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SOLO and ENSEMBLE CONTEST MARCH 2, 2013 |
Fabulous job by all performers at the IHSA Solo and Ensemble Contest held at Clifton Central High School. Way to go, HHS Strings!
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Thursday, April 11 -
Concert at 7:00pm @ HHS Gym
. This concert includes all string students. CONCERT BLACK. It is in preparation for Contest.
Friday, April 12-
Organizational Contest at Reed Custer High School.
This event is required for every student in our classes. We will leave directly from 7th hour, and perform in the early evening at Reed Custer. All instrumental groups will perform on Friday, with vocal groups going on Saturday. CONCERT BLACK.
****If students are wanting to ride with a parent from contest, the directors have to have a written note by the end of the school day on Thursday, April 11th. It cannot be an email or phone call. We need these information in order to set the bus schedule!
Bus times will be announced. We will be leaving from school 7th hour, so bring your uniform and any snack money you may need.
Wedneday, April 26 -
Straight A Banquet performance
at Herscher Legion Community Center. A small group of students will participate.
Friday, May 4-
Dessert Dance
at Herscher Gym. This is an evening performance that involves all Herscher Orchestra Students. Join us for an evening of dessert, entertainment and dancing.
Thursday, May 16 -
SPRING CONCERT and AWARDS at 7pm in the High School gym. This concert will feature music about and from
the 20th and 21st centuries.
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Herscher High School Orchestra |
Welcome to Herscher High School Orchestra! Here you will find information for the String Orchestra, Chamber Strings, and Symphony Orchestra. More detailed information can be found on the HHS "Clubs and Activities" page.
Katrina Cessna, HHS Orchestra Director, can be reached at
cessnak@hsd2.k12.il.us
Her work phone is: (815) 426-2103 extension 4233. The best times to call are before 7:50 a.m. every day, and Monday, 10:55-11:50, Tuesday, 11:15-11:50, Wednesday 1:10-1:25, and Friday 8:05-8:55.
Schedule
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1st hour
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High School and Junior High lessons MWF, RGS Orchestra T and Th.
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2nd hour
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High School and Junior High lessons MTF, travel until 9:40 T and Th, then lessons
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3rd hour
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Music Theory (1st sem.) and Advanced Music Theory (2nd sem.) HHS Band Room
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4th hour
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High School and Junior High Lessons
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5th hour
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Junior High Orchestra 12:00-12:30; 6th Grade Orchestra 12:33-1:03
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6th hour
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High School and Junior High Lesssons
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7th hour
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High School Orchestra
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Currently there are three string ensembles at the High School level:
String Orchestra, the core of the string program, meets daily during 7th hour. We play a wide variety of music, ranging from Bach through Braveheart, with stops along the way for Celtic folksongs and jazz. As a new member of the orchestra, wyou will be expected to learn how to tune your instrument, if you don't know already. We also work on learning more advanced techniques and scales. This group plays a fall concert with the choral department. Members of the string orchestra form part of the string choir, which plays at IHSA Solo and Ensemble Contest. The string orchestra joins with winds and percussion to form the Symphony Orchestra.
Chamber Strings are a subset of our String Orchestra. This is a traveling group which plays for local events; their repertoire includes light classics, fiddle tunes, and popular music. Recently we have played for the HHS Straight-A Banquet, NHS Initiation, the Kankakee Farmers' Market, and a wedding. Members are drawn from the String Orchestra depending on their availability and the size of the venue. Rehearsals are during String Orchestra time, 7th hour, and ocaissionally before or after school.
Symphony Orchestra is the String Orchestra plus added winds and percussion. It meets one day a week after marching season has ended. Focus is on the standard orchestral literature, with the additon of great musical and movie music. This ensemble plays the Christmas Concert, the Spring Concert, and also represents Herscher High School at the University of Illinois Orchestra Consortium and IHSA Organizational Contest. We also go on tour to the district grade schools. Symphony Orchestra meets 7th hour, with usually one or two extra rehearsals for the winds and percussion (usually before school) per year.
Throughout the school year string students at Herscher High School have the opportunity to participate in IMEA All District Orchestra Auditions and IHSA Solo and Ensemble Contest. Students also have a chance to audition for Student Conductor in the Spring. This person helps run rehearsals, and may conduct at least one piece during one of our performances.
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HHS currently offers two Music Theory courses, Music Theory and Advanced Music Theory. Music Theory is a class where we learn about the building blocks of music, and get started reading, writing, communicating about melody, rhythm, and harmony. Advanced Theory focuses more on harmony and musical construction, and is a must for serious college-bound musicians. Some topics include: piano navigation, percussion inventions, Finale Printmusic (a music writing program), sight-singing, writing music cues for a movie "scene", harmonizing melodies, four-part voicing, figured bass, jazz chord structure-- and anything else we can think of!
Visit our Theory page:
http://herscher.il.schoolwebpages.com/education/club/club.php?sectionid=1585
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U of I ORCHESTRA CLINIC DATE CHANGE TO FEB 8-9, 2013!!!! |
WHEN: Friday, Feb. 8 through Saturday Feb. 9. We will spend the night in Champaign Urbana, practice, and perform at 8:30 am.
WHERE: The Great Hall at University of Illinois Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
NOTES: Cost for this trip will be approximately $30-33. Pizza on Friday night will be provided, and breakfast on Saturday morning. Students will need to pay for supper Friday night and lunch on the way back Saturday.
POCKET ITINERARY: (THIS MAY CHANGE.) Load Friday after school, at 4:00 pm. Arrive C-U 5:30 pm, check in, eat, practice, pizza, sleep. Wake up call 6:00 am, breakfast, pack, dress, check out, arrive Krannert 7:15 am. Play at 8:30 am, clinic until 9:30. Show choir people immediately pack up and go. The rest of the orchestra will listen to 3 orchestras, pack up and go to for lunch and return home approximately 2:00 pm Saturday afternoon.
WHAT TO WEAR: We will be wearing concert black. This means, for the ladies, a black shirt with 3/4 to full length sleeves, black skirt or pants, and black shoes. Please wear black hosiery. For the gentlemen, black shoes, black socks, black pants, a black long-sleeved shirt with a black tie, OR a white long-sleeved shirt with a black tie and a black suit jacket. (We have a few black ties; see the director if you need one.) For all, NO JEANS. NO TENNIS SHOES. This is the uniform we will wear all year.
**Concerts are one-third of your grade.**
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Herscher High School at ALL-STATE Festival Jan 2013 |
The IMEA All-State Festival will be held in Peoria on Jan. 24-26, 2013. The bus will leave before school on Thursday, Jan. 24, and students participating should bring their suitcase, concert clothing and instrument to HHS that morning.
Watch this space for more details.
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