email blast from 11/13 "conferences and schedule for the rest of 2023"
Hello band families! Here is a link to sign up for a parent teacher conference with me. It is optional, but I'd love to sing the praises of your amazing young musician, meet some new families, and answer any questions you have. There are two dates with separate links for the Teams meetings, and I will send out the link the morning of the conferences.
Concert band and jazz band WINTER CONCERT Monday, December 18th at 7pm at the Bordentown Regional HIGH SCHOOL Performing Arts Center! Students report at 6:30 wearing black and/or white (jazz students wear all black). More info is on my website and the band handbok.
No lessons this Wednesday as it is the first day of quarter 2; lessons can be made up on Thursday or Friday.
Because there is no AE during half days, all music students will be pulled from core 2 this Friday 11/17 and next Wednesday 11/22. We've done this in years past and it has always worked out well, but if your child has an issue or needs to stay in core 2 either of those days, that's ok. Teachers are pretty flexible on these half days leading up to Thanksgiving, and it gives the music students extremely valuable time to prepare for the upcoming concerts. Mixed choir students will attend both choir and band rehearsal during this time.
The mixed choir, select choir, bucket drumming, and orchestra Winter Concert is on Monday, December 7th at 7pm at the BRHS PAC.
Have you heard your child play their instrument lately? I encourage you to ask them to bring their instrument home and show off what they're learning. At-home practicing and informal performances elevate a student's technical ability and motivates them to keep striving to be better. As I like to say, the hardest part of practicing an instrument at home is opening up the case. 😄