Bring a blanket and a picnic and arrive at least a 1.5 hours early to get through security and stake out your spot. (If the weather is poor, concerts will be held in Eisenhower Hall). Check out their website for more details.
My family and I are planning to attend:
Saturday 7/6: Independence Day Celebration. This concert is spectacular, with a grand finale of fireworks over the Hudson, and Tchaikovksy’s 1812 Overture with REAL CANNONS!)
Sunday 9/1: Labor Day Celebration – also spectacular and ends with fireworks!
E-mail me if you are planning to attend – I’d love to sit together!
If your student is interested in continuing to practice over the summer (hooray!), some YHS-owned summer rentals are available. Rental fee is $25, check made payable to Yorktown Central School District. Please e-mail me to reserve an instrument.
A big THANK YOU to all the awesome parents who were instrumental in making our year a success! I so appreciate your time, help, creativity, and sense of fun. It is a pleasure to work alongside you to create our calendar of events for our students.
If you are interested in becoming a member of our core group of band parent helpers, please e-mail me. I will be in touch in August to start planning our ’24-‘25 events.