Good evening MSMS Band!
Here’s your info for the week:
Spring Concert
Our MSMS Spring Band Concert will be Tuesday, May 2 @ 6:00 p.m. in the high school auditorium. All of our grade level groups will be performing We’ve got some GREAT music picked out for the concert! Parents/friends/family members: you don’t want to miss this one! It’s going to be great!
The order of the concert will be:
(1st) 6th Grade Band, (2nd) 7th Grade Band, and then (3rd) 8th Grade Band
The call time for all students will be 5:30 p.m. 6th grade students will need to be in their seat on stage at 5:30 p.m. The 7th/8th grade band members will need to meet in the high school band room with Mrs. Hood/Mr. O’Bryant at 5:30 p.m. They will then be led out into the audience to go to their specific seating area.
7th and 8th grade band students will need to wear their concert attire. 6th graders will need to dress nicely (no blue jeans, tennis shoes, or t-shirts, please!)
Jazz Band
Jazz band will rehearse on Thursday and Friday mornings this week @ 7:15 a.m. The jazz band has 2 upcoming performances: May 6 @ the Solo and Ensemble Festival AND May 19 @ the MSHS/MSMS Night of Jazz. They will be judged/adjudicated at the Solo and Ensemble Festival. This will take place at Hamilton High School. We will bus the kids down to Hamilton High School that day for the event, along with all of the other kids who will be participating in the solo and ensemble event.
Solo and Ensemble
The Solo and Ensemble Festival is this Saturday, May 6 @ Hamilton High School. All the kids who are participating in the event will need to be at the middle school at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. The buses will leave at 8:00 a.m. Our times to perform in the event are from 10:00 a.m. – Noon. The kids will need money for lunch (fast food). We will eat lunch once we finish around Noon. We will come back to MSMS after eating lunch. We should be back around 1:30 – 2:00 p.m.
The kids will need to dress nicely for Solo and Ensemble. (not their concert attire) This needs to be treated like a recital.
We will be working with the kids a lot in class on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week to help get them ready to play at the Solo and Ensemble Festival.
This event is only for those who signed up to participate. We have around 70 kids or so who have signed up to play in the event.
Summer Enrichment Camp
This is a 4 day morning session set aside for our middle school band members. If any of our band students are interested, please sign up. We will be learning some more music, rhythms, and music theory during this enrichment camp. Mr. Green sent this info out in an email to parents last week. Let me know if you have any questions!
Here’s a pic from the All State Festival this past weekend. These students did a nice job on their concerts Saturday afternoon:
Upcoming Dates to Remember
May 2 – MSMS Band Spring Concert @ MSHS Auditorium
May 6 – Solo and Ensemble @ Hamilton High School
May 8 through 12 – Marching Band Auditions in the 8th Grade
May 15 – High School Band Banquet (8th Grade Band Students are welcome to attend!)
May 19 – MSMS/MSHS Night of Jazz @
May 24 – Last Day of School for ALL Students
We hope you all have had a nice weekend!
Seay everyone tomorrow!
