Concert Band ♫ Symphonic Band ♫ Wind Ensemble ♫ Concert Orchestra ♫ String Orchestra ♫ Jazz Band
Mr. Silva, Band and Orchestra director
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Period 2 Chamber Orchestra and Period 4 Wind Ensemble classes
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MUSIC PROGRAM EVENTS
SPRING 2023 CALENDAR
JANUARY
1-8 - No School (Winter Break)
9 - Return from winter break
13 - No School (Teacher Training Day)
16 - No School
20 - 22 SCSBOA Music Education Conference and Honor Band/Orchestra Performances
18 (CHS) and 23 (LSHS) - Alumni Rehearsals - Wind Ensemble from 4 pm - 5:30 PM / Chamber Orchestra from 5:30 PM - 7 PM
27 - Alumni Concert (Wind Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra classes) at 6:30 PM, Kennedy High School Performing Arts Center, $10
FEBRUARY
13 - No School (Lincoln’s Birthday)
20 - No School (Presidents’ Day)
22- PERFORMANCE: Pre-Festival Concert in the G.M.S. Gym at 6 p.m. (Wind Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra only)
MARCH
3 - Knott's Berry Farm Performance (Concert Orchestra, String Orchestra, and Concert Band) (3:30 PM Wagon Cart Area Performance) Returning to Granada at 8:15 PM
8 - CANCELLED EVENT: Spring Concert
9 – Incoming 6th grade night (Update: now mandatory for Jazz Band and String Quartet) 5 PM
16 - PERFORMANCE: SCSBOA Festival at Whittier High School (Mandatory for Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensemble only) held during school hours
20-24 - Spring Parent Conferences (minimum day schedule all week)
24 - Universal Studios Hollywood Performance (Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensemble Only) (City Walk, 10 AM and 11 AM performances) Returning to Granada at 9 PM
17 - Third Quarter Ends
27-31 - No School (Spring Break)
APRIL
7 and 10 - No School
17 - Instrument Demonstration Night for Incoming 6th Graders at 6 pm (will need students to volunteer to run this event)
27 - Regional Festival (Any qualifying ensembles only, and date is TBA)
MAY
17 - PERFORMANCE: End of Year Concert Purple Circle Area - Concert Begins at 5:30 p.m.
24 - Band and Orchestra Banquet, Rose Gardens, 5 - 9 p.m.
29 - No School (Memorial Day)
JUNE
9 - Promotion Performance (Mandatory for Wind Ensemble, Chamber and Concert Orchestras) / Last Day of School (Early dismissal)
19-24 - [Tentative] Summer Camp, string students from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m., and band students from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
ONE WEEK CAMP THIS SUMMER
1-8 - No School (Winter Break)
9 - Return from winter break
13 - No School (Teacher Training Day)
16 - No School
20 - 22 SCSBOA Music Education Conference and Honor Band/Orchestra Performances
18 (CHS) and 23 (LSHS) - Alumni Rehearsals - Wind Ensemble from 4 pm - 5:30 PM / Chamber Orchestra from 5:30 PM - 7 PM
27 - Alumni Concert (Wind Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra classes) at 6:30 PM, Kennedy High School Performing Arts Center, $10
FEBRUARY
13 - No School (Lincoln’s Birthday)
20 - No School (Presidents’ Day)
22- PERFORMANCE: Pre-Festival Concert in the G.M.S. Gym at 6 p.m. (Wind Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra only)
MARCH
3 - Knott's Berry Farm Performance (Concert Orchestra, String Orchestra, and Concert Band) (3:30 PM Wagon Cart Area Performance) Returning to Granada at 8:15 PM
8 - CANCELLED EVENT: Spring Concert
9 – Incoming 6th grade night (Update: now mandatory for Jazz Band and String Quartet) 5 PM
16 - PERFORMANCE: SCSBOA Festival at Whittier High School (Mandatory for Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensemble only) held during school hours
20-24 - Spring Parent Conferences (minimum day schedule all week)
24 - Universal Studios Hollywood Performance (Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensemble Only) (City Walk, 10 AM and 11 AM performances) Returning to Granada at 9 PM
17 - Third Quarter Ends
27-31 - No School (Spring Break)
APRIL
7 and 10 - No School
17 - Instrument Demonstration Night for Incoming 6th Graders at 6 pm (will need students to volunteer to run this event)
27 - Regional Festival (Any qualifying ensembles only, and date is TBA)
MAY
17 - PERFORMANCE: End of Year Concert Purple Circle Area - Concert Begins at 5:30 p.m.
24 - Band and Orchestra Banquet, Rose Gardens, 5 - 9 p.m.
29 - No School (Memorial Day)
JUNE
9 - Promotion Performance (Mandatory for Wind Ensemble, Chamber and Concert Orchestras) / Last Day of School (Early dismissal)
19-24 - [Tentative] Summer Camp, string students from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m., and band students from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
ONE WEEK CAMP THIS SUMMER
Not sure what instrument to pick? Watch the videos below!
Please note that the videos below were created last summer, so some of the instructions are not up to date. Please ignore instructions regarding instrument choice surveys. This year we are not asking for students to commit to an instrument choice just yet. We will give all of our accepted applicants the opportunity to choose their instrument at a later date.
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Is my child guaranteed to play the instrument of his/her choice?
A band or orchestra must have a balanced instrumentation in order to have a great sound. During the first and second week of school, each student will choose their first choice of instrument, and if the instrumentation is balanced, everyone will get their first choice. It is likely, though, that a large number of students will choose one particular instrument.
If we have too many people who want to play the same instrument, we will then assign volunteering students their second or third choice instrument. Just like in sports, an ensemble that has 20 trumpets and only 2 trombones (or 40 violins and 1 cello) will be about as successful as a baseball team with 3 pitchers and no catcher. Students who already have an instrument (from an older sibling, summer camp, etc) will more likely be assigned that instrument, unless they are willing to play something that is really needed in the ensemble.
A band or orchestra must have a balanced instrumentation in order to have a great sound. During the first and second week of school, each student will choose their first choice of instrument, and if the instrumentation is balanced, everyone will get their first choice. It is likely, though, that a large number of students will choose one particular instrument.
If we have too many people who want to play the same instrument, we will then assign volunteering students their second or third choice instrument. Just like in sports, an ensemble that has 20 trumpets and only 2 trombones (or 40 violins and 1 cello) will be about as successful as a baseball team with 3 pitchers and no catcher. Students who already have an instrument (from an older sibling, summer camp, etc) will more likely be assigned that instrument, unless they are willing to play something that is really needed in the ensemble.
Granada Middle School Instrumental Music
Mr. Silva, Director
Email: rsilva@ewcsd.org
15337 Lemon Dr, Whittier, CA 90604
Mr. Silva, Director
Email: rsilva@ewcsd.org
15337 Lemon Dr, Whittier, CA 90604
Granada Middle School (school website - click here) is located in Whittier, California.
