Music Notes Newsletter
The Music Notes Newsletter is "published" once a quarter to include information on what is happening in Macon Vocal Music.
A copy will be emailed and placed here for you to see, a paper copy may be sent home with your student upon request.
MUSIC NOTES
October 2022
Parents and Patrons,
Fall is off to a busy start in the Vocal Music department. From the Musical to District Auditions and the upcoming District Choir concert and rehearsal and All State auditions, it is busy!
NEMO All District Choir
Auditions were held on September 17 at Hannibal HS. We had 17 students audition for the All District choir, 11 were first time auditioners and 15 made the All-District choir. As I mentioned before we do not audition with the same school size. In Music we audition with all class sizes so we must bring our best performance in the solo and sight reading room. I am so proud of all of these students and even those that tried and did not make it. It is such an honor to be in the NEMO All District Choir. Our members are:
Freshman/Sophomore Choir:
Maysie Snider, Callie Butner, Lania White, Jorja Focht, Gabby Williams, Laney Whitlock, Acadia Flowers, Taylor Flowers, and Kadence Leeper
Junior/Senior Choir:
Tristan Wallach, Cailin Ewing, Ethan Bond, Caroline Moots, Elise Nelson, and Kyleigh Roberts
The All-District Choir rehearsal is November 5, 2022 at Moberly HS. The bus will leave MHS at 7:30am. We are eating lunch at Fiesta Mexican Restaurant.
Those in the Junior/Senior choir will be auditioning for All State Choir on that day. The All District Choir Concert will be at 5pm in the Moberly HS Auditorium. If a student makes the All State Choir they and their parents will need to stay after the concert for a meeting. I will announce if we have members after the Junior/Senior portion of the concert.
KOMU-8 Holiday Sing
On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 the Chamber Choir and Concert Choir both went to the historic MO Theater to sing their Christmas song selections to be used during the Holiday season on KOMU-8 TV. I will post the schedules as soon as I know when they will happen. The minute segments after the news on KOMU-TV 8 and the CW and they will begin on Thanksgiving evening and run through Christmas day.
Cardinals Calendar Fundraiser
The Cardinals Calendar sales began on October 19, 2022. All money and sales sheet needs to be turned in by November 9, 2022. The calendars will be here in the first week of December in time for Christmas. The majority of the sales goes towards medals and awards for the students in District Choir, and Music Festivals.
There will be prizes for the top sales.
Upcoming Events:
CMU Vocal Day-October 27, bus leaves at 7:30am and we will return to campus at 3pm.
Veterans Day Assembly-Nov. 11 @ 8:45am. The Chamber Choir and Concert Choirs will perform.
Conference Choir Rehearsal at Monroe City-Dec. 3 Bus TBA
Conference Choir Tour: Palmyra, South Shelby and Monroe City-Dec 5 Bus TBA
HS Band/Choir Christmas Concert-December 15 @ 7pm in the Auditorium
MS Band/Choir Christmas Concert-December 19 @ 7pm in the Auditorium
2022 Northeast Missouri All District Choir Macon Members
Freshman/Sophomore Choir:
Taylor Flowers Callie Butner
Jorja Focht Acadia Flowers
Maysie Snider Kadence Leeper
Laney Whitlock Lania White
Gabby Williams
Junior/Senior Choir:
Caroline Moots Tristan Wallach
Elise Nelson *Ethan Bond
Kyleigh Roberts *Cailin Ewing
*4-year members
Whether we realize it or not music is ALL around us. It plays in our cars or homes as the background noise to our lives. It is playing in stores to encourage people to shop and purchase items. It is blaring through loud speakers before athletic events to get us excited before a big game. But very few people get the privilege to experience music the way I do on a daily basis. I get to hear students SING and help them learn what they can do with their voice. I get a front row seat to watching young singers begin to learn how to use their voice. I watch others use their voice in the choir or small ensemble or even a solo. I get to watch students grow in confidence while taking solos or making all Conference or All District or even All State Choir. I get to watch the reaction when a piece is sung well or touches the students emotionally. Choir is the place where students grow as an individual as they work in a group to achieve common goals. My goal is to help Choir students work to achieve their goals and after graduation to be lifelong performers or supporters and consumers of Music.