 Brookwood Chorus families,
Thank you for a wonderful 2022-2023 school year! I hope that you have a chance to relax this coming summer. Before we go, here are few items of note: Spring Show Recap I am so proud of our chorus students for all of their performances this year! Click here to view pictures of the entire show, courtesy of Allison Hollingshead. Did your student miss something? They should check the make-up assignments posted on google classroom. NYC Trip 2024 The first deposit for the NYC trip is due on May 15, 2023. All payments are handled via the WeTravel website. Do not send any money to school; I cannot accept it. You will lose your spot if you do not pay the deposit on time. Seniors All Chorus Seniors are required to perform at Baccalaureate & Graduation. Please click here for dates, times, and details. 4th Period/Chorale Performance Members of Cantabile & Honors Chorale are performing for the GCPS World Language Institute at Discovery High School on June 2, 2023. They've been told about this performance for several months now, and signed up to participate. You can find the field trip form here. Lunch provided, but you have to turn the form in to Mr. Still by Tuesday, May 15. Braves Update Well, we've sold nearly 800 tickets for the August 1 Braves Game! I still have folks that are interested on a near daily basis. It is too late to order our shirts at this time. I have purchased extra shirts that folks can buy at our rehearsals in July. Tickets/details here. Final Exams Finals begin Friday, May 19. Review guides are posted on google classroom. Thank you again for a wonderful end of the year. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing so many folks at our awards & dessert banquet earlier this week! Have a wonderful summer, and I'm already looking forward to what we'll do next school year! - Mr. Still Braves Game Shirts You may now order shirts for our Braves performance on mypaymentsplus! All students who are performing are required to wear the Brookwood Cluster Chorus t-shirt. Shirts can be purchased with a customized back like a jersey (Adding last Name and graduation year), or purchased with a blank back. All orders will be placed via MPP - do not send in money to your child's teacher. The deadline to order shirts is May 2, 2023. Shirts will be distributed at our rehearsals (July 26 & 31) at Brookwood High School. Parents may also order a shirt for themselves. Braves Tickets We have about 100 tickets left in our reserved sections! If you've been waiting to purchase a ticket to the game, buy asap before they're gone! Everyone attending the game will need a ticket, including student performers. Buy tickets: https://www.brookwoodchorus.com/braves-game.html NYC Trip: March 2024 Did you miss the parent meeting on April 18? It is now time to register for the Brookwood Chorus NYC Trip! The deadline to register/express interest in the trip without paying anything is May 1, 2023. You can find the parent meeting presentation and registration links here: https://www.brookwoodchorus.com/nyc-2024-trip.html If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Mr. Still: [email protected]  Spring Show Details
The Spring Show will be here before you know it! Tickets are on sale via GoFan. Click here to purchase tickets. The info below is for students. All spring show performances & rehearsals take place in the Brookwood Theatre.
Parents: Please click here to volunteer for the spring show! Help backstage one night, and see the show the other night! Spring Show Attire Requirements - Grey 2023 chorus t-shirt (“music staff/leaf” shirt) with NON-RIPPED, full length jeans & sneakers/tennis shoes. - Do you need the 2023 Brookwood Chorus T-shirt? Please pay your chorus dues to get the shirt. Chorus dues were paid back in August 2022 and include the chorus shirt. I ordered shirts back last semester for everyone who gave me a shirt size, so I have shirts for folks who haven’t paid yet if you gave me your shirt size. - If you have not paid for your chorus shirt/chorus dues yet, please go to eClass and find the chorus dues link, or CLICK HERE. Please pay **NOW.** You will receive an email receipt from paypal. Chorus Awards Night Join us in the commons for the chorus awards ceremony on May 9, 7pm in the commons! All seniors will be recognized that evening, and several other awards will be given as well. Hope to see everyone there for an evening of celebration! Out of the Darkness Walk The Chorus is sponsoring a team for Brookwood's first annual Out of the Darkness Walk. This event is part of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. All chorus students were invited to participate. We are singing the song "Found/Tonight" at the opening of the walk. If your student is singing, they should: 1. Register and/or donate here 2. Meet on the Brookwood stadium track at 9:40am (enter through the student parking lot ticket booth). Registration opens at 9am, so please arrive before 9:40am to have time to register. 3. Wear your chorus shirt 4. We sing around 10am, and should be done by 10:10am. If you need to leave after we sing (theater students, sports, etc), you're welcome to. Everyone else can stay for the brief walk after the opening ceremony. I'm told the event will end between 11am-12pm. 5. Please consider donating to this worthy cause. Greetings chorus families,
Here's the latest chorus info! Braves Tickets Braves tickets are still on sale! Nearly 50% of our seats are gone now. Field trip forms are due March 31, but tickets can still be purchased through July 18. Click here for more info. New York City Trip Announced in class today, we are traveling to NYC March 21-24, 2024! Students will participate in a choral workshop with Broadway artists next year! We will also get to tour parts of NYC and see two Broadway shows! Click here for the preview presentation. Please note that more details will be released in April. I will be able to answer questions during that time, and at our parent meeting. We are still waiting on airfares to be published along with the Broadway calendar. NYC Parent Meeting: April 18, 2023 Brookwood High School Chorus Room (E5) 6:30pm Doors open 6:15pm Chaperones will be needed - stay tuned for info on how to sign up to chaperone! Spring Show Rehearsal Details The Spring Show will be here before you know it! Tickets go on sale in April via GoFan. The info below is for students. All spring show performances & rehearsals take place in the Brookwood Theatre.
Spring Show Attire Requirements - Grey 2023 chorus t-shirt (“music staff/leaf” shirt) with NON-RIPPED, full length jeans & sneakers/tennis shoes. - Do you need the 2023 Brookwood Chorus T-shirt? Please pay your chorus dues to get the shirt. Chorus dues were paid back in August 2022 and include the chorus shirt. I ordered shirts back last semester for everyone who gave me a shirt size, so I have shirts for folks who haven’t paid yet if you gave me your shirt size. - If you have not paid for your chorus shirt/chorus dues yet, please go to eClass and find the chorus dues link, or CLICK HERE. Please pay by Friday, March 31. You will receive an email receipt from paypal. I am proud of all who auditioned!
Click here for results. You must be logged into your GCPS Google account. Brookwood Chorus students were successful at LGPE last week!  I am proud of all of our chorus students. You can click here to listen to professional recordings from LGPE.
Augusta University Visit The Augusta University Singers will be performing for chorus students and holding a Q & A session on March 14, 2023 during 5th period. All chorus students are invited to the theatre for this performance. Students are responsible for all missed work during this time. One of our chorus alums, Abigail Joseph, is part of this ensemble! Braves Tickets Braves tickets are still on sale! Click here for more info. Spring Show Solo auditions for the spring show will be held the week before spring break in class. Details will be shared in class. Brookwood Chorus Parents/Guardians & Students,
We are rapidly approaching our next concert, LGPE field trips, and there's now new info on our Atlanta Braves performance. Get all the details here: Pre-LGPE Concert (ALL Chorus Students) Our next required (test grade concert) is February 28, 2023. February 27, 2023 – After school rehearsal / required test grade
February 28, 2023 – Pre-LGPE Concert Brookwood Theatre / Required Test Grade
Concert Uniform Reminder: Formal Brookwood Chorus concert attire is required for the pre-LGPE concert (February 28) and the LGPE field trips. View the formal uniform policy by clicking here. All late concert uniform orders are handled on a individual basis between the ordering student and the uniform supplier. LGPE Trips (Impacts ALL Chorus Students) All Chorus classes are performing at Large Group Performance Evaluation (LGPE) on March 7 or 8, 2023. A permission form was sent home on February 10, and was due February 15. I will accept late forms through February 24. Students can check Google Classroom to see if their permission form has been turned in. Click here to access the form, along with relevant details. 4th & 5th period students will finish LGPE after the school day, and will need to be picked up. Please read for details. We are in need of chaperones to help make this trip a success! The chaperone form should only be returned if a parent/guardian can chaperone, but all students should return the code of conduct form. Thank you! Atlanta Braves Performance We have been invited to perform the Star Spangled Banner on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at Truist Park! Please click here to learn more about this exciting experience, including how to purchase tickets. Spring Show Our 2023 Spring Show, ENCHANTED EVENING is in May! Catch the show at 7pm on either May 4 or 5 in the Brookwood Theatre. Tickets will be available on GoFan later this semester. More details coming after spring break! All-State Congratulations to the following students who represented Brookwood at GMEA All-State Chorus this past weekend! Jadesola Adebomojo, Alto 1 (10th) - 9/10 Mixed Chorus Gabe Arguello, Bass 1 (12th) - Tenor/Bass Chorus - Perfect Score! 5-year All-State Student Harrison Carr, Bass 1 (11th) - 11/12 Mixed Chorus Jadine Donatien, Alto 1 (9th) - Senior Treble Chorus Nia Lattimore, Alto 1 (11th) - Senior Treble Chorus - Perfect Score! Clara Phung, Soprano 1 (9th) - 9/10 Mixed Chorus Alex Saxby, Soprano 2 (11th) - Senior Treble Chorus Vivian Tran, Alto 1 (10th) - Senior Treble Chorus Jourdan Tran, Tenor 2 (12th) - 11/12 Mixed Chorus Sean York, Tenor 2 (10th) - Tenor/Bass Chorus Have a great rest of the week! - Mr. Still Brookwood Chorus Parents/Guardians & Students,
Welcome to 2023! There are a few items for me to share as we begin this second semester: Registration It’s almost time to register for the 2023-2024 school year! Current 9th-11th grade students will register for classes at the end of this month. I look forward to seeing our chorus students return next year as we build upon the music and skills we are working on during our current school year! Treble voices (Soprano/Alto) who are interested in auditioning for our advanced class (Cantabile) should sign up for an audition. Audition times are posted in the chorus room. Auditions start next week and continue into the first week of February. In the meantime, make sure to register for chorus so that you’re eligible to audition. Treble Chorus students who are currently in 4th period/Cantabile remain. Treble Chorus students who do not audition will be placed into 3rd period/Rhapsody chorus. Tenors & Basses remain in 5th period chorus. Do you know someone who loves to sing, but isn’t in chorus? Please make sure to send them to me! Do you know an 8th grade student from Five Forks or Crews who likes to sing? Make sure they register for Brookwood Chorus as well! All-State Chorus Congratulations to the following chorus students who passed yesterday evening's final All-State Chorus audition and now are officially members of the 2023 GMEA All-State Chorus! Jadesola Adebomojo, Alto 1 (10th) - 9/10 Mixed Chorus Gabe Arguello, Bass 1 (12th) - Tenor/Bass Chorus - Perfect Score! Made all state chorus every year possible in high & middle school; 5 year all-state student. Harrison Carr, Bass 1 (11th) - 11/12 Mixed Chorus Jadine Donatien, Alto 1 (9th) - Senior Treble Chorus Nia Lattimore, Alto 1 (11th) - Senior Treble Chorus - Perfect Score! Clara Phung, Soprano 1 (9th) - 9/10 Mixed Chorus Alex Saxby, Soprano 2 (11th) - Senior Treble Chorus Vivian Tran, Alto 1 (10th) - Senior Treble Chorus Jourdan Tran, Tenor 2 (12th) - 11/12 Mixed Chorus Sean York, Tenor 2 (10th) - Tenor/Bass Chorus Chorus Dues If your student paid their chorus dues, they received this year’s chorus t-shirt last semester, which we will wear for our Spring Show. If they still need to pay, please click here for instructions. Need a Uniform? If you need a uniform or single component, (required for formal concerts like LGPE), please click here. Order several weeks before you need something. LGPE Date Update Large Group Performance Evaluation (LGPE) schedules have been published. LGPE Field Trip Dates March 7: Dolce Voce & Rhapsody combined choruses; Cantabile Chorus (2nd, 3rd, & 4th Periods) March 8: Cantabile & Forte Mixed Chorus; Forte Chorus (4th & 5th Periods) Field trip forms & chaperone sign up opportunities will be sent home in the next couple of weeks. Bus transportation will be provided. As in the past, LGPE is held at FUMC Lawrenceville, and you are welcome to attend our performances there. Here's the schedule for now: 2nd/3rd Period Schedule - March 7 Depart BHS: 10:10am Perform LGPE: 11:20am Return to BHS: 12:25pm 4th Period Schedule - March 7 Depart BHS: 2:50pm Perform LGPE: 4:40pm Return to BHS: 5:40pm 4th & 5th Period Schedule - March 8 Depart BHS: 12:30pm 5th Perform LGPE: 1:40pm 4th & 5th Mixed Perform LGPE: 2:40pm Return to BHS: 3:40pm Our home Pre-LGPE concert will still be held on February 28 at 6pm, with an after school rehearsal on February 27. Check the calendar here for additional dates. Spring Show It will be May before you know it! Our spring show will be presented twice: May 4 & 5 at 7pm. Solos & small group rehearsals will be held May 1, all students will have rehearsal on May 2 & 3 after school until roughly 6pm. More details will come out after spring break. Tickets go on sale in April. Syllabus Click here for the syllabus. Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a wonderful weekend! - Mr. Still Chorus families – We are in the final stretch as we prepare for our Holiday Concert! Please read these very important notes: Volunteers Needed for Holiday Concert I need help please! I cannot do it alone – please click here if you are interested in helping with our holiday concert! After School Rehearsal – Required/Test Grade Monday, December 5, 2022 Location: Brookwood High School Chorus Room Time: 2:20-4pm 5th period will be released by 3pm; 2nd & 3rd period released by 3:15pm, 4th period released by 3:45pm, and honors chorale members released by 4pm. Holiday Concert Information Who: ALL chorus classes (required/test grade – counts as the performance final exam) What: Five Forks MS 8th Grade, Crews MS 8th Grade, and Brookwood HS Combined Choruses When: Tuesday, December 6 Time: Concert starts at 7pm. Call time for students - 5:30pm. 4th Period arrives at 5:30pm, 2nd & 3rd period arrives at 5:35pm, 5th Period arrives at 5:40pm. Students are required to be on time as part of their grade. I strongly suggest leaving & arriving early, as traffic might create delays. Where: First United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville 395 West Crogan St, Lawrenceville, GA 30046 We are performing there due to space constraints & venue availability. Attire: Formal Concert Attire. Click here for uniform requirement reminders… Special Note: Please enter via the Sanctuary entrance. Do not use the family/welcome center entrance, as that part of the facility will be used as a polling place for the run-off election. Parking Please see the included picture/map to find the best places to park. Do not park in the small upper lot as marked on the map – that will be used for voters. Please park in the larger lots that face Langley Drive and are outlined in yellow on the map.
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Students & audience members should enter the front Sanctuary Entrance. Do not use the Welcome Center entrance, as that is used for voters. The back of the church will not be open; please walk around to the front of the church Sanctuary – see picture. Seating We expect a full audience for this concert, as the 8th graders from Crews & Five Forks will be performing with us. I am told the church sanctuary seats just over 800 people. Should the need arise, parent volunteers will bring out additional folding chairs. GCPS TV I am excited to announce that this concert will be recorded for later broadcast by GCPS TV as part of their Sounds of the Season program. Selected songs from the concert performance will be broadcast on GCPS TV starting December 15 through January 2, at 2 & 8pm each day. You can also stream online and on demand. Atlanta Braves Performance I have secured August 1, 2023, for Brookwood Chorus students to perform the national anthem at the Atlanta Braves (Truist Park). Yes, this is the day before the first day of the next school year. I have been trying for a couple of years to get us on their calendar, and this was our only option until we become a returning group and get more preferred dates. I will share additional details once I get them from the Braves before we leave for break. Students will have to be enrolled in chorus for the 2023-2024 school year to participate. Special exception will be given to this year’s current Seniors (class of 2023). Congratulations! The students listed below earned a score high enough to pass the first round of All-State Chorus auditions! These students auditioned with thousands of chorus students across Georgia in mid-November, and we received cut off scores recently. Students were evaluated on a memorized solo performance, scales, and three sight reading examples. Congratulations!!! Jadesola Adebomojo, Alto 1 (10th) Gabe Arguello, Bass 1 (12th) - Made all state every year possible in middle & high school Harrison Carr, Bass 1 (11th) Jadine Donatien, Alto 1 (9th) Nia Lattimore, Alto 1 (11th) Clara Phung, Soprano 1 (9th) Alex Saxby, Soprano 2 (11th) Vivian Tran, Alto 1 (10th) Jourdan Tran, Tenor 2 (12th) Sean York, Tenor 2 (10th) Chorus Friendly Feast Chorus Friendly Feast is this Friday, December 9 @ 6:30pm-7:30pm in the Maroon Gym Lobby. Students should sign up with what they're bringing on google classroom by Monday, Dec. 5 so we can plan accordingly. Optional – for students only! Date was changed due to basketball & performance conflicts. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to reach out to me! Musically, Mr. Still  Brookwood Chorus Families, As second semester comes to a close, I wanted to draw your attention to a few things. Despite the additional DLD day of December 6 (and after discussion with Brookwood's administration) we WILL have our concert on December 6 as scheduled. Congratulations! Kudos to our Cantabile(4th) and Forte (5th) singers on a wonderful concert last week! Holiday Concert Who: ALL chorus classes (required/test grade) What: Five Forks MS 8th Grade, Crews MS 8th Grade, and Brookwood HS Combined Choruses When: Tuesday, December 6 Time: Concert starts at 7pm. Call time for students - 5:30pm (stay tuned for adjustments). Where: First United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville 395 West Crogan St, Lawrenceville, GA 30046 We are performing there due to space constraints & venue availability. Attire: Formal Concert Attire Special Note: Please enter via the Sanctuary entrance. Do not use the family/welcome center entrance, as that part of the facility will be used as a polling place. Required after school rehearsals: Monday, Dec. 5, 2:20-4:30pm @ Brookwood HS. Students will be released by class like the fall rehearsal. Chorus Spirit wear for sale! All chorus students will receive our chorus t-shirt (paid for by chorus dues). Hoodies are not part of the chorus dues, and are on sale now for $30 through 11:59pm Thursday, November 17! Go to mypaymentsplus.com to order! Extra chorus t-shirts are available for any parents who would like this year's shirt. Chorus students should NOT order t-shirts through mypaymentsplus unless they want an extra. Shirts are $16, and the deadline is also 11:59pm Thursday, November 17.
Friendly Feast
Chorus Friendly Feast is Thursday, December 8 @ 6:30pm in the Maroon Gym Lobby. Friendly feast is a pot-luck style dinner just for chorus students, along with a holiday cookie decorating contest. Each class is assigned a type of dish to bring. Dish/drink sign ups will be posted by Thanksgiving Break on google classroom. I am proud of our chorus students' performance at our fall concert, and excited about what is coming up next this semester!
Combined Chorus/Orchestra Concert Who: 4th & 5th Period Chorus Classes only (test grade for those classes) What: The Brookwood Chamber Orchestra, Cantabile & Forte Choruses are combining to perform in November! Our music is connected to the theme of hope. When: Monday, November 7 Time: Call time for performing students: 5:05pm. Concert starts @ 6pm, doors open at 5:45pm. Where: Brookwood HS Theatre Attire: Formal Concert Attire Required after school rehearsals: Nov. 1 & 3, 2:20-4pm. The second rehearsal may be shortened or cancelled *if* we're ahead of schedule progress wise. These rehearsals are to practice with the Orchestra. Holiday Concert Who: ALL chorus classes (required/test grade) What: Five Forks MS 8th Grade, Crews MS 8th Grade, and Brookwood HS Combined Choruses When: Tuesday, December 6 Time: Concert starts at 7pm. Call time tentatively 5:45pm (stay tuned). Where: First United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville 395 West Crogan St, Lawrenceville, GA 30046 We are performing there due to space constraints & venue availability. Attire: Formal Concert Attire Required after school rehearsals: Monday, Dec. 5, 2:20-4:30pm @ Brookwood HS. Students will be released by class like the fall rehearsal. District Honor Chorus Selected students are performing in Athens, GA October 21-22! Good luck and break a leg (figuratively) to those students! Information was sent home already with those students, and is available on eClass as well. All-State Chorus The All-State Audition 1 schedule has been posted in the chorus room for those students who were accepted to audition. I continue to offer rehearsal opportunities for auditioning students every Wednesday afternoon, from 2:20pm-3pm until the day of the audition. |
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