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 

Lone Star Preview Video HELP!!

If there is anyone who has video of either (or BOTH) the Lone Star Preview Prelims show or Finals show, can you please contact Mr. Norman so we can arrange to get a copy for our archives?  It would be so helpful for us as we are looking to start making some media projects with our students and would love to have a way for our students and families to remember our successes from this year! Thanks!

5.2.16 Update

Dear Students, Families, and Supporters,

 

It is banquet week!  For any seniors that have not turned in senior will please send those to Cynthia Valdez ASAP as the deadline was last week!  As we get a chance this week at the banquet to look back at a wonderful year for our program, we also get to look forward to next year and our end of the year activities.  There are still numerous events happening as we go into the final stretch and I want to make sure everyone is tuned in so we don't skip a beat!

 

THIS WEEK

 

Monday

3-5: Percussion Ensemble rehearsal

2:30-5:30: Service Position Interviews (see calendar item on website to see assigned times)

 

Tuesday

3-5: Percussion Ensemble rehearsal

3-4: Wind Ensemble brass rehearsal

4-6: Service Position interviews

 

Wednesday

3-5: Percussion Ensemble rehearsal

4-6: Wind Ensemble rehearsal

 

Thursday

3-5: Percussion Ensemble rehearsal

3-4: Wind Ensemble woodwind rehearsal

4-10: Drum Major Candidate Auditions

 

Friday:

3-5: Percussion Ensemble rehearsal

3-4: Wind Ensemble Clarinet/Flute/Sax

6: Band Banquet!  -

Location: Magnolia, Rosenberg and Richmond Ballroom Safari Texas Ranch -- 11627 FM 1464, Richmond, TX 77407

 

 

 

BOOSTER BOARD NOMINATIONS

I would like to welcome our 2016-2017 Booster Executive Board members to office!  They were voted in at our last general booster meeting and you can read about them on our website! http://kempnerband.org/news-1/2016/4/28/2016-17-booster-club-executive-board

 

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