 Congratulations to the 15 students who made the 2021 Georgia High School All State Band! These students went through two rigorous rounds of auditions and competed against the best high school musicians in the state. We are very proud of each of our 43 students who made it past the first round and the 15 who actually made the All-State Band after the second and final around of auditions. This is an awesome representation for our band program as we have one of the highest acceptance rates of all high schools in the state. Only 3 other schools in the state had more students make the All State Band. Hats off to the following students!
Bridges, Emily - 3rd chair Challa, Rishi - 8th chair Chan, Jay - 16th chair Cho, Daniel - 1st chair Failor, Ben - 3rd chair Guan, Leo - 13th chair Heyerdahl, John - 14th chair Kim, Olivia - 5th chair Serafino, Michael - 7th chair Soo, Kyle - 3rd chair Wang, Allison - 8th chair Xiao, Thomas - 4th chair Xu, Alex - 3rd chair Zeng, Linjay - 23rd chair Zhang, Ryan - 8th chair Congratulations to our varsity and junior varsity winter guards! Both teams started their competitive seasons this past Saturday at Kell High School. Both teams had amazing performances. They wowed the audience and impressed the judges! Both teams won their class which ranks both our varsity and junior varsity teams #1 in the state right now in their respective classes. We wish them well as they continue to compete in-person for state competitions and virtual for Winter Guard International. Feel free to share/post the attached digital awards on your social media platforms. The winter guard circuit decided to do digital awards this year instead of trophies. Scores from this past Saturday’s competition. https://www.sapaonline.net/events/216    Hello Band Parents –
Yesterday we kicked off our Cherrydale virtual fundraiser and I wanted to reach out with some simple instructions. Your student created an account with their personal email and a password of their choice. Go to www.shopfund.com and log into your students account and then click on Parents and Sellers. In the yellow box on the left, you will be able to easily share the fundraiser through email, Facebook, and several other social media outlets. The fundraiser is contactless, virtual, and all items purchased will be shipped directly to our supporters. Please contact me if you have any questions or need additional help. Thank you for your support! Jennifer Osborne Jenosborne326@gmail.com ABBA Ways and Means Chair  We are about to start our master class series. This is a way for our students to get instrument-specific information from professionals who teach and/or perform on their primary instrument. We have had lots of success with growth in our students through these master classes. For eight weeks starting the week of November 16, each instrument will have one day when our master class instructor will go into our class meeting and work with our students in a small group. Some of our students are on campus for class and others are virtual. Our master class teachers will be virtual and will work with both virtual and face-to-face students.
We are excited to have the following musicians working with our students this year: Flute Elizabeth Saller elizabethsaller.com University of Florida, BM 2007 James Madison University, MM 2009 Oboe Nora Palmieri Hartt School of Music, BM applied music oboe, 1981 Bassoon John Grove BMus and BMusEd from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada Clarinet Alex Krakovski Saxophone Dr. Joe Girard www.sintaquartet.com University of Michigan, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Bachelor of Music in Saxophone Performance, 2010 University of Michigan, Master of Music in Saxophone Performance, 2012 Michigan State University, Doctor of Musical Arts in Saxophone Performance, 2015 Currently the Saxophone Professor at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University Trumpet David Klausman Furman University, BA in Trumpet Performance 1984 Professional performer and teacher in the Metro Atlanta area since 1984 French Horn Amy Black Trombone Marc Boehm www.thetromboneacademy.com The Juilliard School, B.M. Manhattan School of Music, M.M. Adjunct Professor of Low Brass, Young Harris College Artist Affiliate, Trombone, Emory University Euphonium/Tuba Marshall Gagne Lander University BS Music Education 2011 Georgia State University MM Orchestral Instrument Performance - Tuba 2014 We will not have final details until early July, but until then here are some things you should be doing in bullet points.
Congratulations to the following students who earned a chair by audition into the 2020 Georgia All State Band! Ayoub Abubaker - gr 12 CL; Aaron Bagger - gr 11 TSX; Emily Bridges - gr 9 BCL; Jay Chan - gr 9 CL; Daniel Cho - gr 11 CL; Olivia Colburn - gr 12 FL; Nadia Dixon - gr 11 CBCL; Taewoo Kang - gr 12 Trpt; Matthew Lou - gr 10 Tuba; Michael Serafino - gr 9 CL; Ian Valdes - gr 12 Perc; David Wahl - gr 11 Trbn; Thomas Xiao - gr 9 ASX; Alex Xu - gr 9 FL.
Our marching band traveled to Tarpon Springs, Florida, this past weekend to compete in the Tarpon Springs Outdoor Music Festival with other high school marching bands from the southeast. Our kids overcame some tough weather conditions all day long to persevere. The band had an amazing performance (see the video of our performance on our home page just above our sponsors) and received the following accolades.
In the 5A class... 1st in Music Best Soloists 2nd in Visual Ensemble Performance 1st in Color Guard 2nd in Percussion Overall Placement and Ranking... 1st in Color Guard 1st in Music 2nd in Percussion 2nd in Visual Ensemble Performance 3rd in Band Performance This is an awesome accomplishment. We are very proud of our students and look forward to wrapping up our competitive season on Saturday, November 2, at the White Columns Invitational hosted by Milton High School. The District/All State Honor Band audition fee of $25 is past due. The Fulton County Honor Band audition fee of $10 is due this Friday October 18, 2019. Please pay online by PayPal in Charms or by check payable to ABBA
Our marching band will be competing in the 24th annual Tarpon Springs Outdoor Music Festival this Saturday, October 19, 2019 at Tarpon Springs High School in Tarpon Springs, FL. The festival is an all-day marching band competition featuring more than 23 bands. The band will stay at the SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Clearwater Beach this weekend. Below is the tentative schedule - anyone wishing to come down and support the band is welcome!
Friday 11:30 am - Load trucks (All students should eat lunch during A lunch) 12:15 pm - Meet in band room to load buses 1:00 pm - Depart from Alpharetta HS 5:00 pm - Dinner stop Valdosta, GA (exit 18 off of I-75) (BRING MONEY) 6:00 pm - Leave Valdosta, GA 10:30 pm - Arrive and check into hotel and then lights out Saturday 6:30 am - Breakfast 8:00 am - Board buses and leave hotel 9:15 am - Arrive at Gulf High School for rehearsal 12:00 pm - Rehearsal ends/load trucks 1:00 pm - Leave Gulf High School 1:30 pm - Lunch stop (in Tarpon Springs) (BRING MONEY) 2:30 pm - Leave lunch stop to go to Tarpon Springs High School 2:45 pm - Arrive at Tarpon Springs High/Unload/Get dressed/watch other bands 5:30 pm - Dinner at concessions (BRING MONEY) 6:45 pm - Head back to buses to get ready for warm up 9:00 pm - ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL RAIDER BAND PERFORMS (est.) 10:30 pm - Awards ceremony; then board buses to leave Tarpon Springs 11:30 pm - Pizza party at hotel 12:30 am - Lights out! Sunday 8:00 am - Breakfast & beach time 11:15 am - Board buses check out of hotel 12:00 pm - Depart hotel 4:00 pm - Lunch stop in Valdosta, GA (exit 18 off of I-75) (BRING MONEY) 5:00 pm - Depart for Alpharetta 9:30 pm - Arrive at Alpharetta High School |
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