Friends f Music February Newsletter Please take a minute t review the CHS Music Department's upcming activities, perfrmances, and fundraisers. It s shaping up t be an exciting and busy spring! Save These Dates! Upcming FOM meetings Listed belw are planned dates fr the FOM meetings t be held in the Student Services cnference rm at 7PM. Any changes will be annunced by email and the mnthly newsletter. The May meeting will include a vte n the slate f fficers fr next year. February 19 March 12 April 12 May 14 June 11 Spring Cncerts March 25-7 pm: Band March 31-7 pm: Chir and Orchestra Flrida Trip Infrmatin Mandatry trip meeting- Tuesday, April 1, 7 pm The trip is planned fr April 2-6 th. Remaining payment balances will be due by mid-february. Mre infrmatin t cme when the final payment amunt is determined!! Chamber Chir Master Class: The Madrigals will participate in the Chamber Chir Master class n Mnday, February 10 at Wilde Lake High Schl. Chapernes will be needed. They will
perfrm three pieces fr the ther Chamber Chirs in the cunty and will have a clinic with Dr. Stephen Hlmes, wh is the Artistic Directr f the Maryland Bys Chir. Chir Adjudicatin: The Hward Cunty Chir Adjudicatin will be at Hward High Schl n Wednesday, March 12, 2014 with perfrmances at 5:10, 6:40 and 7:40 pm. Centennial Madrigals, Wmen s Chir and cmbined Cncert Chir will perfrm three separate pieces and will perfrm tw sight-reading examples. Their perfrmances are pen t the public. Band adjudicatin: The Hward Cunty Band Adjudicatin will be at Glenelg High Schl. --The CHS Wind Ensemble will perfrm at 5:50 PM n Friday, March 14, 2014. --The CHS Symphnic Band will perfrm at 2:30 PM n Saturday March 15, 2014. Sme FOMtastic events SkyZne Fun Night Reserve yur spt fr a fun evening f jumping and scializing with yur friends frm band, rchestra and chrus. $20 gets yu 90 minutes f jumping, pizza, a water bttle and a required pair f Skyscks. Sunday, February 16th 7 PM t 9 PM (N schl the next day!). Space is limited t the first 115 t sign up. Reserve yur spt here: www.signupgenius.cm/g/10c0d48ada729a31-skyzne Then send a check fr $20 made ut t "CHS Friends f Music" in an envelpe marked "FOM SkyZne" int schl t be drpped ff in a cllectin bx in the Music Department. Include the student's name and phne number n the envelp. Waivers MUST be signed prir t jumping. Waiver can be fund at: https://clumbiastre.skyzne.cm/waiver/ Deadline t sign up is Wed. Feb. 12th All students must be picked up prmptly at 9:00 PM.
Sky Zne Clumbia, 7175 Oakland Mills Rad, Clumbia, MD 21046, www.skyzne.cm Questins: Cntact Bnnie Srak (410-465-0427) r bssrak@yah.cm CHS Oriles Game Let's G O's! The Centennial High cmmunity is invited t rt, rt, rt fr ur hme team Friday, April 25, when the Baltimre Oriles take n the Kansas City Ryals. Game time is 7:05pm. Lwer reserve tickets will be n sale starting mid-february fr $15.00 each. A prtin f each ticket sld will benefit the CHS Friends f Music. Questins can be directed t Michele Jacksn, dm_jacksn@verizn.net. Music Department Auditins fr 2014-15 2014-2015 Chir auditins: Interested in Madrigals r Wmen s Chir fr 2014-2015? Sign up fr an auditin time n either February 5, 6 r 7. Auditin sign-ups are listed n the chir dr (703). Be prepared t sing a sng demnstrating yur vice (a sl sng r a sng sung in a chir class this year) and be prepared t sight-read a meldic and rhythmic example. 2014-15 Band auditins: Increased enrllment may require an additinal (3 rd ) band. Therefre all band students are required t auditin scheduled February 18-28, 2014 Save the date: Marching band camp (required fr all marching band members) is scheduled fr August 11-22, 2014. Marching Band requirements fr a three band frmat will be determined, stay tuned! Auditin Repertire will include: Chrmatic Scale Majr scales (all 12 keys) Prepared piece i.e. band music, all-state auditin material, sl r etude Sight-reading
Hward Cunty and All-State Ensembles Cngratulatins t these CHS musicians wh were selected fr these cunty and state perfrming grups! The Hward Cunty High Schl GT Band These fllwing musicians perfrmed in a January 19 th cncert at River Hill High Schl. Megan Thresn, flute/piccl Lisa Chi, flute Angela Ji, flute Eric Villanyi, be Ken Chen, clarinet Claire Lee, clarinet Jinia Sarkar, clarinet David Kittner, clarinet Katherine Chiu, bass clarinet Jake Grandlf, bassn Francisc Jseph, tenr saxphne Erik Metz, hrn Justin Reiss, hrn alternate Lauren Yung, trumpet Andrew Tsai, trmbne Andrew Frmmer, trmbne Richard Matties, euphnium alternate All State Chir The fllwing students will be part f the All State Senir Mixed r Wmen s Chir perfrmances at Mrgan State University n Sunday, February 23. Maria Ayub, Juhi Dwivedi, Ilana Harris, Cecilia Hsu, Jhn Hunter, Rachel Jacb, Daniel Kelly, Jn Kittner, Clin Murphy, Grace Nardei, Sammy Rutt, Darrien Yu and Parast Zia Zarifi. The fllwing students will be part f the All State Junir chir perfrmance at Parkville High Schl n Sunday, March 9 at 1 pm: Miguel Fernandez, Jack Gdman, Du Hng, Alisn Krahe
All State Orchestra All State Orchestra students wh will perfrm at Mrgan State University n February 23 r Parkville High Schl n March 9 are: Jr. All State Vilin 1: Lina Chi Vilin 2: Grace Zhang & Daniel Zheng Vila: Suzi Byun & Siri Neerchal Cell: Mary Mnre Bass: Michael Martinaitis & Sahil Saini Sr. All State Vilin 1: Evelyn Chen, Hannah Lee, Qian Mei, Daniel Wang Vilin 2: Emily Abdw, Victr Chang, Katherine Cha, Sara H, Abigail Kim, Hali Kim, Charrine Liu, Sandy Yang Vila: Sarah Byun, Michael Cai, Manisha Vepa Cell: Andrew Abdw, Alice Kuan Bass: Justin Lidard All-State Band Cngratulatins t these All-State band members. The All-State Band and Orchestra will perfrm at Mrgan State University n February 23. Lisa Chi, flute Megan Thresn, flute Eric Villanyi, be Jake Grandlf, bassn Lucas Cheng, bassn Alexis Wilkersn, bassn Andrew Ch, clarinet Sarah Arbaugh, clarinet Tm Zng, clarinet Ken Chen, clarinet Cynthia Li, clarinet Claire Lee, clarinet Allisn Wei, clarinet alternate Thmas Kintn, hrn Richard Matties, trmbne Vlunteer Opprtunities Next Year Is Right Arund the Crner!
In January, the Friends f Music (FOM) Nminatin Cmmittee (Nm-Cm) was fficially initiated. The FOM Nm-Cm is cmprised f representatives frm Orchestra, Chir, and Band. Their purpse t prepare the 2014-2015 slate f FOM bard psitins, cmmittee chairpersns, and a vast array f crdinatrs fr events and tasks that supprt ur music directrs t keep ur music prgrams running smthly and effectively. This year we have many psitins available. FOM Bard Psitins include: President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Recrding Secretary. FOM Cmmittee Chair psitins include: Vlunteers, Nminatins, and Cmmunicatins/ Publicity. FOM Crdinatr psitins include: Orchestra Cncert Crdinatr, Madrigals Cstumer, Giant Gift Cards, Business Spnsrs, and the individual fund raiser events. FOM needs yu, yur time, and yur talents t be successful! Please cnsider taking that extra step t supprt the CHS Music Prgrams and vlunteer fr a FOM Psitin. Cntact this year s Nm-Cm Chair, Amy Reiss - abrgatr@verizn.net, t vlunteer r if yu have questins and need mre infrmatin. Fundraisers Je Crbi s Sale Stck up and supprt the Music Department Prgrams! Orders due n Mnday, February 10, 2014. Checks shuld be made payable t CHS Friends f Music. Delivery date n Friday, February 21, 2014, pick up frm 6:00pm t 7:30pm. Please click n the CHS Friends f Music Website fr details www.centennialmusic.rg. In-lieu f participatin please cnsider a direct dnatin. All funds raised supprt the music students and the music prgrams at Centennial High Schl (Band, Orchestra, and Chrus). All dnatins and participatin in CHS Friends f Music fund-raising activities are 100% appreciated.