To Kill A Mockingbird

Mt. Hebron’s Fall Play, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” will feature the choir performing “Dixie” at the beginning of the show.  Dates are November 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, and 19 at 7 p.m.  Call MTH at 410-313-2848 for ticket reservations.

College Arts Information

For some of you 8th grade parents, it’s never too soon to start looking ahead to college!  If you think your child might consider an arts major, you should attend this great event put on by the Howard County Fine Arts Advisory Council:

Welcome Back!

Welcome Patapsco Parents and Students to the Music Blog!  Please explore the tabs at the top, where you’ll find useful information throughout the year regarding general music, chorus, and ways that your family can enjoy the thriving arts organizations in our local communities.  You can access even MORE PMS music info. by clicking HERE.  As always, I thank you for your support of a quality  Music Education for your children.

Look ahead to….

1)  National Arts in Education Week Sept. 14-18, 2011

2)  Patapsco Music Boosters Meeting at 7 pm in the Media Center, Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

3)  Back to School Night, Thursday, September 15th, 2011

In Closing…

I’d like to thank all of my students for another wonderful year at Patapsco.  It is hard to say goodbye to the 8th graders, some of whom I’ve taught since 1st grade!  Although no student should ever have to have the same teacher for that long (!), I think we’ve had a really good time together and some beautiful music to show for it.  My 8th grade music classes were just outstanding this year– I know you all can take what you’ve learned and really have fun playing instruments in school or at home on your own time.  You were considerate, hard-working, and outstanding audience members.  Now get out there and take in some concerts so you can put those skills to good use!  I look forward to seeing many of your families at the Music Awards night on Monday (13th at 6:30 pm in the cafeteria) and wish all of you a safe and happy summer.  Keep singing!

P.S. I will be sending audition music and recordings home over the summer for singers who want to get a head start for the GT Chorus (6/7/8) or All-State (7/8/9) auditions in the Fall.

Take care,  ~Mrs. Mills~

The results are in…

Congratulations to the PMS Choirs for a fine showing at the 2011 Hershey Park “Music in the Parks” festival.

The Treble Chorus received a 2nd place trophy and a rating of EXCELLENT from the judges.

The Chamber Singers received a 1st place trophy and a rating of SUPERIOR from the judges.

The scores were tallied against all other middle school choirs competing in our festival, and the Chamber Singers also received the OVERALL CHORAL AWARD from the judges.  Wow!

The OUTSTANDING ACCOMPANIST award for every group performing in the festival on Friday was (again!) BERT ZHANG.  WOWIE ZOWIE!

Congratulations to all singers and thanks again to our fabulous parent chaperones.  You can hear all of the performance recordings and judges’ comments online at patapscochorus.hcpss.wikispaces.net.  Click on “Hershey Park” on the left of the screen and the recordings are right at the top of the page!

GREAT JOB, SINGERS!!!    ~Mrs. Mills~

Hershey Chaperone Info.

Thanks again for volunteering and and attending the chaperone meeting!

Please review the PowerPoint presentation from tonight’s meeting:

HersheyPresentation11

The presentation includes the itinerary for this year’s trip.

Take care,  ~Mrs. Mills~

HERSHEY SHIRTS!

Use this link to access the Shirt Vote on my Wikispace!

All directions are included on the page.  You may each vote for 1 shirt and voting will close on Friday, April 8th.  Enjoy!

http://patapscochorus.hcpss.wikispaces.net/Hershey+Shirts

Assessment 4/6

Parents of 7th and 8th grade Chorus members– The following is important information regarding next week’s Choral Assessment trip to Long Reach High School:

NOTE: The bus will leave Patapsco at 4:30.  We will organize in the cafeteria at 4:15.  Students can go home at dismissal and then come back to school OR they can stay after school and work on HW in the music room with Mrs. Mills.  If they choose to stay at school, they must have all of their concert attire when they arrive to school in the morning.  They may hang their clothes in the closet in my classroom when they arrive to school and change into their clothes after school.  We will be back to Patapsco for pick-up between 7:45-8:00 p.m. and students will be able to enter the building to get their backpacks and school clothes.

Treble Chorus performs on stage at LRHS at 5:20 PM

Chamber Singers perform on stage at LRHS at 6:40 PM

All are welcome to come watch our performance!  We appreciate your support. ~Mrs. Mills~

Performance as an Advocacy Tool

Greetings!

I’m having the pleasure today of leading a session for other music teachers at our annual Spring Professional Development.  For anyone attending that is interested in more information, please visit the department’s Intranet site, or access the resources here.

Choral Sharing Day/ General Music/ Recital slides: (please contact me by email if you want more info. about general music showcases or ideas for recital features)   Choral Sharing Day

String-A-Palooza slides: (contact Philip Hale for more info.)  String-a-Palooza! presentation

Coming Soon:  MTH Arts PRISM gala notes

Coming Soon:  YOUR ideas for “out-of-the-box” performances!

HCST Jr. auditions for “Fiddler!”