After an unfortunate incident while setting up the spring concert, one of our small keyboards was irreparably damaged. The little Yamaha PSR 175 had given its all, but we decided to squeeze one more learning experience from it. Our middle school students used screwdrivers (including my power screwdriver) to disassemble the keyboard down to its tiniest components.
Meanwhile, students took turns singing Karaoke & doing KJ duties!
It’s time for our Spring Concert once again. Our musicians have worked very hard over the past several weeks, and I’m sure everyone will have a great time.
Here are some important things you may wish to know about the concert:
Concert dress is a red Summit shirt and Khaki pants. No jeans or shorts, please. Ladies may wear capris. We ask that younger students avoid dresses if at all possible (as modesty is difficult to maintain when on risers or sitting on stage). If a student must wear a dress, please wear white tights or white leggings underneath.
The concert will begin at 6:30. Students that play an instrument will need to arrive in time to tune at 6:00. All other students may arrive by 6:15.
Student safety is always important to us, especially while we are in the community. It is important that you are with your student until you bring them to their teacher. Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and First Grade students will be seated with their families on the ground floor level. All other classes will be in the balcony. Parents of students 2nd Grade and older may check your students in with their teachers and then find a comfortable place to enjoy the concert.
We will dismiss from our youngest students to the older students. If you have more than one child, older siblings will join you when your youngest is dismissed. For example, my 1st grader will join my Pre-K student when my Pre-K is dismissed. We ask that students with instruments wait a moment for things to clear before picking them up.
Our concert will be held at Clara Thompson Hall on Drury Campus
Click Here for a PDF Map
Click Here for Google Map Directions
Parking will be at a premium. We recommend carpooling and arriving early.
The concert will begin promptly at 6:30 and will last about an hour and fifteen minutes.
It is understandable that a student may be ill or have another previous commitment. Please RSVP your teacher and Mr. Keech via email with any regrets.
Thanks for all that you do to make our school great.
Shawn Keech
The Annual String Festival is coming up March 30th. The Intermezzo and Chamber strings will be performing Clog Dance (which we learned for our first concert). We will also perform a second piece, which I would love to have our performer’s opinion on. Here are some options for you to listen to, look at the score (look for your part).
Rate the pieces on a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the piece you would like the most. Email me the results; I’ll order music on Friday.
Here are the contenders:
Summit parents & students will occasionally part with their instruments. Perhaps they have been outgrown, perhaps a student has decided to pursue another interest. We’ve added a page to post those occasional offers. The permanent link is in the banner above.
The first instrument posted is a Parker guitar. (Update: The Parker had been sold!)
Check it out here!
Audacity is a free program for recording, editing, and manipulating sound files. You will need to have a copy installed on your laptop and accessible to your desktop. Test the program by opening ITunes and Audacity and dragging a song from ITunes into Audacity. Look at the menus at the top of the Audacity Screen. If you look under effects, you should find “vocal remover (for center panned vocals)”. If you can do these things from your desktop, you have successfully installed Audacity.
I am happy to assist you with installing the program, but you will either need administrator privileges or your parents will need to email me your administrator level password. Upcoming assignments are dependent on this install.
Download and install Audacity.
You will also need to install these three. Please follow the instructions on each page:
Session One Ends for Extended Session Music Classes:
The first session for Extended Session Music Classes (Strings, Choir, Class Guitar, and All-Stars) has ended with the Fall Concert.
The Fall Concert was wonderful. All participants worked hard to prepare for the evening and should be proud of their effort and accomplishments.
Extended Session Music Classes will reconvene in January.
It’s time for our Fall Concert once again. Our musicians have worked very hard over the past several weeks, and I’m sure everyone will have a great time.
Here are some important things you may wish to know about the concert:
Concert dress is a red Summit shirt and Khaki pants. No jeans or shorts, please. Ladies may wear capris. We ask that younger students avoid dresses if at all possible (as modesty is difficult to maintain when on risers or sitting on stage). If a student must wear a dress, please wear white tights or leggings underneath them.
The concert will begin at 6:30. Students that play an instrument will need to arrive in time to tune at 6:00. All other students may arrive by 6:15.
Student safety is always important to us as we are in the community. It is important that you are with your student until you bring them to their teacher. Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten students will be seated in the first two rows on the ground floor level. All other classes will be in the balcony. You may check your student in with their teachers and then find a comfortable place to enjoy the concert.
We will dismiss from our youngest students to the older students. If you have more than one child, older siblings will join you when your youngest is dismissed. For example, my 1st grader will join my Pre-K student when my Pre-K is dismissed. We ask that students with instruments wait a moment for things to clear before picking them up.
Our concert will be held at Clara Thompson Hall on Drury Campus
Click Here for a PDF Map
Click Here for Google Map Directions
Parking will be at a premium as there are two other events in the area. We recommend carpooling and arriving early.
The concert will begin promptly at 6:30 and will last between 45 minutes and an hour.
As we are in cold and flu season, it is understandable that a student may be ill or have another previous commitment. Please RSVP your teacher and Mr. Keech via email with any regrets.
Thanks for all that you do to make our school great.
Shawn Keech
Mr. Keech needs wigs for a song called Cabeza that will be performed on our November 11th concert. It would be great if we could borrow them from November 1-November 17th so we can rehearse with them (they can be returned November 17th). We also need parents that are willing to be bald and proud on stage to complete our song. Sign-up here if you can help!