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We are so excited to begin another wonderful school year with our amazing Duluth Orchestra Family! We want to welcome back our returning students and welcome our new to Duluth HS students. We are so excited to have each and every one of you as part of our Duluth Orchestra Community!
Below is the information you will need to start the year.
We will send newsletters often throughout the year, so please be sure to have your email address updated in the parent portal and the remind app added to your phone. The Remind App allows you to select your preferred language that you wish to receive communications in, and Smore allows you to translate the newsletter to your preferred language!
Below are some very important items we need each family to read. Please read each item carefully as there are many dates and information to be found below!
1. Welcome Back Letter- information about class plans, fees, instruments, cleaning procedures etc.
2. Fee Sheet
3. Supply List- please read carefully and make sure you have all supplies up to date
4. Orchestra Calendar
5. Orchestra Spring Trip Information
6. Instrument Rental Flyers
We also have an Amazon wishlist if you would like to donate some items we need to our program! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1A9M1K244ZSP2?ref_=wl_share
Other info:
follow us on our orchestra social media platforms listed below!
Welcome Back Letter!
Dear Students and Parents,
We hope you all are safe and well! This summer hopefully brought you a time to rest and recharge. We are so proud of the long tradition of excellence here at Duluth HS in our Orchestra program, and our students bring so many honors and recognitions to our school. Our orchestra's diversity is a true representation of the real world, and through music, we encourage and contribute to creating unity.
If you aren't aware of the history of the Duluth Orchestra program, we have long been one of the largest HS orchestra programs in the state, and we have received such prestigious honors as performing at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, at major national and international conferences, and we have been awarded the Exemplary Program Award by the Georgia Music Educators Association. Dr. Lemonds has been honored by Yale University for his contributions to music education, and Mrs. Morton was the 2021-2022 Duluth HS Teacher of the Year.
We are blessed with a supportive school and community and wonderful students.
With that said, we would like to welcome back our new and returning students. There are several documents below, but here is an overview of important information we hope you will find helpful.
- Please make sure your instrument is in working order and that you have all your necessary supplies. Attached you will find a list of local vendors that rent instruments and a supply list. We encourage all students to secure an instrument now as stores may start to run out as school is starting.
- We will continue to use classroom procedures designed to ensure that surfaces are kept disinfected. We will have hand sanitizer around the room. Extra air purifiers will be utilized in our classroom.
- We will continue to have our traditional concerts and events, so students will need to make sure they have both the Duluth HS Orchestra polo shirt (white) and the formal orchestra attire!
- All families are asked to pay a class fee of $70 per year to help support and run the orchestra program here at Duluth HS. These fees make up the majority of our operating budget, and we rely on these fees each year to fund our program. The student class fee helps pay for student awards, sheet music, clinicians, supplies, program printing, LGPE fees, guest artists, instrument repair, student scholarships for private lessons, summer music camps, and college music majors as well as many other program expenses.
- Student orchestra fees, school instrument rental/usage (if you play a school cello or bass at school during the day), and uniforms are on the fee sheet below. You can either pay online with Paypal through the orchestra website www.duluthorchestra.org , or mail your payment with a check or money order payable to Duluth String Orchestra Alliance or DSOA at P. O. Box 2067, Duluth, Georgia 30096. DO NOT USE MY PAYMENTS PLUS.
- We will be taking an orchestra trip this year!! More information will be available soon!
We want to let you know we will continue to make the learning environment fun and full of opportunities for all students, and we are so excited to have concerts and events to look forward to with you all!
Please do not hesitate to contact us by email or phone if you should have any concerns. We are here to help our families and work with you to make sure you have access to anything you need to participate in orchestra.
We love you!!!!
Dr. Peter Lemonds and Mrs. Shawn Morton, Directors
Orchestra Office: 770 232-3393
C. 404 374-2492 (Dr. Lemonds)
C. 404 819-7437 (Mrs. Morton)
Orchestra Calendar for 2022-2023
Fee Sheet for Orchestra
You may also mail fees to the PO Box. DO NOT USE MY PAYMENTS PLUS please!
Click below to access fee sheet (you don't need to turn this in unless you are mailing in your money or turning it in at school)
All new students need the orchestra polo and formal concert wear as well as to pay dues.
Returning students need to pay dues only unless you need a new uniform.
Cello/Bass Players- you need to pay the usage fee for use of school instrument during the school da
Duluth Orchestra Spring Trip!
