Jr. Tour Final Info

 

Music Tour Forms & Fundraiser Info: Jr. Tour Form Sr. Tour Form Savings Spree Fundraiser

Information and tickets are now available for the Sound of Music online at www.soundofmusic.viviti.com

They are now available to the general public.

 

 

Download the current handouts:

• Music Newsetter LFMSS - Sept 09
• Music Schedule & Wack Wednesdays
• Music Student Record Form - September 2009

MUSIC TITANS      “The Power of Music”
Music Directors: Rick Branswell & Steve Thompson www.titansmusic.com
21250 42 Avenue
Langley, British Columbia V3A 8K6
titansmusic@gmail.com (Music Dept.)    rbranswell@sd35.bc.ca      sthompson@sd35.bc.ca
Mr. T’s cell: 778-808-4955 (please try e-mail first)

September 9, 2009

Dear Music Students and Parents:

Welcome to or back to the Music Department at Langley Fundamental Middle & Secondary School.  A special welcome to our new music teacher Mr. Rick Branswell who comes to us from Alex Hope Elementary with 23 years teaching experience at both secondary and elementary levels. He is an experienced teacher and an outstanding jazz musician as well. Mr. Branswell and Mr. Thompson will be sharing the program as well as team teaching some classes together.  Mr. T and Mr. B are really looking forward to collaborating and learning from one another.  We are expecting a fantastic year in music with even more options which should offer something for anyone interested in music: concert band, jazz band, choir, vocal jazz, “The Sound of Music” and perhaps the SASS songwriting workshop. 

I will be renewing and updating our website, “The Power of Music” at www.titansmusic.com over the next week so it will have a fresh new look and be a good resource for all our students and parents. I would really like to communicate to our music community through e-mail and the website rather than with too much paper.  On the attached form, please include up to two different emails – perhaps one student and one parent email.

This letter will be followed next week with course outlines, a calendar and more details on the program and our plans, but here is some information to get us started.

Music Courses
Grade 7 Beginning Band – Thompson/Branswell (3 classes of 30 students, Tuesday mornings & Friday afternoons)
Grade 8 Junior Concert Band Branswell/Thompson(class of 45 period 1 on Monday & period 3 on Thursday)
Grade 9 Intermediate Concert Band – Branswell (class of 30 period 1 on Tuesday & period 3 on Friday)
Grade 10-12 Senior Concert Band – Thompson (class of 20 students, period 3 on Tuesday & period 1 on Friday)
Junior Jazz Band 8 – Thompson/Branswell (class of 25, Tue. 2:45-4:15 pm & Thur. 7-8:15 am)
Intermediate Jazz Band 9 – Branswell/Thompson (class of 18, Tue. 2:45-4:15 pm & Thur. 7-8:15 am)
Senior Jazz Band 10-12 – Thompson (Tue 7:00-8:15 am & Thur. 2:45-4:30 pm)
Junior Choir 8-12 – Thompson/Branswell (Mon. 3:00-430 pm & Wed. 7:00-8:15 am)
Senior Choir 8-12 – Branswell/Thompson (Mon. 3:00-4:30 pm & Wed. 7:00-8:15 am)
Jazz Choir 10-12 (by audition from Concert Choir) – Thompson (Mon. 4:30-6:00 pm after choir and Wednesday @ lunch)
Sound of Music – Vogt/Fast/Koyanagi/Branswell/Thompson (Wed. from 2:00-5:00 pm)
Songwriting Club (SASS) (TBA depending on enrollment - alternating Wednesdays from 2-3:15 pm)

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.

Some Plans for 2009-2010  (Music Calendar will be sent out shortly with details)

More events and dates T.B.A….

Parent Support
The main way you can support as a parent is to encourage your child to enjoy playing their instrument at home and by attending their performances.  Other ways you can help:

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!”

Sincerely,
Mr. Steve Thompson (a.k.a. “Mr. T”) & Mr. Rick Branswell (a.k.a. ‘Mr. B’)

MUSIC TITANS     “The Power of Music”
Music Director: Steve Thompson www.titansmusic.com
21250 42 Avenue
Langley, British Columbia V3A 8K6                                  
sthompson@sd35.bc.ca or titansmusic@gmail.com
cell: 778-808-4955 (please try e-mail first)

November 2008  Music News click here Newsletter file & calendar

Purdy’s Christmas Chocolate Fundraiser: orders due by November 3rd and pick-up Monday, November 24th
We are selling the wildly popular Purdy’s Chocolates for Christmas.  Students have been given catalogues and order forms.  Approximately 25% of the money collected will be profit credited directly to the music student seller’s account to pay for the spring music tour.  Orders MUST be handed in on or before Tuesday November 3rd..  Sorry, late orders will not be accepted.  The orders are to be picked up right after school on Monday, November 24th from the Music Annex (S19) beside the music room.

Christmas Food Fundraiser: starting now – orders due Monday November 24th & pick-up Monday December 8th
Once again we will be selling food from Neufeld Farms for Christmas time.  Stay tuned for lots of delicious items from baked goods, to appies and frozen meals and meat.  Order forms are available now.  You make approximately about $5-10 on each item you sell, credited directly to the music student seller’s account to pay for the spring music tour.  Orders MUST be handed in on or before Monday November 24th.  Sorry, late orders will not be accepted.  The orders are to be picked up right after school on Monday, December 10th outside in the parking lot near the music exit. This is an excellent source of profit for the students tours! 

Get Your Chocolate Almonds: $2.00 per box – MMMMMM!
At our concerts you can support the music program and enjoy some delicious chocolate covered almonds for $2 per box.  Students will be selling them before the concert and at intermission or you can buy them at the fundraising table.  We will also make these available for students to sell at other times on a prepayment basis.  For example, if you want to sell 10 boxes, bring us $20 and we will give you the almonds and place $10 profit in your student music account.  If you want a convenient almond case of 25 boxes bring us $50 and you will earn $25 profit.  Almonds may not be returned.

Choir to Perform at School Board Meeting: Tuesday, November 4th @ 7 pm
The Fundamental schools have been invited to present at the upcoming school board meeting and our choir will be singing a few numbers to kick off our presentation.  Choir must be at the School Board Office on the corner of Fraser Hwy and 222nd Street at 7:00 pm in full uniform.  Our presentation will be at approximately 7:30 and students can be picked up at 7:45 pm.

 

 

Langley Concert Band Festival: Thursday, November 6th @ WGSS 7pm
Our Senior Concert Band is proud to represent our school at the Langley District Concert Band Festival held this coming November 6th at Walnut Grove Secondary.  Our students must arrive at 6:30 pm for warm-up and will be expected to remain about 9:00 pm to perform and hear all the bands.  We invite parents and students to come and hear all the senior bands from the Langley district.

 

Annual Squeak and Squawk Grade 7 Beginning Band Concert: Tuesday, November 18th 6pm, 7pm, 8pm
One of Mr. T’s favourite concerts of the year!  Our annual Grade 7 Beginning Band Squeak & Squawk will be held in three sessions on Tuesday, November 18th in the music room.  Parents of grade 7 Band students are encouraged to attend to see what we learn in a band class with a special presentation on how to help your student succeed in band class. The schedule will be one group per hour with AG-4 (Bell) @ 6:00pm; AG-5 (Cho) @ 7 pm; and AG-6 (Gough) @ 8 pm.  Students must attend as part of their assessment.  

Christmas Concert:  Thursday, December 18th @ LFMSS 7-9 pm
Our Grade 8-12 Christmas concert will be on Thursday, December 18th in our own gym featuring our bands and choirs as well as orchestra guests for our traditional Hellelujah Chorus..  We ask parents to bring baked goodies to enjoy after the concert.  Grade 7s who attend this concert will receive 5% extra credit if they sign in at the door, complete a concert review form and turn it in at the door table following the concert.

 Carol Choir & Hallelujah Chorus! – at our Christmas Concert we will be continuing our tradition – singing carols and the Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus with a Student-Staff-Parent-Alumni choir!  Our own 55 voice student choir and any student, staff, parent or alumni that would like to join us is invited to come to several rehearsals to prepare for this event.  We will also be forming a small orchestra to accompany the Hallelujah Chorus.  If you are interested in singing or playing in the orchestra (or both) or if you want to make recommendations, please e-mail me at sthompson@sd35.bc.ca and I will set up the rehearsal schedule.  Let’s fill the stage this Christmas!

Middle School Grade 6 Ukuleles & Grade 7 Band Christmas Concert:  Tuesday, December 16th @ LFMSS 7 pm
Our Grade 6 Ukuleles and our Grade 7 Band will present our Christmas concert the evening of Tuesday December 16th in our large gymnasium.  We invite families and friends to come and celebrate the season with these young and keen musicicans!  We ask parents to bring baked goodies to enjoy after the concert.

 

PAC Christmas Gala:  Friday, November 21st  @ LFMSS
Come and support our hard working PAC for the annual Christmas Gala and silent auction.  We will be featuring student musicians, performing a variety of music and holiday selections.

 

Music Tours: News to Be Released Soon
We are planning a Sr. Music Tour to the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival at the end of February.  Right now we are looking at the feasibility with the Canadian dollar and increased transportation costs,  There is a choir trip planned for the beginning of April to the Vocal Summit in Powell River for the Concert Choir 8-12 and Vocal Jazz.  The Jr. Grade 8 Music Tour to Vancouver Island will be at the end of April.  Stay tuned for more details of all these tours shortly.  Dates are in the Titans Music Calendar. 

 

Beverage Recycling for the Music Department
The Music Department is collecting beverage containers from the main lobbies at the school and depositing them at the Willowbrook Recycling bottle depot behind Wendy’s on 19641-60th Avenue.  If you would like to take in your family recycling to the depot, they do the sorting for you, which is a real plus!  Just tell them that you would like your deposit to be credited to the Langley Fundamental Music Department.  If there is a parent who could collect the recycling from the school recycle boxes once every week or two, please contact Mr. Thompson.

 

Cartridges for Kids Fundraiser
We are starting to collect a number of items for recycling: inkjet and laser cartridge, used cell phones, video games and  consoles, digital cameras, laptops, PDAs, iPods, and DVD movies.  Please see the attached flyer, check out the details on our website under fundraisers, or visit www.cartridgesforkids.com .  Please submit your recycle items to the music room or office or send them in with a music student.  We appreciate your support for this ongoing fundraiser that also benefits the environment. Music students should try to adopt a business that uses ink or laser cartridges and/or cell phones.  Take a flyer and attach it to a box covered in paper to make it look attractive: a mandarin orange box works well.  Give the business your name and phone number and agree to pick it up once every few weeks depending on how quickly it fills up.  Be courteous and grateful for the contribution they are making to the Titans Music Department.  The parent who is organizing this fundraiser is Mrs. Lisa Hennig: e-mail amit@telus.net  Please email her with the name of businesses who are donating to the program.

 

Pick up your Titans Music Calendar 2008-2009 (available at the door table or in the Music Room)
(updated current calendar online www.titansmusic.com)

MUSIC TITANS     “The Power of Music”
Music Director: Steve Thompson www.titansmusic.com
21250 42 Avenue
Langley, British Columbia V3A 8K6
sthompson@sd35.bc.ca
cell: 778-808-4955 (please try e-mail first)

 

October Music News

Titans Fall Music Concert
You are invited to the LFMSS Titans Fall Concert featuring “your child”.   The talented high school musicians of our grade 8-12 concert and jazz bands, concert choir and vocal jazz will perform a variety of repertoire from the classics, movie themes, show tunes, spirituals, jazz and swing; to pop tunes of the Beattles and ABBA!  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 $2 per person or $5 for families.  We will also have boxes of chocolate almonds for sale for $2 each.  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.

 Tuesday October 28th @ 7:00 pm
@ Langley Fundamental Middle Secondary (21250-42nd  Avenue)

 Uniforms
Music students in grade 8-12 should have received a blue half-sized notice regarding renting or purchasing uniforms for music.  Please turn in this notice with the $10 to the black box in the office well in advance of the concert date.  The blue ties for boys and blue scarves for girls will be distributed the night of the concert from the Music Annex room S17 beside the main Music Room at 6:00 pm on Tuesday October 28th.  That evening students will be asked whether they wish to rent or buy their uniforms.  If they buy them, then we will assign a new uniform which will be labeled with their name and we will keep your $10 and you will keep the uniform for use this year and in future years.  For those that wish to rent, you will receive a rental uniform which is to be returned at year end and you will receive a $5 deposit refund.  If you do not return your uniform after the final concert, you will not receive the $5 refund. 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.

Purdy’s Christmas Music Fundraiser
We have just begun our Christmas Purdy’s Sale.  Students should have received a Purdy’s catalogue and order form along with a pink half-sized notice that states the due date and order pick up date.  All orders are due in by or before Monday November 3rd.  The pick-up will be on Monday November 24th after school in the Music Annex S17 next to the main Music Room. 

The Titans Music Department
Steve Thompson, music director
Music Parents Executive (MPAC)

 

 

SEPTEMBER WELCOME LETTER

September 3, 2008

Dear Music Students and Parents:

Welcome to or back to the Music Department at Langley Fundamental Middle & Secondary School.  J  I am expecting another fantastic year in music with lots of options which should offer something for anyone interested in music: concert band, jazz band, choir, vocal jazz, guitar & songwriting clubs and ‘music guilds’ to share the secrets of playing music.  Although we are not doing a musical this year we will be making some decisions about a musical for next year.  It’s going to be hard to top our production of High School Musical!

I will be renewing and updating our website, “The Power of Music” at www.titansmusic.com over the next week so it will have a fresh new look and be a good resource for all our students and parents. I would really like to communicate to our music community through e-mail and the website rather than with too much paper.  On the attached form, please include up to two different emails – perhaps one student and one parent email.

This letter will be followed next week with course outlines, a calendar and more details on the program and our plans, but here is some information to get us started.

Music Courses
Grade 7 Beginning Band (3 classes of 30 students, Tuesday after lunch, Friday morning and some wacky Wednesdays)
Grade 8 Junior Concert Band (class of 47 period 3 on Monday, period 2 on Thursday, and some wacky Wednesdays)
Grade 9-12 Senior Concert Band (class of 36 students, period 4 on Mon., period 1 on Thurs., & some wacky Wed)
Senior Jazz Band 9-12 (Tue 2:45-4:30 pm & Thur. 7:00-8:15 am)
Concert Choir 8-12 (Mon. 2:45-4:15 pm & Wed. 7:00-8:15 am)
Jazz Choir 10-12 (by audition from Concert Choir) (Mon. 4:30-5:30 pm after choir and Wednesday @ lunch)
Junior Jazz Band 8 (Tue. 7-8:15 am & Thur. 2:45-4:30 pm)
Guitar Club and Songwriting Club (alternating Wednesdays from 2-3:15 pm)

To join the Jazz Band or Concert Choir, please just show up at our first after school rehearsals in the second week of school and I will register you in the course.  These are full credit Fine Arts courses for which you must meet the course requirements including good attendance.

Some Plans for 2008-2009  (Music Calendar will be sent out shortly with details)

More events and dates T.B.A….

Parent Support
The main way you can support as a parent is to encourage your child to enjoy playing their instrument at home and by attending their performances.  Other ways you can help:

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!”

Sincerely,
Mr. Steve Thompson (a.k.a. “Mr. T”)

 

If you haven't yet handed in the following form please do so. Thank you. Click here to download the form that was handed out in class at the beginning of September.