Open House

It was great to see all of you at Open House last night! I love working with your kids, and I was glad to see everyone who came last night. Happy Friday, everybody! :)

Pictures

For those parents who have not had the chance to visit our classroom, here are a few pictures!

Back wall:

New Promethean board:

New (to us) Clavinova piano:

Important Dates

Here is a list of important dates for this year:
If there are any additions or changes, I'll amend and re-post.

August
19 - First day of school
27 - Open house (7th and 8th Grade) 6:30-8 pm

September
3 - Rental meeting in Orchestra room @ 5 pm
7 - NO SCHOOL (Labor Day)
9 - Late Start

October
7 - Late Start
12 - Teacher Work Day
13 - Fall Fundraiser Kick-off
23 - Teacher Work Day

November
11 - Late Start
25-27 - NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break)

December
7 - Rehearsal for concert 4-6 pm
8 - Winter concert @ 7:30 pm
21-31 - NO SCHOOL (Winter Break)

January
1 - NO SCHOOL (Winter Break)
15 - Teacher Work Day
18 - NO SCHOOL (MLK Jr. Day)
27 - Late Start

February
15 - NO SCHOOL (President's Day)
19-20 - District Honors Orchestra

March
2 - MIOSM Concert @ 7 pm
19 - Teacher Work Day
24 - Late Start
26 - Concert Festival?

April
2-9 - NO SCHOOL (Spring Break)

May
5 - Rehearsal for concert 4-6
6 - Spring concert @ 7:30 pm
7-8 - Myrtle Beach trip?
21-22 - Myrtle Beach trip?
27 - Sights & Sounds @ 5:30
31 - NO SCHOOL (Memorial Day)

June
3 - Last day of school
4 - Teacher Work Day

Links

Here are some fun and informative links from the old orchestra website. For students who are interested in learning new/advanced techniques, I highly recommend the Michael Hopkins site (near the bottom of the list). Please explore these links - there's a ton of great information there!

Bernhardt House of Violins - Our orchestra's rental company

SmartMusic - SmartMusic's website with all things SmartMusic

Violin Online - Great resource for violin players

Viola Online - Great resource for viola players

Cello Online - Great resource for cello players

Music Ed. String Bass Information Center - Lots of great information for bass players

Metronome Online - a FREE online metronome (will also tune A440).

SCMEA Orchestra Division - The homepage for the Orchestra Division of South Carolina's Music Educator's Association

MENC - National Association for Music Education

SCMEA - South Carolina Music Educator's Association

FromTheTop.org - Great musical website sponsored by NPR

Cello Heaven - a message board community for cellists

Sound Junction - a cool website about all kinds of music and musicians

Michael Hopkins: String Pedagogy Notebook - lots of great information, including Quicktime videos demonstrating advanced techniques

StringSkills.com - this page has some great free downloads of music and exercises

Orchestra Blog!

Welcome to Mrs. Le's Orchestra Blog! I will be using this site as a means of communication for information regarding the orchestra program at RRMS. Our previous website is now inactive/invalid, so this will be our new home!

I want to welcome any new students to our program, and welcome back my returning students! I hope everyone had a great summer, and I look forward to a great year!

Check back periodically for updates!