Charms System
Instead of the orchestra website we are now using the Charms Office Assistant.
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.
July 2008
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July 01, 2008
February 25, 2008
SmartMusic
SHS orchestra is now using SmartMusic for assessment. See the SmartMusic website for more details.
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.
October 17, 2007
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
September 27, 2007
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!
September 14, 2007
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
September 13, 2007
About Mrs. Champion
About the Director
Mrs. Evelyn Champion graduated Magna Cum Laude with High Honors from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education, and holds her Master of Music Education and Education Specialist degrees from the University of Georgia as well. Mrs. Champion taught at Daniell Middle School for nine years before transferring to Sprayberry High School in 2003, where she now serves as Orchestra Director, Advanced Placement Music Theory teacher, and Fine Arts Department Chair. She is currently working toward her doctorate in music education at Boston University.
Mrs. Champion has been a member of the Georgia Music Educators’ Association (GMEA) since 1990. An active clinician in the North Georgia area in middle school and high school, Mrs. Champion has judged performance evaluations and conducted honor orchestras in Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry, Gwinnett, and Richmond Counties, and is also a GMEA Certified Adjudicator. Mrs. Champion was recently elected Vice-President of the Georgia Music Educators Association and will serve a two year term. She was also elected as the next GMEA State Orchestra Chair, and will begin that office in two years.
A freelance violinist, Mrs. Champion performs with the Cobb Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Michael Alexander, and the Georgia Philharmonic under the direction of Philip Rice.
Mrs. Champion lives in Marietta with her husband J. Champion, son David, and dog Mahlie. Their second son, Charlie, is on the way!
Orchestra Handbook
Orchestra Event Schedule:
