Junior District Week

Students:

High School -- There will be a Full Vocal Jazz Rehearsal Tuesday 3-4:30pm

Middle School --

This week is all about preparing for Junior District Auditions --- Saturday Dec 7th

Some important audition notes --
-  Make sure you turn in your 1) Med Form  2)  Money  3)  Permission Slip
-  After School Practices Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday -- Come to as many as you can!!

On Saturday:
- Dress Formal!
- Meet at the School: 7:45AM
- We will take the bus together up to Furnace Brook Middle School in Marshfield, then we will get registered, warmup (9:00am), and auditions will begin at 9:15am
-  We should get back around 11am 
- I will say this again on Saturday but nobody is allowed to bring a photocopy of the music into their audition...I will have hard copies for you!

Any questions come see me or email me at braymond@mashpee.k12.ma.us

GOOD LUCK!!  I am very proud of you all!!

--Mr. Raymond

Thanksgiving Break

Students:

Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving!! Enjoy your weekend!

Middle School Students that are auditioning for Junior Districts:

Here is the link for the mp3 recordings that you can play/download and practice from:
http://www.semmea.org/jr-audition-pieces.html

Remember to bring in your form, money, and field trip permission slip!

See you all on Monday,
-Mr. Raymond

Senior District Results

Students,

I am very proud of all of you and the hard work you have put in with all the audition preparations.

Congratulations to the following students who have been accepted into the Senior District Festival:

James Boyd - All-State Recommendation
Stephen Ross
Brynne Santos

At this moment, I am still awaiting cut-off scores (if they will even release them) so these results may or may not be final.  Many of you scored very well -- sight singing scores in particular were very high from many of you.  Bear in mind that this is a very difficult festival to get accepted to, and for those of you who weren't selected (and even for those who were), you should take this as a learning experience for the next auditions - be it in high school or college.  I have your individual score sheets and will give those out to you on Monday.  

Again, thank you for all your hard work students.  Don't be discouraged if you didn't get in, we will take these comments and this experience and grow from it. 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and I will see you all Monday

--Mr. Raymond

Senior District Auditions

Students:

A couple reminders for senior district auditions Saturday:

Rachel and Alexis -- dont forget to bring your permission slips with you!!!

Meeting at Mashpee High School at 12 Noon Saturday.  Traveling by bus to King Phillip High School.  We should be back sometime around 5pm or so. 

Remember to dress formally!  I will have hard copies of the song with me for anyone who doesn't have memorized -- you cannot use a photocopy in your audition.  Hopefully everyone knows the song by memory -- in this case you won't need to bring any music in.

When we arrive, we will get registered and warm up.  Choir students will head to their warmup area.  Audition time for Mashpee is set for 2:45pm.

Best of luck everyone.  No matter what happens, I am very proud of you all and of all the hard work you have done learning and practicing the music for these auditions.  You all represent Mashpee well and are helping to grow the reputation and tradition of our vocal program.  Have fun, be excited, and good luck to you all!

--Mr. Raymond

-Mr. Raymond

Senior District Auditions

Students:

Great Vocal Jazz Rehearsal Today!

For Senior District Auditions...please remember to get your permission slips signed!!

Meeting time at the school on Saturday is 12:00 noon.  The bus will travel up to King Phillip High School where we will warmup and audition around 2:30pm.  Make sure you dress formally.

If you want help on the audition music, please stop by either Wednesday or Friday after school. 

Best of luck!  I am very proud of all of you and the work that you have put in preparing the audition music.  I know you will all represent Mashpee well this weekend.  When auditions are over, and I learn the results, they will once again be posted here.

Any questions between now and then, see me or email me at: braymond@mashpee.k12.ma.us

Good luck!!!
-Mr. Raymond

All-Cape Results

Students, the All-Cape Results are in!

Congratulations to the following students who have been accepted to the All-Cape Music Festival:

All-Cape Band
Gabrielle Carroll
Andrew Hellwig

All-Cape Orchestra
Ryan Sander

All-Cape SATB Choir
James Boyd - Bass
Chris Hatch - Tenor
Eric McKelvey - Bass
Stephen Ross - Tenor
Brynne Santos - Alto
Alyssa Strawn - Alto
Ashley Welch - Alto

All-Cape SSAA Choir
Ashley Acksen - Soprano
Kayla Burnell - Soprano
Maria Costa - Soprano
Sierra Donovan - Alto
Miranda Martone - Alto
Alexis Pascal - Alto

If you did not make it in, do not be discouraged.  These auditions are a learning opportunity, and I am very proud of all of you.  We will work on continuing to improve for the next auditions.  Great job everyone, you should be very proud of the work you have put in.

--Mr. Raymond

Update

Students:

Band/Orchestra results have just been posted!  Congratulations to Andrew Hellwig and Gabrielle Carroll for being accepted to the All-Cape Band, and Ryan Sander for being accepted to the All-Cape Orchestra!
 
We are still awaiting chorus results for All-Cape.  I will keep you posted as soon as these are listed.

--Mr. Raymond