On Tuesday, April 9 we will be having our annual Music in the Movies concert. It will be held in the large gym at 7:00 PM. It features the concert and jazz bands playing themes from various movies and TV shows. They will be playing many songs that you won’t want to miss, like the theme from Pirates of the Caribbean, the Simpsons, Hunger Games, as well as many others. The tickets are $5 a person or $10 a family. There will also be snacks, drinks and popcorn sold at the concession stand.
On Feb. 8 the Jr. and Sr. Jazz Bands, the Jazz Choir and Sr. Jazz Combo attended and performed at the Envision Jazz Festival. This was a treat for everyone filled with great music by our bands, other schools, and professional musicians. Now a week and several days latter, the Sr. Jazz Band, Jazz Choir, and Sr. Jazz Combo are off again, this time to the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho to perform alongside thousands of other students from across North America. They will be gone Feb. 20-23 and will perform, attend world-class jazz concerts, experience workshops, and come face to face with some of the great jazz legends.
There are many upcoming music events for all the music students. Here is a list of the events until the end of February:
| Thu Dec 6 | 7PM – 9PM | Langley Choir Festival – St. Joseph’s Catholic Church (choirs) |
| Wed Dec 12 | 9:15AM – 3:45PM | Caroling Field trip (Choir & Leadership) – various hospitals & SB Office |
| Wed Dec 12 | 5:30PM – 7:30PM | Aladdin Christmas Potluck (Cast & Crew) – small gym |
| Thu Dec 20 | 6PM – 9PM | Titans Christmas Concert (gr. 7-12 music ensembles) |
| Fri Dec 21 | 8:30PM – 9:30PM | Titans Christmas Assembly (full school) |
| Sat Jan 19 | 9AM – 4PM | Aladdin Workshop All Cast and some crew |
| Tue Feb 5 | 5PM – 9PM | Medieval Faire (Grade 8 students) – Grade 8 Band writes fanfares |
| Thu Feb 7 | 7 PM | Envision Jazz Rep Band Concert (jazz band students), Bell Center |
| Fri Feb 8 | All Day | Envision Jazz Festival (jazz band students) – Bell Center, Surrey |
| Sat Feb 9 | 9AM – 4PM | Aladdin Workshop All Cast and some crew |
| Fri Feb 15 | 7PM | PAC Coffee House TBA (featuring acoustic music) – LFMSS Gym |
| Wed Feb 20 – Sat Feb 32 | Idaho Jazz Tour (senior music students) – Moscow, Idaho |
Our choir will be performing with several other high school choirs from Langley schools on Thursday, December 6th. It is a beautiful occasion to hear these choirs in such a wonderful church.
Location: St. Joseph’s Church – 20676 Fraser Highway, Langley
Time: Thursday, December 6th 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
(arrive by 6:30 pm for warm-up please!)
Dress: Concert uniform black with blue ties or scarves
Music: Carol of Bells, Feliz Navidad, O Holy Night, Christmas List
Once again this year we are taking the choir and several of Ms. Clapton’s Leadership students caroling at the Sunny Hill Children’s Clinic in Vancouver, Langley Memorial Hospital Extended Care and the Langley School Board Office. We will be caroling and spreading holiday cheer at these three locations and stopping at the Willowbrook Mall Food Fair for lunch just after noon. There is no cost for the field trip but permission forms need to be in the first week of December.
Depart: Departing by school bus from LFMSS at 9:15 am Wednesday, December 12 , 2012
Pick up by parents: Returning to the School Board Office to be picked up by parents at 3:45 pm
Our Aladdin Cast and Crew are going to have a Christmas Potluck after our rehearsal on December 12th.
This is a group event sharing dinner together with both parents and students.
5:00 pm Bring – parents please bring a hot item, salad or dessert item. Students will sign up at next rehearsal and let you know what to bring.
5:30 pm Potluck Dinner – students and parents eat dinner in the small gym together.
6:15 pm Parent Meeting - we will have a parent meeting in the music room to organize parent volunteers for the show.
6:00 pm Students Watch Aladdin in gym while parents meet in music room
Our annual Christmas concert will be geared towards our whole Fundy Community. Come and join us for hot apple cider, Christmas goodies and an evening of joyous holiday music! Thursday evening December 20th from 6-9 pm in our large gym. The concert will feature our concert bands, jazz bands, choir, soloists and Hallelujah Chorus and Orchestra.
As usual, we will conclude the concert with Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus and an audience carol sing-along. We would love to have many parents, staff, alumni and community members join us to sing the Hallelujah Chorus and carols. Experience is not necessary – come and sing from the heart!
If you would like to sing, please ask your son or daughter to bring home the music for you and come and join us for our pre-show practice from 4:30-5:30 pm on the night of Thursday December 20th followed by a dinner for adult singers and orchestra. Please send me a quick e-mail if you plan to sing with us and let me know whether you are a soprano, alto, tenor, or bass.
The PAC and Music Department are planning a joint venture for this February – the date needs to be confirmed still but Friday February 15th looks likely. This will be a fun evening featuring acoustic talent of our school community and a fundraiser event for our PAC.
Grade 8 students will be dressing up like medieval folk and hosting our annual medieval faire with special guests from a local society who demonstrate medieval practices and dress. Grade 8 Band students will be writing fanfares using a free computer program called MuseScore to introduce the various entourages from each kingdom.
Our Junior and Senior Jazz Band students will be attending the Envision Jazz Festival on the evening of Thursday February 7 to watch a jazz concert and then performing in the festival during the day of Friday February 8th at the Bell Centre in Surrey.
We will be taking our Sr. Jazz Band (plus some concert band members) and our Sr. Choir-Vocal Jazz to the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho. The cost of the trip for 4 days is $350 including hotel, most meals, concerts, transportation and fees. For more information, please visit the Senior Tour page.
The Sr. Concert Band will be performing at Walnut Grove Secondary School on Wednesday, November 7 from 7:00 to 9:30 PM. The Sr. Concert Band will be performing Aladdin and On a Hymn Song of Philip Bliss as well as listing to other bands perform. Students are required to wear their uniform. If you are unable to come please contact Mr. T right right away.
You are invited to the LFMSS Titans Fall Concert featuring “your child” on Thursday, October 25th at 7:00 PM. The Grade 7s will be having their own concert on October 16. See below for more details on the Grade 7 Squeak and Squawk. The talented high school musicians of our grade 8-12 concert and jazz bands and choirs will perform a variety of repertoire from the classics, movie themes, show tunes, spirituals, jazz and swing; to a medley of our spring musical, Aladdin! Fundy shows are always entertaining and the students are fun to watch. Please come and support your child and invite others to do the same. A large audience is always appreciated. Admission is by suggested donation of $5 per person or $10 for families. Please note that students are expected to remain until the end of the concert to hear the other performers and to assist with set-down for about 15 minutes. Performing, watching and assisting with set-down is required as part of their assessment as music students. Grade 7 Band students who attend and write a review get bonus credit towards their music grades. Uniforms are required for performers. Boys must wear all black: black long sleeved dress shirt, black slacks, black socks and black shoes. No other colours are acceptable, please. Girls must wear all black: black top (shirt, blouse or sweater), black skirt, dress or slacks, black nylons, and black shoes. Skirts or dresses must be at or below the knee, please. Boys must also wear the blue tie and the girls the blue scarf. If you do not have the official Titans Music blue tie or scarf, they will be distributed the night of the concert from the Music Annex room, S17, beside the main Music Room at 6:00 pm.
For more details on Fall Events, please see the October Music Newsletter .
The next performance will be the Grade 7 Squeak and Squawk on Tuesday, October 16. This is only open to the family of the students performing. Band AG 4 will be first at 6:00 PM in the music room, followed by AG 5 at 7:00 PM and lastly AG 6 at 8:00 PM. Each band will demonstrate what they have been learning in band class and will provide an pportunity
at the end of the show for the parents to Squeak and Squawk! You don’t want to miss this, parents. Performances are a critical part of each student’s music grade. If a student cannot make their scheduled time they may ask Mr. Thompson or Mr. Branswell for permission to join one of the other classes.
Preparations are well underway for the Aladdin Musical which will be happening in the spring of 2013. For those that would like to be part of the musical, but were not at the meeting on Wednesday, you can download the forms here. These forms must be filled out and handed into Mr. T by Wednesday, September 19. Following this, on September 26 at lunch, there will be another meeting regarding auditions. For auditioning dates and additional information regarding the musical, please visit the Aladdin Musical website.
Welcome to or back to the Music Department at Langley Fundamental Middle & Secondary School. We are expecting a fantastic year in music with many options which should offer something for anyone interested in music: concert band, jazz band, choir, a junior and senior tour and the musical Aladdin! The Grade 8 & 9 music students will be taking our Island Tour to Victoria. Our Grade 10-12 music students will be heading to the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Idaho in 2013.
Coming up more quickly, all choir an jazz bands start in the second week of school with the afternoon only class for one week and all classes the week following.
Also, students who have not yet enrolled for before/after school classes like jazz bands and choirs may still do so by seeing the music teacher and then the counselor. We will accept new students until the 3rd week of September.
There are so many possibilities for the future at our school. I am looking forward to many years with you in growing the music program. Remember that “Music is Serious Fun!”
For the entire newsletter please see this document.