NYSSMA Presentation
By admin | March 7, 2012
Here is a presentation entitled “What NYSSMA Does For You.” It has been revised and edited since it was first shown at the December NYSSMA conference. The author, Sue Weber, says the “this is NOT a stand alone presentation, but a stepping stone for discussion and added information. I hope that you can find it useful.”
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Junior Chorus Rehearsal Files
By admin | March 6, 2012
Rehearsal files for the Spring All-County Junior Chorus have been posted in the All-County section of this site. You will be able to listen to these files online, or download them to your personal device to help rehearse for the festival.
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Benefit concert at RCS
By admin | February 3, 2012
“A Night of Barbershop and a cappella Singing” Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 7:00pm at the High School Auditorium
Benefit/Fundraising Concert to help with production of“GREASE”
CONCERT is FREE, Donations will be accepted at the door
Performers include:
Electric City Chorus, Schenectady NY
The New Messengers – Gospel Quarte
Revisions – Barbershop Quartet
Bravo – Award Winning Barbershop Quartet
The Earthtones from UAlbany
Radically Chaotic Singers (Featuring RCS faculty- Mr. Bailey, Mr. Holdren, Mr. Koester & Mr. Wamsley)
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RCS High School Musicians Perform at Empire State Plaza
By admin | January 12, 2012
via rcscsd.org
(Dec. 27) On Dec. 19, the RCS High School Band and Chorus performed at the South Concourse of the Empire State Plaza as part of the New York State Office of General Services annual Holiday Potpourri.
The band, under the direction of Scott Andrews and the Chorus, under the direction of Michelle McLoughlin performed from 12 noon to 1 pm, sharing their musical talents and holiday cheer with plaza visitors and employees.
Many state workers stopped by on their lunch breaks to enjoy the music, along with parents, relatives, friends, and former students home from college who came to hear the groups perform in what has become a yearly tradition for the RCS High School Band and Chorus.
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Junior Band Resource
By admin | October 18, 2011
Mr. Chouiniere, the conductor for the 2011 Junior Band, has created a blog to share thoughts and resources with the band members. His website can be found here:
My name is Mr. Chouiniere and I will be your guest conductor for this year’s middle school band on Wednesday, November 2 and Friday, November 4, 2011. I am looking forward to meeting all of you and working with you to create an outstanding performance on Friday evening. I’ve chosen music that I think you will like working on and the audience will enjoy listening to!
Please check out the notes I have for you for each piece as you begin to prepare for our rehearsals. I’ve tried to put recorded examples of the music so you get an idea of what it sounds like ahead of time! Good luck in your preparations and I’ll see you on the 2nd!
Mr. Chouiniere (prononced Schwin-ear)
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The Power of Music
By admin | June 3, 2011
Science all but confirms that humans are hard-wired to respond to music. Studies also suggest that someday music may even help patients heal from Parkinson’s disease or a stroke.
In The Power of Music, Elena Mannes explores how music affects different groups of people and how it could play a role in health care.
Mannes tracked the human relationship with music over the course of a life span. She tells NPR’s Neal Conan that studies show that infants prefer “consonant intervals, the smooth-sounding ones that sound nice to our Western ears in a chord, as opposed to a jarring combination of notes.”
In fact, Mannes says the cries of babies just a few weeks old were found to contain some of the basic intervals common to Western music…
You can read the entire article, a book excerpt, and listen to a 30 minute podcast with the author here
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Carnegie Master Classes
By admin | June 2, 2011
The following link contains footage of workshops and master classes with:
- Kronos String Quartet
- James Levine
- tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain
- Emerson String Quartet
- Leon Fleisher
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National Jukebox
By admin | May 12, 2011
“The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives.”
This massive trove of audio recordings is available on a streaming-only basis. Music, speeches, humor readings—spanning decades of American history. The original words of Teddy Roosevelt. “Rhapsody in Blue” with George Gershwin on piano. Serious national gems. Also all of Sony’s pre-1925 record catalog will be accessible, encompassing a significant (and widely forgotten) musical past. Accompanying the huge sonic repository is a ton of album and label artwork, as well as biographical information on artists. (via Sam Biddle)
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Spring Music Practice Links
By admin | April 21, 2011
Many teachers and students are working diligently to prepare for the 2011 NYSSMA adjudications. The desire to practice and improve one’s musicianship is a key factor for success, so here are some links (via How to Practice) to help us all keep the fire burning. Feel free to share any more links you have found useful toward this end.
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All County Postponed
By admin | March 23, 2011
From President Storrs:
It is with a heavy heart that I am canceling today’s rehearsal. All-County WILL continue on Friday. Group chairpersons will be in contact with their conductors today to determine a condensed program. As soon as the decision on this is made, group chairpersons will be in contact with teachers to share this information.Scholarship Auditions: Are postponed. Although this is a challenge, I will be rescheduling them. Directors with students auditioning, please forward me a list of dates that are not good for you. I will try to come up with a date before the Spring Break to hold auditions. Auditions will occur here at Catskill Elementary School.GCMEA Meeting: This meeting is also postponed. With the fact that there will be a condensed program, I do not want to keep teachers from their students in rehearsals in assisting them. There will be a brief meeting at 3:30 on Friday just to go over logistics for the festival (dinner, tickets, etc). However: there are PRESSING matters that need to be discussed by the association. I am suggesting two meeting times: Sunday, March 27th at 5:30p at Paul’s Pizza, or Monday, March 28th at 5:30p at Pauls Pizza in Coxsackie. Please let me know if you would be able to attend either of these two meeting times.
Safe travels to everyone this afternoon!
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