Important dates!

IMPORTANT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC DATES

October 16th through 20th

• After school lessons begin

October 25th (Wednesday)

• Wind ensemble and lessons moved to wednesday 10/25 due to Parent Teacher Conferences

October 26th

• ALL AFTER SCHOOL LESSONS RESCHEDULED to 10/25 (Parent Teacher Conferences)

October 27th

• Percussion Ensemble CANCELLED (Parent Teacher Conferences)

November 9th

• No Beginner / Intermediate Woodwind Lessons
• No Wind Ensemble from 4:30 to 5:00
• BRASS LESSONS ARE STILL ON WITH MR. JONES

November 10th

• Wind Ensemble MAKEUP 3:30 to 4:30 (all Woodwinds/Brass/Mallets)

November 16th

• Beginner / Intermediate Woodwind Lessons MOVED to after Wind Ensemble from 5:00 - 5:30

November 22nd through 24th

• Thanksgiving break (ALL LESSONS CANCELLED)

December 8th

• Percussion Ensemble CANCELLED (NO SCHOOL - Holy day)

December 12th

• Dress Rehearsal (all students) - 3:30 to 5:00
• CHRISTMAS BAND CONCERT (all students) - 7:00 to 8:00

December 13 through January 7th

• Holiday Break

January 8th

• Winter Trimester Begins

January 11th

• No Beginner / Intermediate Woodwind Lessons
• No Wind Ensemble from 4:30 to 5:00
• BRASS LESSONS ARE STILL ON WITH MR. JONES

January 12th

• Wind Ensemble MAKEUP 3:30 to 4:30 (all Woodwinds/Brass/Mallets)

January 15th

• MLK day - No School

January 19th

• TUITION DUE

February 19th

• Presidents Day - No School

March 19th

• Spring Trimester Begins

March 29th and 30th

• Easter Break - No School

Band Calendars

Welcome Back to Band!!!

Hello Everyone!

Welcome back to a new and exciting year at Nativity of Our Lord's after school Instrumental Music Program! We look forward to seeing all our young future and aspiring musicians at our Instrument demos on Wednesday afternoon.

Please CLICK HERE to view our Instrumental Music Info Packet

Please CLICK HERE to REGISTER for our Instrumental Music Lessons

Please CLICK HERE to RENT a wind instrument from Coles Music Service!

        - NOTE: Nativity of Our Lord is under "Private/Parochial School" districts on Coles Website!

PARENT MEETING

SEPT 27th @ 7pm 

In the MUSIC ROOM

CONCERT DATES:

DECEMBER 12th @ 7pm - Nativity Christmas Band Concert

See you all soon!!!

-Mr. Myers

Concert/Dress Rehearsal UPDATE 5/17

Hello Parents,

A couple quick things! I have been lucky enough to be able to reserve the gym for both Monday and Tuesday next week. This means I am able to break the dress rehearsals up to maximize stage time for each group to rehearse. Next week Schedule is as follows! Your student only needs to attend during their posted ensembles times! 

Monday 5/15: Wind Ensemble (Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Percussion: Joe/Vincent) 3:30-5:30

Monday 5/15: Orchestra (Violin, Viola) 3:30-5:30

Tuesday 5/16: Guitar Ensembles (Guitar, Bass, Percussion: Teagan, Brian, Chris, Kyle) 3:30-5:00

Tuesday 5/16: Percussion Ensemble (Teagan, Brian, Chris, Kyle, Joe, Vincent!) 3:30-5:00

Wednesday 5/17: CONCERT All Ensembles

Call Time/Doors open: 6:00pm

Concert Runs: 6:30pm-7:30pm

Dress Code: Dress down (Rock inspired, favorite Band T shirt, Jeans etc) Please make sure everything is Catholic school appropriate! It should be something you would wear on a 3D day. Fun hats/socks/glasses are welcome! 

Thanks for your continued support! See you all WEDNESDAY night! 

-Mr. Myers

Makeups, Dress Rehearsal, and more!

Hello Parents! 

Happy MAY! We are just 17 days away from our Spring Band Concert and your students have been doing a wonderful job preparing for our upcoming concert. Please remember to encourage daily practice to help them be ready for this very fun evening! Our Spring Band Concert will be held from 6:30-7:30. Please make note of this start time is a bit earlier than years past. Unfortunately ABW has their spring show the same night starting at 7:30 and many of our families have students in both so I moved our start time up by 30min. 

Event: Spring Band Concert

Date: May 17th, 2017

Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm 

MAKEUPS: I would like to make up the Wind Ensemble lessons that were missed in March by running a 1 hour rehearsal on TUESDAY May 9th from 3:15-4:15. This is not a mandatory rehearsal however I hope that all our students are able to attend so that we can have a full hour to rehearse as a group to better prepare for the dress rehearsal. Beginner Guitar will have their makeup on TUESDAY May 16th from 3:15 - 3:45 and Advanced Guitar will have their makeup TUESDAY May 16th from 3:45 - 5:00

Dress Rehearsal: Will be Monday May 15th from 3:30-5:30 for ALL instrumentalist. This will give us time to work with each ensemble on stage and run our show. Mr. Gooding will work with our Orchestra Students while I rehearse the Winds/Guitars. Please plan to pick your students up in the back parking lot by 5:30pm! 

Please let me know if you have any questions! Thanks again and I look forward to seeing you all May 17th in the Nativity Community Center at 7:30!

-Mr. Myers

UPDATED EMAIL!!! SENT!!!

Quick correction to my previous email. The Wind Ensemble Makeup was supposed to be TUESDAY May 9th (not May 8th like was in my previous email) however that is Nativity's MAY procession. So instead it will have to be WEDNESDAY May 10th from 3:15-4:15 I am sorry for this confusion and Thank you to those of you who brought it to my attention! 

-Mr. Myers 

Updated Schedule:

Wednesday May 10th: Wind Ensemble Makeup Lessons 3:15-4:15

Monday May 15th: DRESS REHEARSAL (EVERYONE) 3:30-5:30

Tuesday May 16th: Guitar Beginner Makeup Lesson (3:15-3:45) Guitar Advanced Makeup (3:45 - 4:15)

Wednesday May 17th: SPRING CONCERT 6:30-7:30

Spring Concert Info

Hello Everyone!

I am excited to say that our Spring Concert is fast approaching!  Mr. Gooding and I have been able to schedule the show for Wednesday May 17th from 6:30pm - 7:30pm in the Nativity Community Center. 

- Students should arrive at 6:00 for tuning (Band/Guitar report to Music Room, Orchestra May report to the stage in the Gym)

-Dress Code: Students are asked to wear Summer Uniform and as usual may ad fun music flare to their outfits (Hats, Ties (no singing ties), Socks, etc. 

- Our Dress Rehearsal will be Monday May 15th and will run from 3:30-5:30 after school. Please pick your students up from the "D" Door near the Music room. 

-Make Up Lessons: At this time I am starting to try and schedule some makeup lessons from my bereavement leave / PAWS conflicts. It is my plan to rehearse on a few Tuesdays from 3:00-4:00 I will send another email at a later date for these makeups groups and times. My plan is to move them a bit closer to the spring show so that we have more material to practice and we can use this makeup time a mini dress rehearsals for different sections. Thanks for your understanding. 

Lastly we have now entered the 3rd Trimester so please send your Spring Tuition. Checks must be made payable to Nativity Bands LLC There are still a few lessons 

- Single Student Tuition Rate: $200

- Double Student Tuition Rate: $300

I look forward to seeing you all at this years Spring Concert! Please let me know if you have any questions!

-Mr. Myers 

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