Hello Returning and New Monterey Family!
I'm so looking forward to September Start Up 2022 and hope everyone else is as well! It's been a crazy roller coaster couple of years between Covid, Budget Cuts, and some personal life developments for myself! Here's some important info about music for the year: I'd like to thank Mr Paul Beauchesne for his excellent work with the music program while I was on parental leave. I was able to go to the spring and year end concerts and the groups were sounding fantastic! I'd also like to welcome Mr Paul Spelt to Monterey Music! He will be the Thursday music teacher. YOUR TEACHERS Ms Dyler will be in Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday until Block 4 and will be teaching Band 6-8, Strings 6-8. Choir 6-8, and Jazz 8 as well as Music and Indigenous Drumming exploratory blocks. Mr Spelt will be in Thursdays and will be teaching Band 6-7, Strings 6-8, and Choir 6-8. A detailed schedule will be shared once the school year is off to a start - we're still waiting to see if there are any conflicts or bugs in the current schedule. INSTRUMENTS Nobody needs an instrument the first class but all Band 7-8 and Strings 6-8 will need instruments from their second class onward. Grade 6's will need instruments for their first class in October but they need to be assigned an instrument first. PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE AN INSTRUMENT FOR YOUR CHILD UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY ASSIGNED AN INSTRUMENT! It doesn't matter how good the individual players are - a band of 50 trumpets, or 50 saxophones is going to sound dreadful. There is a careful balance of instrumentation to be created in order for all the parts to be heard and for the music to actually sound good. INSTRUMENT RENTAL NIGHT Grade 6 Instrument Rental Night is at Long & McQuade on Tuesday, September 27 from 6:00-7:00 UNIFORM The uniform is the black Monterey Music shirt, black pants, and black shoes. It has come to my attention that the shirt was not ordered last year so I will have order forms for Grades 6-8 early in September, as well as options for students to try on in the music room. Each shirt is $30 and is the student's to keep. Try to size with Grade 8 in mind so that a new shirt doesn't need to be purchased each year. Students are welcome to use older siblings' and friends' old shirts, and there are a few spares in the music office that can be signed out for the concert if a family is unable to purchase a music shirt this year. CONCERT DATES Concerts take place in the Monterey School Gym three times a year. All music students are expected to attend and perform in the concert.
BAND TRIP I intended to take Band 8 on a trip this year to Vancouver but need to see how many students are in Band 8 to see what I can offer and how much that will be. Happy September! Let's do this! Ms Dyler
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XiaoYu Zhang
8/9/2022 08:33:10 pm
Grade 6 Beginner band
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AuthorMs Dyler is the music director at Monterey Middle School Archives
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