WINTER PARK BAND Weekly Newsletter
February 28, 2021
THIS WEEK
Drum Major Audition Clinic
Tuesday, Mar 2, 2021, 02:45 PM
2100 Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
Winter Guard Rehearsal
Tuesday, Mar 2, 2021, 03:00 PM
Winter Park 9th Grade Center, Huntington Avenue, Winter Park, FL, USA
FAIR SHARE PAYMENT 3 DUE
Wednesday, Mar 3, 2021, 12:00 AM
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PARK PHILHARMONIC CONCERT - Orchestra Winds and Percussion
Thursday, Mar 4, 2021, 06:30 PM
2100 Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
9/10 ALL-COUNTY CONCERT BAND REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE
Friday, Mar 5, 2021, 08:00 AM
Cypress Creek High School, Bear Crossing Drive, Orlando, FL, USA
Winter Guard Rehearsal
Friday, Mar 5, 2021, 03:00 PM
Winter Park 9th Grade Center, Huntington Avenue, Winter Park, FL, USA
11/12 ALL-COUNTY SYMPHONIC BAND REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE
Saturday, Mar 6, 2021, 08:00 AM
Cypress Creek High School, Bear Crossing Drive, Orlando, FL, USA
Winter Guard Performance - Oviedo HS
Saturday, Mar 6, 2021, 10:00 AM
Oviedo High School, King Street, Oviedo, FL, USA
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From Mr. Clemente
Dear Winter Park Band families,
Our students have had a very successful weekend at this year's Solo & Ensemble MPA! Congratulations to everyone who successfully performed and I hope that you learned a lot and gained great feedback from your adjudicator Friday or Saturday. Mr Smith and I were impressed by the hard work and musicianship put into these performances.
SUPERIOR Rating (45 events) - Underlined events have qualified for State S&E MPA
Hannah Arnold, Mac Collins, Kaia Leavitt, and Dominiq Valentin (sax quartet), Aydan Bailey (clarinet solo), Tyler Bartell (horn solo), Gabrielle Batas (snare drum solo), Gabrielle Batas (marimba solo), Mya Bell and Jason Stephenson (clarinet duet), Mya Bell (clarinet solo), Danny Colon, Joshua Creeks, Carter Hetz, and Jason Stephenson (sax quartet), Blake Cox (horn solo), Curtis Culhane (clarinet solo), Charlie Davey (trombone solo), Jaden Daviero (alto sax solo), Issac Faggen (snare drum solo), Audrea Gimino (flute solo), Miles Griffin (tuba solo), Colin Hetz (alto sax solo), Sophia Hilmer (clarinet solo), Jacob Hodges (alto sax solo), Ben Johnston (trombone solo), Kaia Leavitt (alto sax solo), Kaia Leavitt and Dominiq Valentin (alto sax duet), Samantha Matter (mallet solo), Adam Maulfair (timpani solo), Ellie Meyer (flute solo), Kang Muscatello (trombone solo), Benjamin Neff (tenor sax solo), Anna Nguyen (alto sax solo), Nicholas Nguyen (tuba solo), Harrison Paster (trumpet solo), Bradley Ribaric (tuba solo), Taylor Ribaric (tuba solo), Jack Robinson (trumpet solo), Alyson Rodriguez-Vargas (clarinet solo), Charlie Schmitt (trumpet solo), Aidan Sheppard (trumpet solo), Nicholas Speir (bass trombone solo), Emma Spencer (flute solo), Cole Spencer (horn solo), Haley Stanton (tenor sax solo), Emily Strickland (flute solo), Shay Stulman (flute solo), Jacob Thigpen (alto sax solo), Ian Villalba (snare drum solo), Maddie Visconti (bassoon solo).
EXCELLENT Rating (7 events)
Colin Anderson (clarinet solo), Zachary Asarnow (euphonium solo), Olivia Benesch (bass clarinet solo), Antonio Brown (alto sax solo), Justin DeLoach (horn solo), Kathleen Soares (trumpet solo), Benjamin Visconti (trombone solo)
GOOD Rating (1 event)
Jackson Nadler (euphonium solo)
COMMENTS ONLY (student election, 46 events)
Hannah Arnold (alto sax solo), Samantha Becker (alto sax solo), Matthew Brietz (euphonium solo), Arahay Cabanas Colon (flute solo), Jaden Cavazos (trumpet solo), Isabelle Cole (euphonium solo), Deanna Davis (clarinet solo), Leonor Decoster (trumpet solo), Francisco Diaz (tuba solo), Dominic Ellis (clarinet solo), Issac Flores and Benjamin Hall (snare drum duet), Landon Genovese (flute solo), Melody Gimino (euphonium solo), Morgan Gravett (tuba solo), Ayden Gutierrez (bass clarinet solo), Peyton Hagerty and Dayton Johnson (flute duet), Brogan Hughes (tuba solo), Lily Ioffredo (flute solo), Leah-Rose Ireland (flute solo), Brooke Kaye (flute solo), Madelyn Kerst (flute solo), Nicole Klein (alto sax solo), Keirren Lawson (trombone solo), Brody Mackinnon (trumpet solo), Asa Madan (trombone solo), Patrick Merrity (trumpet solo), Rodolfo Minaya (clarinet solo), Keshan Nanlall (clarinet solo), Mary Nazarian (clarinet solo), William Paredes (trumpet solo), Aidan Parker (trumpet solo), Antonio Pugliese (alto sax solo), Kelvin Ramirez (euphonium solo), Daniel Rivera (euphonium solo), Joseph Roif (alto sax solo), Bronson Sadowski (trumpet solo), Sameer Salmani (flute solo), Marco Salva (trumpet solo), Nathan Smith (bass clarinet solo), Charlie and Lilah Storch (oboe and tuba duet), Trevor Taylor-Foley (trumpet solo), Nathan Vassos (clarinet solo), Sebastian Veras (horn solo) Brennan Winkler (alto sax solo).
I'm also happy to announce that each student in the Band will be receiving a $30.00 share of Fundraising Credit from this year's Virtual Door-2-Door Fundraiser. Those shares will be applied to your student's Charms account this week. Also, our final Fair Share Payment comes due this week on Wednesday, March 3. This is the final Fair Share installment of the year, and all student accounts should be up to date and at $0.00 as of Wednesday. If you have any questions or any concerns about your student's account in Charms, please contact both our Band Treasurer Lori Gavin at lgavin0623@icloud.com and me at michael.clemente@ocps.net.
This week is exciting and will be filled with performances for some of our students. The Orchestra Winds and Percussion will be performing with the Park Philharmonic Orchestra this Thursday evening in our WPHS Auditorium. On Friday and Saturday, respectfully, the 9/10 and 11/12 All-County Bands will include 20 of our Winter Park Band students in their performances. Both of those performances will take place at Cypress Creek HS in the gymnasium.
Congratulations to 4 of our students who were selected to perform with this year's All-County Jazz ensembles! Those students are:
All-County Jazz Ensemble I
Charlie Schmitt (trumpet, 1st chair), and Kang Muscatello (trombone, 3rd chair)
All-County Jazz Ensemble II
Ben Johnston (trombone, 1st chair), and Adam Maulfair (drums, 2nd chair)
Exciting things are happening around the Winter Park Band!
Let's have a great week!
Mr. Clemente
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From the Band Booster President
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ALL-COUNTY BAND REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES
WHERE: Cypress Creek HS
WHEN: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM this Friday, March 5, 2021
11/12 Symphonic Band
WHERE: Cypress Creek HS
WHEN: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM this Saturday, March 6, 2021
Students:
- Make sure you have your mask with a slit and instrument bell cover.
- Bring your instrument and anything needed for your instrument (extra reeds, valve oil, mutes, etc.).
- Bring a wire music stand.
- Bring a pencil.
- Make sure you have your bagged lunch AND dinner.
- Wear your black pants to the start of rehearsal, you will receive your All-County t shirt upon arrival.
Parents:
- When dropping your child off in the morning please wait until they have been through all of check-in and are in the gym.
- Please remember in order to attend the concert you must go to this link and reserve your seat:
- 9/10 Friday - https://forms.gle/SwFh2BAdZgvKhC8p8
- 11/12 Saturday - https://forms.gle/hJsujGQJjLnmhxqS9
- Masks will be required while on campus, this includes attendance at the concert.
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SPIRIT NIGHT AT ROSATI'S PIZZA
We have an exciting and yummy opportunity to help out the band coming up! Join us for WPHS Band night at Rosati's Pizza!
- Who: Everyone who eats food!
- When: March 9 from 4-9pm
- Where: Rosati's Pizza in Winter Park
- How: Place a takeout order from them, mention the WPHS Band and the band program will receive 15% of total sales for the night!
See the flier below for their location and information. Have some delicious food and help the band at the same time!
Heather RIbaric
Fundraising Chair
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PRIVATE LESSONS
Unlike a full band rehearsal experience, studying with a private teacher focuses in on the student’s individual needs. Students who study privately once a week from a professional musician are usually those who excel and find Band more enjoyable. These students frequently earn positions in honor groups like All-State and All-County, and make entry into our more advanced bands like Wind Symphony and Jazz Ensemble I. Some even go on to earn college scholarships, even if they are not majoring in music!
By following the link below, you will find a list of local private teachers. This list is not exhaustive, and there may be other individuals who are not on the list. If you know a private teacher who should be added (or would like to be deleted), please contact Mr. Clemente at michael.clemente@ocps.net.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, March 9 - 2021 Drum Major Auditions, 2:30 - 4 PM
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Tuesday, March 9 - Carry Out Spirit Night at Rosati's Pizza, 4 - 9 PM
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Wednesday, March 10 - Senior Concerto Competition Auditions, 1:30 - 4 PM
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Thursday, March 11 - End of 3rd Marking Period
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Friday, March 12 - Teacher Workday/Student Holiday
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Saturday, March 13 - Winter Guard Performance, University HS (Orlando)
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Monday, March 15 - Friday, March 19 - SPRING BREAK
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Tuesday, March 23 - Percussion Help Clinic, 6 - 8 PM
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Thursday, March 25 - All-County Jazz Rehearsal, 6 - 9 PM, West Orange HS
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Friday, March 26 - All-County Jazz Rehearsal, 6 - 9 PM, West Orange HS
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Saturday, MArch 27 - All County Jazz Sound Checks and Performance, 1 - 4 PM, West Orange HS
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FINANCES & CHARMS
Upcoming Payments:
- Fair Share Payment 3 - $75.00 Due This Wednesday, 3/3
Past Due Band Payments:
- Band Registration Fair Share - $25.00 Due 5/5
- Fair Share Payment 1 - $25.00 Due 8/19
- Fair Share Payment 2 - $25.00 Due 9/30
- Jazz Fair Share Payment 1(if applies) - $15.00 Due 9/30
- School Instrument Semester 1 Maintenance(if applies) - $60.00 Due 9/30
- Marching Band Shoes - $30.00 Due 11/30
- Jazz Fair Share Payment 2 (if applies) - $15.00 Due 1/6/21
- School Instrument Semester 2 Maintenance (if applies) - $60.00 Due 1/6/21
Viewing your Student's Financial Account in Charms:
There is a direct link to Charms in "Quick Links" on the band website.
- Our school code is winterparkhsband
- The Student Area Password would be a unique password that either the student or parent have set up. (If you don't know the password it can be reset by one of the band directors).
- Once you have logged into the Student Area, click on the round, red $ symbol on the top menu bar to view your student's account
- If your student has earned Band Account Credit (in the Miscellaneous Ledger) this credit can be transferred to pay for many band fees: Fair Share, School Instrument Maintenance, Registration Fees for All-State, All-County and Solo Ensemble.
Requesting a Credit Transfer to pay for Fixed Payments Due:
- Click on the "Transfer Request" tab just below the round, red $ symbol. Select the fixed payment you would like to pay for using the credit. The request is sent to the band directors and the band booster treasurer.
- SENIORS: Please check your credit balance and use it accordingly during the year. Credit for Seniors left at the end of the year can only be transferred to siblings.
2020-2021 FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS SCHEDULE
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TECHNOLOGY/COMPUTER ISSUES
If you are having a technology issue and have not yet reached out to the school about resolution, please email Mr. Steffey at Donald.Steffey@ocps.net to set up an appointment at school for your computer to be looked at. Email should be sent as soon as you read this!
As a reminder, students are considered present in their LaunchED class if they:
- Joined the call before the tardy bell.
- Have their camera on the entire class period.
- Are able to be seen, face and instrument, in the camera view.
- Participate in class from bell to bell.
Students who do not have their camera on for the duration of class, and we have not received an email from the school stating awareness of the issue and work towards it being resolved, will be marked absent.
Thank you for your work to resolve these technology issues!
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Help the Band with Amazon Smile!
Make a difference for Band students with every day purchases! Shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/27-0964817 to generate donations for Winter Park High School Band Alumni Association Inc. Once this charity is selected, always type in Smile.Amazon.com to place orders.
**NEW THIS YEAR!...To enable AmazonSmile on the Amazon mobile app:
- Open the app (sign in) and touch the three horizontal lines in the top left corner. Select "See All Programs" , then select "AmazonSmile".
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Winter Park High School Band
Email: michael.clemente@ocps.net
Website: www.winterparkhsband.com
Location: 2100 Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
Phone: 4076223200
Facebook: www.facebook.com/winterparkhsband