We are in the final week of preparation for the WTSBOA All-West TN Honors Orchestra Clinic Auditions on November 18! We have one more “All-West Wednesday” to go. Assigned audition times have been posted. Please see the attached lists for your audition time. Auditions are at Collierville High School. I should be able to post the audition results in the evening of November 18.
Classwork and Grades 1. The first Practice Plan (covering three weeks) was due October 31. Plan 2.2 is due Thursday, November 16. 2. Flip #7 (All-West Excerpts at practice tempo) was due November 2. 3. Flip #8 (All-West Excerpts at performance tempo) is due November 13. 4. Your All-West Audition Time Confirmation Sheet is returned by November 15. 5. The Second Quarter Project/Portfolio/Presentation assignment is due November 30. Go Play! (more info on the website, too!) The Governor’s School for the Arts applications are now posted at https://gsfta.com . A link is on our Go Play/Festivals & Camps page. All 10th and 11th graders are eligible to apply. WSHS has students attend Governor’s School every year! From the Top Scholarship Info: https://fromthetop.org/apply/jack-kent-cooke-young-artist-award/ Mark Your Calendars 1. Our Winter Concert is Monday, December 4 at 7:00 in the WSHS Auditorium. On-stage call time is 6:30. (the previous Clef Note incorrectly had December 2 as the date) Classroom Visitors The Fellows String Quartet from the University of Memphis and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra performed for students on November 2 during class. The quartet also shared information about being a music student in college and their paths to the U. of Memphis. Dr. Marcin Arendt, violin professor at the University of Memphis, also visited with the 6th period orchestra on November 2. The Orchestra Activity Expense is $50.00 for this year. This covers the All-West Audition and Concert Festival (see the syllabus for details). You can send cash or check (made to White Station High School). If you have not yet done so, please take care of the expense by the end of this month. Thank you! www.whitestationorchestra.weebly.com Our Remind codes are: 6th period: @wshsorc6 7th period: @wshsorc7, and, FOR ALL PARENTS: @wsorchpar. Text your class code to 81010 or 901-881-9447. You may also register at “rmd.at/classcode.” You can send text messages to me through REMIND. Parents are welcome to sign up for their child’s class code, too. |
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