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CDHS MUSIC 2011/12!

Welcome to CDHS Music 2011/12! Once again, we’ve been overwhelmed by student participation in the music groups this year.

We’re very excited about this year and we wanted to touch base about a number of things.

NEW TO CDHS MUSIC?

CDHS has been recognized as having some of Canada’s finest student jazz groups – with senior groups often drawing comparisons to college and university-level big bands. Invited performers for Canada’s Governor General, CDHS students have won almost every award around, including 25 national gold awards. The CDHS Hospital Benefit Concert has featured students performing with legendary artists including Jeff Healey, the Downchild Blues Band and others while raising $15,000 for our local hospital. Graduates of CDHS Music can be found in Toronto jazz clubs, the Canadian Opera Company, and at North American post-secondary institutions including McGill University, Humber College, MIT, and the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. But the most important part of CDHS Music has nothing to do with music. It is the team-oriented approach to learning, the dedication and commitment to excellence, the sense of family and the fun.

CDHS MUSIC PARENT GROUP

If you are interested in being on this year’s CDHS Music Parent Group, please indicate on the accompanying form. The parent group is largely instrumental in assisting at shows and helping plan and carry out the Dream Lottery.

TRIP PROPOSAL – NEW ORLEANS, birthplace of jazz, late April 2012

This year, we are proposing a trip to the birthplace of jazz – the Big Easy. The trip would include:

The New Orleans International Jazz Festival – a professional world-renowned jazz festival featuring performances by tons of professional artists in every sub-style of jazz, including blues, gospel, funk etc. (also features incredible Cajun food!).

A performance clinic with a renowned New Orleans jazz artist.

A steamboat jazz cruise on the river where the great jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong played. (The showboats were the inspiration for the musical of the same name.)

A Habitat for Humanity build to assist in the construction of the Musicians’ Village after Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans still suffers immeasurably from Katrina.

A Bayou swamp tour.

Tour of New Orleans and the French Quarter.

Tour of Mardi Gras World.

Tour of a plantation.

Promises to be an amazing musical and educational experience! More information on the trip will come in the next couple of weeks, including dates and cost.

FUNDRAISING

Begins today!

Every year, CDHS Music holds two major fundraisers – the Florida fruit sale and the Dream Lottery. Between the two fundraisers many students typically fundraise $300-500. Fundraising money goes directly to individual student trip costs, providing a huge incentive. Some students raise their entire trip costs with the two fundraisers.

FLORIDA FRUIT

Tentative delivery date is Nov. 14-18. Please remember that delivery is part of the service students provide and that all fruit must be gone on the delivery date (there is 25,000 pounds of fruit that needs to be moved out from the music room or we can’t function!).

DREAM LOTTERY

Our second and final fundraiser is the annual CDHS Music Dream Lottery. This event is a fun night of draws and music with prizes over $10,000 that again raises many thousands of dollars for you and your children.

THANKS TO SCOTT DRUMMOND GM

We are fortunate to have a partnership with Scott Drummond GM that allows us to focus fundraising efforts on helping students rather than purchasing supplies for the program. Scott Drummond GM helps make CDHS Music students sound so great. Thanks Scott!

Looking forward to a great year,

Dave and Michelle Noble

Senior Jazz Ensemble 2011/12 - Weekly Schedule

Tuesday

6:30 William

6:35 Peter W

6:40 Jane

6:45 Mattay

6:50 Kelsey

6:55 Cole

Thursday

6:30 Rachael

6:35 Jessica

6:40 Danielle

6:45 Emeline

6:50 Peter

6:55 Kathleen

Friday

6:30 Jenny

6:35 Caroline

6:40 Hannah

6:45 Evan O

6:50 Natalie

6:55 Evan K

7:00 Michelle

Tuesday lunch

Graydon

Wednesday lunch

Guitars

Thursday lunch

Piano

Senior Jazz Ensemble 2011/12 - Monthly Long Rehearsal Schedule

Tuesday Oct. 25, 3-9 p.m.

Tuesday Nov. 8, 3-9 p.m.

Tuesday Nov. 22, 3-9 p.m.

Tuesday Dec. 6, 3-9 p.m.

Tuesday Jan. 17, 3-9 p.m.

Tuesday Feb. 7, 3-9 p.m.

Tuesday Mar. 20, 3-9 p.m.

Tuesday Apr. 17, 3-9 p.m.

Tuesday May 8, 3-9 p.m.

CDHS Golden Again at BC Nationals

For some in Campbellford, the news that their high school’s top jazz ensemble won the school’s 24^th national gold award since 1998 at Musicfest Canada in Vancouver last week seems ho-hum, almost expected.

But for those in the know, this was an incredibly special year. “This is musically and stylistically the best band we’ve ever had at CDHS,” says Dave Noble. “And that says something because we’ve had some great bands.”

The group didn’t just win the national gold award. It blew away the adjudicators. The band’s top soloist won one of the top scholarships in the festival. The excitement was palpable.

Brian Lillos, professor at Humber College in Toronto, one of North America’s top contemporary music schools, broke from tradition and took time after the performance to explain to the audience how remarkable the performance had been.

“Wow. What’s going on at your school is really special,” said Lillos. “It’s so nice to hear this. What a treat for us. This band speaks the language. They get it. Great repertoire. Great teaching. Great work by everybody. What a pleasure. Thank you so much. I had goose bumps.”

Lillos said he had been looking forward to Campbellford’s performance and “they did not disappoint.” He said he is continually astonished at what is happening musically at the small rural school.

Lillos also said alto saxophonist Adam Finley was “the best soloist (I’ve) heard at the nationals. Fantastic alto playing. Fantastic.” Finley later won a $1,500 scholarship and a music leadership award.

Accolades also came from the director of the music program at Humber College, Denny Christianson, and from BC pianist Bob Rebagliati, who said the group was “really excellent all around.”

The CDHS Senior Jazz Ensemble played a set of all Ellington music, including Everyday I Have the Blues, Prelude to a Kiss, and Feet Bone.

In a post-performance clinic, Rebagliati said he felt the band had “stumped the adjudicators”, the ultimate compliment. “There really isn’t much to say except ‘wow’ and ‘yeah’,” he said.

Campbellford’s Junior Jazz Ensemble also performed at the nationals, earning a silver award. Director Michelle Noble said she was pleased with the performance, especially considering the group is very young, with several students who had never played an instrument before this year.

Peter Crate, tenor saxophonist with the CDHS Junior Jazz Ensemble, also won a music leadership award.

Musicfest Canada is North America’s largest student music festival. Almost half a million students perform in regional festivals to try to earn the right to perform at the national level. Ten thousand of Canada’s finest musicians travelled to Vancouver, BC to perform for recognition as the country’s foremost musical ensembles.

CDHS Music is very generously sponsored by Scott Drummond GM in Campbellford.

Dr Horrible a huge musical success!

Welcome to CDHS Music 2010/11

This promises to be an amazing year featuring the sensational staging of the internet musical Dr. Horrible and the fantastic talents of the CDHS Senior and Junior Jazz Ensembles. Get involved! An incredible year awaits!

SHOW DATES

OTHER EVENTS TBA

Sat. Jan. 22 RECORDING at STUDIO 29 9a.m.-3:30 p.m. - SENIOR JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Fri. Jan. 28 ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON RECORDING DUE - SENIOR JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Tues. Feb. 22 HUMBER JAZZ FESTIVAL - SENIOR JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Thurs. Feb. 24 SOUTHERN ONTARIO REGIONALS - Oshawa, ON - ALL GROUPS

Fri. Feb. 25 DREAM LOTTERY SETUP -- AFTER SCHOOL 3-6 p.m.

Saturday Feb. 26 DREAM LOTTERY -- ALL DAY - ALL GROUPS

March 7 KAWARTHA PINE RIDGE BOARD JAZZ FESTIVAL - Port Hope, ON - SENIOR JAZZ ENSEMBLE, POSSIBLY JUNIOR JAZZ ENSEMBLE

March HOSPITAL BENEFIT CONCERT (TBA) - ALL GROUPS

April 4-7 (specific date TBA) PETERBOROUGH KIWANIS MUSIC FESTIVAL - Peterborough, ON - ALL GROUPS

April 15-16 PICTON PROFESSIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL - Picton, ON - SENIOR JAZZ ENSEMBLE

April 26, May 2-4, CDHS MUSICAL DR HORRIBLE school shows at CDHS

April 28-30, May 5-7, CDHS MUSICAL DR HORRIBLE evening shows at CDHS

May 19-22 NATIONALS - Vancouver, BC - ALL GROUPS

June 3 MUSIC NIGHT -- CDHS - ALL GROUPS

SJE Extra Rehearsal Schedule, EXAM SCHEDULE, and Weekly Evaluation Schedule

EXTRA REHEARSALS

Sun. Dec. 19, 1-7 p.m.

Wed. Jan. 5, 10-5 p.m.

Sun. Jan. 16, 12-6 p.m.

Wed. Feb. 2, 3-9 p.m.

Wed. Mar. 2, 3-9 p.m.

Wed. Apr. 6, 3-9 p.m.

Wed. May 11, 3-9 p.m.

SJE EXAMS

MONDAY Dec. 20

3:00 Luke

3:30 Mitchell

4:00 Becca

4:30 Adam

5:00 Kelsey

5:30 Autumn

6:00 Alex

6:30 Emily

7:00 Kaysi

7:30 Kayla

8:00 Kirsten

8:30 Graydon

TUESDAY Dec. 21

3:00 Dylan

3:30 Kristen

4:00 Elijah

4:30 Hannah

5:00 Caroline

5:30 William

6:00 Megan

6:30 Sam

7:00 James

7:30 Deirdre

8:00 Miranda

8:30 Nathan

REGULAR SJE EVALUATIONS

MONDAY

11:30-12 Kayla

3-4:30 Graydon

TUESDAY

11:30-12 Becca

3:00-3:45 Kristen

3:45-4:15 Mitchell

4:15-5:00 Kelsey

5:00-5:15 William

5:15-6:30 Kaysi

6:30-7:00 Kayla

7:00-7:30 Miranda

7:30-7:50 Deirdre

8 OR 9 Nathan

WEDNESDAY

11:30-11:50 Elijah

11:50-12:10 Alex

After school: improv and combo

THURSDAY

11:30-12:05 Lauren and Graydon

3:00-3:15 Kirsten

3:15-3:30 Autumn

3:30-4:00 Caroline

4:00-4:30 Hannah

4:30-5:00 Megan

5:00-5:30 Emily

5:30-6:30 Austen

6:30-7:30 Dylan

FRIDAY

10:00-10:10 Adam

3:00-5:00 Alex, James, Sam

Another provincial honour for Campbellford high school jazz band

Posted Jul 1, 2010

BY RAY YURKOWSKI

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Michael Davies

The Campbellford District High School Senior Jazz Ensemble appeared at the Peterborough Kiwanis festival. The performance led to the top award at the Ontario Music Festivals Association provincial competition.

EMC Entertainment - Campbellford - The Campbellford District High School (CDHS) Senior Jazz Ensemble ended their year on a high note as they added one more award for the trophy case.

The band won the top award at the Ontario Music Festivals Association provincial competition.

After the Ensemble performed and won a gold medal at the Kiwanis Music Festival in Peterborough the adjudicator was impressed with them says CDHS music teacher Dave Noble, who shares the baton with wife Michelle, teaching the music program at CDHS.

"He suggested they compete at the provincial level," explained Noble. "What you have to do for that, as a group, is go into a studio, put tunes onto a CD and submit that to the judges."

There are some rules though: the CD has to be unaltered ... a first-take session. "You take what you get," said Noble.

The entry was sent to the judges at Wilfrid Laurier University and they won. Runner-up was a secondary school in Toronto.

"This is a new one, so it's kinda cool," says Noble. "I didn't even know you could go to a provincial level in the Kiwanis."

The band plays just about everything you'd expect from a 22-piece ensemble: blues, funk, contemporary jazz and, added this year, old-school jazz.

When it came time to record, Noble figured "it would be nice to have a memento from this year anyway. So we went into the studio thinking no matter what, we'll lay down three or four tunes, and everybody can have a copy."

So they headed down to Andy Thompson's Northumberland Music Studio in Trent Hills. It must have been quite a session.

"The kids pride themselves in how many people say they sound way better than a high school group," said Noble. "It's nice to show kids they're capable of a lot more than they think.

"It's not easy to get to that level. You have to work hard to do it, but the reward is in playing great music at a great level."

Noble says the Ensemble receives high praise in competition after competition from judges "who are great musicians themselves."

"The comment is often, 'they don't sound like a high school band, they sound like a college band,'" he says. "Which is a great compliment."

In the classroom, the CDHS students are taught to reach for the stars.

"Our goal is to show that learning something and doing it at a high level is a great experience," said Noble. He tells of how the younger students aspire to become part of the Senior Ensemble.

"The awards aren't even part of it, they just want to sound as good," he said. "The awards are nice, they're an indication of where the kids are musically, but the kids already know the level of music is fantastic. And you can feel it when they play. When something is that tight and really good, you hear it.

"It's a thrill standing in front of a group that's worked toward something. There's so much learning that goes into playing well. It's like learning a language."

The Campbellford group's provincial win comes on top of three gold medals earned at MusicFest Canada nationals.

Noble had high praise for a Campbellford car dealer, giving him much of the credit for the school's musical success.

"One of the reasons the kids are able to do the things they do is because of an incredible sponsorship from Scott Drummond Motors," he said. "We couldn't have produced the elaborate musical we staged last year without his support.

"In some years, the sponsorship goes toward buying instruments, sometimes it goes to kids who couldn't otherwise afford to go on some of the trips we make.

"Next year, the nationals are in B.C. and we'd like to stage another big musical. It's going to be expensive and without Drummond's significant sponsorship, things would not be possible."

A familiar note played at Musicfest Canada: CDHS is golden

By Mark Hoult

Trent Hills — Campbellford District High School's music students continue playing golden notes at the prestigious national Musicfest Canada festival in Ottawa.

The school's senior jazz ensemble, junior jazz ensemble and senior jazz combo each won national gold awards last month. Three students, Adam Finley, Brittney Burkholder and Amanda Stolk, brought home individual awards for musicianship and music leadership.

The three music students represent not only the "true leadership" in each of the groups but the overall musicianship of the students in the program and the quality of education at the school, said CDHS music teacher Dave Noble, who directs the senior jazz ensemble.

"It points out the level of education that goes on here, and it really is a great message for everybody that they are winning golds at that level," he said.

The three jazz groups were also gold award winners at the recent Kiwanis Music Festival in Peterborough, where they also won the Bobby Kinsman Memorial Trust Fund Award and the Money Managers Award. Success at the regional festival in Oshawa earned them an invitation to the nationals, where winning awards "is a significant accomplishment," Noble said.

The three gold medals are "a feather in the cap" of the school he added.

"I think we all share the honour. We all work toward being great bands."

Students in the CDHS music program say it is teachers Dave and Michelle Noble who are responsible for their success.

Senior jazz ensemble and combo alto-saxaphone player Adam Finley said even though the school has a long tradition of winning gold awards, the excitement and sense of accomplishment remain. "It's still a big accomplishment, and it's probably largely due to this guy over here, Mr. Noble. He really pushes us to practice, and also to keep it a fun activity, because that's what it's all about, having fun. And being good makes it fun."

Brittney Burkholder, who plays bass guitar in the senior jazz ensemble and combo, agreed.

"Mr. Noble is the one who makes us as good as we are every year."

CDHS Music News

Three CDHS Music groups won gold at the Southern Ontario Regionals in Oshawa and are heading to Ottawa to perform in the national Musicfest Canada festival on May 20^th. Good luck to the Senior Jazz Ensemble, Junior Jazz Ensemble and Senior Jazz Combo!

The CDHS Senior Jazz Ensemble was chosen from all groups at the Kiwanis Music Festival in Peterborough to go into studio to submit a CD to the provincial competition. The Senior Jazz Ensemble, Junior Jazz Ensemble and Vocal Jazz Group all earned gold awards at the festival.

A unique music event is being planned through the High Skills Major Program in the Arts at CDHS on Wed. April 28th. The Brockville band Colfax, freshly signed to Universal, will be coming to perform and talk about the music business in the morning with the guitar class and interested SHSM arts students. At lunch, the band will put on a brief show in the cafeteria.

The Senior Jazz Ensemble was selected by the Kawartha Pine Ridge Board of Education to act as the house band for the Ovation Performing Arts Gala festival at Bowmanville High School on June 2.

Music students are travelling to New York for an incredible musical experience, including performance workshops at the Lincoln Centre, the opportunity to catch a show at Birdland and BB King’s and a to see Chicago on Broadway, among lots of other things. The New York trip runs after school May 21 until our return on the evening of May 25^th.

Music Night takes place on June 4^th in the CDHS cafeteria. Come out for our final show of the year!

Students in all arts programs are invited to audition for the board Ovation Performing Arts Gala. Each performing arts act that is selected to perform in the gala receives a $200 arts bursary to further their studies. CDHS auditions will take place on Tuesday April 27^th at 3 p.m. New this year is a juried visual art competition with prizes ranging from $50 to $200. Each school can send a maximum of 6 pieces of work for the visual art competition.

Each school is invited to send 4 acts for consideration in the performing arts gala.Acts must be able to attend auditions on May 18 at Bowmanville HS from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. AND the rehearsal/tech day at Bowmanville on Tuesday June 1^st from 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.

The gala performance takes place at Bowmanville HS at 7:30 p.m., June 2^nd. All acts must arrive at 4 p.m.

Updated SJE and Senior Combo Events/Rehearsals

SJE

April 25th 1-6 p.m. studio recording

May 10 3-9 Nationals rehearsal

May 17 3-9 final Nationals rehearsal

May 20 Nationals

May 21 (after school) to May 25, New York

June 2 Ovation

June 3 setup for elementary shows

June 4 (all day) elementary shows and Music Night

Combo

April 21 3-6 p.m. rehearsal

April 26 3-4:30 rehearsal

April 28 3-6 p.m. rehearsal

April 30 Curling Club gig (evening)

May 3 Drummond gig (evening)

May 5 3-9 Nationals rehearsal

May 7 3-5 Nationals rehearsal

May 19 3-6 Nationals rehearsal

May 20 Nationals

May 21 (after school) to May 25, New York

June 2 Ovation

June 3 setup for elementary shows

June 4 (all day) elementary shows and Music Night

Campbellford musicians own the podium at regionals

Posted By John Campbell, Community Press

Campbellford – Canada's Olympic team was the toast of the nation for its record-setting performance at the Winter Games but earning gold in bunches is nothing new for student musicians at Campbellford District High School.

It's pretty much a given whenever they perform at a MusicFest Canada competition and last week was no exception at the Southern Ontario regionals held in Oshawa. Three groups from CDHS claimed gold – the senior jazz and junior jazz ensembles and the senior jazz combo.

"Outstanding results, especially because these are the youngest groups we've had in years," the school's music director Dave Noble told The Community Press.

A member from each group also won leadership awards: Brittney Burkholder (senior jazz ensemble), Amanda Stolk (junior jazz ensemble) and Adam Finley (senior jazz combo).

One adjudicator said the junior jazz ensemble was the "highlight of his day," Noble said, while another gushed the senior jazz ensemble was "miles ahead of the other groups" who performed.

Trent Hills residents got a chance to hear the students offer a sampling of their talents last Saturday at the school's sixth annual Dream Lottery Prize Showcase. Nine hundred tickets were sold for the event, which raised about $12,000 to assist with student transportation costs, and help pay for festival fees for MusicFest Canada's national competition in May at Ottawa and a trip to New York.

The trip to the U.S. will include performance workshops at the Lincoln Centre with a member of the Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra.

It promises to be "an unbelievable music experience," Noble said, with "arguably the world's top jazz orchestra."

The students will also be going to a Broadway musical, the famous Birdland Jazz Club and the 9/11 memorial as well as visit the Statue of Liberty.

The lottery concert's top winner, Sheila Wright of Warkworth, gets to choose her prize, a $5,000 package of goods and services, from a selection provided by more than two dozen local businesses.

Dream Lottery Show

WELCOME TO CDHS MUSIC 2009/10!

MUSIC TRIP

After reviewing all the trip proposal responses, we have selected the New York option for spring 2010. New York was by far the most popular choice, with almost universal acceptance.

NEW YORK

New York City is the undisputed world capital of jazz. The New York music scene offers the world's top players in several clubs seven nights a week. New York jazz fans are treated to an assortment of outstanding choices nightly: From the upscale Village venues such as Blue Note, to the vintage Harlem night clubs such as Lenox Lounge.

A trip would include a visit to the Jazz Museum in Harlem, a tour of the great jazz venues such as Birdland, the Savoy Ballroom and Minton’s Playhouse, and an exclusive private live jazz show and dinner. A performance at a jazz festival, and possible performance at BB King’s restaurant Lucille’s Grill could also be included.

In addition, students would take in an incredible Broadway musical, and also experience the top tourist sights in one of the world’s greatest cities.

DATES: due to the board policy of students missing no more than one school day for a trip, there are two possible trip dates:

Easter Weekend (exact dates TBA)

May 24 Weekend (exact dates TBA)

The final selection of dates will be determined based on the potential to have an onstage performance workshop at the Lincoln Centre – which might only be possible preceding or following Easter Weekend.

DOCUMENTS: Students under 19 travelling by bus on a school trip DON’T NEED PASSPORTS. They need a birth certificate and official photo identification.

CHAPERONES: Any students interested in being chaperones, please contact us ASAP.

COST: Approximately $850

PAYMENT SCHEDULE:

January 15 $100 *this will indicate your commitment to the trip

Feb. 1 $200

March 1 $250

April 1 Remainder (minus any money fundraised)

FUNDRAISING UPDATE:

FRUIT – We sold over 20,000 pounds of fruit in a very successful sale. Most students have already fundraised $100-$300.

DREAM LOTTERY – Our other fundraiser starts now! Tickets will be available this week so they can be given out as Christmas presents or stocking stuffers. The Dream Lottery Showcase concert takes place February 27^th at 7 p.m. and usually draws 800 people into the CDHS gym.

HOW IT WORKS – each $20 ticket gets an entire family into the Dream Lottery Showcase concert on Feb. 27^th and a chance at $10,000 in prizes.

There is a $5,000 grand prize. The winner does not need to be in attendance at the Dream Lottery Showcase concert.

Approximately another $5,000 in door prizes will be award at the Dream Lottery Showcase concert ONLY TO THOSE PRESENT at the show.

Twenty area businesses from travel agencies to grocery stores donate $250 door prizes to make the event exciting and fun!

And the entertainment, by CDHS Music students, including instrumental jazz groups and vocal groups is outstanding and fun!

For the Dream Lottery concept to work and raise a minimum of $10 profit per student, we must sell enough tickets to cover our costs and have profit to dispense. So, as usual, we ask that every student sell a minimum of 20 tickets (thus netting $200 toward the trip). If everyone sells their 20 tickets, we can guarantee a $10 per ticket profit. Of course, if a student sells more than 20 tickets, they continue to receive $10 per ticket profit. Again, it is possible for students to fundraise their entire trip costs! The only thing we ask is that they ALL SELL A MINIMUM OF 20 TICKETS.

We recognize this is not an easy undertaking, but we believe it is a great entertainment value and a great chance to win thousands of dollars in prizes!

Good luck!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Feb. 13: Possible Concert Night - CDHS Cafeteria

Feb. 22: Regionals for Senior Jazz Ensemble, Junior Jazz Ensemble, Senior Jazz Combo and Junior Jazz Combo, Oshawa, ON

Feb. 27: Dream Lottery Showcase Concert - CDHS Gym

March 23/24: Regionals for Vocal Jazz Group, Mississauga, ON

April 6 OR 7 Or 8 Or 9: Peterborough Kiwanis Music Festival

May 20: Nationals

June 4th: Music Night/Elementary Shows, CDHS Cafeteria

FEB. 13 JAZZ CONCERT (TENTATIVE)– Four professional jazz musicians (all graduates from McGill University’s acclaimed jazz program) are on the bill in Campbellford between tour stops at the hottest jazz clubs in Montreal and Toronto. This tentatively scheduled show will feature the CDHS Senior Jazz Ensemble as the opening act.

NEW TO CDHS MUSIC?

CDHS has been recognized as having some of Canada’s finest student jazz groups – with senior groups often drawing comparisons to college and university-level big bands. Invited performers for Canada’s Governor General, CDHS students have won almost every award around, including 20 national gold awards. The CDHS Hospital Benefit Concert has featured students performing with legendary artists including Jeff Healey, the Downchild Blues Band and others while raising $15,000 for our local hospital. Graduates of CDHS Music can be found in Toronto jazz clubs, the Canadian Opera Company, and at North American post-secondary institutions including McGill University, Humber College, MIT, and the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. But the most important part of CDHS Music has nothing to do with music. It is the team-oriented approach to learning, the dedication and commitment to excellence, the sense of family and the fun.

CDHS MUSIC WEBSITE

Information about CDHS Music is available on the website: www.cdhsmusic.com

SJE 2009/10 Rehearsal/Show Schedule (MORE TBA)

Monday Feb. 1, 12-6 p.m.
Wed. Feb. 3, 3-7 p.m.

Wed. Feb. 10, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Wed. Feb. 17, 3-9 p.m.
FEB 22 REGIONALS
Sat. Feb. 27 Dream Lottery

MARCH TBA BENEFIT CONCERT
Thursday March 25, 3-6 p.m.
APRIL TBA KIWANIS MUSIC FESTIVAL
APRIL TBA JAZZ ORCHESTRA PROGRAM at REGENT THEATRE
Thursday April 29, 3-9 p.m.
Tuesday May 11, 3-9 p.m.
Tuesday May 18, 3-9 p.m.
May 19/20/21 NATIONALS
Friday June 4 MUSIC NIGHT/ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOWS

CDHS SJE 2009/10 Weekly Evals

Monday
11:30 Tess
11:50 Kayla
6:00 Kristen

Tuesday
11:30 Brittney
11:45 Miranda
12:00 Mitchell
3:00 Adam
3:10 Nathan
3:30-4:30 Jon and Lauren
4:30 Deirdre

Wednesday
11:30 Autumn
11:50 Kirsten

Thursday
11:30 Dylan
11:45 Rebecca
3:00 Kelsey
3:15 Elijah
3:30 AVAILABLE
3:45 Jane
4:00 Gerald
4:15 Lukash
4:30 AVAILABLE
4:45 Alex

Friday
11:30 Emily
11:50
SUPERVISION

CDHS Vocal Jazz 2009/10

PRACTICE SCHEDULE

MON. DEC. 14, 3:10-4:30

FRI. JAN. 8, 3-4:30

MON. JAN. 11, 3:10-4:30

FRI. JAN. 15, 3-4:30

MON. JAN. 18, 3:10-4:30

FRI. JAN. 22, 3-4:30

MON. FEB. 1, 10:00-11:30

FRI. FEB. 5, 3-4:30

FRI. FEB. 12, 3-4:30

FRI. FEB. 19, 3-4:30

FRI. FEB. 26, 3-4:30

MON. MAR. 1, 3-4:30

THURS. MAR. 4, 3-6

FRI. MAR. 5, 3-4:30

FRI. MAR. 12, 3-4:30

MON. MAR. 22, 3-6

TUES. MAR. 23, OVF REGIONALS @ Glenforest S.S. Mississauga