From Mr. Clemente
Dear Winter Park Band families,
Congratulations to the students in Freshman Jazz Band, Jazz Ensemble II, and Jazz Ensemble I on a great Jazz Guest Conductor Workshop and Pre-MPA Concert this past Tuesday! We enjoyed having Mr. Keith Galasso with us all day both Monday and Tuesday, and learned a ton from his experience in the world of jazz. Next up, the three jazz bands perform at District 8 Jazz MPA later this week, Thursday and Friday respectively. Join us in wishing them good luck on their performances!
We had a great Annual Winter Park Band DOOR-2-DOOR Fundraiser on Saturday! Thank you so much to everyone who made this event a reality again this year, especially Heather Ribaric, Robyn Fodor, Ellen DeLoach, Kim Somers, and Dana Adkinson. An equally huge thank you to all our our volunteer drivers for taking the students around all day and for working in the counting room: Jay Adkinson, Tammy Bartell, Vallerie Becker, Melissa Blaney, Amy Byrd, Laura Cambridge, Lia Carneiro, Laura Culhane, Sarah Davey, Sarah Del Rio, Lissette Dennis, Kimberly Dorough, Robin Fell, Robyn Fodor, Kai Fu, Ekaterina Galkina, Alexandra Gravett, Jennifer Hindle, Michael Hodges, Kristopher Kest, Shannon Mellick, Jennifer Mullins, Antonella Paradiso, Paula Pratt, Chris Rediske, Heather Ribaric, Brian Ribaric, Mariela Rojas, Christy Scanlon, Amanda Schaefer, Roger Schaefer, Amy Sheppard, Cyndy Stephenson, Michael Storch, Natalie Storch, Aaron Strickland, Beth Visconti, James Visconti, and Larry Watzman.
All told from our collected donations on Saturday, we raised $24,530.00. This total does not include money collected online through SchoolPay, and I'll update the total mid-week. Way to go everyone!
I'm so excited for everyone's opportunity at Solo & Ensemble MPA this coming weekend! Be sure you are prepared with everything you need. Schedule coordination is key especially if you are performing a solo with an accompanist. Ample travel time to Horizon HS on both Friday and Saturday should be planned into your arrival time.
S&E Checklist:
- Dress professionally
- Have the original (publisher's) copy of your music
- Number every measure in the score you will hand the adjudicator
- Coordinate schedules with your accompanist
- Remember extra reeds, valve oil, slide grease, cork grease - whatever you may need
- Arrive at Horizon HS 30 min. before your performance time to give you lots of time to warm up properly and find your performance room.
- Take a deep breath, relax, and have fun! You're going to do great.
If you are performing at the S&E Recital Option Recital on Wednesday, 2/5, please click here to view the schedule of performances.
Looking forward to next week, Monday 2/13 - Wednesday, 2/15, the Band program will welcome Mr. Michael Kaufman onto the WPHS campus for our annual Guest Conductor Workshop. I'm so excited for Mr. Kaufman to be here and work with the students of the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Symphony! Similar to last week's Jazz Workshop, Mr. Kaufman will be with all three bands in rehearsal Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday along with after school rehearsals for each group. The workshop culminates on Wednesday evening with our Pre-MPA Concert at 7 PM in the WPHS Auditorium. Please come out and support our students as they prepare for this performance!
Let’s make it a great week!
Mr. Clemente
Band Calendar
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New York Tour Payment Schedule
- September 9 - $380 ($380 Chaperone) - Initial Deposit
- November 11 - $610 ($560 Chaperone)
- December 9 - $610 ($560 Chaperone)
- February 9 - $550 ($500 Chaperone)
- March 31 - $515 or balance ($465 or balance Chaperone)
Winter Park High School Band
