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__FWES ADVANCED & BEGINNER ORCHESTRA__ __REHEARSALS & LESSONS—2017-18__

__LESSONS__  All string students will start small group lessons in the orchestra room 114   **beginning** **MONDAY 9/11/17**--as indicated on the schedule below.

__ORCHESTRAS__  On ** __Tuesday Oct. 17th__, 7:30am Advanced Orchestra rehearsals will commence ** ** for 4th & 5th graders ** **.**   **On __Wednesday Oct. 18th__, 7:30am Beginner orchestra will commence**   **for the 3** rd ** graders. ** All morning orchestra rehearsals will occur in room 114. No one is to arrive prior to 7:30am—there will be no supervision until Mrs. Herrmann arrives @ 7:30am. Students will unpack their cases in the hallway.

*All 4 th grade advanced orchestra students will need to purchase the Sound Innovations, Book II Basic Edition for their particular instrument by November.

If you completed an instrument rental online in July and requested the string instructional package, these items have been delivered to the school and will be distributed at the first lesson. If you need to review the status of your instrument rental, please do so ASAP with the Music and Arts Store in Horsham.

For families who own the instrument that your child uses in school, it is highly recommended that you specifically include this instrument on your home-owners insurance policy.

NOTE:On late arrival days due to inclement weather, 7:30am morning orchestra is cancelled—however, all students should bring their instruments to school for regularly scheduled and specially rescheduled group lessons that day.

For the early dismissal days on Wednesdays, the students regularly scheduled on these early dismissal days will be rescheduled to a different lesson day for that week only—and a reminder will be sent home prior concerning the rescheduled lesson time.

After the January evening concert, 7:30am school orchestra will be suspended until mid February—however, lessons will continue as per usual. Details concerning the concerts will follow in a letter to be distributed one month prior to the concerts.

The concert dates are __TuesdayJanuary 9__ __th__ __and Tuesday May 15__ __th__ —the daytime concerts are at 2pm, and the evening concerts are at 7pm on 1/9/18 and 5/15/18.

If there are any questions, please feel free to call or send an e-mail. FWES ORCHESTRA SCHEDULE 2017-18 Starting Monday 9/11/17 FWES ORCHESTRA SCHEDULE 2017-18--Starting Monday 9/11/17 Honors Orchestra Matthew Gregg 5B Zachary Yolacan 5B Maisie Yuen 5B Selena Liang 5D Rae Takiff 5D Michael Rothkopf 5D || Tuesday 12:15 5th gr. Cellos Isabella Park 5B Rae Takiff 5D Michael Rothkopf 5D || Wed. 12:15 5th gr. Violins Claire Herman 5A Matthew Gregg 5B Zachary Yolacan 5B Samantha Black 5D Ryan Watt 5D || Thurs. 12:15 5th gr. Violins Priscilla Kim 5A Kelly Kim 5A Abby Miller 5B Maisie Yuen 5B Selena Liang 5D || Friday 12:15 Adv. 5th gr. Alex Freilich 5D || 3A Violin/Viola Jeffrey Broade Maia McClure--vla Rebekah McSpadden Dominick Powell-vla EJ Shaw-vla Laya Subramanian-vla Mason Wang || Tuesday 1:15 3B Violin/Viola Bailey Fichter Mia Guagliardo-vla Sam Guglielmi-vla Arden Kearney-vla Ira McLaughlin Ben Shervin-vla Jaedyn Cyrus 4C || Wed. 1:15 3rd gr. Cello Emily Waldron 3A Dulcie Anderson 3B Pierce Burns 3B Owen Haberbusch 3B David Jones 3B Ellie Kuznits 3B Natalie Sawka 3B Max Buehler 3C Lily Cohen 3D Julia Gregg 3D Kristen Kane 3D || Thurs. 1:15 3C Violin/Viola Ethan Au Aiden Bray Ariana Dai Abigail Harris-vla Sloane Hurlburt Louella Watt-vla Alisa Zeng || Friday 1:15 3D Violin Barnabas Chang Haley Lebby Jim Lozada-Cabello Mackenzie Mesick Nathan Miller Matthew Rothkopf Julia Slivka || 4th gr. Violin Aria Beauchamp 4A Kaly Clark 4A Delaney Steinberg 4A Hailee Channick 4B Aubrey Brown 4C Isabella Ford 4C Kathleen Kang 4D (Abby Guidi 4D) || Tuesday 1:45 4th gr. Cello William Claxton 4B Asher Levin 4B Madeline Shapiro 4B Grafton Keyes 4D Drew Rothman 4D Garrett Haggar 5D || Wed. 1:45 3rd gr. Bass Grant Budurka 3B Sophia Vitella 3C Kirsten Clark 3D Rory Duffy 3D Sofie Serrao 3D || Thurs. 1:45 4th grade Bass Jacob Keenan 4A || Friday 1:45 Honors Orchestra Matthew Gregg 5B Zachary Yolacan 5B Maisie Yuen 5B Selena Liang 5D Rae Takiff 5D Michael Rothkopf 5D || ***NOTE***__7:30 am orchestras__ start __Tuesday 10/17/17 for Advanced Orchestra__  and __Wednesday 10/18/17 for Beginner Orchestra—room 114__. On late arrival days due to inclement weather, morning orchestra is cancelled—however, all students should bring their instruments to school for regularly scheduled and specially rescheduled group lessons. Info posted @  __https://udhsorchestras.wikispaces.com/Fort+Washington+Elementary+Orchestra__ __https://udhsorchestras.wikispaces.com/FWES+orchestra+assignments__ media type="custom" key="20802052"
 * Monday 12:15
 * Monday 1:15
 * Monday 1:45
 * ORCHESTRA CALENDAR **

__ 3rd grade orchestra book __ __ Sound Innovations for String Orchestra—Book 1 __ (blue & white colored with instrument photos) Phillips, Boonshaft, & Sheldon—Alfred Publishing Be sure that it is for the correct stringed instrument—and that it is the __** Director’s Edition for the UDSD Elementary Orchestra **__

__ 4th GRADE orchestra--Sound Innovations for String Orchestra—Book 2 __ (red & white colored with instrument photos) Phillips, Boonshaft, & Sheldon—Alfred Publishing Be sure that it is for the correct stringed instrument—and that it is the BASIC EDITION

__ 5th grade orchestra __ __ String Techniques for Superior Musical Performance __ __ By Robert S. Frost, published by Kjos __ __ Sound Innovations for Sound Development--Intermediate String Orchestra __ __ By Bob Phillips & Kirk Moss, published by Alfred __ Music & Arts Center 490 Easton Rd., Horsham, PA19044 215-443-7880 or 800-347-1116 [|www.musicarts.com] **