5Th & 6Th Grade Orchestra Winter Concert Notice

5 th & 6 th Grade Orchestra Winter Concert Notice!!!

Dear 5th & 6th Grade orchestra students and parents/guardians,

The 5th & 6th Grade Orchestra Winter Concert will be held on Monday, December 7th at 7:00 PM on the stage at Haine Middle School. Report time for all concerts is between 6:00 pm and 6:10 pm. We will begin tuning and warming up promptly at 6:15 pm. A concert is a formal event, and we ask that all students dress accordingly. All students are to wear “black on the bottom and white on top”. Shirts should be solid white, and pants/long skirt should be solid black. No student is permitted to wear tennis shoes, jeans of any type, workout clothes or shirts with lettering or numbering. Black dress shoes should be worn by all performing students. Please NO flip-flops or Ugg boots! If there are monetary concerns about the dress code, please contact Miss DeFelice ASAP!

At this concert, students, and parents will be not only be able to hear the orchestra perform, but also the 6th grade band, and chorus. It should be a wonderful culmination of the students’ hard work over the course of this semester!

As we prepare for the concert we ask that parents please continue to enforce the importance of home practice. The songs that the students should be preparing for the concert are listed below. Please do not hesitate to ask for ideas on ways that you can help your child practice!

As an FYI, the 5th and 6th Grade Orchestra Spring Concert has been rescheduled for Monday, May 9th!

We look forward to a great concert!

Musically yours,

Miss DeFelice ([email protected])

5 th & 6 th Grade Concert Songs

December 7, 2015 @ 7:00 PM (Haine Middle School Stage)

Good King Wenceslas (old English carol) – found in the “Christmas Kaleidoscope” packet

Happy Dance (Leopold Mozart, arr. By R. Matesky) – found in the “Learn to Play in the Orchestra” packet

A Chanukah Festival (arr. By John O’Reilly)

Skaters’ Waltz (arr. By Richard Meyer)

Angels on Parade – Angels We Have Heard on High (Traditional French Carol, arr. By Carl Strommen)