Cancelation of Tuesday's rehearsal !

Dear all,

On Tuesday, September 20th we will have to cancel our rehearsal  due to an unexpected and serious health problem of one of my family's member.
Please come and see me for further details.
On Thursday, the rehearsal will be held normally.

Music scores for Christmas Performance

Please check if you have the following music parts for your instrument. 
If not, check with me and I'll give them to you:


Sugar Plum Fairy
Autumn, Vivaldi
Pirates of Caribbean - full score
Pink Panther
Star Wars


Please, suggest  to me music pieces you would like to perform  and I will do my best to find the scores :) !

Results for audition semester1, 2011 - 2012

The students below have earned a position in Orchestra.
Congratulations!
Please, remember that you need to come every Tuesday and Thursday, starting this Thursday September 15th,  to rehearse at the Orchestra - Studio room at B1.
You need to practise at home too, so please buy a special binder for Orchestra to keep safe all the scores I will give you.
Being a member of HIS Orchestra is being a responsible musician.
We are going to have a lot of performances, starting from  Christmas  so you need to be prepared and you can not quit your position unless there is a serious reason to do so.

Jenny Yang (grade 6) - flute
Sharon (grade 4) - flute  - modified score - trial period 
Tatsuya (grade 4) - percussionist - glockenspiel


Please, if you see your name at the list below, come and see me for a call back:

Bryan (grade 5) cello
Jonathan (grade 4) violin


 A special bravo to all the other students who participated in the audition.
Please, keep practising and  do try again  at our next audition which will be held next semester.

Special thanks to Leo (grade 4), to Shawn (grade 4) , to Yehna (grade 4) , to Alex (grade 4)
and to Anita (grade 5).

Orchestra rehearsals for Elementary Department

Orchestra for Elementary Department starts this Tuesday, September 13th.

Please remember that this week, we are not going to rehearse till 16:15.
Tuesday and Thursday we finish at 15:50.

Please make sure you have informed your parents to come earlier to pick you up or arrange your taxis.
For those who take the school bus, please check with the office before you come for rehearsal.

We will start practising on new scores for the Christmas Performance and rehearsing on old ones.

See you at the Orchestra Room with your instruments!

Auditions!

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the auditions for the Orchestra.

The results will be announced on Wednesday, through this blog and the name list of the students who can participate in the orchestra starting this semester will be posted on the information bulletin board.

Here are some pictures from that day :) !

Waiting for the audition to start

Alex !

Some of the auditors...Remember them?

Alex and Leo

Leo performing...

Yehna performing...

Jonathan performing ...

Tatsuya...

Bryan and Henry.

Jenny and her flute...

Please remember that the audition is taking place mainly to check your level of performance and see if you can perform in the orchestra level.

We don't want to stress you or make you believe that you are not a good musician just because the scores given are too difficult for you :) 

If you don't see your name in the list, you will be most welcome to try again at the auditions which will take place next semester !

New Music Year in HIS !

Welcome back everybody!

I hope during the summer you relaxed and you charged your batteries to full !

HIS Orchestra is proud to welcome  the new members from the Secondary Department:

Stella, in the Violin Section
Jay, Lesly and Candy in the Flute Section
Perry in the Brass Section

For the Elementary Department, audition for new members will be held on  next Thursday, September 8th, 15:15 - 15:30 downstairs at the Orchestra room.

So far, we have the following applicants:

Jonathan, grade 4 for violin
Sharon, grade 4 for flute
Shawn, grade 4 for glockenspiel
Alex, grade 4 for drums
Annita, grade 4 for piano
Yehna, grade 4 for piano
Leo, grade 4 for piano
Tatsuya , grade 4 for piano.

Those who will try with the piano and pass the audition they will have a position in the percussion section of the orchestra and depending their performance level will  be given a solo piano part with the orchestra.

Please, bring your own instrument  if you participate in the audition  (except piano players and drums)

You will perform in front of all the members of the Orchestra a small musical piece of your choice ( so please, bring the score with you) and I will let you know in private if you passed.

In case you don't get a pass in the Orchestra, don't loose your confidence! There are a lot of reasons why someone can not participate in the Orchestra and I can assure you that none of these reasons is because  he/she isn't good in music.

Practise more and be ready for next semester: New auditions will take place for those who would like to try again.

If you have any questions about the auditions or you would like  to apply, please contact me at: fay.his@gmail.com

September 13th and 15th Orchestra rehearsals will finish earlier than usual, at 15:45.
After the first week, we will have our normal schedule.

So happy to see you all, again!
Ms. Faye