Evelyn Champion

Second Semester Spring 2009

Be sure to check the Charms site for dates, handbook, finances, jacket points, etc.

Charms Site

Look for:

Parent/Student Login

         please enter your schoolcode:

The school code is SprayberryOrch.

Your personal log in is your student number (lunch number).

If you need anything please contact me!

770-578-3200 ext 280

evelyn.champion@cobbk12.org

Mrs. Champion

FALL CONCERT OCTOBER 14

Our first concert is October 14 at 7:00 in the Martin Recital Hall. Students need to arrive at 6:00 for pictures for the yearbook. Parents/guardians, PLEASE make arrangements to attend this very important performance!

Parents, the extras from the cheesecake/cookie dough fund raiser will be on sale at the concert. We MUST sell all the extras at the concert in order for all students to make the maximum amount of profit. Please bring your checkbook or cash to buy an item!

All three orchestras will perform. Please attend!

Welcome Back!

The 2008-2009 school has gotten off to a GREAT start!

A warm welcome to my new students and families.

Be sure to check the Charms site for dates, handbook, finances, jacket points, etc.

Charms Site

Look for:

Parent/Student Login

         please enter your schoolcode:

The school code is SprayberryOrch.

Your personal log in is your student number (lunch number).

If you need anything please contact me!

770-578-3200 ext 280

evelyn.champion@cobbk12.org

Mrs. Champion

Charms System

Instead of the orchestra website we are now using the Charms Office Assistant.

Charms Site

The school code is SprayberryOrch and your log in ID is your student number.

All important information about the SHS Orchestra is kept on this site.

Contact

Need to contact Mrs. Champion?

Evelyn.Champion@cobbk12.org

770-578-3200 ext 280

SmartMusic

SHS orchestra is now using SmartMusic for assessment. See the SmartMusic website for more details.

www.smartmusic.com

Disney Trip and LGPE

For information on the Disney Trips and LGPE, please go to www.sprayberryorchestra.com and click on field trips.

Basically ALL information on orchestra at SHS is stored on the orchestra website.

Congratulations on a great Fall Concert!

The Fall Concert on October 9 was a great success. All three orchestras played very well and looked extremely professional in their uniforms. I was very glad that the LGI worked out for our performance space and that we were able to sell all of the fund raiser items except for one. The audience attendance was good- we had a large crowd. Concert etiquette is still a work in progress, and will probably always be an issue we need to revisit. I appreciate all of the adults who helped, ESPECIALLY Mrs. Shirley Childs, who singlehandedly managed the SOPA table; Mrs. Barnett, SHS Principal, who played with the Chamber Orchestra; Mrs. Baddock who helped all day long; Mr. Champion managed the entrance door; Ms.Winner for played harpsichord with the Chamber Orchestra; Mr. Middlebrooks and Mr. Liles set up and tore down the lighting; there were several Dads who put away the chairs after the concert. especially would like to thank my helpful, respectful, and talented students who made the concert a success!

What are we going to do now?

All three orchestras are working on their performance evaluation music and the Disney music. The chamber orchestra is focusing on the Masterworks concert program.

Ongoing projects:

poinsettia fundraiser

Disney Trip

Opera Field trip

FALL CONCERT OCTOBER 9

Our first concert is October 9 at 7:00 in the LGI. Students need to arrive at 6:00 or pictures for the yearbook. Parents/guardians, PLEASE make arrangements to attend this very important performance!

Parents, the extras from the cheesecake/cookie dough fund raiser will be on sale at the concert. We MUST sell all the extras at the concert in order for all students to make the maximum amount of profit. Please bring your checkbook or cash to buy an item!

All three orchestras will perform. Please attend!

Daily Rehearsal Schedule

Here is what we are learning in Orchestra at this time:

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Concerto in d Minor Op 3 #11        Vivaldi            Kerr

On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss        Holsinger

Ode to the Plains and Wild Horses Running         Robert Kerr

Philharmonic ORCHESTRA

American Landscape                  Soon Hee Newbold

A Quiet Music                                                   Wagner

1812 Overture                    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

(Russian, 1840 –1893)

Arr. Dabczynski

Concert ORCHESTRA

Anvil Chorus                                        Giuseppe Verdi

(Italian, 1813 – 1901)

Arr. Dabczynski

Dreamer's Farewell                                   Robert Kerr

Concerto in D                           Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

                                (Venetian, 1678 –1741)          

Arr. Phillips