Orchestra Concert Friday Feb. 1st

HEY ORCHESTRA STUDENTS-

DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR INSTRUMENT TO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY FOR OUR ASSEMBLY CONCERT!

When you arrive at school on Friday, bring your instrument, music and book to the music room right away.

When the bell rings, go drop off your stuff in the classroom, then come right back down to the music room to get ready for the 8:05 a.m. concert.

*Parents: due to space restrictions in the lunchroom, this school-time concert is only for Fairmount Park staff and students.

BAND, ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES

Beginning band & orchestra for grade 4/5 students:

parents should come to the music room on Curriculum night, Thursday September 13 at 6:30-7:00pm to get information about the instrumental program from Mr. Pendergrass.

Returning band & orchestra student in grade 5:

we will start rehearsals the week of September 17.

Intermediate Orchestra for 5th grade– first rehearsal is Wednesday Sept 19, 12:30-1:10.

Intermediate Band for 5th grade– first rehearsal is Thursday Sept 20, 1:40-2:25.

Please bring your instrument and band/orchestra book to school on those days.

Choir for grades 2-5 is offered after school on Tuesday and Thursday. You need to register through the PTA enrichment process. Details at www.fpepta.org

Checkout FP_Music_Online for more music resources from Mr. Pendergrass

Dear Fairmount Park Families-

Mr. Pendergrass has set-up a new online music notebook for students and families. This will give you access to all kinds of music resources for all things music at Fairmount Park in an easy to navigate OneNote portfolio. You can check it out here: http://bit.ly/FP_Music_Online.

You’ll find links to audio files for band, choir and orchestra; details about upcoming concerts; resources for classroom music about recorders (grade 3), guitars (grade 4) and keyboards (grade 5) available online anytime.

 

 

Blues Night- April 4, 2018 7pm.

*Brass players for Blues Night: Go here for your music.

You are invited to attend our second annual Fairmount Park Blues Night!  Concert scheduled for Wednesday April 4, at 7pm in the lunchroom. This will be a 30-40 minute concert and audience participation event of some soul searching, toe tapping, blues music!

Students from the intermediate band and 4.5 Choir will be performing along with the “Falcon Allstars Blues Band” (aka *FABB), featuring FP parents and teachers playing blues music on bass, drums, guitars and keyboard that evening.

Dress up as your favorite blues artist or character and join us for a fun evening!