All-Southwest Jr. Congrats

Congratulations go out to our five fabulous freshmen who made the Jr. High All-Southwest Honor Choir: Alison Harrison, Amanda Dickenson, Hayley Bardos, Apurva Kanneganti, and Evan Hoover!!

All-West Congratulations!!

Congratulations to the four students who made the All-Southwest Senior High Honor Choir: Clayton Pace, Jeffery Jordan, LeeAnn Bailey, and Mary Catherine Loftis! We'll have Junior High Honor Choir auditions on November 3 for our freshmen.

Fixed Chorale Shenandoah tracks

Tenor 1's and Alto 2's: you'll be so excited that I have fixed your rehearsal tracks to reflect what we did in class. Alto's, you've already worked with this track, but now it's on the website as well. To get to the site, just click to the right where it says "GHS Choirs"

Choir Pages update

I have updated the photos page on the website to include pictures from the PPAG Open House, the Tri-M performances at the Germantown Festival, as well as Pops in the Park. Here's a preview. Go to the website to see more.

Americana

Chorale,
Those that can't remember how to get to the practice tracks for Americana, click here!

One Down!

Congratulations on a great first performance at the PPAG Open House. Everyone has been very complimentary of the superb job you did! Just to remind you (Chorale and Chamber), Pops in the park is not very far away. We have dress rehearsal on September 13 at 7:00 PM at GPAC and then the concert on Saturday, September 15 in the park at 6:00 (call at 5:00).

Chorale, I've added "Double Trouble" to your rehearsal tracks page.

Chamber, I should have "Ngana" up soon!

New School Year!!

And so, the time has come once again when we all come back to school and do it all again! I am very excited about the prospects of success this year. All choirs have gotten off to a good start, IB music is rolling along, and we've now got A Ca-Fellas as well. It's a good time to be in the GHS choir program!

I've updated the website and will now continue to do so through the course of the year. Again, though, the URL for the choir website is so long, that it's easier to remember the URL for the blog. Just come here and follow the link on the right-hand side of the page to get to the website.

Make sure you come back often and check the blog for pictures, Practice Log incentives, and updates of the choir happenings.

Carnival of the Animals - final picture

Here's the final picture, just in case anyone wanted to see it. My swan looks like a duck, but oh well.

Track-a-thon

I've put several tracks online. Here's the performance page that has our concert festival tracks on it. Also, for Chorale I've added rehearsal tracks for Seal Lullaby and Moscow Night on the Rehearsal Page.

One last thing...work on One Day More!

Practice Track Update

This is for Chorale...if you're not in Chorale, you can stop reading.

I have removed the practice tracks for Jubilate. You should know it by now. I have added tracks for "The Conversion of Saul." Go here to listen.

Also, I'm very close to finalizing the roster for Chamber. Thank you for all that auditioned!

Listening Log Incentive

Hey everyone. We've had a very successful 4 weeks of rehearsal. I feel that we are accomplishing a lot and we're ready to move on to other music. How exciting!!

It's also time for another Practice Log incentive. Anyone that brings a 3x5 note card with your name and a drawing of a "Listening Log" on it, will receive a bonus point on their Practice Log. The cards must be in my box by the time class starts next Wed. Feb 1 (it can be before).

Just to give you another taste of the "Piano Guys" (in case the Cello Wars wasn't enough for you), here's Michael Meets Mozart by Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson.

New Pictures!! (Finally)

I've finally put new pictures on the website from the Fall Concert as well as the Holiday Concert. Go here to view them!

New Year

Happy 2012!! Sorry it's been so long since I've posted anything. As you all know, last semester was insane! This semester should be better. I'm already feeling better about this semester.

I've posted rehearsal tracks for Chamber Choir, Chorale, and Women's Chorus. Go to the GHS Choir Page (which, by the way, has a new picture as well) and visit the page for your specific choir.

Also, anyone that reads this and becomes a follower of this blog (over to the right) or already is a follower, write "Follower" on your practice log due 1-11 and you will get an extra point on your practice log grade.

Cheers!