Why Music?

Why Music?
" If I had not studied music, there would be no Macintosh computers today."
Jef Raskin, one of the inventors of the Macintosh computer

Chorus

Fine Arts Festival is May 19th!
Thank you to all of our chorus students! They are doing a great job this year and we've had great attendance! We have one final concert on May 19th. Please see the information below.

Fine Arts Festival at Metea

Saturday, May 19th
Arrive for rehearsal 10:30 in the band room (Students can be dropped of at door 5, which is on the side with the main entrance off of Eola.)
 
Rehearse:10:45- 11:30
Performance on auditorium stage: 11:30
 
Students should wear their blue chorus shirt, or another blue shirt, and khaki pants. It gets very warm on the stage.

eek of April 16th, 2012

Wow!!!! Thank you so much for a wonderful concert! I am so proud of all of the work you've done so far this year. You all sounded wonderful.

We will not have chorus on Tuesday, April 24th, but will be practicing after that until Fine Arts Festival. We will be perfoming at 11:30 am on Saturday, May 19th. More information will come home as we get closer.


Week of April 2nd, 2012
Congratulations to our chorus students for a great concert at Hill last month! I am so proud of all of your hard work!

Just a reminder that we have a concert on Thursday, April 12th at 7:00. The students will also be performing for the school in the morning. Students should wear their blue chorus shirt or another blue shirt to school on Thursday. For the evening concert, students shouel wear a white shirt and black or blue slacks.

Please click on the site below for all of the information about the concert. I can't wait to share all of their work with you!

https://sites.google.com/site/maywattsmusic/may-watts-chorus


Week of February 27th, 2012
We have had a wonderful year in chorus this year! I look forward to each Tuesday morning that I am able to spend with them. We have been working on the song Shake the Papaya Down in the classroom as well as in chorus this year. Here is a taste of one of our favorite songs!




December 7th, 2011

Several parents have inquired about concert dates. The concert dates for the 2011-2012 school year are below.

Thursday, March 22nd- Concert at Hill

Thursday, April 12th at May Watts

Saturday, May 19th Fine Arts Festival at Metea


November 10, 2011


The chorus has been very busy this year! I am so proud of all of their hard work. They sound fantastic!!! We were singing through Wintersong  on Tuesday and I just wanted to share some of it with you. This is still a work in progress, but I hope that you enjoy it!




BOYS POWER SING!!!

The Boys Power Sing is Saturday, October 22nd at Nequa Valley High School. This is a great opportunity for our boys to work with outstanding male directors. If you are interested please fill out the form. It is always a big hit!! I hope to see many ofour boys there!

Please go to this link to print out the Power Sing letter:


https://sites.google.com/site/maywattsmusic/may-watts-chorus








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