Our rehearsal this week will be Thursday 12/17 from 2-3pm via Zoom and Upbeat.
Expectations:
1. Read Ms. Kluga’s e-mail from 12/10 and follow the instructions.
2. Practice with the A-ccompany app every day. Run each song.
3. Attend your sectional this week (see above). Swaroop, James, Michael and Colin, will send the zoom links.
4. You will make your final recording at Thursday’s rehearsal. Wear a button down long-sleeved black dress shirt and the craziest tie you can find.
Each year our Band Officers design an optional piece of YHS Band apparel. This year, they are excited to offer a charcoal gray quarter-zip, featuring our YHS Band logo on the left chest, and your student’s last name on the right chest. An order form and more information are attached. Orders are due either to Ms. Kluga at YHS, or dropped off at Sports Barn by this Friday 12/18.
Are you running out of reeds, valve oil, or cork/slide grease? This is the time of year when band students typically need to replenish these necessary supplies. It is also a time to think about possibly purchasing a new instrument or taking private lessons. If you have questions, Ms. Kluga is happy to help!
The students and Ms. Kluga are preparing our virtual concert recordings for you to enjoy. The goal is to have our projects ready to present before the holiday break. More information TBA.
As we continue to work with the Upbeat app to create our virtual recordings, it has become very clear that having a printed copy of the music is a key to success. Please have your student print out a copy of Sleigh Ride.
This week’s sessions will focus on our current project, the quintessential holiday classic, Sleigh Ride. Bring your questions, this piece is tricky!
All sessions take place p.9 via Zoom. Check your e-mail for the link. Thank you to our awesome upperclassmen leaders for hosting!
Monday 12/7 – Jazz Alto with Swaroop, Jazz Tenor with James
Tuesday 12/8 – Jazz Trombone w/ Colin, Jazz Trumpet w/ Michael, Clarinet w/ Sarah, Horn w/ Alicia
Wednesday 12/9 – Trombone with Colin, Flute with Chinmay
Thursday 12/10 – Saxophone with Alissa, Clarinet with Aniyah
Our rehearsal this week will be Thursday 12/10 from 2-3pm via Zoom and Upbeat.
Expectations:
1. Read Ms. Kluga’s e-mail from 12/3 and follow the instructions.
2. Print out your music.
3. Practice with the A-ccompany app every day. Run each song.
4. Attend your sectional this week. Swaroop, James, Michael and Colin, will send the zoom links.
a. Monday 12/7, p.9: Tenor Sax, Alto Sax
b. Tuesday 12/8, p.9: Trombones and Krishna, Trumpets
5. We will record at Thursday’s rehearsal. Wear a button down long-sleeved black dress shirt and the craziest tie you can find. (If more than your torso is in the frame, then add black dress pants and black socks/shoes).
Each year our Band Officers design an optional piece of YHS Band apparel. This year, they are excited to offer a charcoal gray quarter-zip, featuring our YHS Band logo on the left chest, and your student’s last name on the right chest. An order form and more information are attached.
Thank you to senior Aniyah Seales (YHS Band Treasurer) for your work on this year’s apparel!
For those interested, we are hosting a contact-free sale, with zero student involvement. Monies raised will be used this year, to help continue our end-of-year traditions and awards.
All orders will be placed online, paid for on-line, and shipped directly to the customer.
If you or anyone you know is interested in supporting our group, please share the following information.
YHS Band online store: https://shop.floridaindianrivergroves.com/ecommerce/498649
Customers place their order and pay online
Orders are shipped directly to the address provided
Each box is a flat rate of $6.95 to ship
Our sale is open today through 12/4
Every order benefits the entire YHS Band program
FOOD PANTRY CITRUS DONATIONS
If you are interested in ordering a box to donate to a local food pantry, there are two options:
1. If you have a specific pantry in mind, order a box delivered to your home and then drop it off at the pantry of your choice.
2. The Community Food Pantry at St. Mary’s church in Mohegan Lake will take orders shipped directly to them. Information and directions are attached. Thank you to the Menduni family for researching this option for us!
For those interested, we are hosting a contact-free sale, with zero student involvement. Money raised will be used this year, to help continue our end-of-year traditions and awards.
All orders will be placed online, paid for on-line, and shipped directly to the customer.
If you or anyone you know is interested in supporting our group, please share the following information.
YHS Band online store: https://shop.floridaindianrivergroves.com/ecommerce/498649
Customers place their order and pay online
Orders are shipped directly to the address provided
Each box is a flat rate of $6.95 to ship
Our sale is open today through 12/4
Every order benefits the entire YHS Band program
FOOD PANTRY CITRUS DONATIONS
If you are interested in ordering a box to donate to a local food pantry, there are two options:
1. If you have a specific pantry in mind, order a box delivered to your home and then drop it off at the pantry of your choice.
2. The Community Food Pantry at St. Mary’s church in Mohegan Lake will take orders shipped directly to them. Information and directions are attached. Thank you to the Menduni family for researching this option for us!
Will take place this week. Specific instructions have been reviewed in class and are attached FYI. Below are links that students can use to practice for the assessment:
Concert Band: https://play.upbeatmusicapp.com/perform/record?id=94DDEEF5E045F6EF
Wind Ensemble: https://play.upbeatmusicapp.com/perform/record?id=DD147E09A20A342A
For their video assessment, students are required to wear Concert Black. For your video, you will need to be dressed in concert black from the waist up. (Below Ms. Kluga listed all the items required, in hopes that at some point this year we will be performing in person!) Let her know if you have any questions.
Ladies: Solid black dressy shirt. No sleeveless shirts or spaghetti straps. Appropriate necklines, please. Black dressy pants or skirt (below the knee when you sit down) and black dress shoes.
Gentlemen: Solidblack dressy button-down long-sleeved shirt with a collar. Black dress pants. Black dress shoes. Black socks.
There is no rehearsal this Thursday due to Thanksgiving. Make time over this week to practice Critical Mass and Africa using the A-ccompany app. Keep building your skills and building up your confidence!