Mrs. Hernandez-Howe Music Notes...
🎉 Happy New Year!! 🎉
Here we go 2024!!
I hope this newsletter finds you all happy and healthy in the new year! I want to first thank those of you who gifted me with candies, cards, and certificates - I appreciate them all and I smiled opening each one of them! ❤️ Next we finish off the quarter (practice logs, scale tests, in class assessments, etc.) and get ready for Spring Semester. These next few months are full of activity, I think 3rd quarter is our busiest for concerts, etc.! 😳 We've got elementary side-by-side recruitment concerts, a 7th grade field trip, and the Mondavi concert! Also, I am really hoping our shirts get here this week so the bands can wear them for the first elementary concert! I will definitely keep you all posted!
Important Dates!
Jan. 23 (Tues.) - Elementary Band Side-by-Side @ Brunelle Theater
Jan. 25th (Thurs) - Orchestra Side-by-Side rehearsal @ Emerson
Jan. 30 (Tues.) - 7th gr. Band/Orchestra, and Choir field trip to Stockton Symphony & UOP
Feb. 8 (Thurs) - Band & Choir Mondavi rehearsal @ Holmes
Feb. 15 (Thurs) - Orchestra rehearsal @ Harper
Feb. 21 (Wed) - Elementary Strings Side-by-Side @ Harper
Mar. 5 (Tues) - Orchestra Mondavi rehearsal @ Emerson
Mar. 7 (Thurs) - Band & Choir Mondavi rehearsal @ Holmes
Mar. 10 (Sunday) - Mondavi Concert
Mar. 20 (Wed) - Choir Mark Woods Rehearsal
Mar. 21 (Thurs) - Choir Mark Woods Dress Rehearsal
Mar. 22 (Fri) - Choir Mark Woods Concert!
*ALL schedules will be sent as the event nears. Please talk with your child about times, etc.
Parent Help
I know I asked for help at the beginning of the year and a handful of you sent me e-mails, yet here we are... I never consolidated a help list, etc. 🤦♀️ It is not that I don't need your help it's that time moves way too fast! Please let me know what you can do and help within this next month and I would be grateful for your help. I'm going to list a number of things needed and then just let me know what you can do. IF I don't respond please keep bugging me.
1. You are a genius at organizing and would love to help keep me on track!! 😆
2. Field trip chaperones
3. Field trip car drivers for big instruments specifically
4. Help distributing T-Shirts when they finally get here!!
5. Supervision help at Side-by-Side concerts
6. Overall program help - lets plan a meeting!!
DSOMA
Next meeting is Jan. 25th!! Click the link below for more information...
Concerts & Events
Music Program Syllabus
Music Class Rules & Expectations
Helpful Websites
Online Tuner, metronome, etc. https://theonlinemetronome.com/
Watermelon Music (local) https://watermelonmusic.com/
Band (& string) websites
String shop websites
Mrs. H's Schedule:
Per. 2 - 8/9 Band
Per. 3 - 7th gr. Band
Per. 4 - CHOIR
Per. 5 - Prep
Per. 6 - 8/9 Orchestra
Per. 7 - 7th gr. Orchestra
Luana Hernandez-Howe (Mz. H )
Email: lhernandez@djusd.net
Website: https://sites.google.com/djusd.net/mshernandez-music/home
Location: 2121 Calaveras Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616
Phone: 530-757-5430