Music Contest Schedule for LSWHS Orchestras for Thursday, April 7th

Hello Parents and Students:
Please read the schedule below for a full understanding of what will be taking place at State Music Large Group Festival next Thursday, April 7th.

ALL PARENTS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND ANY PERFORMANCE, EVEN IF IT IS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

The students are ready. I think it will be a great day. I also attached a pdf version of the schedule in case you want to print it out.

Thank you,

Kirt Mosier

LSWHS Orchestra State Large Group Festival Schedule

CONCERT ORCHESTRA
BEFORE SCHOOL: Put your dresses and tux on the hanging racks in the instrumental music room. MAKE SURE YOU LABEL YOUR CLOTHING ITEMS AND HANGUP BAGS SO THAT YOU CAN TELL YOURS FROM EVERYONE ELSE.
10:25 – Dismiss from 4th hour and change into uniforms
Girls – Upstairs in the uniform storage area.
Boys – Theatre dressing rooms.
10:50 – Eat lunch during first lunch shift in the cafeteria. DO NOT SPILL THINGS ON YOUR UNIFORMS. You can also eat in the instrumental room.
11:30 – Warm Up in the Instrumental Music Room.
12:00 – PERFORM ON STAGE
12:15 – SIGHT READ
12:30 – Put your instruments away and come back into the instrumental music room to watch the full symphony warm up. Be quiet and try to stay along the back walls.
1:15 – Watch the Full Symphony perform in the PAC
1:45 – Return to 7th

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

BEFORE SCHOOL: Put your dresses and tux on the hanging racks in the instrumental music room. MAKE SURE YOU LABEL YOUR CLOTHING ITEMS AND HANGUP BAGS SO THAT YOU CAN TELL YOURS FROM EVERYONE ELSE.
11:45 – Eat lunch 3rd lunch shift
12:07 – Change into uniforms
Girls – Upstairs in uniform storage area
Boys – Theatre dressing rooms
12:30 – Enter the Instrumental Room for Warm Up by going around the cafeteria entrance and through the back hall to enter our room through the custodial area. If there is another school in our room, wait outside the instrumental room in the custodial area. DO NOT try to go into the music hall to get into our room. Other groups will be using that area for performance and sight reading. Stay out of the music hall as best you can.
1:15 – PERFORM ON STAGE
1:40 – SIGHT READ
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
7:00pm – Meet Mr. Mosier in the commons with your full uniform on, your music and instrument in hand. Do not bring your case. Try to stay out of the music hallway because other groups are using that area for performance and sight-reading.
7:25pm – Warm Up in the instrumental room.
7:50pm – PERFORM IN PAC
8:15pm – SIGHT READ

SYMPHONY STRINGS
8:40pm – Assemble in the back custodial area and hallway in full uniform with just your instruments and music. (Mr. Mosier will be sight-reading with the Philharmonic orchestra and will join up with you when he is finished.)
9:05pm – PERFORM IN PAC

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Lee's Summit Contest Schedule

Just received this schedule for students who are participating in LS Contest Thursday.

Please let me know if you have a student that cannot get to LEE’S SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL for their time slot and I will help for a carpool OR give them a ride myself.

Students need to be at LSHS in the PAC area at least 15 minutes prior to performance time.

Students are responsible for having their own music, instrument, AND judge’s copy of music (in ensembles, only one student has this)

Please respond to Mr. Thurmond with questions if you have them.

CORRECTED LS FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Orchestra Pre-Contest Performance this evening at LSWHS PAC at 6pm

Hello Parents and Students:

This is a reminder that we have a 6pm performance at the LSWHS PAC this evening. The concert should be over by 7pm. Our groups are performing at their highest level and I encourage everyone to come hear them!

ALL STUDENTS: Concert Orchestra be on stage at 5:45pm for tuning. Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestra. Be in the taped off area of the PAC by 5:50 ready to listen to the concert and be ready to take the stage.

Thank you,

Mr. Mosier

Band: A busy week!

Reminders about this busy week coming up:

Tuesday, 6:50AM, Symphonic Band rehearsal
Tuesday Night, 7pm, Pre-Contest Band Concert for ALL band members

  • Freshman Band call time is 6:15pm
  • Concert Band call time is 6:40pm
  • Symphonic Band call time is 6:45pm
  • Percussion Class students call time is with the band in which they perform

DURING the concert we will have a parent meeting kicking off the Mattress Sale Fundraiser.

Thursday, 6:50AM, Freshman Band rehearsal
Thursday afternoon, 3pm-6pm, Lee’s Summit Contest, students involved will receive time tomorrow or Tuesday (festival manager has not released them yet)

Friday, 6:50AM, Concert Band rehearsal

Volunteers Needed

Time is flying….State Music Festival for large ensembles is just over a week away!

Area schools will be bringing their bands, choirs and orchestras to LSW beginning on Wednesday, April 6th. In order for this event to be successful, we need the assistance of our wonderful parent support group. Basically all volunteer positions are needed over the 4 days of the festival. Please go out to Charms to sign up and get ready to enjoy some marvelous music!

Students can also assist with stage set-up during this festival. Student sign-ups will be posted outside the Choir room Tuesday.

Thank you for your support!

Brent Grigsby
President

Go to – https://www.charmsoffice.com/

Select Enter in the upper right-hand corner and then select Parents/Students/Members

Enter school code: lswhsmusic

Click on the Public Calendar icon

Go to the day that you wish to volunteer and click on the hand

Enter your name and contact information for the shift you have selected

To navigate to another day, go to the blue “Volunteer Opportunities” box and click the down arrow and select another day.

LSW Music Festival – Large group

Good afternoon,

I hope everyone has been enjoying the nice weather, even if the past couple days have been cooler. Spring break is here so hopefully it’ll warm up nicely for the kids.

Thank you to all of the parents that volunteered at the solo/small ensemble festival. It was a wonderful success. Many parents volunteered for several shifts and it’s very much appreciated. Without parents our festivals couldn’t happen.

We’re now moving onto the second stage of the festival, large group. These will be happening April 6th – 9th, each of our students will be performing at some point during this festival. In order for this event to be successful, we need the help of our amazing parent support group. Volunteers are very important to make sure this festival held at LSW so that we don’t have to travel to another school. We’ll make sure you get to see your student perform so please don’t let that stop you from signing up.

Adults only please use charms to sign up, students can sign up once they get back from spring break on signup sheets outside the choir room. Please sign up and get ready to enjoy some marvelous music!

Thank you for your support!

Brent

LSWMP President

Go to – https://www.charmsoffice.com/

Select Enter in the upper right-hand corner and then select Parents/Students/Members

Enter school code:  lswhsmusic

Click on the Public Calendar icon

Go to the day that you wish to volunteer and click on the hand

Enter your name and contact information for the shift you have selected

To navigate to another day, go to the blue “Volunteer Opportunities” box and click the down arrow and select another day.

Titan Pride Update, Spring Break edition

Greetings on this fine Spring Break eve!

A couple of reminders and bits of information before heading into some time off:
  • One more week of morning rehearsals, Symphonic Band (Tuesday, 3/29), Freshman Band (Thursday, 3/31), and Concert Band (Friday, 4/1)
  • On the day we come back from break, we have a concert.  Tuesday, March 29th is our Pre-Contest Concert, designed for parents to enjoy our contest preparations since our performances the following week are in the middle of the day.  The concert starts at 7pm.  In addition to the concert, we will have a brief kick-off meeting to our annual mattress sale fundraiser.
  • Some students are participating in Lee’s Summit Festival on Thursday, March 31st.  I have not received the schedule for this yet, but will email it out as soon as I do.
  • Contest Performance times are as follows:
    Freshman Band, Wednesday, April 6th at 3pm
    Concert Band, Wednesday, April 6th at 3:25pm
    Symphony Orchestra, Thursday, April 7th at 1:15pm
    Symphonic Band, Friday, April 8th at 3pm
  • Drumline auditions for 2016 are as follows:
    Snare and Tenors, Monday, April 18th
    Mallet Instruments, Monday, April 25th
    Bass Drum, Monday, May 2nd
  • If your son/daughter is pursuing band again next year, I sent the fall marching schedule in a separate email this morning, please look for that.
  • YOUR APRIL PAYMENT OF $75 FOR THE CHICAGO TRIP IS DUE FRIDAY, APRIL 1st
Have a GREAT spring break.

Please congratulate the following LSWHS Band Students

This past Saturday, the following students competed at the MSHSAA District Solo/Ensemble Festival and earned the following ratings:

Superior "1" Ratings (Moving on to State Music Festival in April)
Tenor Sax Trio (Peyton Culclager, Chad Fischer, Haley Lykins)
Trevor Allen, timpani solo
Brass Quintet (David Burre, Kaitie Butler, Peyton Gilbert, Justin Nitz, Jaret Workman)
Chad Fischer, piano solo
Clarinet Trio (Ben deJonge, Jillian Kirkpatrick, Patrick Hu)
Emily Wiencek, clarinet solo
Michelle Liu, alto sax solo
Justin Nitz, french horn solo
Chad Fischer, tenor sax solo
Woodwind Trio (Julia Krause, Kate Mosier, Janine Nunes)
Patrick Hu, clarinet solo
Peyton Gilbert, tuba solo
Kate Mosier, flute solo
Zach DiPardo, snare drum solo
Michelle Liu, piano solo
Alec Sebelien, piano solo
Haley Lykins, tenor sax solo
Zach Turner, trumpet solo

Excellent "2" Ratings
Clarinet Quartet (Krystal Feekin, Jillian Kirkpatrick, Chloe Metheny-Morris, Jenny Santee)
Katie Taaffe, clarinet solo
Catherine Hutinett, trumpet solo
Woodwind Trio (Vanessa Marshall, Stephanie Richardson, Tea Thomas)
Kinady Allen, bassoon solo
Flute Trio (Haley Arrington, Allyson Jenkins, Ellie Lucas)
Luke Poudel, alto sax solo
Brass Quintet (Emily Baker, Nick Eggleston, Keira Griffith, Vaughn Griffith, Camryn Halboth)
Janine Nunes – flute solo
Jillian Kirkpatrick – clarinet solo
Jaken Thomas, alto sax solo
Delaney Thomas, clarinet solo
Flute Trio (Amanda Berkstresser, Courtney Kratt, Emily Marsh)
Julia Krause, clarinet solo
NJ Johnson, snare drum solo
Keegan Lazenby, snare drum solo
Daniel Schnelle, trumpet solo
Trumpet Trio (Keira Griffith, Daniel Schnelle, Jaret Workman)
Alec Sebelien, marimba solo
Nick Eggleston, trumpet solo
Will Sullivan, trumpet solo

Good "3" Ratings
Vanessa Marshall, oboe solo
Stephanie Richardson, oboe solo
Shoshana Jackson, clarinet solo
Peyton Culclager, tenor sax solo