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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras is pleased to offer complimentary tickets to our May 18 performance at Orchestra Hall! Join us for an unforgettable evening as Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonic Orchestra bring beloved works to life, including Samuel Barber’s Music for a Scene from Shelley, Margaret Bonds’ The Montgomery Variations, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, and excerpts from Respighi’s Pines of Rome. Click Here for Voucher
Thank you to Jina Valentine for taking our fabulous show photos! You can find all the photos here. We are so grateful for all the families, students, and staff members who make our shows possible.
Chicago Musical Pathways Auditions for 5th-11th Grades
Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative identifies and develops gifted and motivated orchestral students from underrepresented backgrounds for acceptance into top-tier conservatory, college, or university classical music programs in preparation for careers as professional musicians. Click the link to check out their flyer for more information!
Music Institute of Chicago Children's Choir Invitation
The Music Institute of Chicago would like to invite Decatur students in 2nd grade or above to join a choir program titled "Gather Ye Round." If you are interested please contact Danny Wallenberg at [email protected]. More information is attached.
4th Grade Body Percussion Rounds
3rd Grade musicians have been learning about the blues! We have learned about where the blues came from, how Chicago affected the blues and how Chicago blues musician Muddy Waters influenced the music styles we hear today. Students are playing Blues on xylophones, learning to improvise, and will create their own performances for the winter show on January 30th. See you there!
Visit each of the Essentials teachers during Report Card Pickup by dropping in to our spaces listed below.
PE (Cherry) - Gymnasium | [email protected]
Dance (Branch) - Dance Studio 101 | [email protected]
Music (Schmittle) - Music Room 114 | [email protected]
Art (Koreman) - Art Room 111 | [email protected]
Makerspace (Petropoulos) - Please reach out if a conference is needed | [email protected]
Latin (Loris) - Room 111 - [email protected]
The Latin room will be occupied with voting, so you can find Ms. Loris in the Art room, 111. Ms. Branch and Ms. Schmittle will be working with students until 2:30pm. Ms. Petropoulos is conferencing with her homeroom so you can email for a conference for a different time. If you'd like to make an appointment for any of the Essentials teachers outside of the conference day, please send them an email. We look forward to connecting with you!