Weekly Update - May 17-21

Written by Matt Mulvaney

Monday, 17 May 2010 13:14

Here's the weekly music update for your magnet school for the arts!

First, congratulations to the Jazz Ensemble for their very strong performance at the Tango del Rey Jazz Festival, which was hosted by CPMA. The students played marvelously, and should be very proud of themselves.

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Next, the final concert of the year is coming up! Here's the schedule for NEXT week, starting on Monday, May 24th:

Monday, May 24th
- Wind Ensemble Dress Rehearsal, 4:00 - 5:15
Tuesday, May 25th
- Debut Strings Dress Rehearsal, 4:00 - 5:00
- Percussion Ensemble Dress Rehearsal, 4:00 - 5:00
Wednesday, May 26th
- Joe's Pizza Fundraiser
- Eat at Joe's from 4:00 - 9:00 and help support the CPMA Music Department - it's as easy as that!
Thursday, May 27th
- Concert Band Dress Rehearsal, 4:00 - 5:00
Friday, May 28th
- String Orchestra Dress Rehearsal, 4:00 - 5:15

The full schedule is available as an attachment below (and here at this link).

Finally, as we begin (cautiously) to look towards the summer, it may be time to start thinking about summer opportunities (i.e. you can occupy your student for a week or more at a time with a summer music camp). Some summer music camps to consider locally:

Band at the Beach - Held at Correia Middle School.

Strings by the Sea - Held at Point Loma Nazarene University

Or for the very motivated and dedicated - the Idyllwild Summer Arts Academy

And of course, the San Diego Youth Symphony will be holding their auditions for the 2010-11 academic year on June 17th, 19th, & 20th. Their is an appropriate group for EVERY student, and yes, they have financial aid available. Here are the documents for the youth symphony:

In short, the opportunities are out there. Encourage your student to continue to work hard and seek out those experiences that will be both educational, challenging, and fun. Have a great week and go CPMA!