Concerts and Rehearsals This Week

We have a busy week ahead in preparation for Festival Assessments next week.  

Tuesday, March 6th, is the Orchestra (including full orchestra) Pre-festival Concert at the high school.  Students should report to the high school auditorium at 6:30.  

Wednesday, March 7th, is the Band Pre-festival Concert at the high school.  Students should report to the high school auditorium at 6:30. 

Full uniforms are required for the performances. 

Five Mornings of Rehearsals start this week also.  In addition to the regular rehearsals, strings students will rehearse on Friday, March 9th; Monday, March 12th; and Wednesday, March 14th. Band will rehearse during their regular days plus Thursday, March 8th, and Tuesday, March 13th. 

The second Spring Trip payments are also due on March 7th. 

A Note on Morning Rehearsal

Good Afternoon Parents,

I do appreciate all that you do for your children musically.  A reminder that 8AM downbeat to a musician means music is to be occurring at 8AM.  I do understand there are things beyond your control, however it is becoming problematic.

Also the members of the morning band that are going to be "in town" on Friday have decided they would like to have an additional rehearsal Friday at 9 AM until 10:15 AM.

After 10:15 I will be available to help with solo and ensemble. A sign-up will be posted Wednesday morning for time slots so not everyone comes at once.

Thank you,

Rob Stojakovich

Jazz Band Canceled/Solo and Ensemble Help

Jazz Band is canceled for Tuesday, February 13th.  Students wishing to get help with Solo & Ensemble music selection may stay for help on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon and take the activity bus home.

Smart Music Update

Dear Parents,

We have again started working on getting the smart music accounts to work.  We have worked our way through some of the snafus.  

Many of the issues are coming in the way of forgotten passwords.  Passwords can be self reset if the student resets the password to the email they listed on their account when they set them up.

Reset prompts will come to that email and students can easily get back on.

If they can't remember the email account they used, I can give you the email they used. Please send a message to rstojakovich@aacps.org  with the subject smart music email reset.

If that doesn't work, their old accounts can be deleted and they will be able to create new ones with the assistance of the attached document.

If a student can get into their smart music account they will need to join new classes for their morning ensemble and or their instrument solo account.  These classes contain the songs for rehearsals and some solos.  Students can also request to have music selections put into their class content.

Thank you,

Rob Stojakovich

Smart Music Instructions and Class Codes