Wakefield Music Boosters

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Spring Music Calendar for Jazz Band and Marching Band

The spring music calendar is now available. Please mark your calendars with upcoming rehearsal and performance dates. Click here for the calander.

Summer Honors Band
Sign up NOW!

Spring is here and summer is right around the corner. Need something fun to do? The Summer Honors Band is being held again this year. Click on the link for the official sign up form: http://tinyurl.com/SummerBandSignUp2014. Payment and sign up sheet must be submitted by Friday, June 6th. Questions regarding the program can be directed to Ms. Viscardi-Bankert.

String Fling and Jazz Night Concerts

There were full houses for both the String Fling and Jazz Night concerts. The String Fling concert featured string students from grades 4 through 12. The evening ended with a grand finale finish where all the students performed together. The Jazz Night Concert featured the Winter Percussion, Galvin Middle School Jazz Band, Wakefield High Jazz Ensemble II and Wakefield High Jazz Ensemble I. The concert concluded with 'Orange Colored Sky' with vocalist Sandra Mercer. All the students did an outstanding job. If you missed these performances you can view the videos listed below. Pictures from these performances can be found in our Photo Gallery Page.

String Fling Finale: http://youtu.be/6q5KKRmVFzY

WHS String Ensemble: http://youtu.be/NcTHSR6r-dU

WHS Full Orchestra: http://youtu.be/NcTHSR6r-dU

GMS Gr. 7 & 8 Orchestra: http://youtu.be/oXKz7K21xkY

GMS Gr. 6 Orchestra: http://youtu.be/5m3wS5wEl94

GMS Gr. 5 Orchestra: http://youtu.be/EBeCbSX0JZk

Wakefield Gr. 4 Orchestra: http://youtu.be/3Dt1Lv-7s-c

  http://youtu.be/bUYqgjmwtxo

Galvin Middle School Jazz: http://youtu.be/EOL1EylEfug

  http://youtu.be/MXfQn5V5nF4

Winter Percussion: http://youtu.be/fJaNzaXi5P0

  http://youtu.be/n_vNAK577h8

Jazz Ensemble 2: http://youtu.be/AQZDvqKahzU

http://youtu.be/8OVh9r5UnaQ

http://youtu.be/n_rO7zC811w

http://youtu.be/1cFiF1pimeU

Jazz Ensemble 1: http://youtu.be/jW10tRDHqGQ

http://youtu.be/wrCE-alhTVM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KXTbNZhq4U&list=UU66lDYkk4ROq1-qMtFQEMNw

  http://youtu.be/gJYJenKoWlc

 Attention Marching Band Students and Parents

Below are the 2014 Fall Marching Band Important Dates. Please not that this does not include the required Friday home football games.

August 11-14         - Band Camp, Week 1

August 18-21         - Band Camp, Week 2

September 27        - NESBA @ Melrose

October 4              - NESBA @ North Andover

October 11            - NESBA @ Medford

October 18            - MICCA @ Wakefield

October 25            - NESBA @ Reading

October 26            - MICCA Finals @ Lowell

November 1           - NESBA @ Wakefield

November 2           - NESBA Finals @ Lawrence

Volunteers Needed
With the upcoming renovations of the auditorium at the Galvin Middle School, the music lockers at Galvin will need to be moved to the high school. These lockers will replace the wooden lockers that are located in the hallway of the music wing at the high school.

The project will involve the following:

Removing the lockers from the Galvin (will use the school truck for this)
Removing the wooden lockers from the band room hallway
Installing the Galvin lockers in the space where the wooden lockers were located

The dates set for this project are May 3 & 4, 2014.

If you are available to help with this project please contact Lou Prosperi at LJP1963@aol.com . You will be added to a list of volunteers, and will receive further details at a later date as they become available.

Galvin Middle School Music Parents

Attached is a listing of the remaining performances and events for the Galving Middle School music students. Please add these important dates to your calendar. Also on this list are ways that you can help out with these upcoming events. It's lots of fun, a great way to meet other music parents and the teachers really appreciate all the help that parents provide. Click here for dates and opportunities to help out. Any questions you have can be directed to Lou Prosperi at ljp1963@aol.com.

Extra Extra - Read All About It
Wakefield named one of 2014's Best Communities for Music Education by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM Foundation)

This year the National Association of Music Merchants selected 376 districts in the country for having the best music education programs, Wakefield being one of them. In addition to Wakefield, there were also 13 other Massachusetts community chosen. To name some of them: Barnstable, Burlington, Belmont, Lexington, Wayland, Weston.

“These schools and districts make a strong commitment to music education in the core curriculum supporting its essential value to a well-rounded education for every child,” said Mary Luehrsen, NAMM Foundation executive director. “Strong, engaging programs that offer students access to music cannot thrive in a vacuum. The Best Communities designation and the SupportMusic Merit Award bring hard-won visibility to music classes, programs and departments that are keeping music education alive in our schools.”

"Now in its 15th year, the BCME program evaluates schools and districts based on funding, staffing of highly qualified teachers, commitment to standards, and access to music instruction. The NAMM Foundation with the assistance of researchers at The Institute for Educational Research and Public Service of Lawrence, Kansas (an affiliate of the University of Kansas) evaluate participants on these factors. Designations are made to districts and schools that demonstrate an exceptionally high commitment and greater access to music education."

For more information about NAMM please go to this link: http://www.namm.org/news/press-releases/namm-foundation-spotlights-2014%E2%80%99s-best-communities

Wakefield Music Boosters
60 Farm Street
Wakefield, MA 01880
www.wakefieldmusicboosters.com
wakefield.music.boosters@gmail.com

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