Saturday, February 22, 2020

Gladiators info and Congratulations to AC for a great job at LGPE!


Purchase your tickets here: GLADIATORS TICKETS

Remember this is a fundraiser for all Grady Elementary Chorus groups. Each group receives a donation back to their school based on ticket sales.




Go HERE for practice text and videos 

for O, Canada (English and French) and the Star Spangled Banner Harmony.

The Gladiators play at Infinite Energy Center 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth, GA 30097
Our "uniform" is:
Chorus/AC: Music@SPARK shirt/black pants/skirts/shoes

Others: any SPARK shirt or green shirt and black/dark pants/skirts 

The call time is 6:05pm. At that time you'll drop your kids with me and take their belongings with you. 

Singers will meet up, line up, warm up, and get to our singing location. After we sing we'll bring the kids to the seating area for our group and you can enjoy the game!


On Thursday, February 20 our Advanced Chorus attended the 
Georgia Music Educators Association Large Group Performance Evaluation (LGPE) 
at Tri-Cities High School

LGPE is an event in which choruses from our GMEA district perform for a panel of judges. We are rated on a scale, based on criteria for excellence in Choral music, and our judges are well-known choral experts in Georgia.
We got to spend some time on the bus
with singers from Mary Lin!


Woodward Academy 8th Grade 
Maynard Jackson HS Women's Ensemble
Westlake HS Women's Ensemble
Ms. Turgeon's friend from UGA, Suzanne Grant's
Northwestern MS 8th Grade Chorus
Inman 8th Graders waiting to sing. Hi Sydney! 
 






The Inman 7th Grade Chorus could hardly fit on the risers!






Our Music@SPARK performance 😊


(the person who filmed the live performance had an unfortunate coughing fit throughout Tango, so this is a still shot from the video with the professional recording dubbed in)


While no performance is perfect, our students and I were proud of our performance and our scores. I chose a 7th/8th grade unison sight-singing example, and the kids rocked it. 



BW sporting a shirt with our new AC theme word. 



Monday, February 17, 2020

Statewide Elementary Honor Chorus #SEHC2020






Our singers spent Valentine's Day and Saturday with 426 of the sweetest singers from all over Georgia as they participated in Statewide Elementary Honor Chorus.

Emily Floyd, Conductor

Dr. Angela Broeker, Conductor

singers in action

Clayton County Performing Arts Center
Sweet


Silly

Two Bobobo Finale rehearsal

Two Bobobo ending pose
Erin Oxford and the Kay Pace Elementary School of the Arts
Competition Theatre Group performed an abridged Mary Poppins

Statewide Shirt
Packed house

Emily Floyd

The smoothest transition of choruses, courtesy of organizers Amie Schaff and Marti Parker

Two Bobobo Songs from the wings


adoring fans

Our percussion groove, including Ms.Emily Backus from Mary Lin

Final moment of the concert


Monday, February 10, 2020

February and March Gigs and Events

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Tuesday, February 11  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's Uniquely American Concert Third and Fifth Graders will attend the ASO concert then Fifth Graders will stay for a workshop at the Alliance Theatre Image result for atlanta symphony uniquely american Repertoire includes works by Scott Joplin, James P. Johnson, Amy Beach, Charles Ives, and George Chadwick.


Friday and Saturday, February 14-15, Statewide Elementary Honor Chorus
Ani, Aine, Cait, Caitlin, Carys, Destiny, Finn, Phoebe, and Sam K.
will represent SPARK at the GMEA Statewide Elementary Honors Chorus.
All SPARK folks are invited to their concert on Saturday, February 15 at 11:30am at the Clayton County Performing Arts Center!


Thursday, February 20, LGPE
Select 4th and 5th Grade Advanced Chorus members will participate in GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluation on Thursday, February 20 at 9:15am. This is an adjudicated festival that lets us know how our choral development is going. Students will sing 2 songs--Little Birch Tree arranged by Sue Bohlin and Tango by Ken Berg, followed by sight-singing (see example below). Wish our singers luck!

Sight singing: students are given the starting note, and they must work individually to read an 8 measure etude at sight.



Saturday, February 29 Gladiators Game
A leap year hockey FUNDRAISER! Come & support
The Grady Cluster Elementary Music programs at
2/29 7:05 p.m.
Singers from Hope-Hill, Mary Lin, Morningside, and SPARK sing O, Canada and the National Anthem during Hockey Fights Cancer weekend! Call time 6:00pm. Wear SPARK shirt and black pants/skirt.

Click here for $15tix!

https://groupmatics.events/event/Gradycluster2

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Friday, March 13 Fifth Grade Basketball Challenge
SPARK 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders sing the National Anthem
ALL singers are welcome (even if you're not in Chorus or AC). All Chorus and AC members are expected to sing! Call time 5:30pm at Inman.



Thurs, March 19 SPARK Fine Arts Night from 5:30-7:30pm!
Visual Art in the Gym, Musical Performances in the Cafeteria. If your child would like to perform please fill out the form below:


Last year's performances: