Haines Music Department

The 8th grade band will be going to a clinic at Northwestern University on Friday February 8th. We will work with one of their fine directors Dr. Dan Farris. One of his jobs at teh university is directing the NU Marching Band. It is always a great experience for the students to go to such a wonderful campus like NU and get to work with a director such as Dr. Farris. After the clinic the students will receive the instructions to write a short summary paper of what they learned at NU. We will be gone all day so the students will need to bring money for lunch. We are also insisting that the students dress appropriately for the day. Instructions, more complete details and the permission slip is available right here nu-perm-slip-08.pdf.

Click the following to download the permission slip for the IWU Jazz Festival on Saturday January 26th.iwu-perm-slip-08.pdf

Please click iwu-jan-events-letter-08.pdf for the letter explaining the upcoming dates for the Jazz Ensemble.

The 2nd quarter celebration of knowledge is here! It consists of playing Bb, Eb, F, Ab, Db, and Gb scales; chromatic scale; and rhythm sightreading from Rhythm Sheet 2G-c. Percussionists have additional knowledge to celebrate by playing all of the sheet (p. 50) that we have been using in sectionals. All celebrations must be completed by Thursday January 17th.