SUBJECT: Music Monday 04 .08 .24 New Music, Jazz and much more
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April 8, 2024
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Happy Monday, Music Studio Families!
We're back! We hope you enjoyed the 4-day weekend last week, and if you were able to see the solar eclipse today, we hope you safely enjoyed your viewing experience.
It's April and we are more than three quarters of the way through the school year - can you believe it!? There's lots happening this spring, so please keep your calendars updated and stay tuned to your Music Monday newsletter so you don't miss a thing! Here's a look at what's coming up this week and next.
New Music Ensemble Showcase and Jazz Orchestra Concert
Join us TOMORROW at 6PM in the concert hall for the New Music Ensemble Showcase. The fall concert was more intimate and for families only, but tomorrow evening's performance is open to all, and it's your chance to hear the many incredible students perform original music!
Join us again on FRIDAY evening at 6PM in the concert hall for the Spring Jazz Orchestra concert. Come and hear these amazing students for yourself, and consider donating to their Copenhagen fund. If by now you aren't sure what that is all about, keep reading to learn more.
If you have ordered merchandise online, it will now be available for pick-up during all scheduled concerts. Please stop by the merchandise/concession tables to pick-up your merchandise. Going forward, merchandise will only be available for sale during scheduled concerts. Thank you so much for your continued support.
General Music Studio Meeting
Join us on Monday, April 15th at 7:30pm via ZOOM for our next Music Studio Meeting: Components of Executive Functioning in How to Help Our Kids Navigate School and the World. We will be joined by special guest, Jane Emmer. Below, you will find her bio.
Meeting ID: 834 5175 6792
Passcode: 356751
Jane Emmer Bio
Jane Weil Emmer is an accomplished academic and executive functioning coach with over 25 years of experience in the field of education. She holds a Bachelor of Science in high school math education, a Master of Arts in Teaching, and a certificate in college and career counseling.
Jane's expertise lies in understanding the unique needs of her students and guiding them to reach their full potential. As a creative thinker, she is dedicated to helping individuals developnthe skills and strategies necessary for academic success and personal growth. With her wealth of knowledge and compassionate approach, Jane is committed to empowering her students to thrive in their educational and professional pursuits.
Eid al-Fitr, and will be observed by the DOE on Wednesday.
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Please continue to join us virtually and in-person. We look forward to seeing you!
Calling All Volunteers!
Many Hands Make Light Work!
It's concert season and we need your help!
Come out and help us sell merchandise, concessions, pop some corn and meet your Music Studio Board members and fellow Music Studio parents in-person! We're a friendly bunch!
Congratulations once again to all the amazing soloists and the incredible LaGuardia Philharmonic Orchestra on a stellar performance that took place last month. See photo and video highlights below.
Click the above poster for the full program
John Christian Henderson
Bassoon
Rhiannon Chaston
Flute
Bobby Boogyeom Park
Violin
Diogo Muggiati-Feldman
Trumpet
LaGuardia Philharmonic Orchestra
Above Photography by William Sherman
Concerto Video Highlights
Overture to Candide - Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Concerto in Bb for Bassoon, K. 191 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 283 - Carl Reinecke (1824-1910)
Fantaisie Brillante sur “Faust”, Op. 20 - Henri Wieniawski (1835-1880)
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra - Alexander Arutiunian (1920-2012)
Support The Jazz Orchestra
Hurry, Go Fund Them Before Time Runs Out!
The LaGuardia High School Jazz Orchestra has been invited to Copenhagen to spend their Spring Break week collaborating with Sankt Annae Gymnasium, the top upper secondary school of music in Denmark. After years of planning, the youth Big Band from Sankt Annae visited NYC and collaborated with the LaGuardia Jazz Orchestra last spring, and now Sankt Annae wishes to host and reciprocate. It is hoped that this cultural exchange can become an annual tradition between the two schools who share a common mission–to ensure music education at a high level for talented students–and perhaps grow to include other departments and groups from both schools in future years. This is an exceptional opportunity for the students to learn from each other, experience different cultures, and participate in concerts, workshops and jam sessions together.
We are asking you to support these amazing students by donating to help defray the coststhat will be incurred by families and make it possible for every member of the orchestra to attend. The Jazz Orchestra will travel together from NYC to Copenhagen for a seven-night stay, where costs including hostel accommodations, airfare, local transportation and meals are ballparked at nearly $2,000 per student.
All funds will be donated directly to LaGuardia High School to support the Jazz Orchestra trip to Copenhagen. Your donations will help subsidize the cost for all students, and especially for students in need of financial assistance in order to attend this trip. Let's make sure that every student is able to attend and perform in Copenhagen!
Join us in celebrating this wonderful opportunity, and please donate today to help make this a memorable and impactful experience for the students of the LaGuardia High School Jazz Orchestra!
CLICK THE ABOVE AND BELOW PHOTOS TO HEAR THE JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Blurb From Ben
Dear Music Studio Families,
Our Spring concert season is in full swing!
Come out to hear the New Music and Jazz Orchestra concerts this Tuesday and Friday. Next week is all about the Musicales. Our students have been working so hard all school year, so lend your support and witness their growth in musicianship.
April 9 - New Music Spring Ensemble Showcase, 6 pm, Concert Hall
April 12 - Spring Jazz Orchestra Concert, 6 pm, Concert Hall
April 15 - General Music Studio Meeting: Components of Executive Functioning in How to Help Our Kids Navigate School and the World with special guest speaker, Jane Emmer
April 16 -Musicale #1, 6 pm. Featuring: String Orchestra, Cambiata, Cantare, Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble
April 18 - Musicale #2, 6 pm. Featuring: Percussion Ensemble, Concert Orchestra, Elementary Chorus, Treble Chorus
Music Studio Funding Appeal
The Music Studio thanks you for your continued donations and support for our students and studio. Your donations assist in covering the many expenses of the Music Studio, which in turn helps our students. While we work to continuously support our students and teachers, we definitely cannot achieve this without your help. These necessary funds are used to purchase the music our students perform, workshops, master classes, professional development, accompanists and so much more.
Click HEREto read our fundraising letter - WE NEED YOUR HELP!!
Music Studio Merchandise!!
Our online store is now closed
Merchandise can be purchased at all scheduled concerts. If you ordered something previously, orders can be picked up during scheduled concerts.
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Talk to your studio teachers
Try an internship or volunteer somewhere
Does it match the values that are important to you? Ask yourself is it a calling? Would you still do it if you didn't get paid? Are you passionate about it?
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Below you will find a list of organizations who offer summer programing for high school students. Click on any one to be taken directly to their websites for more information.
*DISCLAIMER*
The LaGaurdia PA does not endorse any of the below organizations. Resource listing is provided simply as a means to share information with our Music Studio Community.
ArtsBridge Summer 2024
Applications Are Now Open For Our 15th Summer
Join us next summer at Baldwin Wallace University for the ArtsBridge Summer programs you already love, plus our newest addition!
We are thrilled to announce our newest program: ArtsBridge Summer Screen Acting! Led by Chapman University faculty John Benitz, students in this 4-day add-on program will discover a whole new world of acting for the screen. Through a series of exercises and hands-on experience, students will build foundational screen acting skills. The program will culminate in the filming and screening of partnered scenes, allowing students to experience the entire process from rehearsal to professionally edited work.
Just Announced: Scholarships are available through the Empire State Summer Arts Scholarship, a program of the New York Department of Education. Must apply by April 19, 2024. Eligibility Requirements
Do you have additional resources to share with the LaGuardia Music Studio Community?
Join me in continuing the incredible work of Sanford Meisner after the Neighborhood Playhouse Junior program closes on April 6th: Teen Meisner with Mollie O'Mara.
There is so much more to Meisner's training, that I am excited to be able to continue this work with the students. From Mr. Meisner's own words that "Acting is the ability to live truthfully under imaginary circumstances" I will expertly guide our young actors through the technique with improvisations, scenes and monologues all the while working off the imagination and/or text.
Saturday, April 13 - May 18, from 11am-1pm
ArtNY, 520 Eighth Avenue
The cost of the class will be $325 per person for the six (6) Saturday sessions, made payable one week before class starts. This class will also include an 8x10 professional photo (over $500 value) and we'll work on an acting resume.
The Sing for Hope Youth Chorus is Sing for Hope’s musical ensemble that provides creative service learning through rehearsal and performance for children and youth ages 8-18 via an innovative multi-age model. At once global and hyperlocal, The Sing for Hope Youth Chorus is our pride and joy, currently centering a core group made up of young singers from across the New York Metropolitan area. Performing subset groups include Girls’ Chorus, Gospel Choir, and more. Click here for more information.
SOUND + SCIENCE
Sound+Science is an innovative after-school program in NYC for high school students interested in exploring the unique and deep connection between music and STEM. Through a unique curriculum, participants will explore modules like ‘The Hidden Codes in Electronic Music’, ‘From Hip-Hop to AI’, and Music Improvisation and the Evolution of the Mathematics of Computation Sound+Science, revealing the profound connections between music, technology, physics and mathematics.
Participants can look forward to Masterclass Lectures, where industry experts shed light on the confluence of music and technology and the Studio Labs, which provide a hands-on environment for participants to apply their knowledge, fostering creativity and collaboration.
Sound+Science will also offer a challenging and supportive environment that pairs high school students with local college STEM majors as they work together on Incentive-based projects designed to challenge and motivate participants to create real-world applications that resonate with musicians, producers, and coders while facilitating knowledge exchange and mutual growth.
The program will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-7pm at Civic Hall in Union Square from March 5 - May 23 with breaks to coincide with the DoE's calendar. It is completely free for New York City Public School students through support from the Simons Foundation.
Do you know of an opportunity to share with the LaGuardia Music Studio Community?
