May 27th Assembly

Neal/Bonter's grade 6/7 class, the band students from Mrs. Langman's class and Mr. Van Maren's class will be performing at the school assembly on Friday May 27th at 8:45am. Please come and watch!!

Rehearsal at Spencer Ave for Concert Band

The Concert Band will be performing with Spencer Avenue at Wonderland this year (June 13th) and we will be having an after school practice Thursday May 26th at Spencer Avenue. Permission forms will be coming home soon, we will go there after school and will be needing parents to drive students over there so if you are available please let me know.
Thanks!
Melanie Neal

Listening Links

Thor's Hammer

http://www.harknettmusic.com/2015_Audio/15ThorsHammer05.mp3

The Siege

http://www.harknettmusic.com/2014-Audio/Siege05.mp3

Upcoming Tutoring Sessions

We will have tutoring sessions after school with the ODSS students Monday January 18th and Monday January 25th. Permission forms will be sent home with any interested students. The sessions we had in December were very successful as I had excellent feedback from the CMES kids as well as the ODSS students. It's a fun way for you child to get some help in a small group and to get a little more familiar with their instrument.

ODSS Volunteers/playing test update/concert band performs

We had our first tutoring session on Friday with the volunteers from ODSS and I think the kids learned a lot and had fun! There will be one more tomorrow after school and if students are interested, we will schedule some dates in January.

Due to unforseen circumstances I was away from school Friday and have decided to postpone the playing test until the new year, so students have a little more time to practice with their partners. If anyone would prefer to go before the holidays they can go tomorrow during class.

Reminder that the concert band will be performing at the school carol sing on Friday at 10:50. Parents are welcome to come and watch!

What are we working on?

We have been playing Hot Cross Buns as our warm up piece and have moved on to Merrily We Roll Along and Lightly Row, which will be the student's first playing test. We can now play 5 notes! They will perform the duet with a partner on Monday December 14th and be marked on their notes, rhythm and tone. They have had 2 weeks notice to practice before the test.

Concert Band Performing

The Concert Band (extra-curricular group) will be playing two songs for the school on Friday December 18th at 10:50 during the carol sing. Parents are welcome to come and watch! Please sign in at the office and enjoy.