CONGTRATULATIONS to the thirty-eight students who were accepted (plus four alternates) into the All-West Honors Orchestras, based on the auditions on November 20. This is, by far, the largest group WSHS has ever sent to the clinic. You can see the WSHS results on our webpage (under What’s New and Auditions) and the complete results at WTSBOA.website. Students can return the WSTBOA contract (found in their All-West folder) at any time. SCS Field trip forms and the collection of the clinic fee ($55) will take place in January. Perform Our Winter Holiday Concert is Monday, December 6 at 7:00 p.m. (6:30 call) in the WSHS auditorium. Students need to be in the auditorium at 6:30, ready to tune and rehearse our finale. As at our fall concert, audience members are required to wear masks at all times, sit in family “pods,” and maintain social distancing from other pods. Classroom Activities We will have an “All-West Wednesday” rehearsal of the clinic music on Dec. 8. Please make sure to have your All-West folders with you that day. Upcoming Assignments 1. The Project/Portfolio/Presentation was due Wednesday, Dec. 1. 2. Practice Plan No. 2.3 is due Dec. 8 in TEAMS - Technique, Repertoire, and Personal Growth goals. 3. Students can still receive full credit on Flipgrid 5 (I know, it’s been a while) with a corrected performance of the student’s required melodic minor scale. New on the Website 1. The local NAACP chapter has released the 2021-22 ACT-SO competition guidelines and application. Look under Go Play!/Competitions for more information. 2. The PRIZM Ensemble Classical Soul Winter Camp is December 18 & 19 at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church. Look under Go Play!/Festivals for more information. Go Listen 1. The Memphis Youth Symphony Program is having their Sounds of the Season concert on Sunday, Dec. 5, at 5:30 p.m. in the Rose Theater on the campus of the University of Memphis. 2. The Memphis Symphony Orchestra holiday concerts include The Magic of Memphis Holiday Concerts on Dec. 11 at the Cannon Center (2:30 and 7:30 pm.) and three performances of Handel’s Messiah at various locations on Dec. 21-23. 3. The Rhodes Orchestra Winter Concert is Friday, Dec. 3 in the McNeill Concert Hall. Our Remind codes are: 6th period: @wshsorc6 7th period: @wshsorc7, and, for all parents: @wsorchpar. Text your code to 81010 or 901-881-9447. You may also register at “rmd.at/classcode.”. |
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