Fall Concert 2011 Response

You have just completed your first concert for the year!

• How did it go?
• What was your favorite song that you performed?
• What was your favorite song of any of the groups that performed?
• Which group do you think did an excellent job?

Give us your response in the comment section...

Fall Concert 2011 Info...

Dear Band or Choir Parents

It’s Concert Time!!We have gotten to that time of the year. It is time for our first concert of the year. The junior high band and choir will be part of this year’s Fall Concert on the evening of Oct. 25. All 7th and 8th grade band and choir members must be present for this concert.

Students need to be in the high school music room by 7:00pm. Our performance will begin at 7:30pm, and should run approximately one hour. So please make plans to allow your child to stay for the entire concert. Music students should be dressed up in “dress-to-impress” clothes as this is a formal performance. The following points should be observed:

• · No blue jeans
• · No flip-flops
• · No khaki shorts
• · Dress pants, dress shoes a nice polo or button-down shirt is preferred
• · Girls are not permitted to wear heeled shoes more than one inch high
• · Girls may wear skirts, dresses or pants outfits, but they may not wear skirts or dresses that are too short or tight. (students should be able to move freely up and down risers)

For parents with younger children, we ask that you please help our performers and other audience members by making sure your children do not roam freely during the performance. Thanks for all your help in getting our young musicians ready to go for this first concert of the year! If you have any questions, please call me at 701-343-2366.

Thank you,

Paul Redding

Upcoming Festival auditions

Here is some information about upcoming festival audition requirements:



All information for the Junior High All State choir festival can be found by clicking on this link.


James D. Ployhar Band Festival- Valley City State University (recorded audition)
Woodwinds and Brass-
Play 2 different major scales and a chromatic scale, 2 octaves
Play a 1-2 minute excerpt from two contrasting etudes or solos displaying appropriate musical technique, style, phrasing, articulation, etc.

Percussion- Snare drum: and open long stroke roll, alternating 5-stroke rolls, single paradiddles
Mallet: Play B-flat and E-flat major scales in two octaves (up and down)
Tymp: short etude or excerpt from the timpani part of a band piece

Deadline: Sept. 27


ND All-State Festival- Bismarck Civic Center (live audition)
Please see Mr. Redding for details on this audition.

Good luck and have a great school year!
R

State Music Festival Schedule

TIME	ROOM	EVENT	PERSONNEL		TITLE
8:00 AM	Main 213	Boys' Vocal Solo	Christian		Green Eyed Dragon
8:09 AM	Main 224	Boys' Vocal Solo	Michael		Gia il Sole dal Gange
8:27 AM	Main 224	Boys' Vocal Solo	Caleb		Gia il Sole dal Gange
8:45 AM	Hartnett 326	Saxophone Ensemble	4-6	4	Sarabande and Badinere
9:03 AM	Swain 107	Solo: Flute	Meredith		Gavotte
9:30 AM	Hartnett 329	Saxophone Ensemble	2-3	3	Two Portraits- #1
9:57 AM	Swain 106	Clarinet Ensemble	2-3	3	Minuetto and Trio
10:51 AM	Main 109	Girls' Vocal Solo	Steff		A Night in May
11:00 AM	Main 104	Girls' Vocal Solo	Kaylee		Lass from the Low Countree
11:27 AM	Swain 106	Mixed Woodwind Ensemble	2-3	2	Bouree
11:45 AM	Main 121	Mixed Instrument Ensemble	7-12	7	Ora No Omboko
1:18 PM	Main 213	Boys' Vocal Ensemble	2-3	2	Homeward Bound
1:36 PM	Hartnett 329	Solo: Alto Saxophone	Steff		Scaramouche
1:54 PM	Main 312	Mixed Vocal Ensemble	7-12	12	Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel
2:03 PM	Main 312	Mixed Vocal Ensemble	7-12	10	Riversong

Region 3 Festival Results

Ensemble	Soloist	Instrumentation	Title	Rating
GVE 2-3			Where the Wind Goes	1
MVE 7-12			Riversong	Star
IS	Meredith	Flute Solo	Gavotte	Star
PE 4-6		Perc. Ens.	San Luis	1
IE 4-6		Mixed Brass	If Thou Be Near	1
MVE 7-12			The Arrow and the Song	1
IE 4-6		Sax Ens.	Sarabande & Badinere	Star
GVE 2-3			Poor Wayfaring Stranger	2
MVE 7-12			Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel	Star
IE 4-6		Mixed WW Ens.	Minuetto and Trio	1
IE 2-3		Trumpet	Fanfare and Air	1
BVE 2-3			Homeward Bound	Star
IS	Kaitlin	Clarinet Solo	Concertino	1
PS	Brandon	Timpani Solo	Topical Tymps	1
IE 4-6		Mixed WW Ens.	Ora No Omboko	Star
GVS	Steff		A Night in May	Star
GVS	Hannah		O Rest in the Lord	1
IE 2-3		Flute	Largo and Minuetto	1
GVS	Jennifer		How Can I Keep from Singing
PS	Christian	Snare Drum Solo	Three Headed Drummer	1
IS	Steff	Alto Sax Solo	Scaramouche	Star
BVS	Chris		False Phillis	1
BVS	Michael		Gia il Sole dal Gange	Star
BVS	Caleb		Gia il Sole dal Gange	Star
BVS	Christian		Green Eyed Dragon	Star
GVS	Kayley		Lass from the Low Countree	Star
MMIE 2-3		Mixed WW Ens.	Bouree	Star
GVS	Kaitlin		When Love is Kind	1
IE 2-3		Clarinet	Minuetto and Trio	Star
IE 2-3		Sax Ens.	Two Portraits	Star

Pre-festival prep and information

Senior High Band and Choir Members

It is time for our solo and ensemble festival. This year's festival is set for Tuesday, April 19 in Mayville. The schedule for this event is provided on page two of this handout.

Keep these points in mind during the festival:

• focus your attention throughout the day on giving the best performance you can.
• warm up well before your event
• find your performance room and double check you time as part of the first things you do at the festival
• DRESS TO IMPRESS
• please avoid spending time in the "game room". You are to be in performances watching classmates as well as students from other schools.
• DO NOT clog up hallways! If you are waiting for an event, please wait on the sides of the hallways.
• the festival requires that each of our students wears a name tag with their name and school listed on it We will give you those tags on the day of the festival.
• You are responsible for your instrument and your music, including judges copies. All measures in your music should be numbered for you and your judge.
• Represent yourselves and your school well. You have put in a tremendous amount of effort in preparing your solos and ensembles this year. I am proud of your musicianship!
• Have fun giving the best performance you possible can!

LHS Musician in the News

The following is an article featuring one of LHS Music's own. Published in the Grand Forks Herald, Feb. 6, 2011:

Published February 06 2011

FACES: Going for it

Steffani Johnston believes in seizing the day — and the morning, evening, too. The Larimore High School senior puts in at least 12 hours a day pursuing academic, athletic and fine art endeavors. An honor student, Johnston also is a five-year letter winner in cross-country and track and an accomplished musician who plays saxophone and piano and sings.

By: Ann Bailey, Grand Forks Herald

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• Steffani Johnston

Larimore (N.D.) High School senior Steffani Johnston puts in long days pursuing academic, athletic and fine art endeavors. Herald photo by John Stennes

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LARIMORE, N.D. — Steffani Johnston believes in seizing the day — and the morning, evening, too.

The Larimore High School senior puts in at least 12 hours a day pursuing academic, athletic and fine art endeavors. An honor student, Johnston also is a five-year letter winner in cross-country and track and an accomplished musician who plays saxophone and piano and sings.

Well-rounded

Whether it’s sports, school work or music, Johnston works hard to excel, said David Wheeler, Larimore High School principal.

Johnston credits her parents, Tom and Jerri Johnston, with encouraging her, from the time she was a young girl, to set her sights high and not to put limits on what she can achieve.

“They just want me never to close any doors,” she said. When she has expressed to them an interest in getting involved in yet another extra-curricular activity, they tell her to weigh the pros and cons and if she believes she has the time to do it, then she should “go for it,” she said.

For example, her parents encouraged her to audition for the 2011 American High School Honors Performance Series, which will be held this month in Carnegie Hall. Johnston was accepted after a review by the selection board committee and will be part of the Honors Choir as an Alto 1. Johnston joins a select group of other musicians from across the United States and Canada to perform and to learn from well-known choral conductor, Dr. Eph Ehly, according to an Honors Performance Series news release.

Music lover

Johnston began singing in choir as an eighth-grader. A decade before that, she learned to play piano.

“I began playing piano when I was 4 years old… I watched my mom play piano and I asked her if I could play.” She took lessons from her mother for one year, and then began taking them from a teacher in Grand Forks. In fifth grade, Johnson began learning to play the saxophone.

Johnston doesn’t have a favorite when it comes to playing or singing.

“I like them all for different reasons. I like piano because it is something I can do any time. I like saxophone because I like ensembles. I like singing because I can do it by myself or with someone else.”

About a year ago, Johnston and some friends she met at International Music Camp in Bottineau, N.D., during the summer of 2009 formed a band. She and the other three members — all runners — call the band Running on Empty. Members sing “pop punk” songs. She compares the music her band performs to the music of Blink 182 or Panic! At The Disco.

Five of Running on Empty’s songs are on i-Tunes and six are on its recently released CD called “Don’t be Shy,” Johnston said.

Johnston practices for the Honors Performance Series performance and for her band after school.

“I have a piano in my room… I go home and play the piano part for the music and I sing along with it.”

She also arrives at school at 7 a.m. each day for Zero Hour Choir. During Zero Hour Choir she practices singing with other Larimore High School students, who, like her, are unable to fit choir in to their schedules during the day.

Other interests

Although Johnston spends a lot of her time on music, it isn’t her only interest.

Being physically fit is important to her, so she runs and lifts weights after school on the days she’s not working at her part-time job waitressing and cooking at The Scoop, a Larimore café. She also leads student council meetings, and helps Wheeler with charitable projects.

Her parents, who are involved in church and community organizations, have encouraged her to have diverse interests, Johnston said.

“They’ve taught me about being well-rounded and focusing on music and athletics and school.”

She wouldn’t have it any other way and believes that it has expanded her horizons.

“By being involved, I’ve really been able to grow as a person.”

Johnston is a person, who not only is talented at sports, music and academics, but also knows how to relate to a wide variety of students at all high school grade levels, Wheeler said.

“Absolutely, well-liked… She truly engages with kids of all ages,” he said.

Reach Bailey at (701) 787-6753; (800) 477-6572, ext. 753; or send e-mail to abailey@gfherald.com.