Tuesday: Oct 22, 5:00pm-8:00pm @ MacDonald Middle School
Thursday: Oct. 24, 2:00-4:00 pm @ MacDonald Middle School Thursday Oct 24, 6:00-9:00pm @ High School *Scheduled times only
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Fall Concert- The East Lansing High School and Middle School Orchestras are hard at work preparing for our first concert. The concert will take place on October 30th at the High School Center for the Performing Arts. The performance will begin at 7:00pm. The orchestras will perform in the following order: 7th Grade 8th Grade Chamber Encore Symphonic Combined HS orchestras We scheduled this first concert so that the MS students can see and hear the HS orchestras. The MS students should plan to stay and listen to the HS orchestras. This is the only concert where all the MS and HS orchestras perform on the same stage. The concert should last about an hour. Alternate String Day- (Amazing opportunity) The MSBOA/ ASTA Alternate String Day will take place on November 9 at Macdonald Middle School. We have an outstanding guest artist coming in from New York for this event. Mr. Joe Deninzon has been hailed by critics as “The Jimi Hendrix of the Violin,” because of his innovative style on the electric seven-string violin and his compositions combining jazz and rock with Gypsy influences. A musician who transcends many genres, he has worked with Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springsteen, Phoebe Snow, Everclear, Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple, Smokey Robinson, Robert Bonfiglio, and Les Paul among many others. He has also performed as a solo electric violinist with the New York City Ballet and has performed, co-written, and musically directed the of Broadway show, “Spider Dance” with percussionist Alessandra Belloni. Joe has released a CD with his acoustic Jazz Trio, entitled Exuberance, which mixes the style of Stephane Grappelli with covers of Radiohead and Alice in Chains. He also recently joined the Sweet Plantain String Quartet, which combines classical, jazz, hip-hop, and Latin styles. An active clinician, Joe has taught rock violin at Mark Oconnor’s String Camp and Mark Wood’s Rock Orchestra Camp, and made repeated appearances performing at the Grand Canyon Music Festival, where he co-founded the Grand Canyon School of Rock. He has recently published a book on electric violin techniques for Mel Bay Publications, entitled “Plugging In.” Joe holds Bachelor’s degrees in Violin Performance and Jazz Violin from Indiana University and a Master’s in Jazz/Commercial violin from Manhattan School of Music. Joe holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Indiana University and a Master’s from Manhattan School of Music. I would encourage all MS and HS students to attend the performance on Nov. 9th. The concert will take place at MacDonald Middle School at 4:00 pm. Mr. Deninzon will be performing with a professional trio and HS musicians from around Michigan! Tickets for the event are only $5.00. This is an incredible opportunity for our East Lansing students to see and hear a world class musician! ***If you are a high school student who would like to participate in the performance, there is still room to sign up. See Mr. Rosin ASAP!. HS Happenings- Important Dates Oct 26/27 All- State Auditions (registered students only) Oct. 30 Fall Concert Nov. 1- Cavani String Quartet 9:30-11 @ Center for Performing Arts Nov. 9 - Alternate String Day @ MMS Concert @ 4:00 pm I am also happy and thrilled to announce that the Cavani String Quartet will be coming to perform for our HS orchestra students on Nov. 1st from 9:00-10:30am! The quartet serves as the Quartet -in Residence for the Cleveland Institute of Music. The only ensemble to be selected twice, in both 2005 and 2011, The Cavani String Quartet was the recipient of the Guarneri String Quartet Award for Artistic Excellence, from Chamber Music America.Appearances include Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Ambassador Series in Los Angeles, Muziekcentrum De Ijsbreker in Amsterdam, Festival de L’Epau in France, and the Honolulu Chamber Music Society. The Cavani Quartet has the honor of being a winner of the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music Award as well as numerous competitions including Fischoff, Banff and Coleman. The quartet will be performing and holding a question and answer session with our HS kids. Furthermore, we are sharing this experience with the Okemos High School Orchestras. The quartet will be playing for the OHS orchestras in the afternoon. A special thanks goes out to Mr. Joel Schut (OHS orchestra teacher) and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Outreach Program for arranging this opportunity. MS Happenings- Important Dates Oct 26/27 All- State Auditions (registered students only) Nov. 9 - Alternate String Day @ MMS Concert @ 4:00 pm Nov. 16 Solo and Ensemble (registered students only) Chicago Currently we have 183 people signed up for our MS band and orchestra trip to Chicago in May! This is the largest group we have ever taken on this trip. It is going to be a lot of fun and a wonderful educational experience for our students. Thank you to all the parents who signed up to chaperon! Please direct any questions regarding this trip to Mrs. Kathy Sietsema at [email protected]. Thank you ELBOPA and Mrs. Sietsema for all the help. Well that was a lot of information:) As always, thank you to all the parents, students, and volunteers that help in any way. #orchdorks4life Mr. Rosin |
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