It was great meeting all of you who came to parent/teacher conferences the last two days. It's always nice to meet the people behind the great students with whom I get to work.
I do have a clarification on grades: the report cards distributed at mid-trimester listed P or F for students in choir, however students will earn a regular letter grade for the trimester. After a lot of experimenting on my part, and with the assistance of CDH technology staff a good way of reporting progress on choir grades on Infinite Campus has yet to be found. More detailed progress reports were sent home the week before parent/teacher conferences. If you didn't receive that, or would like an update on how your daughter or son is doing please feel free to contact me.
If you weren't able to make it to conferences but have questions or concerns please feel free to contact me at school at any time. Or you may also leave a comment below and request that I not post it to the site. I see all of those posts before they become public.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Additional Performance Viewing Opportunities
Students and parents, here are a few more concerts I found that you could attend and review to meet "performance proficiency" for this trimester:
This Sunday, October 21:
University of St. Thomas Choir and Bands, 2:00 pm, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
Friday, October 26:
University of MN Chamber Choir/Concert Choir/Campus Orchestra, 7:30 pm, Grace University Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
Friday, November 9:
Concordia University Vocal Jazz/Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 pm, CU Buetow Music Center Auditorium, St. Paul
Northwestern College Music Madness 1 (Men's Choir, Women's Choir & Band), 7:30 pm NC Maranatha Hall, Roseville
Saturday, November 10:
Northwestern College Music Madness 2 (College Choir & Orchestra) 7:30 pm, NC Maranatha Hall, Roseville
Sunday, November 11:
University of St. Thomas Women's Choir, 3:00 pm, UST Aquinas Chapel, St. Paul
This Sunday, October 21:
University of St. Thomas Choir and Bands, 2:00 pm, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
Friday, October 26:
University of MN Chamber Choir/Concert Choir/Campus Orchestra, 7:30 pm, Grace University Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
Friday, November 9:
Concordia University Vocal Jazz/Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 pm, CU Buetow Music Center Auditorium, St. Paul
Northwestern College Music Madness 1 (Men's Choir, Women's Choir & Band), 7:30 pm NC Maranatha Hall, Roseville
Saturday, November 10:
Northwestern College Music Madness 2 (College Choir & Orchestra) 7:30 pm, NC Maranatha Hall, Roseville
Sunday, November 11:
University of St. Thomas Women's Choir, 3:00 pm, UST Aquinas Chapel, St. Paul
Monday, October 8, 2007
Welcome
Hello students, families, and visitors! I'm hoping this blog will be a useful tool in keeping you informed as to what's happening in the vocal music department at Cretin-Derham Hall. If you have suggestions or requests as to the kinds of postings or information you'd like to find here please feel free to let me know.
My plan is to add a new post once a week or so to let you know what's been happening up in the choir room. There may be times when postings will be a little more or less frequent depending on the time of year.
For now I want to point out a couple of other features I intend to use to help you navigate the site or to find more information. To the right there is a list of "labels" that will help you zoom right to information pertaining to the choir, grade, group, etc. that is most relevant to you. There is also a list of links to websites that contain valuable information relating to choir.
My plan is to add a new post once a week or so to let you know what's been happening up in the choir room. There may be times when postings will be a little more or less frequent depending on the time of year.
For now I want to point out a couple of other features I intend to use to help you navigate the site or to find more information. To the right there is a list of "labels" that will help you zoom right to information pertaining to the choir, grade, group, etc. that is most relevant to you. There is also a list of links to websites that contain valuable information relating to choir.
Collegium Sine Nomine?
So you may be asking yourself where that college is located and what it's best majors might be... Actually you might just think the new choir director fell on his head. Either way, let me explain.
Collegium Sine Nomine is the name the members of the combined Men's Vocal Ensemble/Women's Choir chose for themselves. Because of the number of students registered for each of those courses the decision was made last spring to combine the two choirs into one mixed choir. Though I was not a part of that decision I wholeheartedly support it and think that it will be a very positive development in the vocal music department here at CDH. However calling the choir Women's Choir/Men's Vocal Ensemble or any other such "combined" name doesn't exactly roll off of one's tongue so I challenged the students to pick a name for themselves, at least for this year. Eventually I ended up giving them several options from which to pick and they liked Collegium Sine Nomine the best.
It is a rather tongue-in-cheek choice and I think it reflects the combined personalities of the group quite well. Collegium sine nomine is a Latin term used for centuries to describe a variety of groups, roughly translated it means "group with no name."
Collegium Sine Nomine is the name the members of the combined Men's Vocal Ensemble/Women's Choir chose for themselves. Because of the number of students registered for each of those courses the decision was made last spring to combine the two choirs into one mixed choir. Though I was not a part of that decision I wholeheartedly support it and think that it will be a very positive development in the vocal music department here at CDH. However calling the choir Women's Choir/Men's Vocal Ensemble or any other such "combined" name doesn't exactly roll off of one's tongue so I challenged the students to pick a name for themselves, at least for this year. Eventually I ended up giving them several options from which to pick and they liked Collegium Sine Nomine the best.
It is a rather tongue-in-cheek choice and I think it reflects the combined personalities of the group quite well. Collegium sine nomine is a Latin term used for centuries to describe a variety of groups, roughly translated it means "group with no name."
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