HMS Chorus

AWESOME!!

hmschorus — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:13:32 +0000

Congratulations to our 7th & 8th Grade Chorus students . . . they earned a SUPERIOR rating for Performance and Sight-reading at the District V Large Group Performance Evaluation (LGPE) today! This is a significant achievement and the result of a lot of hard work!!! So proud of all of you for this accomplishment!! Way to go!!!

Busy Days Ahead!

hmschorus — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:50:06 +0000

Seventh and Eighth Grade students are preparing for our annual Large Group Performance Evaluation on Tuesday, February 14th. Sixth Grade students are invited to sing in the atrium as people gather for International Night on Thursday, February 2nd. Sixth Grade Honor Chorus students, ACDA Honor Chorus students and our All-State student are busily preparing for their respective Honor Choruses coming up in the next month. We have just completed auditions for our Spring Musical and have just announced the cast for Aladdin, 2012. Eighth Grade students are working on music for their performance at Walt Disney World in March. Whew! Second semester is flying by very quickly!

We are also beginning our fund-raising project with World’s Finest Chocolate at the end of this week. Students brought home a permission form yesterday that will allow them to participate in this project. Students will be able to pick up their box of candy on Friday, February 3 and all money should be turned in by Wednesday, February 22. This project will support our performances at Walt Disney World, Six Flags Over Georgia and our Spring Concert as well as supplement our program with music and supplies.

Your support is a vital part of our success and we appreciate all of your help in our upcoming events! Thank you!

Here We Go . . . .

hmschorus — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:58:30 +0000

This school year is off to a great start! Our first Performance Event is next Friday, September 9, when we sing The Star-Spangled Banner for the Milton High School football game. Permission forms are due Tuesday, September 6.

Students interested in Honor Chorus events should have indicated their interest by now. All-State forms and payments are due next Tuesday, September 6.

If you have not turned in your uniform order, please send it in this next week.

The Concert and Performance Event Calendar is now posted on the calendar page of the website. Please note the required events and add these dates to your family calendar. Our first concert, the Fall Sampler, is Tuesday, October 11th at 7:00 pm!

Enjoy the holiday weekend! Hope to see you all next Friday at Milton!

Back to School . . .

hmschorus — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:07:14 +0000

It was great to see everyone yesterday . . . new students, returning students . . . and today feels like we’re getting back to the rhythm of school! I’m very excited about this school year and will be updating the various sections of this blog over the next week. We have lots of information about the events for the year so look for a Performance Calendar to be posted soon as well. Uniform information will be posted here and forms will also be coming home the beginning of next week. Also, please check out the link for Honor Choruses for information about these special events for the year. Many of these have application deadlines in the next few weeks so students and families will need to make decisions about these events soon!

I am already very pleased with the sound I’m hearing from the classes and I know we are going to have an awesome year!

School’s out for the summer!

hmschorus — Fri, 27 May 2011 04:02:04 +0000

Well, it’s here! The last day of this school year and what a year it has been! As noted in an earlier post, we had two students selected for All-State Chorus, three students performed at 6th Grade Statewide Honor Chorus, and five students were chosen for the District Honor Chorus.

Karlie and Macie

In addition to these honors, we were thrilled with the news this year that two students, Karlie Allen and Macie Skinner, were selected to represent HMS at the National American Choral Directors Association Conference in Chicago in March! This was such a high honor for these students and they were excellent representatives of the HMS Chorus as they performed under the direction of renowned conductor, Dr. Henry Leck. Congratulations girls!!!

Also in March, our 8th Grade Chorus joined with the 8th Grade Orchestra for a performance trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL. The students gave a great performance at the Waterside stage at Downtown Disney and filled the rest of the trip with lots of fun as they visited Epcot, Hollywood Studios and the Magic Kingdom.

A great trip!!!

In addition to these honors, our LGPE ratings, performing at the Milton Cluster Concert, singing for the Lighting of the Tree for the city of Milton, singing the National Anthem at the Milton HS football game and our annual fall, winter and spring concerts, it’s been a very busy and very successful year!

Thank you to our students for all of your hard work this year! Thank you to our parents for your support in all of our efforts! Thank you to our HMS faculty and staff for your support! Good luck to our 8th grade students as you begin high school!

Have a wonderful summer! See you in August!

Events: Sat. April 16

hmschorus — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:27:57 +0000

Two events you may be interested in this Saturday, April 16: The first is a Theater Workshop with Music Theater International – held at the Cobb Galleria, and the second is a Music Festival sponsored by Fulton County for student musicians and their families – held at Riverwood High School. Check them out!!

Junior Theater Festival.SATURDAY APRIL 16

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Congratulations!!!

hmschorus — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:26:29 +0000

It’s time to recognize our chorus students for their outstanding performances during the month of February. Our representatives at Sixth Grade Statewide Honor Chorus, Talia, Elizabeth and Ninnah, gave a fantastic concert to start the month. On February 16, our 7th and 8th Grade Chorus performed at our District Large Group Performance Evaluation (LGPE) and received SUPERIOR ratings from all 3 judges!!! Way to go!!! We received an Excellent rating for our 3-part (soprano, alto, baritone) Sight-Reading!

This past weekend, Marta Palombo and Sean Flanagan represented our school at the annual All-State Chorus event in Savannah and gave fantastic performances with the Middle School Treble and Middle School Mixed Choirs. We are very proud of all of these students and their great accomplishments this month!!

A busy month . . . .

hmschorus — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:51:26 +0000

February is going to be busy! This weekend, three of our 6th Grade students will be rehearsing and performing at the 6th Grade Statewide Honor Chorus held at the Clayton County Performing Arts Center. Congratulations to Talia, Elizabeth and Ninnah for representing us at this event! Next week, HMS Chorus will be performing in the atrium at school as the International Dinner begins on Thursday, Feb. 10th. On Wenesday, Feb. 16, our 7th & 8th Grade Chorus travels to Frederick Douglass High School in Atlanta to perform at the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) Large Group Performance Evaluation (LGPE). This is a special event each year where performing groups are evaluated by five different judges on their performance as well as sight-reading ability. The last weekend of the month, Sean Flanagan and Marta Palombo will represent Hopewell at this year’s All-State Chorus in Savannah. They both passed a two-round rigorous audition process with flying colors and top scores. Congratulations to Sean and Marta! And, last but not least, auditions for this year’s Spring Musical, Aladdin, are continuing this week and next with rehearsals starting later this month. We are packing this short month with lots of music!

Welcome back, again!

hmschorus — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:03:18 +0000

We had a very short beginning after the holidays before we were back out again with Snow Storm 2011! I hope you all enjoyed the time – now we are back in full mode!! Check out the calendar page regarding the Cluster Concert this Thursday! Also, a new page has been added with information about the auditions for the Spring Musical. We’re a little behind schedule, but I know we’ll make up for lost time quickly!!

Holiday Sounds

hmschorus — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:12:49 +0000

We live in a very sound rich world – music is piped into our lives almost everywhere we go. Most of the time, I find it enjoyable to hear music at the mall, in a restaurant or at the grocery store but, sometimes it can be too much. Last night at Roasters was definitely one of the enjoyable times! It was a pleasure to hear our chorus students sing holiday songs of their choosing in solo, duet or ensemble settings – hearing these holiday favorites sung by a new generation of singers was just a great deal of fun! In our virtual world with so much preprogrammed sound, it’s really wonderful to hear the real thing – Thank you to all the students and families who came out to be a part of our holiday sounds! It was a delightful pleasure to hear you all!!!