September 2007

AREA UPCOMING CONCERTS YOU CAN USE FOR CURRENT EVENTS
Most of these concerts are free. Those that are not are marked with a $$ sign. Times listed as given. Thanks!

Oct. 4^th, 8:00 p.m. Kent Lyman, Piano, Carswell Concert Hall, Meredith College

Oct. 5^th, 7:00 p.m. Fall Choral Concert, Wakefield High School

Oct 9^th, 7:00 p.m. Fall Choral Concert, Sanderson High School

Oct.12^th, 8:00 p.m. NC Jazz Repertory Orchestra, UNC-CH $$

Oct. 21^st, 3:00 p.m. Triangle Wind Ensemble @ Cary Academy Fine Arts Center $$

Oct. 21^st , 7:00 p.m. Flute Choir Concert, Carswell Concert Hall, Meredith College

Oct. 23^rd, 7:00p.m. Concert Band and Wind Ensemble Concert – Sanderson's Concert - Don't forget  to invite everyone to  this one!!!

Oct. 24^th, 7:00 p.m. Orchestra, Choir and Band Concert, Ravenscroft, Fine Arts Bldg

Oct. 30^th, 7:00 p.m. Pops Concert, Auditorium, Green Hope High School Band

Nov. 9^th, 7:30 p.m. Raleigh Area Flute Assoc. Contest Winners' Recital – at Highland United Methodist Church

Nov. 20^th, 7:00 p.m. Winter Choral Concert, Wakefield High School

Dec. 1^st, 7:30 p.m. Triangle Wind Ensemble @ Herbert C. Young Community Center $$

Dec. 2^nd, 3:00 p.m. Meredith Christmas Concerts, Jones Auditorium

Dec 6^th, Winter Concert - 9th Grade & Concert Band, Leesville HS

Dec 7^th, Winter Concert - Symphonic Band, Leesville HS

Dec. 18^th, 7:00 Winter Choral Concert, Sanderson High School

Dec. 18^th, 7:30 p.m. Winter Concert, Wakefield High School Bands

Dec. 20^th, Winter Band Concert, Green Hope High School Auditorium

Dec. 20^th, Intermediate & Advanced Strings, Band and Chorus Concert – Gym, West Millbrook Middle School

April 2007

• Kiss Me Kate Orchestra
  Kudos to Mr. Flowers and the Sanderson band students who performed in the spring musical Kiss Me Kate! The orchestra did a fabulous job and everyone who attended thoroughly enjoyed the production. The orchestra was comprised of the following students:
  

  Chris Arevelo	Laura Arevolo	Allie Bruce	Charlotte Bruce
  Katherine Coe	Alex Collie	Chelsea Copnerhurst	Melissa Diamond
  Garrett George	Nate Hitchings	Victoria Jones	Phillip Knorr
  Annie Lassiter	Hillary Lassiter	Gordon Lebria	Tiffany Lee
  Bobby Lee	Zahra Mahbooba	Meredith McDonald	Nick Mykins
  Rachel Overby	Sarah Pizzolato	Susan Pizzolato	Jessica Randall
  Rachel Rogers	Dustin Smith	Marshall Sweet	Steven Tanaka
  Joey Truxal

  
  
• WCU Honors Band
  Percussionists Colin Fernandez, senior and Brandon Fernandez, freshman recently returned from Western Carolina University where they were selected to play with the WCU Honors Band. After auditions, Colin was selected as section leader for the Purple Band which performed under the direction of Rodney Winther who is Professor of Music and Bands at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Brandon was selected to perform on mallets in the Gold Band which performed under the direction of Dr. David Waybright who is Director of band at the University of Florida. Roughly 200 students were selected from 43 high schools in NC, SC, TN and GA.
  
• Winter Guard International Championships (Percussion)
  Colin Fernandez, senior, and Brandon Fernandez, freshman, will be traveling to Dayton, Ohio to compete with the indoor percussion group Constitution at the Winter Guard International Championships on April 19-21. Constitution is a brand-new percussive youth organization committed to innovation and creativity in the indoor percussion arena. The group consists of approximately forty performing members from all over the state of North Carolina. Brandon is the youngest member, Colin is one of 5 seniors from the Raleigh area and the rest are college students through the age of 22. They have been rehearsing every Saturday and Sunday since the month of November and competing at competitions in both NC and SC. The semi-finals and finals will be aired online at http://wgi.dci.org.