5.8.16 Update

Dear Students, Families, and Supporters,

We hope everyone had a great mother’s day today and a restful weekend.  I want to thank the booster club and our amazing banquet committee for putting together an amazing end of the year banquet experience for our students and supporters!  We are very proud of all of our seniors of the class of 2016 and look forward to next year with our wonderful students and families.  This week, we will host our instructional leadership interviews and auditions for section leader and sergeant candidates.  The Wind Ensemble will also be taking a trip to Clear Falls High School to perform a concert in their wonderful facilities and capture a wonderful recording in a series of recordings that will be compiled for our 2016 I.H. Kempner Band CD!

 

THIS WEEK

Monday 

3-5: Percussion Ensemble rehearsal

Tuesday

ENGLISH 3 EOC

3-5: Percussion Ensemble rehearsal

2:30-6:30: Instructional Leadership interviews (check calendar notes for time slots)

Wednesday

ALGEBRA 2 EOC

3-5: Percussion Ensemble rehearsal

3-4: Wind Ensemble Woodwinds rehearsal

4-7:30: Instructional Leadership interviews continued (check calendar notes for time slots)

Thursday

3-5: Percussion Ensemble rehearsal

4-6:30: Wind Ensemble rehearsal

Friday:

3-5: Percussion Ensemble rehearsal

3-4: Wind Ensemble Brass rehearsal

4-8:30: Instructional Leadership Auditions

Saturday:

2pm- Wind Ensemble concert @ Clear Falls High School 

Clear Falls High School, 4380 Village Way, League City, TX 77573

Full Day Itinerary will be below and posted on our website

 

INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AUDITIONS

Students who are auditioning for section leader and sergeant positions in next year’s marching band season will have an interview and an audition this week.  Each student will have an interview time slot on either Tuesday or Wednesday.  Be sure to dress professionally for this interview.  Auditions will take place on Thursday and jobs will be assigned and posted on Friday for those results. We are so fortunate to have so many qualified and wonderful student applicants for these leadership positions and we wish the candidates the best of luck during this process!

 

CLEAR FALLS HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT ITINERARY

8:00am- meet @ Kempner to load 

8:30am- depart Kempner

9:30am- arrive @ Clear Falls High School 

Clear Falls High School, 4380 Village Way, League City, TX 77573

10:00am-  begin Rehearsal 

12:00pm- break for lunch and dress (provided)

1:00pm- sound check on stage

2:00pm- concert starts

3:00pm- conclude and load

3:30pm- depart CFHS

4:30pm- arrive @ Kempner and unload

 

2016 DRUM MAJOR TEAM

We are please to announce our drum major team for the 2016 marching band season:

Andre Rodriguez

Dorothy Le

Olivia Foster

Through a rigorous process, these students demonstrated their readiness to help serve the band during next year’s marching season and beyond. We look forward to supporting these students and enjoying their contributions as they grow as leaders and band members!

 

NEW WEBSITE AND TWITTER

If you have not already please visit the new website at the same URL kempnerband.org as well as (if you are a Twitter fan) follow our band Twitter @band_ih. Thanks!

 

CALENDAR 

Please use our website calendar!  There is now a tutorial on how to subscribe to this NEW calendar on your iPhone! Planning events months in advance can be a challenge but the band staff does their best to post as much as we know about possible events on the calendar so that all of our program can be on the same page! http://kempnerband.org/calendar/

Please contact a band director with any questions. Thank you!

Regards,

Scott Norman    

Director of Bands

I.H. Kempner High School 

"A standard above excellence, a goal beyond victory."

I.H. Kempner High School Band Program 14777 Voss Rd, Sugar Land, TX 77498