Important Dates for the REST of the school year!

Here are the important string dates for the rest of the school year!  Please mark your family calendar!

SH     March 3, 4, 5   SH Musical - Seussical
JH     March 12, 13    JH Musical - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
SH     March 19         IUP String Day for SH string students and IUP Alumni (performance opportunity!)
SH     March 21         Music Major 101 - a chance for students in grades 9 - 12 to learn what they should                                     be doing now to prepare to become a college music major
SH     March 30 - April 2   PMEA All-State Conference and Festivals
SH     April 14 -         IHS Chamber of Strings performs with IHS Acapella Choir at Holocaust                                                       Remembrance Interfaith Service.  Event begins at 5:30 at Beth Israel Synagogue
SH     April 23           IHS Chamber of Strings performs at IUP Film Festival, 6 - 8 PM
SH     May 2              SH Orchestra Concert at 7:30 PM
JH/Elem  May 3         Elem/JH Concert at 7:00 PM at JH Auditorium
SH     May 19            SH Orchestra Banquet at Hoss's, 6:00 PM
JH     May 20             Corelli Chamber Strings perform at May Mart, 1:00 PM
Elem/JH/SH  May22  Planned Field Trip to hear the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra at Heinz Hall
SH    May 26             Possible date for Solo and Ensemble Recital
SH    June 2               IHS Commencement Orchestra performs at KCAC for Commencement!

SH Students Heading to Regional Orchestra

Please extend your best wishes to our SH students who will be participating in Western Regional State Orchestra this weekend in State College, PA.  Jennifer Han, Joanna Li, Brandon Wu, Gloria Lo, Scylla Humbert, Hamzah Wahi, and Jason Herrington will be auditioning tomorrow afternoon for a chance to go to All-State Orchestra in March.

Here is a website with the details!

wro2016.weebly.com.

I'll update the blog with the results of the auditions and pictures from the Festival!

First PMEA District Orchestra Planning meeting is tonight

Please consider coming to our first planning meeting for next year's PMEA District Orchestra festival.  The meeting will begin at 6:00 and end at 7:00 sharp.  Use the front doors of the school to come to the JH Orchestra room.

See you there!

Chipotle fundraiser tonight from 4-8!

Don't forget to dine at Chipotle tonight between 4 and 8 PM.  Just tell the cashier that you are there for Indiana Strings!  50% of the profits will go straight to our bass fund!!!!

See you there!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Yf7dohxhU_bXl0eDJWd2dWdElST1FTY2VqZU1RSjM1MFVF/view?usp=sharing

Reminder to SH orchestra families...concert tomorrow at the SH at 7:30

Tuesday, February 9, the SH Orchestra will be reprising the music from the Indiana Orchestras Rock! concert, including Jennifer Han's amazing virtuosic performance of the first movement of Vivaldi's Winter.  

I must confess to you that I did not have this one on the beginning of the year schedule, since we weren't originally going to play this one.  It is traditionally an orchestra/choral concert, which is what it will be for tomorrow night.  The orchestra will play first (at 7:30) followed by folk songs performed by the choral department, conducted by Mr. Salser.

Please forgive me for not giving you more formal notice.  I started reminding the students about 2 weeks ago, so I really hope this isn't the first time you've heard of this concert!

Thank you very much for your understanding, and I'll look forward to seeing you tomorrow evening.

PIX from Indiana Orchestras Rock!

Here's the link to all of the pix on Dropbox!  Please email me at jlaird@iasd.cc to confirm that you were able to view them!!!!

https://www.dropbox.com/home/Indiana%20Rocking%20Strings

Indiana Orchestras Rock! was a BIG SUCCESS!!!!!

Congratulations to ALL STUDENTS and PARENTS and COMMUNITY members who made Indiana Orchestras Rock!  a HUGE SUCCESS!!!!

The music was AMAZING, the AUDIENCE was HOT, and we were able to raise $3500 toward our fund to purchase 4 string basses for our intermediate elementary schools!  We are only $1000 away from our goal, so please spread the word!

Checks can be made to Indiana Area Junior High School with "Indie Strings" in the memo.

Special thanks to our community musicians who helped us play All About That Bass!   It was AWESOME!!!

Rachel Schiera, bassoon
Dr. Carl Rahkonen, bass
Josh Hudson, bass
Morgan Herrington, cello
and the rest of our string bass squad:
Zoey Everett, SH
Herb Watson, JH
and Laughlin Pagnucci, JH

WELL DONE, bass clef instruments!!!!!

We have about 200 pictures to share...all candids of your children!  The pictures were taken by IUP student, Sarah Everett!

It may take me a couple of days to figure out how to share these with all of our blog readers, but I'll think of something.  You will want to have these awesome pix of your children playing their instruments in their cool rock costumes!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!!!!

See you at the Chipotle fundraiser on February 15!  More to follow on that!

https://www.dropbox.com/home/Indiana%20Rocking%20Strings