Happy Friday!
It has been a very productive and exciting week for the Clawson Vocal Music Program! The biggest announcement is that we have started our Annie rehearsals for the upcoming shows December 8-10th. The students have worked hard all week on the first scene which includes the numbers, "Maybe" and "Hard Knock Life"; we have been able to learn the music, script, and have staged this section of the musical. We will start a new scene next week, so be sure to check the schedule which can be found in the "Annie" section of this website to see if your student is scheduled to rehearse. Rehearsals for "Annie" are in the choir room, room 120 at Clawson High School and run from 3:00pm - 5:00pm Tuesday-Thursday, pit rehearsals are Fridays from 3:00pm-5:00pm. For every rehearsal there is a chance that we will finish early, our students are very busy and I want to respect their time as much as possible, so if we are ahead of schedule I want to grant our students their time and release them early. If any students need to use a telephone to call whoever is picking them up, they may use the telephone in my room or in the high school office. Students are encouraged to take advantage of the benches in front of the high school office as their waiting area; this area is monitored by staff members and security cameras. In the classroom at the middle school level, we are continuing our rehearsing of music for the upcoming concert (Dec. 15) and have also started a composition project where the students in small groups take a well-known song and figures out ways to enhance the music by adding sounds and other music to it. At the high school level, we are finishing up voting for choir officers, that voting link can be found on the homepage of this website, that will be posted by noon today. We are also going to audition for the two solo roles in "The First Breath of Winter" today in class today. It has been an action-packed week at CMS/CHS, as always if you have any questions please feel free to contact me! -Mr. Essler
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Happy Sunday!
This has been a very productive week for the students in the vocal music program at Clawson. We have continued our rehearsing for our December concert making a lot of great progress this week! There has also been a lot of work done in preparation for this year's musical "Annie" which will be performed December 8th-10th. The final rehearsal schedule has been posted on the home page of our choir website which shows all of the obligations to the students participating in the musical. If there are any conflicts please have the students come talk to me so we can work out a solution. Rehearsals will start this Tuesday, October 18th at 3:00pm in the choir room. See the schedule for details. I hope everyone had a relaxing weekend, as always if you have any questions feel free to contact me! Mr. Essler Hello and happy Friday! This has been an awesome week for the Clawson choirs, with the conclusion of our auditions for this year’s production of Annie. This year we had over 60 students express interest in participating in the musical by singing a role, working as a member of the stage-crew, or playing in the pit orchestra. Our rehearsals for that will start the week of October 16th with a master schedule coming very soon. Results from the auditions will be posted today at 4:00pm on the choir room door and online on the main page of our website! There will be meetings for stage crew, pit orchestra, and cast members next week to give out the master schedule; be sure to check the calendar for dates and times.
In the classroom, we have continued our preparation for our December 15th Winter Choir Concert, with all ensembles working very hard and producing some great sounds! We have also finished up a form unit where students are now able to identify the structure and layout of different musical pieces. This is a vital skill to have for students because it gives them a greater sense of how music should be performed and allows them to identify similarities and differences in the music which helps greatly during rehearsal. I am very excited to start the musical and begin our work in about a week! As always if you have any questions please feel free to contact me by email. Have a great weekend! Welcome to the brand new official website of the Clawson Vocal Music Program! This will be a main line of communication for everything related to choir at Clawson High School and Clawson Middle where you will find information regarding upcoming events, fundraisers, and educational resources. Please take a moment to sign up for our choir newsletter so you can stay informed and up-to-date with what is happening here at Clawson!
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AuthorMr. Essler - Director of Choir Archives
December 2016
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