Choir Links

2011-11-28T20:29:00.000-08:00

2011-2012 T.H.S. Grading Policy and Performance Calendar

2011-11-08T17:59:00.000-08:00

2011-2012 THS PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

2011-10-12T11:52:00.000-07:00

Monday ~ October 24 ~ FALL CONCERT @ 7 PM ~ THS Auditorium
Friday ~ Nov. 11 ~ VETERAN'S DAY PROGRAM @ 9:30 AM ~ Air Museum
Monday ~ December 12 ~ WINTER CONCERT @ 7 PM ~ THS Auditorium
Tuesday ~ March 13 ~ DIST. III CHOIR FESTIVAL ~ All Day ~ Scappoose
Thursday ~ March 15 ~ ALL CHOIR CONCERT @ 7 PM ~ THS Auditorium
Wednesday ~ April 4 ~ COWAPA CHOIR FESTIVAL ~ All Day ~ Clatskanie
Friday ~ May 4 ~ STATE 4A CHOIR CHAMPIONSHIPS ~ All Day ~ George Fox
Thursday ~ May 31 ~ SPRING CONCERT @ 7 PM ~ THS Auditorium
Friday ~ June 8 ~ GRADUATION @ 7 PM ~ Fairgrounds

THS 2010 - 2011 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

2010-09-02T18:17:00.000-07:00

Tillamook High School Choral Department

Mon. - 10/18 - Fall Concert - 7:00 PM - THS Auditorium
Mon. - 12/13 - Winter Concert - 7:00 PM - THS Auditorium
Mon. - 3/14 - All-Choir Concert - 7:00 PM - THS Auditorium
Wed. - 3/17 - District III Choir Festival - All Day - Astoria
Fri. -5/6 - State 4A Choir Championships - All Day - George Fox
Thurs. - 5/26 - Spring Concert - 7:00 PM - THS Auditorium
Fri. - 6/3 - THS Graduation - 7:00 PM - Fairgrounds

Underlined performances are for ALL CHOIRS

Additional 2010-2011 Performance Opportunities:
Choral Leadership Workshop, October 2, Willamette University, Salem
– Director selected
OMEA All-State Choir Audition Deadline, October 8
OMEA All-State Choir, January 13-16, 2011 - Eugene – Recorded audition required
District III Honor Choir, February 4 - 5 - St. Helens – 2 days
-- Director selected singers
District III Solo & Ensemble Contest, February 26, Tillamook – Open to all - Cost $10
Monday Musical Freshman-Sophomore Talent Night, April 11, 7 PM
-- Open to all Freshmen & Sophomores
T.H.S. Spring Musical, April 21-24, THS Auditorium
State Solo Competition, April 30– Linfield College
– Must qualify at District III Solo & Ensemble Contest
Monday Musical Junior-Senior Scholarship Program, May 15, Methodist Church, 2 PM
--Open to all Juniors & Seniors

OREGON SYMPHONY

2008-09-24T17:23:00.000-07:00

Contact:
Carl Herko
Vice President, Media & Public Relations
503-416-6347
cherko@orsymphony.org

August 1, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OREGON SYMPHONY MUSICIANS WILL TRAVEL TO TILLAMOOK
FOR 2008-2010 COMMUNITY MUSIC PARTNERSHIP

(PORTLAND, Ore.) – Tiny Tillamook is justifiably known across Oregon for everything from the quality of its dairy products to its spectacular coastal scenery, but it could well acquire another reputation – as Music Central – when musicians from the Oregon Symphony adopt the coastal community as a sort of home-away-from-home during a special two-year collaboration.

Tillamook will be the site of the Oregon Symphony’s seventh Community Music Partnership from 2008 through 2010, the orchestra has announced. The partnership – the orchestra’s largest community-engagement activity – is a nationally recognized, one-of-a-kind program that aims to strengthen music education in small rural communities across Oregon.

The first year of the partnership will see Oregon Symphony musicians, conductors and educators regularly traveling the 115 miles from Portland to Tillamook to present some 350 musical activities ranging from master classes to small ensemble performances and chamber music concerts. In spring 2009, first-year activities will culminate with community and youth concerts featuring the full orchestra.

During the second year, the focus shifts to sustainability projects such as teacher workshops and planning for continued community involvement in music education. Throughout, the Oregon Symphony will work closely with its primary partnership collaborators – Tillamook School District #9 and the Monday Musical Club of Tillamook – as well as other local arts groups.

For each new partnership, Oregon Symphony staff members work with a local advisory committee and schools to design activities based on their own community’s goals.

“It’s not about us coming in and doing everything for them,” explained Monica Hayes, the orchestra’s education and community-engagement program director. “It’s them designing a curriculum focus and the community concert lineup they want and need, using our resources. Inevitably, these planners act like kids in a candy shop as they plan their year with the orchestra.”

Tillamook, with fewer than 5,000 residents, was chosen by the orchestra as its 2008-2010 partner because of its commitment to rebuilding an economically devastated music program after five years of offering no music education in its elementary schools.

“This new partnership with the Oregon Symphony will give our students the gift of music that has been missing in our elementary schools for the last few years because of budget issues,” said Ed Armstrong, grants and foundation director for Tillamook School District #9. “We are very excited as a school and a community to bring this new partnership to the Tillamook students and teachers.”

The Oregon Symphony’s Community Music Partnership receives funding from the Ford Family Foundation of Roseburg, Ore., and the Oregon Arts Commission.

“As one of the funders of the Community Music Partnership over several years, it is particularly gratifying to see the initiative and community-building spirit evidenced by Tillamook’s application and selection,” said Norm Smith, president of the Ford Family Foundation. “Citizens in this community continue to work on the vitality of the city and the region with great energy and vision. We offer our warmest congratulations to Tillamook and the Oregon Symphony.”

Community leaders are eager to welcome the orchestra back to Tillamook.

"I am absolutely thrilled that Tillamook has been awarded the Community Music Partnership,” said Marianne Gienger, cultural events director of the Monday Musical Club of Tillamook. “When the Oregon Symphony first came to Tillamook in 1994 for a community concert, it left such a big impact on our town that we were encouraged to bring in other performing groups. Since that time, the Monday Musical Club has been successfully providing from four to seven cultural events each season.

“We look forward to the presence of the Oregon Symphony during the next two years and the impact they will leave on our schools, as well as our community."

Previous Community Music Partnerships have taken the Oregon Symphony to nearly every part of the state, from Klamath Falls, North Bend and Redmond to Baker City, Estacada, La Grande and Cove. In 2005, the Community Music Partnership program was honored by the League of American Orchestras with its MetLife Award for Excellence in Community Engagement.

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TRI-M '07'08 OFFICERS

2007-10-20T16:14:00.000-07:00

Shown here:
Noah Boring - Secretary
Eric Orozco - Vice President
Bonnie Hastings - President
Jordan Wolfe - Treasurer
Nathan Casteel - Historian

JUNIOR HIGH BEGINNING GUITAR CLASS ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE

2007-10-13T21:37:00.000-07:00

Text: Belwin Mills 21st Century Guitar Method 1 by Aaron Stang
___/5 .........................Parts of the guitar, technique and theory
___/5 .......................#3 Notes on the First String - All (#1, 2, 3)
___/23......................#4 Folk Song
___/25......................#5 Flamenco Fantasy
..............___/XC 5....#6 The Blues Beat
___/5........................#7 Notes on the Second String - All (#1, 2, 3)
___/49.....................#8 Jingle Bells
___/24.....................#9 Aura Lee
..............___/XC 5.. #10 The Boogie Shuffle
___/5.......................#11 TIED NOTES- All Tied Up
___/33.....................#12 Mary Ann
..............___/XC 5..#13 Power Rock
..............___/XC 5.. #14
___/16.....................#15 PICK UP NOTES - When The Saints...
___/5.......................#16 Notes on the Third String - All (#1, 2, 3)
___/80.....................#17 DOTTED HALF NOTE - Oh, Susanna
___/36.....................#19 3/4 TIME SIGNATURE - Down In the Valley
...............___/XC 5..#20 We Three Kings
___/40.....................#22 REPEAT SIGNS - Red River Valley
...............___/XC 5..#23 Singing Strings
___/44.....................#25 NEW NOTE: A - Danny Boy
___/21.....................#26 Plaisir D’Amour
___/33.....................#27 TABLATURE - Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
___/50.....................MID-TERM: Perform song of Mrs. Henderson’s
....................................choice. Receive one day...perform the next
___/5.......................#28 Notes on the Fourth String - #1, 2, 4
___/32.....................#29 Amazing Grace
...............___/XC 5..#30 House of the Rising Sun
___/41......................#32 EIGHTH NOTES - Ten Little Indians
...............___/XC 5..#33 Spy to Spy
___/47.....................#34 MORE REPEAT SIGNS - Surfin’ Safari
___/48.....................#36 THE SHARP SIGN - Aura Lee
___/50.....................#38 Golden Slippers
...............___/XC 5..#39 Simple Gifts
...................................LAST WEEK FOR EXTRA CREDIT
___/17......................#40 C, G and G7 CHORDS - Chord Study
___/45......................#41 Folk-Rock Style
___/19......................#42 D and D7 CHORDS - Chord Study
___/38......................#43 New River Train - Melody
___/9................................New River Train - Chords
___/___...................FINAL PLAYING TEST
___/75......................FINAL WRITTEN TEST
Turn in Guitar, Case, Book & CD

TJHS CHOIR 2010 - 2011 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

2007-10-11T19:54:00.000-07:00

Tillamook Junior High School Choir

Date to be determined - Sing at Five Rivers - during choir class time
December 14 - Winter Concert - 7:00 P.M. - THS Auditorium
March 14 - All-Choir Concert - 7:00 P.M. - THS Auditorium
May 17 - Dist. III MS Choir Festival - All Day - Forest Grove
May 31 - Spring Concert - 7:00 P.M. - THS Auditorium

THS & TJHS CHOIR GRADING POLICY

2007-10-11T18:09:00.001-07:00

GRADING POLICY

DAILY points (5 daily) given when you:
1. Be respectful to the Director and other choir members
2. Follow the Directors instructions
3. Contribute musically and artistically
4. Keep a positive attitude
5. Be accountable for your actions

DAILY points are deducted (2 to 5 points) by:
1. Leaving the room for any reason during rehearsal
2. Talking when you should be singing or listening
3. Being out of your seat during attendance
4. Eating or drinking anything besides water during rehearsal
5. Leaving your folder or robe out
6. Chewing gum during rehearsal
7. Being tardy
8. A lack of effort/not participating
9. Showing disrespect to the Director or choir members
10. Not following directions

DAILY points are deducted (5 points) by:
1. An unexcused absence

50 PERFORMANCE points. Given accordingly:
10 points: Being on time
15 points: Wearing the correct attire
15 points: Performance on the risers
10 points: Audience etiquette

PERFORMANCE points are deducted (all 50 points)by:
An unexcused absence. This will lower your grade one letter.

PERFORMANCE points are deducted (1 to 49 points) if:
1. You bring a signed note from your parent/guardian within two school days for a missed performance to receive less of a deduction depending upon the severity of the absence.
2. You do not meet the above criteria

Your grade will be calculated based on your accumulated points:
100% - 90% = A
89% - 80% = B
79% - 70% = C
69% - 60% = D
59% - 0% = F

THS PERFORMANCE ATTIRE
MEN: Collared shirt, dark tie, dark pants,
dark socks, dark closed-toe shoes
no jeans - no tennis shoes or sandals

WOMEN: Skirt or dress (no clothing shown below robe line),
suntan colored nylons or bare leg, dark closed-toe shoes
no jeans - no tennis shoes or sandals

TJHS PERFORMANCE ATTIRE
All: Attire to be determined every year.
Dark, closed-toe shoes
Girls: Suntan colored nylons or bare leg.

COURSE OFFERINGS

2007-10-10T21:44:00.000-07:00

COURSE OFFERINGS
I know when I visit other teacher's sites I like to know what kind of a program they have at their school. Following are the classes I teach on a daily basis:

Tillamook Junior High Mixed Choir
A non-auditioned choir for 7th and 8th graders

Tillamook Junior High General Music
Open to 7th and 8th graders, this class covers composing, playing guitar, studying musical theater, learning about composers, symbols, instruments of the orchestra and much more.

Tillamook High School Concert Choir
An auditioned competition choir and largest choir

Tillamook High School Mixed Choir
A non-auditioned choir which sings mostly SAB music

Tillamook High School Vocal Ensemble
An auditioned choir comprised of 16-18 students achieving the highest points possible on their audition. These students possess a high level of vocal maturity, leadership and character. This group sings for community events and takes a tour in the Spring.

PRIVATE VOICE TEACHERS

2007-10-10T21:26:00.000-07:00

Many of you have asked about private lessons. I'm currently not teaching privately due to the rigors of my "day" job teaching publicly.

Here are the names and phone numbers (in alphabetical order) of the private voice teachers in Tillamook County that I'm aware of:

Caryn Backman 842-6865
Shirley Christensen 842-4127
Robert Herman 322-9674
Dwight Phelps 377-4568
Michael Simpson 355-2692

If there are other private voice teachers that aren't listed, please let me know. You will need to contact the above teachers and inquire about their rates and lesson location.

I hope this helps some of you. I personally began voice lessons as a junior in high school and continued lessons until I was 24. I wish I still had the time and energy to take lessons.

Individual private lessons will not only improve your technique and musicianship but will upgrade any choral group you sing in.

Go ahead...give 'em a call.