6th Grade Live Stream Concert at 6pm, May 11th, 2021
Pizzicato - Rolling Along
Lightly Row
Arco - D Major Scale in Thirds
A Mozart Melody (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
Ode to Joy by Beethoven
Can-Can (from Orpheus in the Underworld) by J. Offenbach
Full Ensemble Parts played together
At the Grasshopper Ball by Richard Meyer
Sailors' Song by Mark Williams
7th Grade Live Stream Concert at 6pm, May 6th, 2021
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Age of Heroes by Jeremy Woolstenhulme
Celtic Dance by Mark Williams
Star Dancer by Mark Williams
Joust by Richard Meyer
8th Grade Live Stream Concert at 6pm, May 4th, 2021
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A Spark of Courage by Doug Spata
Arkansas Traveler arranged by David Tovey
Beethoven, Inc. arranged by Richard Meyer
Viva La Vida by Coldplay arr by Larry Moore
Cello Squadron by Richard Meyer
Our Spring Concerts in May
Our Spring orchestra concerts will be a live broadcast (Northwood MS Facebook live stream) and they will all begin at 6pm on the days listed below. There will be no audience. Other school orchestras, such as Greenville County Youth Orchestra, have been doing concerts this year in the same format and they have been very successful. The facebook link for the concert will be listed on this web page as well as the video once the concert is over.
8th grade concert is Tuesday, May 4th
Students need to arrive by 5:30pm so we can unpack and tune. The concert will begin at 6pm. This is a live streamed concert, so there will be no audience.
7th grade concert is Thursday, May 6th
Students need to arrive by 5:30pm so we can unpack and tune. The concert will begin at 6pm. This is a live streamed concert, so there will be no audience.
6th Grade Concert is tuesday may 11th
Students need to arrive by 5:30pm so we can unpack and tune. The concert will begin at 6pm. This is a live streamed concert, so there will be no audience.
Congratulations to our Solo & ensemble students!!
Ezra Eenigenburg - Cello - Superior Rating
Victoria Tran - Violin - Superior Rating
Hanelis Diaz - Cello - Superior Rating
Ethan Simpson - Cello - Superior Rating
Gabriella Perez - Viola - Excellent Rating
Juan Vargas - Violin - Excellent Rating
Michael Resciniti - Double Bass - Excellent Rating
Reese Roberts - Viola - Excellent Rating
Elvira Herrera-Reyes - Cello - Excellent Rating
Vivian Le - Cello - Excellent Rating
Vu Le - Violin - Good Rating
Ansley Prior - Violin - Good Rating
6th Grade students renting instruments
Please look at renting your instruments at a local string store in our area. Here are a few that are close by and are very good:
If you are planning on buying an instrument instead of renting one, please send me the link for the instrument if it is online so that I can check the quality of the instrument. Here is my email address pmurch@greenville.k12.sc.us
Here is the school rental instrument form for students that are in 7th or 8th grade and are using a cello or bass. The fee is not $50, it is $25. Checks should be made to Northwood Middle School.
Everyone that plays violin or viola still needs a shoulder rest for the size instrument that you have as well as the book "Essential Elements" book 1 by Gillespie, Hayes, Allen.
Good shoulder rests brands are: Everest, Kun, and FOM and there are others. The book and the shoulder rest can be bought at any music store or online like amazon.com, etc.
In Person Schedule
Fridays are all elearning. The schedule is below.
1st Period (8:30 - 8:50)
2nd Period (8:51-9:09)
3rd Period (9:10 - 9:29)
4th Period (9:30 - 9:49)
5th Period (9:50 - 10:09)
6th Period (10:10 - 10:30)
Virtual Office Hours (Online Help Times) Monday-Thursday
1pm-1:20pm
Here is a link to your weekly lesson plans
Virtual Open House for Parents and Students is this Thursday, August 27th
The open house event will be through GoogleMeets and I will post the link on Google Classroom so you can join when it is your child's time:
2020-2021 Orchestra calendar
Many events like All-County Orchestra, Region Orchestra, and All-State Orchestra is TBA currently and some will be pre recorded and sent off to the judges.