Brunswick MS Orchestra Update

Orchestra Families,

Happy Fall! I hope you are enjoying the cooler weather has much as I am! Thank you to all of you who participated in our Fall Fundraiser. Pick-up will be the week of November 18th at Brunswick High School. I will provide an update once we have more specific information.

November 7th is an important day for BMS orchestra, we have the Electrify Your Symphony Kick-off meeting and mandatory concert shirt orders are due. Please look at the sections below for more information. Please note: The concert shirt requirement has change from the handbook due to the nature of this year's performances.

Congratulations to the 8th grade and BHS members who performed the National Anthem at the Monster's Hockey Home Opener! They did an amazing job!

See the Table of Contents on the right for the sections in this week's newsletter.

Please do not hesitate to contact any teacher if you have questions.

Mrs. Erdman serdman@bcsoh.org

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All BMS Orchestra students will be required to wear a black orchestra shirt for their performances this year. T-shirt orders are due by November 7th and will be passed out to students during class the week of December 2nd.

For Card Payments: Please complete this link via CheddarUp: https://bms-orchestra-shirts.cheddarup.com Do not fill out the Google Form.

For Cash and Check Payments: Please complete this google form and send payment in with your students.

Checks are made payable to OPUS

Thank you for your support and participation in this fundraiser. Items will be delivered to Brunswick High School the week of November 18th. Once we have the date we will provide you with more details.

Please join us on Thursday November 7th, 7:00pm at Brunswick Middle School

The meeting will be held in the Student Center (turn right through Main Entrance). This is our Electrify Your Strings KICK OFF meeting! Come find out what this event is all about, what we need leading up to and the nights of the performances!

6th grade students have been introduced to their bows and are working on correctly holding their bows! They will continue to refine their bow holds and work on more songs for our first performance on December 7th!

7th grade students had a materials check on Wednesday, October 23rd. Students must have their binder and Sound Innovations Book 2 (the red book). If you still need to purchase a red book, please purchase that on Amazon or a local music store. We are expanding our rhythm skills focusing on incorporating dotted quarter notes.

8th grade students have been given some of their concert songs. Their focus will be adding more musicality to more difficult songs than they performed in October.

See information above regarding the Electrify Your Symphony (EYS) kick off meeting on Thursday, November 7th at 7:00pm. We will meet in Brunswick Middle School's Student Center.

If you haven't already, please complete the BMS Orchestra Parent Information Form, found here for the 2024-2025 school year. It is crucial that we have updated parent information to help communicate with you throughout the year.

Saturday, December 7 BMS Winter Concerts, BMS,

• 8th Grade - 10:45 am
• 7th Grade - 12:15 pm
• 6th Grade - 2:45 pm
• *Report 30 minutes before performance listed above for tuning *

Tuesday, February 25

BMS Chamber Music Concert (7th Grade Only), BMS, Schedule TBA

Monday, May 12

Electrify Your Symphony Concert #1 - 7th Grade Only

Tuesday, May 13

Electrify Your Symphony Concert #2 - 6th and 8th Grade Only

Concert dress is dark bottoms (no sweatpants or shorts), a Updated information for 2024-2025 school year will be the Brunswick Orchestra Black T-shirt, look above for how to purchase, and dark shoes (no flip-flops, slides, or crocs) *At the Fall concert students can wear school-appropriate Halloween costumes in place of the traditional uniform.*

BHS= Brunswick High School BMS= Brunswick Middle School

PAC= Performing Arts Center.

Private Lessons are a great for students improve over the summer!

Here are some great local options:

• Sarah's Violin Studio - https://www.sarahsviolinstudio.com/
  

• Baldwin Wallace Community Arts School - https://bwcommunityarts.bw.edu/private-lesson-programs/
  

• Woody's Medina - https://www.woodsysmedina.com/lessons

• Royalton Music Center - https://www.royaltonmusic.com/t-lessons.aspx

• Dr. Julian Ross, previous Baldwin Wallace Violin Professor - julian@julianrossviolin.com

Mrs. Sarah Erdman teaches 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Orchestra at Brunswick Middle School. Mrs. Erdman is in her 10th year of teaching.

Email: serdman@bcsoh.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/s.bcsoh.org/brunswick-orchestras/home
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrunwickOrchestras/
Twitter: @MrsErdman_Orch

Ms. Michelle Neubauer teaches 6th Grade Band, 7th Grade Band, and 7th Grade Orchestra at Brunswick Middle School.

Email: mneubauer@bcsoh.org