Acalanes Instrumental Music Boosters

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CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to the following Acalanes students for being selected to the 2012 Contra Costa County High School Honor Band. These 14 talented Acalanes musicians represents the largest contingent in the county! Great job by our students!

Andrew Bertics - Percussion
Chris Childers - Baritone Saxophone
Matthew Doughty - Oboe
Evan Groover - Alto Saxophone
Peter Holmes - Percussion
Esther Hsu - Flute
John Kirkland - Clarinet
Matt Kolb - Percussion
Scotty McCormick - Tuba
Ryn McWhirter - Clarinet
James Prinzi - Percussion
Jake Tejada - Trumpet
Spenser Tejada - Horn
Ryan Wenger - Clarinet

This year's County Honor Band represents 18 high school band programs in five different school districts in Contra Costa County. We're honored to have Dr. Andy Collinsworth, Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Sonoma State University as this year's conductor of the honor band. The Contra Costa County High School Honor Band is widely considered to be one of the finest of its kind in California, a tribute to the wonderful musicians and dedicated band directors that make up the various band programs in Contra Costa County. The concert will be on Saturday evening February 4th at 7:30 pm at San Ramon Valley High School.
 

2013 AUSTRALIA MUSIC TOUR HANDOUTS

The handouts from the presentation for the 2013 Australia International Music Festival Tour are located in the FORMS section of this website (under Music Program Information). The powerpoint presentation is also located there converted into a PDF file. The presentation was made by World Projects in the Acalanes Bandroom on Monday evening November 7, 2011. The tour is open to current instrumental music students who are juniors, sophomores, and freshmen. This is the opportunity of a lifetime for our students. Remember that there is a deadline of November 30th to commit to the tour. Thank you for your consideration and support of this proposal.
 

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC HANDOUT 2011-12

The Instrumental Music Handouts are available for download and perusal from this website. Go to MUSIC PROGRAM INFORMATION on the left side of the browser and click on FORMS. Then go to the folder named 2011-12 HANDBOOK & INFO. The documents for download are:

1. The Cover Page (to be signed and returned by Friday August 26th
2. The Email Contact Page (also to be returned by the 26th)
3. The Main Handbook
4. Instrumental Music Calendar for 2011-12
5. Dress Code for the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Orchestra (Concert Band and Jazz Band dress info is in the body of the handbook)
6. Auditions
7. Goals of a Comprehensive Music Program
8. Classroom Guidelines & Rules
9. How To Practice
10. Why Study Music?

Students will be given a hardcopy of this on the first day of school. The top two sheets should be signed, completely filled out and returned by Friday August 26th to the appropriate ensemble class.
 

BRAVO!!!

Congratulations and BRAVO to the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, and String Orchestra for receiving the highest ratings and awards possible (The Unanimous Superior Award) at the CMEA Bay Section Band & Orchestra Festival held during the weekend of April 29th & 30th at San Ramon Valley High School. With the Jazz Ensemble receiving the same recognition earlier in the semester, all of the Acalanes instrumental ensembles received an unprecedented FIVE awards in musical performance & sight-reading this past school year. This is a tribute to the wonderful students, the nurturing and generous community, and the terrific support of the school  and district administration. BRAVO TO ALL!

 

Booster News...

Greetings AHS Instrumental Music Parents!
You are invited to come to AHS Music Boosters meetings. You can also become a member!
Keep up to date with all of our instrumental performances and find a fun way to become involved.

We currently need a publicity/communications chair; very little time commitment.

Our remaining meetings are on the following Monday evenings at 6:30pm in the band room:

Feb 7
Mar 7
Apr 11
May 2
June 6

In support of music everywhere,
Kathi Mooney

 
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