<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Edwards, Michael</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:michael.edwards@pccsk12.com">michael.edwards@pccsk12.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 3:23 PM<br>Subject: MSBOA/MASTA Teachers Orchestra<br>To: Garret Ernst <<a href="mailto:gernst@msboa.org">gernst@msboa.org</a>>, Jed Fritzemeier <<a href="mailto:jedfritz77@gmail.com">jedfritz77@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: Mark Stice <<a href="mailto:mark.stice@okemosk12.net">mark.stice@okemosk12.net</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>Please forward this information about Teachers Orchestra to membership:</div><div><br></div><div><b>Welcome back Teachers Orchestra!</b><div>We are looking forward to seeing everyone together again and making some great music in Grand Rapids! We are thrilled to be joined by this year's clinician Chad Hutchinson, Director of Orchestral Activities at Eastern Michigan University! We are performing La Muerte del Angel by Astor Piazzolla, October by Eric Whitacre (arr. by Paul Lavender), and the first two movements of Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings. Please find important details and reminders about Teachers Orchestra below.</div><div><b>Before the conference:</b> During your registration, please select 'MSBOA/MASTA Teachers Orchestra' under the Add Ons section. If you would like to participate in the Conducting Symposium (at an additional cost), please select that as well. Spots are limited and it is first come, first serve.</div><div><b>1. Schedule</b></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><u>Thursday, January 19, 2023</u></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>Please plan to pick up your registration before our session. Our session is held in the <u>Pantlind Ballroom</u> (Amway Grand).</div><div>12:00-12:30pm Check-in, warm-up, socialize</div><div>12:30pm-2:15pm - Rehearsal Lab with Chad Hutchinson</div><div>2:30-4:00pm Conducting Symposium + program run through</div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><u>Friday, January 20, 2023</u></div><div>7:00pm - Performance in the Ambassador Ballroom (Amway Grand). Featuring MASTA Soloist Competition Winner</div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>Attire: Concert black (all black top and bottom, no jacket, no tie).</div></blockquote><b>2. Parts</b><div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>Please print and bring your own copies! <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1K1nJaxTRsVhD2tCUDt_51KwtRJes59tt?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Click this link to access a copy of the parts and scores.</a></div></blockquote><b>3. Conducting Symposium</b></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>If you are interested in getting individualized feedback from our clinician about your conducting, please register for the Symposium. This is a great opportunity! There is an additional fee for participants. Contact <a href="mailto:mark.stice@okemosk12.net" target="_blank">Mark Stice</a> with your questions.</div></blockquote>Please contact <a href="mailto:michael.edwards@pccsk12.com" target="_blank">Michael Edwards</a> with questions regarding Teachers Orchestra.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Musically yours,</div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font size="4">Michael Edwards</font></span></div><div>Director of Orchestras</div><div>Canton High School, P-CEP<br></div><div><span>8415 N Canton Center Rd</span></div><div><span>Canton, MI 48187</span></div><div><span>Office: (734) 416-2909</span></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Jed Fritzemeier, <div>Michigan Chapter President, </div><div>American String Teachers Association<div><i style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif">"So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning." Aaron Copland</i><br></div></div></div></div></div>