Month: March 2024

3/25-3/29

Week at a glance:

Monday: We are excited to welcome Mr. Patrick Erwin, from the global non profit Growing Leaders to our band room to speak with us during class. No instruments needed.

Tuesday: Percussion ensemble until 4:15
Wednesday: Jazz band until 4:15
Thursday: 7th grade Urban Air Trip

Large Group Performance Evaluation

Congratulations to the Carrollton Middle School Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Ensemble! All three groups performed at the annual state music assessment, entitled “Large Group Performance Evaluation”, on Thursday. They played beautifully for adjudicators and represented our community well. Congratulations on a great performance!

7th Grade Urban Air Field Trip: This Thursday, March 28th

Our 7th graders will enjoy a trip to Urban Air in Newnan, Georgia on March 28th. The information is below. All students must fill out the following JotForm and have their payments in by March 22nd.

Here is our current roster. If you are missing the permission form I have linked it below for you all to complete.

JotForm

Cost:

Chaperones: $0 Students: $30

Address:Urban Air Adventure Park

231 Newnan Crossing Bypass

Newnan, GA 30265

Itinerary:

8:30 am Chaperones report to CMS Band room
8:45 AM load busses
9:00 AM Depart CMS
10:00 AM- 2:00 PM Urban Air (Including lunch)
2:15 PM Depart for CMS
4:00 PM Arrive at CMS

Chair Test: All CMS Band Students 3/27

Our 6th, 7th, and 8th graders will have a chair test in class on Wednesday. The students will have one minute to play as many scales as they can followed by a performance of the etude that was handed out to them in class. I look forward to hearing the students on Wednesday and getting them set up for our Spring concert!

Online Store: Open year round!

I am excited to present our online store for CMS Band merchandise that will be open year round. I will post the link each Sunday as a reminder and will let you know if any new items are added. This does not serve as a fundraiser for our band program but it does allow for us to purchase spirit wear to represent our program!

https://ozierproducts.com/CMSBandSpiritWEAR/shop/home

Upcoming Dates:

7th Grade Urban Air Trip: March 28th

Carowinds Trip: April 12-13

Solo and Ensemble: April 27th

Spring Concert: May 6th

Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

3/18-3/22

Good evening,

We will have no percussion ensemble or jazz band this week. We will continue our weekly rehearsals next week.

Large Group Performance Evaluation

Our 7th and 8th grade groups have been working very hard for their concerts this week. We all wish them luck as they perform at the Carroll County Performing Arts Center this Thursday! Individual itineraries are below. Please remember to wear your all black uniform for the concert.

The following schedules are tentative. Our transportation department is working diligently to get buses for our groups. If either of the three groups has a change in their schedule, I will inform the students and families of that group.

Concert Band:

Depart 8:20 AM (students will report to the band room upon arriving to school on Thursday to load buses).
8:30 AM Depart from CMS
8:40 AM Arrive and unload at CCPAC
9:30 AM Warm Up
10:00 AM Performance Free and open to the public!
11:15 AM Depart for CMS
11:30 AM arrive at CMS. Report to 4th block to meet sub

Symphonic Band:

10:15 AM Report to band room, eat lunch (SUBWAY provided), load busses
10:45 AM Depart from CMS
11:00 AM Arrive at CCPAC
12:00 PM Warm Up
12:30 PM Performance Free and open to the public!
1:45 PM Depart for CMS
2:00 PM Arrive at CMS. Unload then report to 6th block when the bell rings.

Wind Ensemble:

3:45 PM Begin loading buses
4:00 PM Depart from CMS
4:15 PM Arrive at CCPAC
5:15 Pm Warm up
5:45 PM Performance Free and open to the public!
7:00 PM Depart for CMS
7:15 PM Arrive at CMS. Unload.

7th Grade Urban Air Field Trip: March 28th

Our 7th graders will enjoy a trip to Urban Air in Newnan, Georgia on March 28th. The information is below. All students must fill out the following JotForm and have their payments in by March 22nd.

Here is our current roster. If you are missing the permission form I have linked it below for you all to complete.

JotForm

Cost:

Chaperones: $0 Students: $30

Students earned $5 towards their trip for each raffle ticket sold. PDF showing credit from raffle fundraiser is located on website.

Address:Urban Air Adventure Park

231 Newnan Crossing Bypass

Newnan, GA 30265

Itinerary:

8:45 AM load busses
9:00 AM Depart CMS
10:00 AM- 2:00 PM Urban Air (Including lunch)
2:15 PM Depart for CMS
4:00 PM Arrive at CMS

Online Store: Open year round!

https://ozierproducts.com/CMSBandSpiritWEAR/shop/home

Upcoming Dates:

L.G.P.E. Concert: March 21st

7th Grade Urban Air Trip: March 28th

Carowinds Trip: April 12-13

Solo and Ensemble: April 27th

Spring Concert: May 6th

Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

3/11-3/15

Good evening!

Our week at a glance:

Tuesday: Percussion ensemble until 4:15

Wednesday: Jazz band until 4:15

LGPE Concert

Our 7th and 8th graders did a tremendous job on Tuesday at our Pre LGPE Concert! We have listened to the judges tapes and have already started the process of improving as we work towards LGPE.

I will post a schedule for Concert, Symphonic, and Wind Ensemble once the bus schedule has been approved. I hope to release that later this week. Please continue keeping the dates on your calendar so that we can fill the Carroll County Performing Arts Center up and cheer on our 7th through 12th grade band students!

7th Grade Urban Air Field Trip: March 28th

Our 7th graders will enjoy a trip to Urban Air in Newnan, Georgia on March 28th. The information is below. All students must fill out the following JotForm and have their payments in by March 22nd.

JotForm

Raffle Fundraiser Credits towards fundraiser.

Cost:

Chaperones: $0 Students: $30

Students earned $5 towards their trip for each raffle ticket sold. PDF showing credit from raffle fundraiser is located on website.

Address:Urban Air Adventure Park

231 Newnan Crossing Bypass

Newnan, GA 30265

Itinerary:

8:45 AM load busses
9:00 AM Depart CMS
10:00 AM- 2:00 PM Urban Air (Including lunch)
2:15 PM Depart for CMS
4:00 PM Arrive at CMS

6th Grade LakePoint Station Field Trip

Thursday’s performance and visit to LakePoint Station was a blast! The students and parent chaperones were rockstars! That was a memorable field trip and CMS Band was represented well! Thank you to everyone who was involved in making it happen. Performing and traveling is one of the most exciting parts about band.

Summer Opportunities

If your student is interested in continuing their musical journey this summer, there are wonderful music camps that are available hosted by some of the universities here in Georgia.

https://www.cobbsummerbandcamp.org/camp-details.html (Day camp at KSU)

https://www.kennesaw.edu/arts/academics/music/community-programs/summer-arts-intensive.php (Brass or percussion focused two day camp at KSU)

https://www.schwobsummermusicfestival.com (Spend the night camp at Columbus State University)

https://ugamusiccamps.weebly.com/music-institute.html (Spend the night camp at the University of Georgia)

Online Store: Open year round!

https://ozierproducts.com/CMSBandSpiritWEAR/shop/home

Upcoming Dates:

L.G.P.E. Concert: March 21st

7th Grade Urban Air Trip: March 28th

Carowinds Trip: April 12-13

Solo and Ensemble: April 27th

Spring Concert: May 6th

Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

3/4-3/8

Good morning,

We have a busy week ahead of us in the band program!

Tuesday: Pre LGPE Concert *Required for all students*

Wednesday: Jazz Band rehearsal until 4:15

Thursday: 6th Grade Field Trip to Woodland High School/LakePoint Station

Pre LGPE Concert: Tuesday, 3/5 @Mabry Arts Center 7th/8th grade only

We are excited to present our next concert this Tuesday at the Mabry Arts Center. We will share the concert with the high school programs and will have guest adjudicators there to give us feedback leading into our Large Group Performance Evaluation late March.

Report time for all students is 5PM.

Wear formal all black
Students are dismissed after their group finishes performing
Concert is free and open to the public

6th Grade Field Trip

Our roster for this Thursday is attached here.

Permission Form here.

I have not added the cash or check payments from the end of the week and will add those in on Monday. Please check beside your name and let me know if you have any questions about anything that is not checked off.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Xander Adams and Brayan Calix Alberto! They participated in the GMEA 2024 All State Band this weekend. Both students began working on their audition material in August with a two-part audition leading to their acceptance into the ensemble. They spent the past few days rehearing at the University of Georgia with students from across the state and performed a concert Sunday afternoon at the Classic Center. Thank you for being leaders in our band program!

Our Jazz band performed spectacularly at both of our Black History Month Assemblies on Friday. Thank you to our students for your hard work and preparation as well as the courage to perform in from of the entire school!

Summer Opportunities

If your student is interested in continuing their musical journey this summer, there are wonderful music camps that are available hosted by some of the universities here in Georgia.

https://www.cobbsummerbandcamp.org/camp-details.html (Day camp at KSU)

https://www.kennesaw.edu/arts/academics/music/community-programs/summer-arts-intensive.php (Brass or percussion focused two day camp at KSU)

https://www.schwobsummermusicfestival.com (Spend the night camp at Columbus State University)

https://ugamusiccamps.weebly.com/music-institute.html (Spend the night camp at the University of Georgia)