Congratulations to the 8 McCracken Band members and all the participants of the 2006 IMEA District 7 Junior Festival this past Saturday, Nov. 4. All the groups sounded fantastic and the hard work from the day was clearly evident. What...
We had a terrific clinic with Sam Hazo this morning. We hadn’t really looked at Our Kingsland Spring since we performed it a few weeks ago, but the kids were fantastic, worked really hard, and Mr. Hazo was really able...
General Considerations “Warming up the paper” The difference is whether you know something about the music before you play it or not. “Sing your lives through your instrument.” While describing how there are no wrong answers when dealing with interpretation:...
We are very pleased to announce Triangle Printers, Inc. as the lead sponsor of our Midwest Clinic Pre-Conference Performance on December 18, 2006, 7:30 PM at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. A current list of...
On Saturday, October 7, HBO is premiering The Music in Me: Children’s Recitals from Classical to Latin, Jazz to Zydeco.” The show profiles several young musicians from around the country, and demonstrates the profound impact music has on our childrens’...
On Ancient Dialogue’s path to Chicago by Patrick J. Burns A few years ago, I was doing some research on the net in the computer lab of Montclair State University’s Department of Music, where I teach. I was looking for...
What a relief! We received word that the program we submitted for our Midwest performance was approved this morning. The programs of all the performing groups won’t be posted by the Midwest Office until late October, but it’s now officially...
In addition to our scheduled performance at the Midwest Clinic, December 22, 2006 from 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM, we will be performing as the demostration group for a clinic by Bruce Pearson on Thursday, 10:15 – 11:15 in the...
September 15 has been looming since our very first Midwest Memo. Today was the deadline for submitting our concert program to the Midwest Board for approval. If you’re a regular reader, you know I had every intention of submitting early....
As part of our recruitment drive, the Symphonic Band will be performing for the 4th Grade classes on Wednesday, September 27. We rehearse the morning of Sept. 27 at 7:20 at Middleton. Rehearsal on Thursday, September 28 will be cancelled....