Winter Choral Concerts - February 24

IMPORTANT UPDATE…PLEASE READ!

 

Dear Gregory Chorus Families,

We have some news and updates to share regarding next week’s chorus concerts on Thursday, February 24. Due to some revised district guidelines, we are now able to adjust our concerts to accommodate additional students and audience members. As such, here is our new schedule for the evening:

6:00pm performance (note NEW time) – 6^th Grade Chorus, Men’s Ensemble, Mixed Vocal Ensemble, and Concert Choir.

7:30pm performance – 7^th Grade Chorus, Men’s Ensemble, Mixed Vocal Ensemble, Concert Choir, and 8^th Grade Chorus.

Report times and locations for each group are as follows:

Men’s Ensemble – 5:00pm, Commons (enter through Door #1)

Concert Choir – 5:10pm, Commons (enter through Door #1)

6^th Grade Chorus – 5:30pm, Commons (enter through Door #1)

 

7^th Grade Chorus – 6:45pm, Chorus Room (enter through Door #4)

8^th Grade Chorus – 7:00pm, Commons (enter through Door #1)

 

Students should be in place in their assigned report location and ready to sing no later than their assigned time, so that our warmup session can proceed quickly and efficiently with all students present (coats should be dropped off in the chorus room). Your efforts in making this happen are greatly appreciated!

All choral performances will be taking place in the Gregory Commons. Audience members should enter through Door #1 starting 10 minutes prior to the start of each concert. NEW: our audience is no longer limited to two people per student. Feel free to sit in any open audience seating and space yourself according to your personal comfort level.

For the students in our extracurricular ensembles only (Men’s Ensemble, Mixed Vocal Ensemble, and Concert Choir):

·      Please make sure to eat dinner prior to your report time, as it will be a longer evening for you performing in both concerts.

·      6^th grade extracurricular ensemble singers, feel free to bring a snack as well as a task to work on between the two concerts; you will be hanging out in the chorus room during that time.

·      We will no longer be doing recording sessions next week, but will still meet during our scheduled day and time to rehearse. However, there is no longer a need to bring your concert clothing to school on those days!

Required performance attire for all singers is:

·      Gray Gregory Music T-shirt

·      Black dress pants or leggings (no jeans, sweatpants, ripped clothing, or athletic attire, please)

·      Black dress shoes

·      If wearing socks, black only (no colors)

·      No extraneous clothing items permitted (bandanas, scarves, hats)

·      NEW: per updated district guidance for all classes and school events, we have moved to mask recommended

We are excited to have all of our singers performing live and in person for this round of concerts, and are looking forward to seeing you there that evening!

Fall Choral Concerts - Thursday, October 28!

Dear Gregory Chorus Families,

We are quickly approaching our first choral concert evening of the school year on Thursday, October 28. Our singers have been hard at work to prepare and polish their performances, so we are excited to finally have the opportunity to share our music with you! As chorus is a performance-based curriculum that requires the collaboration of everyone as a team, and our concerts are the “final exam” of the skills and concepts on which we have worked in class, attendance at all performances during the school year is mandatory and is part of the student’s quarter grade for chorus class.

With some of the logistical details from the district recently finalized, I can now share our official plan with you.

Fall Choral Concerts

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Gregory Middle School Commons (all students & guests enter through Door #1)

 

5:30pm Concert – 6th Grade Chorus

            6th Grade singers report to the commons by 4:45pm for rehearsal.

            Audience will be permitted into the commons starting at 5:15pm.

            Per recently updated district guidance, audience attendance is limited to TWO (2) guests per student, and all audience members must be fully masked while in the school; the concert will be recorded for later viewing as well.

 

7:30pm Concert – 7th Grade Chorus & 8th Grade Chorus

            7th Grade singers report to the commons by 6:45pm for rehearsal.

            8th Grade singers report to the commons by 7:00pm for rehearsal.

            Audience will be permitted into the commons starting at 7:15pm.

            Per recently updated district guidance, audience attendance is limited to TWO (2) guests per student, and all audience members must be fully masked while in the school; the concert will be recorded for later viewing as well.

 

Extracurricular Recording Sessions

For students in our extracurricular ensembles (Concert Choir, Men’s Ensemble, and Mixed Vocal Ensemble), their song performances will be recorded at their final rehearsals prior to the concert night and shown during each concert time. The schedule for each recording session is as follows:

Men’s Ensemble – Monday morning, October 25, 6:55-7:45am

Concert Choir – Tuesday morning, October 26, 6:55-7:45am

Mixed Vocal Ensemble – Wednesday after school, October 27, 3:10-4:00pm

For all performances and recording sessions, students must wear the following required attire:

·      Gregory Music t-shirt (all students have received this in class)

·      Black pants (no jeans, sweatpants, or athletic wear, please)

·      Black dress shoes (no gym shoes, please)

·      District-provided choral mask

Students in our extracurricular ensembles, don’t forget to wear/bring your concert attire to school on our recording days!

 

Once again, thank you for your continual support of our music making. After a long eighteen months of no concerts, we are really excited to share our voices with you again!

Please do not hesitate to reach out to me directly over email at dave_pfenninger@ipsd.org if you have any questions at any time.