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Fall, 2017 Volume 4, Issue 1 Music Notes UPCOMING EVENTS: December 16: Jefferson Show Choir Concert, 3:00 & 6:00 PM December 18: Holiday Con- cert, Jefferson HS, 6:00 PM December 19: Band, Or- chestra, Choir Concert, Kennedy HS, 6:00 PM December 19: Choir Con- cert, Washington HS, 7:00 PM January 19: Franklin & McKinley Bands at the Rough- riders game February 3: Metropolitan Orchestra Festival, Paramount Theater February 6, Orchestra Con- cert, McKinley MS February 6, Band Concert, Harding MS, 6:30 PM February 8, Vocal Concert, Harding MS, 6:00 PM February 9 and 10: Mo Jazz & Mo Show Show Choir Compe- tition, Washington High School February 15: Jazz Band, Show Choir, and Chamber Or- chestra concert, Franklin MS, 7:00 PM February 19: Orchestra Concert, Franklin MS, 7:00 PM February 20: Jazz Band Concert, Harding MS, 7:00 PM February 23: Jefferson Band Carnival February 27: Vocal Music Concert, Franklin MS, 7:00 PM The Mission of the Cedar Rapids Community School District Music Teachers is to foster lifelong learners and consumers of music by providing high quality music programs that promote essential opportu- nities for all students, teach the whole child, develop 21 st Century Skills, and instill a love and joy for music. Franklin Middle School was selected to receive the VH1 Save the Music Keys and Kidsgrant which includes $10,000 worth of new musical instruments. The instruments include a Casio Celviano Grand Hybrid Piano and three 3 Casio WK-7600 Music Work- stations with gig bags. The digital grand is described by Casio as the most advanced technology in digital pianos.It is designed to sound acoustic and has weighted keys to feel like an acoustic piano, but it does not need the regular tuning and maintenance that an acoustic piano requires. This grant was created to respond to the growing need for high- quality, functional pianos in public schools, and to provide even more students with a safe and inclusive community to be outstand- ing through the arts.West Music partnered with VH1 and Casio to bring this opportunity to Franklin. The keyboards will be used in the choir and band programs while the grand hybrid piano will serve as the auditorium piano for concerts and rehearsals. Franklin Middle School Awarded VH1 Save the Music Grant

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Fall, 2017 Volume 4, Issue 1

Music Notes

UPCOMING EVENTS:

December 16: Jefferson Show Choir Concert, 3:00 & 6:00 PM December 18: Holiday Con-cert, Jefferson HS, 6:00 PM December 19: Band, Or-chestra, Choir Concert, Kennedy HS, 6:00 PM December 19: Choir Con-cert, Washington HS, 7:00 PM January 19: Franklin & McKinley Bands at the Rough-riders game February 3: Metropolitan Orchestra Festival, Paramount Theater February 6, Orchestra Con-cert, McKinley MS February 6, Band Concert, Harding MS, 6:30 PM February 8, Vocal Concert, Harding MS, 6:00 PM February 9 and 10: Mo Jazz & Mo Show Show Choir Compe-tition, Washington High School February 15: Jazz Band, Show Choir, and Chamber Or-chestra concert, Franklin MS, 7:00 PM February 19: Orchestra Concert, Franklin MS, 7:00 PM February 20: Jazz Band Concert, Harding MS, 7:00 PM February 23: Jefferson Band Carnival February 27: Vocal Music Concert, Franklin MS, 7:00 PM

The Mission of the Cedar Rapids Community School District Music

Teachers is to foster lifelong learners and consumers of music by

providing high quality music programs that promote essential opportu-

nities for all students, teach the whole child, develop 21st Century Skills,

and instill a love and joy for music.

Franklin Middle School was selected to receive the VH1 Save the Music “Keys and Kids” grant which includes $10,000 worth of new musical instruments. The instruments include a Casio Celviano Grand Hybrid Piano and three 3 Casio WK-7600 Music Work-stations with gig bags. The digital grand is described by Casio as the “most advanced technology in digital pianos.” It is designed to sound acoustic and has weighted keys to feel like an acoustic piano, but it does not need the regular tuning and maintenance that an acoustic piano requires.

This grant was created to “respond to the growing need for high-quality, functional pianos in public schools, and to provide even more students with a safe and inclusive community to be outstand-ing through the arts.” West Music partnered with VH1 and Casio to bring this opportunity to Franklin. The keyboards will be used in the choir and band programs while the grand hybrid piano will serve as the auditorium piano for concerts and rehearsals.

Franklin Middle School Awarded

VH1 Save the Music Grant

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All-State Selections

After months of preparation, CRCSD music students auditioned for All-State Band, Choir, and Orchestra on October 21. CRCSD students were well prepared and represented their school and the district well. The fol-lowing students were selected and per-formed in the All-State Music Festival in Ames at the end of November: Jefferson

Orchestra: Hannah Nguyen, Violin 1st Al-ternate

Band: Elizabeth Moon, Clarinet; Shannon Morgan, trombone

Choir: Macey Bertram, Josie Chung, Emily Hanisch, Erika Nelson, and Sarah Woerner, Sopranos; Kat Cummings, Peyton Daven-port, Machia Leggins, Cassie Shelley, Altos; Jacob Hadish, Kobe Williams, Halas Wilson, Tenors; Riley Walton, Denton Wilson, Bass-es.

Kennedy

Orchestra: Tyler Montgomery, bass; Joyce Lai, violin; and Regan Linder, viola

Band: Emily Hrabik, flute; Joyce Li, Alexis Green, clarinet, Madison Strait, Ryan Bur-rack, Nathan Morton, French horn; Matthew Lyman, trombone; Joe Horne, Miles Damaso, Elise Siebels, Alternate, Isaac Ptacek, alternate.

Choir: Braxten Jones, Erin Grams, Taylor Mather, Luke Shaffer, Joshua Young, Kenne-dy Wilson, McKenna Maus, Zander Hodge, Brayden Remerowski, Katie O’Connell, Mal-lory McGuire, Sam Drish, Lydia Kilgore, and Alex Young. Josh Winters, Alternate.

Washington

Choir: Alanna Adkins, Lindsey De-Wolf, Grace DeWolf, Gracie Shaw, Regan Heying, Brennan Regan, Ethan Cooper, Alex Haggin, Paul Linville, Quinn Wilcox, Quinn Spivey, Scott Griffin, Michael Muhlena, Lau-ren Flory, 1st Alternate; Ava Klopfenstein, 1st Alternate; Tyler McGuire, 2nd Alternate

Orchestra: Anna Kolln, Emma Prostine, Brooks Papendick, Bailey Renfro, and Anna Kalan, Violins; Lee Prostine, Ella Wolle, and Dean Wibe , Cello; Leroy Karns, 2nd alter-nate - Cello

Band: Tyler Cruise, Clarinet; K endall Stenseth, Flute, 1st Alternate; Joe Jonasson,

Jefferson Orchestra Receives Special Instrument Donation

Jefferson Orchestra received approximately $5,00 worth of supplies and two nice violins donated by Lanny Benishek from Urbandale, Iowa this fall. Lanny’s wife Lois passed away in early October from cancer, after being diagnosed just 7 weeks prior. He wanted her violins to be used instead of sit-ting in a closet, so he decided to choose Jefferson as he was 1973 graduate. Both of the violins are beautiful instruments with top quality cases. Lenny attended the October 23rd Or-chestra concert at Jefferson to see and hear the violins being played. “I am so excited to have two high quality violins in our inventory now and am very grateful for his donation,” said director Natalie Miller.

The Cedar Rapids School district always welcomes instru-ment donations and provides tax deduction forms to donors.

OPUS Honor Choir The following Cedar Rapids Community School District stu-

dents were selected for the OPUS Honor Choir. Students are

selected through a recorded audition process and performed at

the Iowa Music Educator’s Association conference in Ames on

November 16. The OPUS Honor Choir is open to students in

grades 5-9.

McKinley: Rusalka Rogers

Jefferson: Alix Klein, Nathan Pearson

Washington: Sofia Burke, Ian Wolverton-Weiss, Adam Hein (alternate)

Lux String Quartet Works With

Cedar Rapids Orchestra Students

The Lux String Quartet, a Twin Cities-based performing en-

semble, visited the Franklin Middle School 8th Grade Or-

chestra last week.

During their visit,

the group pre-

sented a master-

class to the stu-

dents and played

with the group.

The Lux String

Quartet performs

in a wide variety

of venues, from

coffee shops to

concert halls.

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CRCSD Orchestra Students Perform With Lindsey Stirling

Six Cedar Rapids string players were invited to per-form with Lindsy Stirling December 5 at the U.S. Cel-lular Center. Stirling is a violinist, dancer, and com-poser who performs around the world. The high school performers included, Ella Wolle, Cello and An-na Kolln, Violin, from Washington High School; Rae-gan Linder, Viola and Hannah Fusselman, Cello, from Kennedy High School; and Sophie Pionek, cello, and Hannah Nguyen, violin from Jefferson High School. The students rehearsed with Stirling and her team be-fore the concert, were treated to dinner and a VIP ex-perience, and performed two numbers during the show.

NEIBA HONOR BAND

The following students were selected amongst approximately 900 nominations to represent the northeast district of the Iowa Bandmasters Association in an hon-or band festival on Saturday December 2.

Franklin MS – Cora Johansen, clarinet; Rachael Stevens, alto saxophone; Grant Lapointe, tenor saxophone; Colton Stau-dacher, baritone saxophone; Laci McHen-ry, percussion. Beth Davies and Valerie Shanley, directors.

Harding MS – Taylor Matta, flute; Katherine Stone, clarinet. Chris Bird and Melissa Brobston, directors.

McKinley MS – Anna Wilson, flute; Weston DeWolf and Claudia Gay, clari-net; Jake Sturtz, trumpet; Cade Gibson, trombone; Christian DeWolf, tuba. Eliza-beth Driskell and Lisa Wissenberg, direc-tors.

Roosevelt MS – Jenna Ruiz, flute and Ian O’Brien, baritone. Chelsey Eisenhau-er, Laura Drzycimski and Lisa Wissen-berg, directors.

Taft MS – Audrey Bruns and Anya Poggenklass, flute; Kaitlyn deBlois, Olivia Proctor and Kalli Wistrick, clarinet; Amanda Mason, bass clarinet; Areigna Ralston, oboe; Emily Clemen, bassoon; Zachary Egger, trumpet; Adam Swartzendruber, trombone. Kristin Beatty and Doreen Anderson, directors.

Wilson MS – Angel Johnson, flute; Caleb Groomes, Clara Hamilton and Georgia Loskill, clarinet. Mary Bunn and Chelsea Dunn, directors.

Jefferson HS – Haley Varo, flute/piccolo; Jolie Brown, Carolyn Driskell, Tracie Martinson, clarinet; Kaitlyn Simp-son, bass clarinet; Jack Goudy, Caden Wortman and Mackenzie Varo, trumpet; Gabrielle Burkett, French Horn; Jimmy Driskell and Koy Ortega, baritone; Jacob Fultz and Alex Nelson, tuba. Thad Driskell and Chad Allard, directors.

Kennedy HS – Alex Jackson, Allysa Jones, Hannah Krejci, Annette Marsalli and Miranda Tendick, flute; Rebecca Ste-vens, clarinet; Anna Ridnour, contra bass clarinet; Isaac Ptacek, trombone; Livia Throckmorton, percussion. Lesley Fleer and Jared Wacker, directors.

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Iowa Junior Honor Orchestra

The following students performed at the Iowa Junior Honors Orchestra on November 17 in

Ames:

Travell Wright and Seth Moore, Washington HS, Bass; Josephine Norris, Washington HS, Viola; Amanda Nguyen, Jefferson HS, Violin; Jared Jameson, Kennedy HS, Bass; Holly Altfillisch, Franklin MS, Violin; Patricia Lazo-Chavez, Harding MS, Violin; Alex Mackin, Harding MS, Vio-la; Megan Bumpus, Taft MS, Violin

Valerie Shanley Awarded

Philip Sehmann

Excellence

in Teaching Award

Valerie Shanley, band director at Franklin Middle School, was selected to receive the 2017 Philip Sehmann Excellence in Teaching Award. This award was established by the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Association in 1992 to recognize directors based on the following criteria: years of service in teaching, contributions to the NEIBA and IBA organizations, and providing a quality music education to their students and maintain-ing a quality band program at their school.

Valerie Shanley is in her 24th year of teaching young band students in Northeast Iowa and currently works with sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students at Franklin Middle School in Cedar Rapids. Previously, she taught at McKinley Middle School (Cedar Rapids), Excelsior Middle School (Linn-Mar), and the Olin School District. Shanley earned Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Education degrees from the University of Northern Iowa, and she is a member of the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Association (NEIBA), Iowa Bandmasters Association, and Jazz Educators of Iowa.

Shanley is active as a conductor, clinician, and adjudicator. She has conducted several honor bands for beginning musicians in Northeast Iowa, including the Marion, Five Seasons (Cedar Rapids), and Young Musicians’ (Prairie) honor bands. Shanley regularly serves as a guest clinician for area band programs and also as a clinician at the NEIBA concert band and jazz band festivals. She adjudicates for the Iowa High School Music Association Solo/Ensemble, Large Group, and All-State festivals, as well as the Ad-ventureland Festival of Bands. She has also served NEIBA as Publicity Chair. Shanley is especially pas-sionate about working with beginning band students in the jazz idiom. At Franklin, she leads Jazz Band Too, a 50-member group comprised mostly of students who have played their instruments for only a few months. She is also the director of the Kirkwood Middle School Jazz Band Camp, a weeklong summer camp for beginning and middle school band students. Groups under her direction have earned Division I ratings at concert band festivals and first-place finishes at jazz band competitions, and dozens of her stu-dents have been selected for the Iowa All-State Band and All-Iowa 8th Grade Honor Band.

In addition to her career as an educator, Shanley is in demand as a professional hornist throughout Iowa. She has been a member of the Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony for more than 20 years, is a long-time member of the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band, and substitutes regularly in the horn sections of Orchestra Iowa and the Des Moines Symphony. Shanley and her family reside in Cedar Rapids. Her husband, Steve, is a professor of music at Coe College and conductor of the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band. Their children, Vivian and Evan, attend the Linn-Mar School District, where they are active in band, orchestra, and choir, and dance. In her free time, Shanley enjoys traveling, shopping, cooking, fine dining, and watching foot-ball.

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Andrew Stef-

fen and new

wife Melissa on

their wedding

July 14. An-

drew is the or-

chestra director

at Washington

High School.

Congratulations Andrew and Melissa!

Chelsea Dunn

and David Neff on

their wedding

August 4. Chelsea

is the orchestra

director at Wilson

Middle School.

Congratulations

Chelsea and Da-

vid!

Aniko Thraen, Taylor and Truman Elementary

Number of years teaching: I have been teaching since 1995, but took some time off when I had children. So maybe 11 years before this school year. Education: BS in Vocal and Classroom Music K-12, Elementary Education K-6, started endorsement in Early Childhood Development, and one class shy of having my Reading endorse-ment on the Master's level. Traveled around the world in 1997 with Up with People (sang on mic groups and played keyboard in the band). Primary Instrument: Voice, Piano, and Clarinet

Family: Frank and Ildiko K iss (parents w ho are still living), Ildi Kiss (sister who is an actress in NYC - does the Sunny D, Coke A Cola, Gei-co, etc. commercials), Matthew (son in 6th grade), Chloe and Claire (twin daughters in third grade), and Eric (the amazing man I am dating). Favorite song: I have a favorite for every genre, but the one that always puts a smile on my face and makes me feel good is "Better When I'm Dancin'" by Meghan Trainor In my free time: Take m y children to their activities - scouting, martial arts, gymnastics, basketball, band, choir, and good movies with popcorn. My children are my free time, but I do find time to cantor in church.

Sally Lange, Wilson Choir

Number of years teaching: Eight years teaching Education: BMus Flute Perform ance, University of Central Mis-souri, Warrensburg. MMEd with Certification, (Choral Emphasis) Vander-Cook College of Music, Chicago, IL Primary instrument: Flute, Piano and Voice Family: Adult daughter and wonderful son-in-law. Loving the relation-ship that brought me to Marion, along with six more fabulous kids to love. Favorite song/piece: Too many songs and styles to name one. Pieces? Copland Duo for flute and piano, Bach's Goldberg Variations for piano and Schuman's Frauenliebe und Leben for voice. Free time: Good food and good friends, lots of things that will take me outdoors, a good book, a good movie and of course music!

Joe Mnayer, McKinley Orchestra

Number of years teaching: This is m y first year teaching! Education: I am from W aterloo, attending W aterloo East High. I then attended UNI for my B.M. Primary instrument: I am a Double Bassist Family: I just got m arr ied June 17, 17 to m y w ife Jam ie! Right now we live in Waterloo with my father as she is beginning Student Teach-ing in the Spring for Elementary Education. Favorite song/piece: The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky In my free time: I enjoy spending tim e w ith m y w ife, cooking all sorts of crazy meals, playing video games (specifically Wii), softball, and music! I try to remember where you invest your time is where you invest your heart.

Spotlight on Teachers

Welcome new music teachers!

Amber Hansen

on being selected

as a cast member

for Holiday Caba-

ret at Theater

Cedar Rapids.

Bravo, Amber!

(photo by TCR/

TINT)

Nick Oswald

on being cast as

Teen Angel in

Grease at Theater

Cedar Rapids this

fall. Bravo, Nick!

(photo by TCR/

TINT)

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Chelsey

Eisenhauer

and husband

Nick on the

birth of their

first child, Edi-

son Richard,

on October 13,

7 lbs, 11 oz. Chelsey is a band director at Roosevelt

Middle School. Congratulations Eisenhauer fami-

ly!

Joel Nagel and w ife Tara

on the birth of their first child,

Liam Stephen, on September

26, 8 lbs, 7 oz. Joel is a band

director at Washington High

School. Congratulations Nagel

family!

Sarah Anderson and hus-

band David on the birth of their

first child, Oliver Michael, on

September 11, 8 lbs, 4 oz. Sa-

rah is the choir director at

McKinley Middle School. Con-

gratulations Anderson family!

Beth Davies and hus-

band Michael on the birth

of their second child, Con-

nor John, on August 24, 8

lbs, 5 oz. Beth is a band

director at Franklin Middle

School. Congratulations

Davies family!

Franklin hosted the

fourth annual “Jazz

Band 1 Alumni Night”

where former Franklin

jazz band members

came back to help the

middle school students

with their music, tell

them a little about high

school band, and play

along with them.

The Cocoa and Carols Festival on December 9 at Washing-

ton High School featured performances from the combined

Arthur, Garfield, and Kenwood choir (above), the debut per-

formance of the 9th grade show choir, Vivace (below), and

the Washington Madrigal Singers (left).