SUBJECT: Music Monday 04.15.24 General Meeting Tonight, Spring Musicales and More
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
April 15, 2024
Message from the Reps
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Happy Monday, Music Studio Families!
Hopefully you're enjoying this beautiful spring weather we're having!
Join us tonight at 8pm via ZOOM for our General 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. Please note this is a new time and new zoom link due to a DOE meeting happening for families from 7-8pm.
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.
Spring Musicales
Join us TOMORROW at 6PM in the concert hall for Musicale #1 featuring:
String Orchestra
Cambiata
Cantare
Symphony Orchestra
Jazz Ensemble
Join us again on Thursday evening at 6PM in the concert hall for the Musicale #2 featuring:
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.
Take A Break
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It's Spring Break next week!
Wishing everyone a fun, safe and relaxing spring break.
Happy Passover to all who observe, and Happy Earth Day on April 22nd.
Are you on our mailing list? Please make sure you sign up to get on our mailing list so you will never miss a meeting. Meetings will always be posted in the Music Monday newsletter and reminder emails will also be sent.
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 to the LaGuardia Jazz Orchestra on a spectacular performance.
Click here to see video reels courtesy of Daniel Feldman from our parent community.
Click the poster to view the program.
Below photography by William Sherman
Jazz Orchestra at Swing 46
The LaGuardia Jazz Orchestra performed a set at Swing 46 in Manhattan on April 10th as a rehearsal before Friday's concert. Below are a few highlights.
Photography by William Sherman
The Jazz Orchestra is going to Copenhagen
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.
Recently, Deanna Sherman, along with her parents, Rebecca and Bill Sherman, and Mr. Kevin Blancq sat down to do an interview with WBGO News Director, Douglas Doyle, to talk about the concert collaboration in Denmark. WBGO is a public radio in Newark New Jersey that primarily plays jazz music. Click here to watch.
Congratulations!
Congratulations goes out to Junior Instrumental student, Liana Logan for being accepted into NYO2 for the second year in a row.
NYO2 is an intensive summer training program for outstanding young musicians ages 14-17.
Blurb From Ben
Dear Music Studio Families,
Our Spring concert season continues this week with our Spring Musicales.
Come out to hear the these two wonderful concerts Tuesday and Thursday. Our students have been working so hard all school year, so lend your support and witness their growth in musicianship.
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 17 - LaG Swag Sale
April 18 - Musicale #2, 6 pm. Featuring: Percussion Ensemble, Concert Orchestra, Elementary Chorus, Treble Chorus
April 19 - Fiorello Friday: New Music Ensemble
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.
Talk to others in the career you are interested in. Shadow them. Find out where they studied and what they did to work in their career.
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?
Look at the data in the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) and on LinkedIn
Get all the details you need for your best music school choice, from audition requirements to financial aid and career help - and what makes each school unique.
Click the photo to download the 2023-24 Guide to Music Schools.
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?
Do you know someone between 7th-12th grade who wants to further their musical training?
Perhaps a teen who wants to get into college for something music related?
How about a middle or high schooler who wants to get access to private lessons, chamber ensembles, music theory classes, and more at a fraction of the cost or no cost at all?
Then we have great news for you!
We have extended the application deadline for our esteemed MAP and Project Bridge Programs (2024/2025) to April 19th.
Both of Bloomingdale's scholarship programs are essential to our programming and mission "to bring high-quality music education to anyone who seeks it, regardless of economic status, ability level, ethnicity, or religious affiliation."
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.
PIERROT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
The Pierrot Chamber Music Festival includes programs for pre-college students (entering grades 7 through 12 for fall 2024) and college/conservatory students.
Festival Awards for pre-college students and college/conservatory students and Fellowships for college/conservatory students.
The Pierrot Chamber Music Festival runs from July 15 to July 26 at Adelphi University's Performing Arts Center and includes daily chamber music coaches by Festival Faculty, performance master classes, chamber orchestras, educational residences and a concert series over two weeks featuring faculty, guest artists and festival participants. Online application and information at available below.
The GRAMMY® Award-winning National Children’s Chorus, with weekly rehearsals by Lincoln Center, provides children ages 5 to 18 the opportunity to learn and grow in an extraordinary musical environment. The country’s leading music educators work with students weekly to develop their vocal and musicianship skills from the most basic concepts through the college level. With a variety of introductory to advanced choir levels, there are opportunities for young singers of all ages and experiences.
In addition to local seasonal performances, students in the Senior Division have the exclusive opportunity to participate in annual international summer tours, summer opera academy, and national concerts at premier venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Walt Disney Concert Hall. With a spectacular music-reading and theory curriculum to accompany its first-rate vocal training, the National Children’s Chorus is an unparalleled educational resource for children who love to sing. Don’t waste another minute. Set up a virtual audition today to discover your voice!
Children ages 5 to 18 are invited to apply. Financial Aid is available for all qualifying families.
Apply now on the NCC website to book an audition and attend the online information presentation on Sunday, May 5th! Click below to watch the NCC audition video.
