APA Orchestra Updates & Schedule- Week of 3/3
- Jennifer Stroh
- Mar 3
- 6 min read
APA Orchestra Schedule and Updates
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Oiler Music Guild Meeting- in M-1 and via Zoom
March 5, 2025
7:00 PM
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Looking ahead-
Mar 6th- RCC Orchestra Festival- Sign Up to Help
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APA Orchestra Schedule and Updates
APA Orchestra Schedule 3/3 - 3/8 -
Tuesday, March 4th:
PIANO CLASSES (with Mr. Meyers)
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Adv. Honors Piano
3:15-4:15 p.m.
Pianos B
ORCHESTRA CLASSES:
2:30-4:00 p.m.
APA Wind Orchestra (with Mr. Myers)
4:15-4:45 p.m.
String Class (with Mr. Pham)
5:00–6:45 p.m.
Festival Orchestra (with Mr. Bement)
Thursday, March 6th:
PIANO CLASSES (with Mr. Meyers)
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Adv. Honors Piano
3:15-4:15 p.m.
Pianos B
ORCHESTRA CLASSES:
NO WIND ORCHESTRA CLASS DUE TO FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA OFF-CAMPUS PERFORMANCE (See Festival Schedule)
Saturday, March 8th:
APA Returning Parent Meeting
10:00a.m.-1:00p.m.
Upcoming Events-
March 6th: RCC Orchestra Festival - Sign Up to Help
March 8th: APA Returning Parent Meeting @10am
March 17th-20th: Crazy for You Tech Week
Additional Notes for Parents and Students-
- It’s festival week for Festival Orchestra! Busy week ahead, and please stay on top of work and ensembles! On Thursday, Festival Orchestra students should plan to bring lunch and a small snack for the day, as we have a long commute both ways for our performance that afternoon.
**Concert Attire Reminder**
Students in Festival Orchestra are required to be in performance attire for our Thursday, March 6th trip to Riverside City College to perform in festival adjudication. This concert attire is consistent from the handbook and “Sounds of the Season”, and is listed below. Students should either plan to attend school already in concert attire or plan to change at lunch time.
Option A - Suit or Tux
● Black tuxedo or suit (pants and jacket, no jeans)
● Pressed black dress shirt
● Black bow tie
● Black dress socks (no ankle socks)
● Black dress shoes (no Vans, Converse, or sneakers)
● Solid black belt (if required)
Option B - Dress
● Plain black, floor to mid-calf length gown with long or 3/4 sleeves
● Black hose
● Black dress shoes
● Solid black belt (if required)
Option C - Slacks or Skirt and Top
● Long or mid-calf black skirt or black dress slacks, with a black top having long or 3/4
sleeves
● Black hose and close-toed black dress shoes (two-inch heel or less)
● Solid black belt (if required)
In All Cases
● No excessive jewelry, no sequins or sparkles; hair accessories must be black, silver, or gold
● Pants, skirts, and dresses should be loose and flowing, nothing skin-tight
● No jeans
● Heels can be no higher than two inches
● Shoes must be ALL black- marching band Uniform shoes are ok
NOTE: These options are non-gender specific
Festival day Schedule:
12:00 p.m. - Students excused from classes (HBHS and Non-HBHS Festival Orchestra ONLY)
12:15 p.m. - Warm-up rehearsal (HBHS Band Room)
1:40 p.m. - Rehearsal concludes, load buses (HBHS)
2:00 p.m. - Depart HBHS for Coil School of the Arts (RCC)
4:00 p.m. - Arrive, unload buses, and observe performance (time permitting)
4:30 p.m. - Warm up
5:00 p.m. - Performance (Coil School of the Arts Performance Hall)
5:30 p.m. - Clinic (with guest clinicians)
6:00 p.m. - Clinic concludes, load buses
6:15 p.m. - Depart Coil School of the Arts (RCC)
7:45 p.m. (approx.) - Arrive at HBHS, Unload Buses, Dismissal
- In other news, we were lucky to accept an incredibly gracious donation from Sue Iverson for a gorgeous Grand Piano, which now has a home in the MPR classroom! We have a piano tuner scheduled for this weekend, and the piano will be a huge benefit to our piano and jazz programs at the school in the years to come.
○ RETURNING PARENTS & STUDENTS…
(1) Need to fill out the 25-26 acceptance agreement (signed by student and 1 parent and return to the APA office.)
(2) Parents need to mark their calendar for March 8th AND ALSO RSVP to attend this meeting so APA Council knows how much food to have.
○ APA HONOR CORD(Seniors only) and APA LETTER(Juniors & Seniors) application time! They are both due March 15th. There are 7 Student workshops. They are listed in the letter with a link/QR code to sign up with.
○ ALSO, THE APA OFFICE HAS COPIES OF THE ARTS LITERACY HONOR CORD, a District Honor Cord. This CORD will also be covered in the APA HONOR CORD WORKSHOPS.
○ APPLICATIONS for the APA Foundation Scholarship($500-$1000) as well as the EEFA Foundation Scholarship ($10,000) will be sent out by March 1st. They will be due April 29th
Crazy for Your Rehearsal Schedule and Information: Musical Information
- Orchestra Handbook: 2024/25 Handbook
- Click below to access the APA Orchestra Google Calendar!
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