IGSMA District Contest
More specific details are on their way, but we just received our time for the Illinois Grade School Music Association District Contest on March 14, 2009. The Symphonic Band will warmup at 3:00p, and perfrom at 3:30p at Blackhawk Middle School in Bensenville.
We have not yet received the performance information for the 7th Grade and 8th Grade Swing Choirs.
Posted: January 26, 2009 | PermaLink
McCracken Symphonic Band to Perform at Chicagoland Invitational Concert Band Festival
The McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band has recently been invited to perform at the Chicagoland Invitational Concert Band Festival (CICBF) to be held at Hersey High School on April 4, 2009. The festival takes place between 1:00p and 9:00p.
In only a few short years, CICBF has grown into one of the premier high school band festivals in the Chicago area. We’re very excited to join the Hersey High School feeder schools as the only middle schools to participate in this wonderful festival.
The Symphonic Band will not be participating in the IGSMA State Contest/Festival on April 25 this year. This does not affect the 7th and 8th Grade Swing Choirs Participation in the IGSMA State Contest.
Posted: January 26, 2009 | PermaLink
2nd Quarter Honor Roll
Congratulations to all of our band members who performed very well academically during 2nd quarter. 41 out of 45 Symphonic Band members made the Honor Roll or High Honor Roll. 22 out of 27 Concert Band members placed on the Honor Roll or High Honor Roll as well.
Great work everyone!
Posted: January 26, 2009 | PermaLink
Inauguration Tuesday
It’s wonderful that at another momentous and historic occasion, the arts and music have played a critical role. From the Marine Band, Aretha Franklin, Elizabeth Alexander’s Poem, the chamber work by John Williams, to the dozens of marching bands who participated in the Inaugural Parade, the Art’s pressence was only matched by President Obama himself.
- Music and the Inauguration
- Air and Simple Gifts by John Williams [Hulu] UPDATE Worried about the cold, it turns out that the quartet played along with a recording [BBC News]
- Inauguration Resources from the United States Marine Band [US Marine Band]
- Alex Ross, music critic for the New Yorker, gives his take on the Inaugural Music [The Rest is Noise]
- Obama and the Arts
- Short Clip of Obama reciting Copland’s Lincoln Portrat with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2005 [YouTube]
- Let’s Treasure the Old Along with the New [CNN]
- Obama and the Arts – “Homeowners, banks, Detroit—everyone wants a bailout. But President Obama will need to invest serious money, and time, boosting the arts, too.” [Newsweek]
- Obama’s Call to Arts [Christian Science Monitor]
- Artists Urge Obama to Name a Secretary of Culture [Washington Post]
Posted: January 20, 2009 | PermaLink