Here is the latest news and information about the Hinsdale South High School Hornet Band.
Solo & Ensemble
Solo Ensemble is quickly approaching! On Saturday, March 2nd we will be hosting our annual IHSA Solo & Ensemble contest at our school. I've attached three documents regarding the schedule. One is by entry name (alphabetically by last name) and the other is by time. Both schedules have the room number and time for the event.
For ensembles, the event name will be listed by a single member's last name Students should check the HSHS Entry List 2019 IHSA PDF to see which members are involved in that particular ensemble. For example, "Mulligan et. al" with a member size of 2 is listed as an event at 8am. In order to find out which people are in that event, Ms. Mulligan will look at the HSHS Entry List, search for the title "Mulligan et al" and find the ensemble that has two members in it. There, Ms. Mulligan can find her name as well as Ms. Fatigato listed under keyboard percussion. Please make sure you are double checking the title of the event and checking you have the correct ensemble size.
All soloists will also be asked to play scales in concert pitch, which they will transpose. The scales will be two octaves at 120 bpm and they will also be asked to play a chromatic scale in the appropriate range. For your convenience, I have spelled out all this information on Audition page of our website, which can be found here: https://www.hinsdalesouthband.com/audition-music.html. Scroll down to IHSA Scales and Chromatic (Solo & Ensemble Only) to find the appropriate information and PDF documents.
Soloists, please also make sure you are taking care of the $20 accompanist fee for Ms. Boso or Ms. Mueller. These wonderful players put in time to prepare the piano parts and carve out time in their schedule to work with all players - please make sure they are taken care of an appreciated. (Please note, if the $20 fee is an issue, don't hesitate to talk with me. We are happy to help.)
Mr. Maag and I are very excited for our students to have successful performances at contest. They've prepared for six weeks for this event and we are proud of the personal and musical growth we've witnessed since the onset of second semester. Students will not be graded on the performance the day of contest. Instead, their grade will be earned by their professionalism on the day of the event, which includes having the original copy for the judge with the measures numbered, being prepared with scales, and dressing professionally.
This event is a large undertaking and could not be possible without the help of our incredible boosters and our student workers. Students, please sign up for a time to volunteer on this sheet: Solo & Ensemble Volunteer. Parents, please consider donating your time on that Saturday. I've included information from Mary Szabo, our booster president:
Good evening Hinsdale South Music Parents!
The Music Dept. Boosters is pleased to announce that we're HOSTING this year's IHSMA Solo & Ensemble Contest! Since we are hosting, there are many activities to plan for. We're looking for your help! If we're all able to help just a little bit, it will go a long way.
We have two opportunities for you to contribute to help us be the best hosts!
Event Logistics:
Saturday, March 2, 2019
7am - 5pm
Hinsdale South High School
High Schools Participating: 20-24
High School Students Attending: 2,000
FIRST: Volunteer Goods
Due to a limited budget, we're looking for donated goods to sell the day of the event. All proceeds benefit the Hinsdale South Music Department and Banquet. Link to donate items: http://signup.com/go/zWAGkLc
The Music Boosters will be providing sandwiches and pizza in addition to the items we've requested in the Sign-Up link above.
SECOND: Volunteer Your Time
We have 2 hour shifts setup to help us with being a Greeter, serve food, or a cashier. Link: http://signup.com/go/dAjTMhu
Don't hesitate to reach out to me or any board member of the Hinsdale South Music Boosters Association if you have any questions. Thank you for everything you do to make our Music Program a success! Thank you also for helping us be the best hosts we can be for this event!
Sincerely,
Mary Szabo
President
HSHS Music Boosters
630-918-0761
Disney
Our trip to Disney is only a few weeks away! Please sign up for a seat on the bus using this link. If you have already made arrangements to meet us at Disney or travel home separately with parents, please email us as soon as possible with expressed written consent from your parent or guardian. Students will need to submit an email as well as a signed letter from parents.
Ensemble Performances
Percussion and Wind Symphony will begin performing their small ensembles in front of their peers on Monday the 25th.
Percussion Extravaganza
Our annual percussion concert is on Tuesday, March 5th in the auditorium. Please note, we are not holding a rehearsal on Monday the 4th. Come support our percussionists!
Music Department Concert
The annual Pops Concert featuring the Hinsdale South Band, Orchestra, and Choir is on Wednesday, March 20th in the auditorium. Come support the entire music program for a night of Blues Brothers, Game of Thrones, and Star Wars to name a few.
Jazz Band
Jazz Band 1 will rehearse Wednesdays and Fridays. Jazz Band 2 will rehearse Tuesdays and Thursdays. Combo will rehearse Monday’s at 8am. Please be to class on time on the days you rehearse. We will add sectional days as needed. Please see jazz ensemble page rosters for seating.
Freshmen Lessons
All freshmen are required to sign up for three lessons each quarter with Mrs. Baxmeyer to receive an A. Lesson signups for the last two weeks are outside of her door in the band hallway. Please note - during Q3, students only need to sign up for TWO lessons.
If a student is interested in pursuing honors or taking lessons from our lesson teachers, they need to sign up on the list in the band room by the uniform room, which is for the individual lesson teacher and not Mrs. Baxmeyer.
Equipment
Reminder that all students need to be taking care of getting equipment for their instruments. All of this equipment can be purchased at Quinlan & Fabish off of Plainfield Road. The required equipment includes:
REED INSTRUMENTS
-2 to 3 working reeds at all times
-a reed guard
-swab
FLUTES
-swab
-swab stick
BRASS
-valve oil / rotor oil / slide grease
-mouthpiece brush
PERCUSSION
-snare sticks (Vic Firth SD1) ($7)
-marimba mallets (Vic Firth M114) ($25)
-stick bag
Thank you for all you do for our band, we are proud of the progress the students have made so far.
Marching Band Shoes
If your student ordered new marching shoes, please send a check to HSHS for $29. Thanks.
Private Lessons
We have outstanding lesson teachers here at Hinsdale South. Our outstanding school and department are great supporters of the music department. It is really important for you to take advantage of the excellent lesson teachers that have been made available to you. Lessons are very affordable, only costing you between $12-16 per 1/2 hour lesson. If you would like more information about our lesson teachers, please feel free to email or call me. Your student can just sign up for a lesson on the sheets right outside Mrs. Baxmeyer’s office door.
Flute- Susan Dudek (spdudek@sbcglobal.net)
Clarinet & Saxophone - Kathy Pirtle (kathypirtle@sbcglobal.net)
Trumpet & horn - Dan Price (danpricetrumpet@gmail.com)
Low brass & jazz - Josh Torrey (torrey.joshua@gmail.com)
Percussion - Josh Graham (jgpercussionist@gmail.com)
Remind Text Messages
Please copy and paste the link below and add your cell phone number to the Hinsdale South Band Remind text message updates. I will send out periodic updates through Remind so this is a great way to get instant information. Follow the instructions from the link below.
https://www.remind.com/join/mrmaag
Music Booster Association
Parents, please consider joining the Hinsdale South Music Booster Association. The membership form can be found here Booster Membership Form
Social Media
You can also follow the Hinsdale South Hornet Band on Twitter. Please follow on twitter and tell all your friends so you can stay even more informed with tweets from the Hinsdale South Band!
@HSHSHornetBand Twitter
You make us proud everyday to be a Hornet!
Please feel free to let us know if you have any questions.
Hornet Band Pride!
Solo & Ensemble
Solo Ensemble is quickly approaching! On Saturday, March 2nd we will be hosting our annual IHSA Solo & Ensemble contest at our school. I've attached three documents regarding the schedule. One is by entry name (alphabetically by last name) and the other is by time. Both schedules have the room number and time for the event.
For ensembles, the event name will be listed by a single member's last name Students should check the HSHS Entry List 2019 IHSA PDF to see which members are involved in that particular ensemble. For example, "Mulligan et. al" with a member size of 2 is listed as an event at 8am. In order to find out which people are in that event, Ms. Mulligan will look at the HSHS Entry List, search for the title "Mulligan et al" and find the ensemble that has two members in it. There, Ms. Mulligan can find her name as well as Ms. Fatigato listed under keyboard percussion. Please make sure you are double checking the title of the event and checking you have the correct ensemble size.
All soloists will also be asked to play scales in concert pitch, which they will transpose. The scales will be two octaves at 120 bpm and they will also be asked to play a chromatic scale in the appropriate range. For your convenience, I have spelled out all this information on Audition page of our website, which can be found here: https://www.hinsdalesouthband.com/audition-music.html. Scroll down to IHSA Scales and Chromatic (Solo & Ensemble Only) to find the appropriate information and PDF documents.
Soloists, please also make sure you are taking care of the $20 accompanist fee for Ms. Boso or Ms. Mueller. These wonderful players put in time to prepare the piano parts and carve out time in their schedule to work with all players - please make sure they are taken care of an appreciated. (Please note, if the $20 fee is an issue, don't hesitate to talk with me. We are happy to help.)
Mr. Maag and I are very excited for our students to have successful performances at contest. They've prepared for six weeks for this event and we are proud of the personal and musical growth we've witnessed since the onset of second semester. Students will not be graded on the performance the day of contest. Instead, their grade will be earned by their professionalism on the day of the event, which includes having the original copy for the judge with the measures numbered, being prepared with scales, and dressing professionally.
This event is a large undertaking and could not be possible without the help of our incredible boosters and our student workers. Students, please sign up for a time to volunteer on this sheet: Solo & Ensemble Volunteer. Parents, please consider donating your time on that Saturday. I've included information from Mary Szabo, our booster president:
Good evening Hinsdale South Music Parents!
The Music Dept. Boosters is pleased to announce that we're HOSTING this year's IHSMA Solo & Ensemble Contest! Since we are hosting, there are many activities to plan for. We're looking for your help! If we're all able to help just a little bit, it will go a long way.
We have two opportunities for you to contribute to help us be the best hosts!
Event Logistics:
Saturday, March 2, 2019
7am - 5pm
Hinsdale South High School
High Schools Participating: 20-24
High School Students Attending: 2,000
FIRST: Volunteer Goods
Due to a limited budget, we're looking for donated goods to sell the day of the event. All proceeds benefit the Hinsdale South Music Department and Banquet. Link to donate items: http://signup.com/go/zWAGkLc
The Music Boosters will be providing sandwiches and pizza in addition to the items we've requested in the Sign-Up link above.
SECOND: Volunteer Your Time
We have 2 hour shifts setup to help us with being a Greeter, serve food, or a cashier. Link: http://signup.com/go/dAjTMhu
Don't hesitate to reach out to me or any board member of the Hinsdale South Music Boosters Association if you have any questions. Thank you for everything you do to make our Music Program a success! Thank you also for helping us be the best hosts we can be for this event!
Sincerely,
Mary Szabo
President
HSHS Music Boosters
630-918-0761
Disney
Our trip to Disney is only a few weeks away! Please sign up for a seat on the bus using this link. If you have already made arrangements to meet us at Disney or travel home separately with parents, please email us as soon as possible with expressed written consent from your parent or guardian. Students will need to submit an email as well as a signed letter from parents.
Ensemble Performances
Percussion and Wind Symphony will begin performing their small ensembles in front of their peers on Monday the 25th.
Percussion Extravaganza
Our annual percussion concert is on Tuesday, March 5th in the auditorium. Please note, we are not holding a rehearsal on Monday the 4th. Come support our percussionists!
Music Department Concert
The annual Pops Concert featuring the Hinsdale South Band, Orchestra, and Choir is on Wednesday, March 20th in the auditorium. Come support the entire music program for a night of Blues Brothers, Game of Thrones, and Star Wars to name a few.
Jazz Band
Jazz Band 1 will rehearse Wednesdays and Fridays. Jazz Band 2 will rehearse Tuesdays and Thursdays. Combo will rehearse Monday’s at 8am. Please be to class on time on the days you rehearse. We will add sectional days as needed. Please see jazz ensemble page rosters for seating.
Freshmen Lessons
All freshmen are required to sign up for three lessons each quarter with Mrs. Baxmeyer to receive an A. Lesson signups for the last two weeks are outside of her door in the band hallway. Please note - during Q3, students only need to sign up for TWO lessons.
If a student is interested in pursuing honors or taking lessons from our lesson teachers, they need to sign up on the list in the band room by the uniform room, which is for the individual lesson teacher and not Mrs. Baxmeyer.
Equipment
Reminder that all students need to be taking care of getting equipment for their instruments. All of this equipment can be purchased at Quinlan & Fabish off of Plainfield Road. The required equipment includes:
REED INSTRUMENTS
-2 to 3 working reeds at all times
-a reed guard
-swab
FLUTES
-swab
-swab stick
BRASS
-valve oil / rotor oil / slide grease
-mouthpiece brush
PERCUSSION
-snare sticks (Vic Firth SD1) ($7)
-marimba mallets (Vic Firth M114) ($25)
-stick bag
Thank you for all you do for our band, we are proud of the progress the students have made so far.
Marching Band Shoes
If your student ordered new marching shoes, please send a check to HSHS for $29. Thanks.
Private Lessons
We have outstanding lesson teachers here at Hinsdale South. Our outstanding school and department are great supporters of the music department. It is really important for you to take advantage of the excellent lesson teachers that have been made available to you. Lessons are very affordable, only costing you between $12-16 per 1/2 hour lesson. If you would like more information about our lesson teachers, please feel free to email or call me. Your student can just sign up for a lesson on the sheets right outside Mrs. Baxmeyer’s office door.
Flute- Susan Dudek (spdudek@sbcglobal.net)
Clarinet & Saxophone - Kathy Pirtle (kathypirtle@sbcglobal.net)
Trumpet & horn - Dan Price (danpricetrumpet@gmail.com)
Low brass & jazz - Josh Torrey (torrey.joshua@gmail.com)
Percussion - Josh Graham (jgpercussionist@gmail.com)
Remind Text Messages
Please copy and paste the link below and add your cell phone number to the Hinsdale South Band Remind text message updates. I will send out periodic updates through Remind so this is a great way to get instant information. Follow the instructions from the link below.
https://www.remind.com/join/mrmaag
Music Booster Association
Parents, please consider joining the Hinsdale South Music Booster Association. The membership form can be found here Booster Membership Form
Social Media
You can also follow the Hinsdale South Hornet Band on Twitter. Please follow on twitter and tell all your friends so you can stay even more informed with tweets from the Hinsdale South Band!
@HSHSHornetBand Twitter
You make us proud everyday to be a Hornet!
Please feel free to let us know if you have any questions.
Hornet Band Pride!
2018-2019 Band Forms and Information
Calendars
| 2018_mb_calendar__after_camp_.doc |
| 2018-2019_music_dept_calendar_4.27.18.pdf |
Marching Band Information and Forms
| mb_forms_2018.pdf |
Disney Trip Information
| orlando_2019_trip_forms.pdf |
| hinsdale_south_hsbo_orlando_itinerary_12-5.pdf |
| parent_letter_and_trip_proposal_disney_2019.pdf |
Honors Credit Information
| honors_credit_info_17-18.docx |
| private_lesson_form.pdf |
Join the Hinsdale South High School Music Booster Association!
| booster_joining_form_2018_pmaag.docx |
