Oil City Middle and High School Choirs

OCMA is in need of parents to help from 3-6 Thursday PM to sort and distribute orders. Contact Mr. Luxbacher if able to help!

Congratulations to Long and Short of It, 4Ward On, Radical Rhythm, and Rhapsodies for an excellent Night of A Cappella! Thanks also to Fast Forward for sharing their talents tonight!

Come join us at the 4th Annual Night of A Cappella Saturday, April 26th @7:30pm in the HS Auditorium.  Tickets $2.

Soloist Audition and Instrumentalist information can now be found at:  http://www.ocasd.org/webpages/sluxbacher/news.cfm?subpage=1852723

If any student or parent would still like to purchase choir pictures, please get orders to Mr. Luxbacher ASAP!!!  Email sluxbacher@mail.ocasd.org with questions.

MARIANNA'S HOAGIE FORMS ARE DUE TOMORROW (4/23/14).  ALL ORDERS MUST BE IN BY 3PM OR THEY WILL NOT BE COUNTED!!! CHECKS SHOULD BE MADE OUT TO OCMA.

Reminder that tomorrow is picture day for the high school choirs.  Please bring your orders with you to school.  Email Mr.  Luxbacher with any questions!

Mr. Jim Ellis will be coming in on Tuesday, April 15th to take group and individual shots of the high school choirs.  Mr. Ellis has a variety of products and keepsakes available for purchase.  Please consider purchasing one of the packages for your student.  The links to the forms are below: PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND FILL OUT BOTH FORMS! http://www.ocasd.org/webpages/sluxbacher/files/1%20front.jpg http://www.ocasd.org/webpages/sluxbacher/files/2%20back.jpg Please return with your student on April 15th!

If you are planning on ordering any shots from Guys and Dolls, or any other shows from the recent past, and you would like to preview them online, please do so within the next week.  Mr. Kline will be locking down the preview portion of his site shortly, and you will need to make arrangements with him going forward to preview and order pictures.  The web addresses for recent shows are: Guys and Dolls: http://pictures.bytesandpix.com/g/guysdolls Crazy for You:  http://pictures.bytesandpix.com/g/crazy_for_you Pajama Game: http://pictures.bytesandpix.com/g/pajama_game Music Man:  http://pictures.bytesandpix.com/g/music_man Camelot:  http://pictures.bytesandpix.com/g/camelot Mame:  http://pictures.bytesandpix.com/g/mame Hello, Dolly!:  http://pictures.bytesandpix.com/g /dolly If you have any questions about ordering, or would like to schedule an appointment with Mr. Kline, he can be reached at gkline@bytesandpix.com

This week, we look at one of the possible pieces for next year's holiday concert.   No Time  is a women's piece that comes from the camp meeting tradition.  Camp meetings were revivalist services that incorporated gospel music, jazz, traditional spirituals, and hymns into the service.   No Time  is a lyrical ballad, with the women in four parts.  At this time, this is a possible lead-in to the candlelit processional. BASED OFF OF THE PMEA RUBRIC IN YOUR FOLDER, EVALUATE THE CHOIR'S PERFORMANCE The Milwaukee Choral Artists are a professional, all female choral ensemble from Wisonsin.  What do you notice about their posture, their sound, and their accuracy that might lead you to believe that they are all professional musicians? The piece was recorded in a large church at Concordia University in Wisconsin.  Even though the room echos a lot, can you understand their words.  Why or why not? What do you think of the piece?  Is this something that fits the style of what

Videos for the fourth grading period will take a look at music possibilities for the coming year (2014-15).  I am not sure of the final theme for Swing Out (HS Spring Concert), so we will be looking at a variety of music in a variety of styles for both holiday and spring.  As with the third nine weeks, you will pick one of the nine videos from THIS GRADING PERIOD (starting today) to complete a 1-2 paragraph write up, and submit by the end of the grading period.  If you would like to complete some extra credit, I will accept up to three extra videos of the week for up to 15 bonus points.  For the bonus videos, you can select any of the videos from the third and fourth nine weeks.  You may not submit last grading period's paper again, and you must choose another video.  Contact Mr. Luxbacher with Questions.