2009 5th & 6th Grade Winter Concert

2009 Winter Concert

5th &6th Grade

"Snow Day, snow day, I wish we had a snow day"

Little did we know what we were wishing for!

Holiday Hoedown!

"Changamano! Join together!"

"Jazzy Jinglin' Bells"

" J-a-z-z-y...

A ding-dong-ding"

Excellent concert 5th & 6th graders! Everyone enjoyed the show and you all did so well. I'm very proud of you! ~Mrs. Schack

2009 Opus & All-State

Congratulations!

Christian - OPUS 2009

Ellen - OPUS & All-State 2009

9th Grade Mixed Chorus
(Christian is right behind the music stand in white)

All-State Chorus - Can you spot Ellen!?!

She was about 3/4 the way up on the far left side

HS Tri-Rivers Festival

High School Tri-Rivers Festival

Hosted at Springville

November 16, 2009

• The junior/senior choir will be attending this years festival.
• Please wear good clothing - jeans are fine (no holes), nice shirt
• We will load busses at 10:30 am
• Sack lunches will be eaten on the way to the festival
• BRING $5 by Nov. 11th for SUPPER

• Concert at 7pm
• Concert robes will be worn for the concert
• Will arrive back at Starmont around 9:30pm

CONGRATS!

Congratulations to Ellen Opperman!

Ellen will be representing Starmont at All-State this year! This is a very big honor for any student, but especially as a freshman. We are very proud of you Ellen!

The festival and concert are the weekend before Thanksgiving.

Don't have time to drive to Ames for the concert? Watch it Thanksgiving weekend on IPTV!!!

Upcoming Events

In the next two weeks, we will be looking forward to...

• Finding out who made OPUS! The letter should be in the mail any day now - keep your fingers crossed!
• All-State Auditions, Saturday, October 24th. There are 3 singers auditioning and 1 french horn player. Everyone is a little nervous, but they are all going to do very well!
• October 26th - FALL CONCERT - 7:00 pm, HS chorus needs to be here by 6:10, JH chorus needs to be here by 6:40.

OPUS Audition Recording

5-9th Grade Students Auditioning for OPUS

CD's must be postmarked on Tuesday, Sept. 22

Recording will begin this Thursday!

Sign-up ASAP next to Mrs. Schack's office for a recording time.

Recording timeslots: Thursday PM, Friday PM, Saturday 10am-2pm, Monday PM

Welcome Back!

It has been great seeing everyone today!

This year will be different, but I think it is going to be a lot of fun. Below are all of the upcoming dates for the HS Choral Department and the 5-8 Music Department. Let me know if you have questions about any of the festival and whatnot.

Reminder to 5-9 grade students that OPUS auditions have to be sent in within just a few weeks, so come in and see Mrs. Schack soon about information and music.

Choral Calendar
2009-2010
High School

September 12 Pre-All-State Workshop, Oelwein
September 22 Opus Auditions Postmarked
October 4/5 UNI Vocal Arts Festival
October 24 All-State Auditions, Oelwein
October 26 7-12 Vocal Concert
November 13/14 HS Play Performances
November 16 HS Tri-Rivers Conf. Vocal Festival
Springville
November 19 Opus Concert, Ames
November 19-21 All-State Festival, Ames
December 22 7-12 Winter Band/Vocal Concert
January 9-11 Luther College Dorian Festival
February 26/27 HS Pops Concerts
April 10 HS Solo & Ensemble Contest
April 24 Variety Show
May 8 HS Large Group Contest
May 10 Spring Vocal/Band Concert
5-12 Band & 7-12 Vocal

Concerts in Red Bold Print are MANDATORY!!!

5-8 Music Calendar

2009-2010
7/8 Grade

September 22 Opus Auditions Postmarked
October 3 7/8 Band Luther Parade
October 22 7/8 Tri-Rivers Conf. Band Festival
STARMONT
October 26 7-12 Vocal Concert
November 11 5-8 Veteran’s Day Program
November 19 Opus Concert, Ames
December 22 7-12 Winter Band/Vocal Concert
January 30 JH Solo & Ens. Vocal Contest
March 1 7/8 Tri-Rivers Conf. Voc. Festival
STARMONT
March 19/20 7/8 Play Performances
April 27 7/8 NEICDA Honor Choir
May 10 Spring Vocal/Band Concert
5-12 Band & 7-12 Vocal

5/6 Grade

September 22 Opus Auditions Postmarked
November 11 5-8 Veteran’s Day Program
November19 Opus Concert, Ames
December 7 5/6 Winter Band/Vocal Concert
February 23 5th gr. Band Coffee House
May 4 5/6 Musical Concert
May 10 Spring Vocal/Band Concert
5-12 Band & 7-12 Vocal

Happy Summer!

Have a great summer everyone!

Info for summer activities...

All-State Auditions:

9-12th Grade students are eligible to audition for All-State Chorus. Music for auditions will come in late July. Those interested in auditioning have the opportunity to attend Meistersinger Camp at Wartburg College in August. Let Mrs. Schack know ASAP if you plan to audition. Remember that this commitment is not to be takin lightly. All-State auditions can be a rigourous project and takes a lot of extra time in your schedule.

OPUS Auditions:

5-9th Grade students are eligible to audition for OPUS. Auditionees learn selected music and then in September Mrs. Schack will record on a CD to be sent in to the judges. Mrs. Schack has the music available now if you are interested in getting a jumpstart on the music!

Concert, Contest, Concert

Are you ready for a crazy couple of days!?

Next weekend we have 3 performances within 4 days.
Here is the scoop...

Friday, May 8th

HS Chorus & Band Concert

6:30 pm Chorus Warm-up

7:00 pm Concert

Saturday, May 9th

HS Contest - Sumner

9:15 am Load busses

11:10 am Band performs

12:55 pm Chorus performs

2:30 pm approx. Arrival home

Monday, May 11th

MS Chorus & Band Concert

6:30 pm Chorus Warm-up

7:00 pm Concert

Solo & Ensemble Contest SATURDAY

High School Solo & Ensemble Contest is this Saturday

@North Fayette, West Union

Leaving time is 7 am from the music room doors.

***If arriving or leaving with a parent, please have a parent write a note so that Mrs. Schack and Mr. Wiltgen know who does not need to be on the bus***

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

(for band and chorus)

Ryan R - 8am

Reid C. - 8:22

Jordan R. - 8:45

Trent M. - 8:52

Amelia R. - 9:07

Brittany M. & Reid C. - 9:22

Brianna S. - 9:37

Elizabeth C. - 9:37

Jacob M. - 9:45

Shelby D. & J'nae P. - 10:30

Karissa K. & Celina K. - 10:45

Kaitlin R. - 11:00

Tommy L. - 11:07

Jake C. - 11:37

Brass ens. - 11:52

Karissa K. - 1:15 pm

Kyleigh C. - 1:30

Clay S. - 1:37

Reid C. - 1:52

Heidi K. - 2:07

Women's ens. - 2:15

Jake C. - 2:37

Men's ens. - 3:15

Nathan S. - 3:37

JH Tri-Rivers Festival

7-8th Grade Tri-River's Chorus Festival

Starmont's girl's chorus sang "When I Am Silent"

This is a beautiful piece written for the young children, victims of the holocaust, that never got to live their lives.

Ellen O. was chosen as one of six finalists to sing a duet during the concert! She sang a verse with a student from East Buchanan in the song "River of the Big Canoes"

"Oye La Musica" is one of our favorite songs to sing! This is a fun excerpt from the performance.

All of the boys sang "Rest Not," with power and conviction!

That 70's Show

Pops Concert 2009

That 70's Show

Blake, Luke & Clay showin' off their 70's garb

I WILL SURVIVE

Women's piece

Karissa - Our soloist Friday night

Lean On Me

Senior Song

Carry On Wayward Son
Men's piece

Don't they look groovy?

JR. HIGH TRI-RIVERS FESTIVAL

Tri-Rivers Conference

Junior High Chorus Festival

March 2, 2009

Time: Leaving at 1:15 pm from the school
Concert at 7:00 pm
Arrive home around 9 pm

Place: EdCo Community School, Edgewood

Dress: Wear your dress clothes!
No Jeans & No Tennis Shoes

Supper: $5.00
Bring to MS office before Feb.25th

***Chaperones are needed!***

Please contact Mrs. Schack if you would be available that day. Thank you!

Congrats Jr High Students!

Congrats to the 14 students that participated today at the Waverly-ShellRock solo & ensemble festival! We had a great day and everyone sang beautifully.

Here are the results...

Superior (I)
Tessa B., Gabe H., Autumn K., Ellen O., Patrick P., Glyn P., Christian T. - Solos
Autumn K. & Glyn P. - Duet
Halicia H., McKenna T., Tessa B., & Vanessa G. - Double Duet
Ellen, Chelsea, & Christian - Trio

Excellent (II)
Chelsea B., Michael H. - Solos
Ellen, Tessa, Autumn, Glyn, Chelsea, Michael, Gabe, Colton, Jacob, Patrick, Christian - Ensemble

Good (III)
Jacob S. - Solo

Saturday in Waverly

JR. HIGH SOLO/ENSEMBLE PARTICIPANTS

We are leaving at 6:30 AM from the Bus Barn

What to bring:

Dress Clothes

Water Bottle

Music

Sack lunch or Money for lunch

Money for ice cream

We will arrive home around 6 pm.

Waverly Festival Times

Schedule for the Waverly-ShellRock Jr High Festival

Saturday, January 31st

Center 1: Choir Room 102

Center 2: Auditorium 2nd floor

AM

8:15 Michael - 1

8:55 Glyn - 1

9:55 Chelsea - 1

10:45 Water is Wide Ensemble - 2

11:35 Dare to Dream Double Duet - 1

11:45 Autumn - 1

PM

1:15 Gabe - 2

1:45 Jacob - 2

1:55 Ellen - 2

2:05 Dare to Dream Duet - 2

2:15 Christian - 1

2:25 Patrick - 1

2:45 Tessa - 1

3:00 Kyrie Trio - 1

Cell Block Tango

District Speech Competition is tomorrow at Cascade.

6 of the participants practiced their Musical Theatre number for us:

"Cell Block Tango" from Chicago

One week left

There is one week left until the Jr. High solo & ensemble chorus festival in Waverly!





Here are some pics from our rehearsal today...

I Will Survive

Or will we survive?...

Here are some pictures of the HS Women rehearsing Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" for the Pops Concert. The senior girls are helping choreograph the number.

JH Solo & Ensemble Festival

January 31st is the Waverly-ShellRock Junior High Solo & Ensemble Festival.

There are 15 students participating!
9 soloists
4 ensembles

Good luck!!!

2009 Pops concert literature

2009 Pops Concert Literature

70's Music

Women-"I Will Survive"

Men-"Carry On Wayward Son"

All-

"Joy to the World"
"Put a little Love in your Heart"
"Bohemian Rhapsody"

Seniors-"Brian's Song"

08-09 Circle of the Arts

Circle of the Arts
Thank you for your continued support of
Starmont’s fine arts programs!

Patron of the Arts ($50+)
Arlington Heating & Cooling
Jeff & Sandra Daisy Family
Ralph & Janet Goedken Family
Robert Goedken Family
Groth Construction
Randy & Suzy Hamlett
Jon & Stacie Janssen Family
Doug & Liz Jaster
Curt & Karen Keppler
Fred & Lynn Kinne
Rick, Mike, & John Miersen
Rande & Donna Moeller
Laura & Eric Morine
Beth Nading
Mike & Tina Pech
Alan & Katherine Rausch Family
Jim & Deb Recker Family
Craig & Sherri Seedorff Family
Mike & Pat Smith
Leon and Mardelle Streicher
Rodney, Kim & Nathan Swales
Dr. Craig & Julie Thompson
Susie & Tony Tjaden Family

Friend of the Arts ($25-$49)
Doug & Lori Baumgartner Family
Perry & Cristen Brown Family
J & T Corbin Trucking
Terry & JoAnn Crow Family
Larry & Karen Glass
Scott & Valerie Hall Family
Tom & Karen Hamlett Family
Kim & Meri Ann Klocke
Bill & Lori Knight
Jennifer Kugel/Russel Fish
Dean & Judy Meisner Family
Lori Moses
Tom & Susie Norberg
Kevin & Brenda Streicher Family
Jay & Joan Thomas
Alan & Felicia Vaske Family

Supporter of the Arts ($10-$24)
David & Tara Baumgartner
Dennis Dement Family
Bruce & Robin Fliehler Family
Bruce & Sue Klett
Kevin Powell, Neal Appraisal Service
Bob & Deb Recker
Mike & Theresa Smock
Steve & Carol Thomas Family
Mike & Margo Zitelman Family

The Starmont Music Association appreciates your contributions. Your generous support for the fine arts has provided funding for the puchase of band and choir uniforms, dry cleaning, purchase of school instruments, scripts for the drama department, payment of accompanists, college scholarships, refurbishment of donated instruments, the opportunity to assist in band/choir trips and many more.