Pembroke Pines Charter High School Band

Annoucements and Upcoming Events!

Updated: Tuesday, November 6, 2009
 
Annoucements:

Announcements for the Week of November 6th, 2009:

Honor Bands:

Our program has been very fortunate to have the following students recognized over the last few months for various honor bands. These students are:

Tri-State Honor Band (FSU, Tallahassee)-Jaclyn Fine, Nicole Power, and Johnny-Angel Rodriguez

Broward All-County Jazz Honor Band-Johnny-Angel Rodriguez

2010 All-State Symphonic Band-Nicole Power

Please remember those of you who are interested in other honor band opportunities, All-County Concert Band paperwork is to be submitted by Friday, November 13th, with auditions the first week in December.
And those of you interested in the University of Miami South Florida Honor Band, paperwork is due on November 20th

Jazz I Rehearsals:

Due to All-County Jazz Rehearsals, now that Johnny-Angel has been selected-yay!!!!, of which both he and I need to be in attendance, Jazz I will now need to rehearse at the following times and days. (My apologies for any inconveniences, and my sincere hopes that this is enough notice to make any/all necessary schedule changes!)
Next week:

No rehearsal on Tuesday, Nov. 10th-instead, rehearsal will be on Thursday, November 12th, from 5:30-8:30 p.m.

No rehearsal on Tuesday, November 17th, instead, rehearsal will be on Wednesday, November 18th, from 5:3-8:30 p.m.!

Please Jazz Band I members mark these rehearsal times in your calendars and I will look forward to working with you then!
Please remember, if you haven't already, to pick up new music as well that we will be looking at.

Upcoming Performances:

November 19-Multi-Cultural Showcase (Jazz I and Jazz, Too)
November 23-PPCES-East Campus (Jazz I-school day)
December 3-PPCES/PPCMS West Campus (Pep Band/Drumline-school day)
December 9-Winter Fantasy (Jazz I, Jazz Too)
December 17-Winter Concert (All Concert Bands, Jazz Bands, Percussion Ensemble)

Charter Bowl:

We will be travelling this year for the Charter Bowl at Coral Springs Charter High School on Friday, November 13th...that is a week from tomorrow!!!! If you are interested, make sure to sign up early next week and calendar!

 
 
 
(All forms have been changed and loaded in a PDF format.  Added Band Camp Photos to the Photo Gallery, You Tube videos,  Audio Recordings of tentative  pieces for Summer Band Camp as well as 2009-2010 School Year as well as an Updated Calendar for the 2009-2010 School Year, revised and updated forms, handbook and syllabi )
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Be practicing, practicing and more practicing....
 
1st hour-Jeckyll and Hyde, Gameland, Pico de Paco, Svengali
4th hour-Jeckyll and Hyde, Night on Bald Mountain, Hungarian Dance No. 5, Ritual Fire Dance
5th hour-Jeckyll and Hyde, Pirates:  At World's End, Lion King
6th hour-Jeckyll and Hyde, Africa, Incantation and Dance, Tempered Steel, Harvest Hymn, Scenes from the Louvre
Jazz, Too-Smooth
Jazz I-Smooth, The Chicken
 
Guitar-Prelude I, II and III-out of Aaron Shearer's Guitar Method, Vol. 1
 
Please find below a link to the Florida Bandmasters Association Website and All-State requirements for the 2009-2010 School Year-please refer to for All-County etudes:
Please find below a link for the Broward All-County High School Major Scales Sheet, also to be used for the All-State Auditions:
 
Please find below a link for the synopsis of the musical "Jekyll and Hyde."  This is our year's Pep Band show. 
 

A Letter from the Director 

Dear Students and Parents,

It is my distinct pleasure to welcome all students and parents to our Pembroke Pines Charter High School Music Family.  It is my goal to make the experience you and your child share in the Pembroke Pines Charter High School  Programs exciting, challenging and rewarding.  I will be here to serve the needs of your family in every way possible.

Believing that....

"High expectations foster higher outcomes"

The Pembroke Pines Charter High School Band Program exists to provide students a comprehensive, balanced education in instrumental music.  Through the study of music, students develop intellectually, physically, emotionally, and socially.  Intellectual growth is enhanced through the student's ever-increasing knowledge of musical concepts, its unique notation system, terminology, styles, historical era, and historical figures.  Physically, students must adapt to the many challenges of learning an instrument and transforming symbols into sound.  Students also develop a sense of leadership through learning to work side-by-side with others in a group setting.  Perhaps the most unique and essential element making music education so special, however, is that it provides students the opportunity to develop aesthetically.  Aesthetic education helps a student develop his/her own natural responsiveness to the power of music.  Through studying, creating and experiencing quality music, the student becomes more attudned to his/her individual expressiveness.  Simiply put, music educates the whole child-mind, body and heart.

I will ask your child to reach to discover his or her highest potential in a disciplined and structured manner both individually and as a group.  I am confident that through this type process, we can all experience the thrill of musical performances and the satisfaction of  having done our very best.

I believe that every student, regardless of ability or age, can grow musically.  My pupose is to enrich and challenge students by helping them discover the special meaning that exists only in creating, re-creating, and experiencing music.  I encourage students to be involved in the program as their time and interests allow.  In this way, I hope to inspire and tmotivate your child to achive their fullest potential in music!

 Mrs. Jessica Rivero

Upcoming Jazz Auditions

Auditions for Jazz I and Jazz, Too will be slated in September, 2009 after All-State Auditions!

Photo Gallery Info

 As you may or may not know, we are gathering photos (and videos, if you have them) to be included in our end of the year band video to commemorate what is proving to be a really great year! 


To facilitate this, I have created a web gallery where you can upload your photos and even download those you would like to keep. You add photos by simply clicking on the upload button and following the prompts. You can also upload video clips right into the gallery. We are not just looking for spectacular, pro quality photos for this project (as Mr. Schrager has been so kind to give us), we also want your candids, cellphone pix, quick snapshots, whatever. We want this to be a look back on the whole band experience, not just games and performances, but any time members of the band are working together, hanging out, whatever. Even photos during class would be great (assuming your band directors give you the OK).

the gallery is at:


ID is: band
Password is: photos

You can also add photos from by email or through your mobile phone by sending them to this address:  glmac-f395@post.me.com

I will be checking periodically to gather the new photos that have gone up and try to keep the gallery at a manageable size, so don't panic if something you uploaded isn't there after a couple of weeks.

Thank you in advance for helping out and adding to this effort. With lots of people donating their photos, we should have every band member included and make this a really great remembrance of the year.

Check it out, there are lots of photos there already, but we need lots more to make this successful. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

 

What's My Grade? 

Please click on the following link to obtain your student's progress in Mrs. Rivero's classes from the electronic book:

https://snapgrades.net/login/?20728

Band Honors V

If your student is enrolled in Band Honors V as a junior or senior, it is necessary that they do the following prior to the end of this quarter:
 
They must submit to me in a written proposal what their intended study/subject area is.  What musical element are they choosing to study?  (i.e.. music history, theory/composition, cultural aspect of music....etc....)
 
Furthermore, I need for them to begin to have a broad enough understanding of their subject that they can submit to me next week as well, an outline of what they intend to study over the course of the 2nd-4th quarters.
 
Finally, I need for them to submit in writing what their intended final project will be.  In what form is their presentation?  (Is a power point, paper, oral presentation to the class, composition, etc...)
 
  
An example of what I need would be as follows:
 
Student Name:  Jessica Rivero
Band Honors V Written Proposal
 
Area of Study:  History of Jazz Music
 
Outline:
 
1.  First years of Jazz-New Orleans
2.  20s-Chicago, New York (Boogie Woogie)
3. Swing
4.  Be-Bob/Blues (Progressive Big Bands)
5.  Dixieland Revival
6.  West Coast Jazz
7.  East Coast Hard Bop
8.  Free Jazz/Latin Tinge
9.  Early 60's Jazz Boom
10.  Blues/Caribbean Cool
11.  Jazz-Rock Fusion
12.  Funk/Acid Jazz
 
I will be studying the time period as well as composers and performers of the time, listening and analyzing recordings. 
 
Final Presentation-I will be submitting a video presentation of the History of Jazz utilizing music of the time and photograph stills with a voice over.
 
  
I need all proposals for the 2009-2010 school year by September 1, 2009. Any topic of interest is acceptable.  I have students who are studying composition/theory, others who are doing a broad scope of music history; others studying the musical genre, or the history of Rock and Roll.  I have students who are studying a specific culture of music (Mid Eastern or Latin, etc...)

Contact Information

 

Address
17189 Sheridan Street
Pembroke Pines, Florida 33331

Main Office
(954) 538-3700

Main Office Fax
(954) 538-3715

Email: 

Mrs. Rivero:  jrivero@pinescharter.com

Booster Email:  PPCHSBandParents@bellsouth.net