Honor Band Time 2 Honor Band Director Introduction 2 Rock Star Academy Opens 2 Solo and Ensemble Registration Form 3 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Special points of interest: Honor Band Info Who is the Honor Band Director? R ock Star Academy Opens! Solo and Ensemble R egistration Form March On Down the Road This Summer! Festival Participants Hit It Out of the Rink! 2012 February Strike Up the Band is going to take our act to the streets! We are looking for band members who would be interested in participating in our Summer Marching Band program. This experi- ence would include marching some Thursday evening summer parades and concluding with the State Fair. This program is open to all band students. We are looking into having both a North and Southeast marching bands. If you would like to participate in both, go ahead! The music and marching will be the same for both bands. Registration form is attached to this email. Mini- mum amount required. Register now for Solo and Ensemble before we run out of available time slots! Solo and Ensem- ble is available for 6th-12th grade students. This is a voluntary program for anyone in that age range who would be interested. The dates of Solo/Ensemble will be March 14 from 3:30-7:30 p.m. and March 15 from 1:30 - 6:00 p.m. Music solos may be selected from the solos in the back of your lesson book or from solo books used for Honor Band auditions. You may even learn the complete solo rather than just the segments asked for your Honor Band audition for this year! If you do not know what to play, your band director can assist you. If you have never partici- pated in Solo/Ensemble, it is where you sit in front of a licensed music judge and they listen, cri- tique, and comment on how well you play and what you need to work on. Your director can give you more information on that as well. This is a great learning experience. Sign-up forms are available online and in this newsletter on pg. 3. Your director also has forms available. Please return the completed form along with the $5.00 registration fee to your teacher or mail to Kris Knutson at 2400 Freeway Blvd., Brooklyn Center, MN 55430. Please make checks out to Schmitt Music or Strike Up the Band. Deposit Account funds cannot be used for this fee. Please call 763-398-5046 if you have any questions. Register Now For Solo and Ensemble I was going to say out of the park but it IS hockey season and tonight I am going to a Wild game with my sister (a belated birthday gift!) This year we had nearly 100 students participate in our two Festivals that were held at Immaculate Conception and St. John’s Lutheran Schools. To see pictures of both events, check out our webpage at www.schmittmusic.com and go to the Strike Up the Band page! We had several students that came back for their 2nd year and plan on coming back for their 3rd! We even had one student who was at the 1st festival on the 21st come back on the 28th! So, for you that missed this great event, make sure that you check the September newsletter next fall so that you can get the date on the calendar right away!
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Honor Band Time 2
Honor Band Director Introduction
2
Rock Star Academy Opens
2
Solo and Ensemble Registration Form
3
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Special points of
interest:
Honor Band Info
Who is the Honor Band
Director?
Rock Star Academy
Opens!
Solo and Ensemble
Registration Form
March On Down the Road This Summer!
Festival Participants Hit It Out of the Rink!
2012
February
Strike Up the Band is going to take our act to the streets! We are looking for band members
who would be interested in participating in our Summer Marching Band program. This experi-
ence would include marching some Thursday evening summer parades and concluding with the
State Fair. This program is open to all band students. We are looking into having both a North
and Southeast marching bands. If you would like to participate in both, go ahead! The music
and marching will be the same for both bands. Registration form is attached to this email. Mini-
mum amount required.
Register now for Solo and Ensemble before we run out of available time slots! Solo and Ensem-
ble is available for 6th-12th grade students. This is a voluntary program for anyone in that age
range who would be interested. The dates of Solo/Ensemble will be March 14 from 3:30-7:30
p.m. and March 15 from 1:30 - 6:00 p.m. Music solos may be selected from the solos in the back
of your lesson book or from solo books used for Honor Band auditions. You may even learn the
complete solo rather than just the segments asked for your Honor Band audition for this year! If
you do not know what to play, your band director can assist you. If you have never partici-
pated in Solo/Ensemble, it is where you sit in front of a licensed music judge and they listen, cri-
tique, and comment on how well you play and what you need to work on. Your director can
give you more information on that as well. This is a great learning experience. Sign-up forms are
available online and in this newsletter on pg. 3. Your director also has forms available. Please
return the completed form along with the $5.00 registration fee to your teacher or mail to Kris
Knutson at 2400 Freeway Blvd., Brooklyn Center, MN 55430. Please make checks out to
Schmitt Music or Strike Up the Band. Deposit Account funds cannot be used for this fee. Please
call 763-398-5046 if you have any questions.
Register Now For Solo and Ensemble
I was going to say out of the park but it IS hockey season and tonight I am going to a Wild
game with my sister (a belated birthday gift!) This year we had nearly 100 students participate
in our two Festivals that were held at Immaculate Conception and St. John’s Lutheran Schools.
To see pictures of both events, check out our webpage at www.schmittmusic.com and go to
the Strike Up the Band page! We had several students that came back for their 2nd year and
plan on coming back for their 3rd! We even had one student who was at the 1st festival on the
21st come back on the 28th! So, for you that missed this great event, make sure that you check
the September newsletter next fall so that you can get the date on the calendar right away!
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Strike Up the Band Honor Band - It’s Time! All 6th-8th grade students are invited to audition for the Strike Up the Band
Honor Band! Honor band is a performing group for a select number of students.
Those chosen have the privilege of representing Strike Up the Band to family and
friends. It is an experience that your child will remember as they get the opportu-
nity to play with other talented musicians their age.
Auditions will take place for all students beginning Feb. 21 and continuing
through March. Your band director will notify me when the students at their
school that are auditioning are ready to audition. This year, to make auditions
completely fair, I will be traveling to all of the schools to hear auditions. The
audition will consist of an assigned scale, an assigned solo, and three short sight reading passages. Please note that percus-
sionists will audition on both bells and snare drum. Each student is required to purchase a copy of their audition solo.
You may order the required audition materials from your teacher. Order your materials as soon as possible! Students
should start working out the rhythm and learning the notes of the solo as soon as possible. The song list is attached to the
newsletter email.
This year’s Honor Band Rehearsal and Concert will take place on Saturday, April 28 at 7:00 pm. The location of this
event is St. Andrew’s Lutheran in Mahtomedi. Students should plan on arriving on April 28 at 10:00 am with rehearsals
running until 4:00 pm.
Please encourage your child to audition for this great opportunity. It promises to be an excellent learning experience and
a chance to meet students from other Strike Up the Band schools and home schools.
Further information regarding Honor Band will arrive after the auditions and be on our website. Contact Kris Knutson
for more information or for questions.
A native of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Mrs. Kimberly Graff completed her undergraduate
work in Secondary Music Education at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, and
earned her masters degree in Education - Professional Development from the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.
Mrs. Graff began her teaching career at Amery Middle School and has been in Rice
Lake, Wisconsin since 1989. Her primary responsibilities at Rice Lake Middle School
include 7th & 8
th Grade Concert Bands, Marching Band and numerous individual band
lessons. In addition, she assists with the Beginning Band and Jazz Ensemble. Under
Mrs. Graff’s leadership, the Rice Lake Middle School Bands have continued a strong
tradition of excellence, performing publicly in concert, festival, and convention set-
tings. Mrs. Graff is an active Wisconsin School Music Association adjudicator and past
member of the Wisconsin Middle Level Honors Band staff. In addition, she is a past
conductor of the National Band Association-Wisconsin Chapter Junior All State Band
as well as regional Honors Bands.
Mrs. Graff lives in Rice Lake with her husband Dan and two children, Lindsey & Ben and 2 golden retrievers – Lucy
& Bailey. She enjoys playing saxophone, clarinet and percussion with the Rice Lake Comm/University Band and is an
active church musician and local community theatre director/performer/supporter.
Introducing Our Honor Band Director
Rock Star Academy in Brooklyn Center will be starting their first Level 1 8-week
session on Wednesday, February 22 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Space is limited so regis-
ter now! This is open to all beginning guitar, bass, vocal, keyboard, and drum set
players! Contact Kris Knutson for more information or go to www.schmittmusic/
rockstar to register!
Rock Star Academy Opens!
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Strike Up the Band Solo and Ensemble Registration Form