Hello everyone! Thank you for coming out on Monday night to listen to and cheer on our fabulous, young music-makers! I was very pleased with the overall performances and was lucky to witness some very special moments within the ensembles. I will post some videos to the BAND google classroom over the next few days. If you have any great pictures you'd like to share, please send them my way!

Here is a link to a GC post with websites that have fun, free sheet music, including holiday stuff. Please encourage your children to pick up their instruments over break and play through some tunes- this will help us quickly get started on our next piece "DarkHeart" in January. Bonus points if they perform at a family get-together!!

The jazz band is performing tomorrow, Friday 12/22 at 8:30am. Students should wear either BRMS music shirts, Bordentown shirts/colors, or ugly sweaters.

 

When we return on Tuesday, Jan. 2nd, there is an AEP block in the morning, but jazz band will NOT be rehearsing at that time. Students should use this time to catch up on any work they missed this week due to all of our activities. Brass lessons WILL take place on Tuesday 1/2, flutes, clarinets, and jazz band will meet on Wednesday 1/3, saxophones and concert band will meet on Thursday 1/4, and beginners/make-ups and jazz band will meet on Friday 1/5. All of this will be communicated to students via the morning announcements and my whiteboard.

 

Thank you so much for your support over the past few months as we prepared for the winter concert. It's a mad dash getting everything rolling during these first few months of school, and I appreciate all the times parents dropped off forgotten instruments, sent in messages about students missing rehearsals, or sent notes of triumph regarding students' achievements outside of school. I neglected to thank you verbally at the concert, so please know that none of this is possible without at-home support and I truly value it! THANK YOU! I also neglected to thank our ever-supportive administration, starting all the way at the top. Dr. Atkins is a huge advocate for the arts and I consider myself lucky to get to work with her. Mr. Sprague and Mr. Schurtz would do anything for these students, and that's not the norm. We are so lucky and I am so grateful!

I hope you and your family have a peaceful and joyous end-of-December and happy new year! Here's sheet music for Auld Lang Syne that is appropriate for midnight!