Music News

 

 

Four Winton Woods Middle School band students were selected for the OMEA District 14 Jr. High Honor Band. They are (l-r) seventh grader Ravyn Ramsey (9th chair trombone), eighth grader Etsubdink Daniel (3rd chair clarinet), eighth grader Zoraeda Cortes (6th chair trombone) and eighth grader Linda Flores (10th chair flute). These students will perform next year in the OMEA Honor Band concert on Sunday, January 8 at Princeton High School.

 

 

Schedule for Winton Woods High School Choir/Orchestra Concert

 

The December 15th Winton Woods High School Choir/Orchestra Concert was recorded by Waycross Community Media. It will air on Time-Warner Cable, Channel 4 and www.waycross.tv/WaycrossEducationLIVE at the following times:

 

                Fri.,       12/16    8:00      

p.m.

 

This program will also air on Time Warner Cable, Channel 15 (22 cable ready) at the following times:

 

                Sat.,      12/17    9:00       a.m.

                Sun.,     12/18    5:00       p.m.

                Mon.,   12/19    9:00       p.m.

                Wed.,   12/21    12:00    p.m.

 

This program, as well as other programming from the Winton Woods Schools, is also available online via video-on-demand at www.waycross.tv/wwvod

 

To purchase a DVD copy of this program, visit www.waycross.tv/order

Congratulations - Winton Woods High School Glee Give a Note Contest Winners

Winton Woods Music is $10,000 Winner in Glee Give a Note Contest

Forest Park—The Winton Woods High School music department is $10,000 richer thanks to their video being chosen as a second place winner in the Glee Give a Note Contest. There were 492 schools across America that submitted videos, and over two million votes cast to determine the winners.

“I am so thrilled that our video was chosen as one of the winners,” said Winton Woods High School Assistant Choir Director Elizabeth Barth, who was in charge of creating the video. “There were many great videos and very deserving schools, and I am excited about the possibilities that this money will bring for our program and our students. The money will be split up so that the orchestra, band, choir and a cappella groups each receive a part of it. The directors of those ensembles can decide how it can best be used.”

The $1 million awarded to schools by the contest was divided into 73 prizes. Three schools won the grand prize of $50,000; 10 schools won the first place prize of $25,000 and 60 schools won the second prize of $10,000. Videos of winning schools can be seen at www.gleegiveanote.com. 

"I am so proud of Lizbee Barth, who with the assistance of Fine Arts Director Dave Bell, her music colleagues, and Winton Woods High School music students produced the winning Glee Give a Note video,” said Principal Dr. Terri Holden. “Our students are the school's and the community's most valuable resource. It is critical that we support music education as a way for students to develop their musical talents as well as learn how to be a better citizen by collaborating with others and broadening their horizons.”

The Glee Give a Note campaign was created to bring attention to the importance of music education in schools and also to help provide funding to school music programs in need.  The $1 million was funded through sales of the Glee DVDs – $1 of each DVD sold went toward the $1,000,000.  The Glee Give a Note contest invited eligible schools to submit videos about why their school was in need of a music education grant. After a public voting period, videos were evaluated by teams of NAfME music educators who looked at its relevance to music education, emotional and inspirational appeal, demonstration of financial need and public voting.  

“The selection of your school’s video entry as a contest winner is a tremendous achievement, and is a testament to the hard work of everyone associated with your school and your music program,” said Jane M. Balek, assistant executive director for the National Association for Music Education in a letter to Holden.

I’m thankful to everyone in the community and across the country who voted for our video, to the students for helping to put the video together and for being a daily source of inspiration, and to all of the Winton Woods staff, administration and school board for always being so supportive of our program,” said Barth.

Schedule for Winton Woods Intermediate/Middle School Choir Concert

The December 13th Winton Woods Intermediate/Middle Choir Concert was recorded by Waycross Community Media. It will air on Time-Warner Cable, Channel 4 and www.waycross.tv/WaycrossEducationLIVE at the following times:

 

                Fri.,       12/16    4:00       p.m.

                Sat.,      12/17    3:00       p.m.

                Mon.,   12/19    11:00    a.m.

                Wed.,   12/21    6:00       p.m.

 

This program, as well as other programming from the Winton Woods Schools, is also available online via video-on-demand at www.waycross.tv/wwvod

 

To purchase a DVD copy of this program, visit www.waycross.tv/order

Music Booster Talent Showcase

"Want to share your talents? The popular Winton Woods Community Talent Showcase, sponsored by the Winton Woods Music Boosters, is coming up Sunday, January 15, 2012. Go to the Music Booster website - music.wintonwoodsboosters.org for a link to the online application. Online applications must be received by December 30, 2011 to be scheduled for an audition. Auditions will be held the first week in January. Questions? Please contact Kara Barbee at barbee.kara@wintonwoods.org. We know Warriors have talent, what's yours?"

Finally things are in the works for the 2012 Talent Showcase! This year we have an online application that I encourage everyone to use since it will make collecting the data so much easier! The direct link to the online application is:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dG9mYU1KbzJyUTFNRzJIaThibTdSb2c6MQ#gid=0

Online applications will be received through December 30, 2011 (to give me time to contact people to schedule auditions). I have attached a paper copy of this year's Talent Showcase application as well; these are due to me next Thursday, December 15, 2011.

Auditions will be the first week we return from the December break on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I will put in the building requests, finalize judges, etc.; all I need from you is to help publicize this event!

For those interested in more details:

The only big change from previous years is that there is a $5 non-refundable application fee instead of the $25 refundable fee. The $5 helps to ensure that only serious acts sign-up and it helps to off-set some of the production costs.

Kara Barbee
Band Director, Winton Woods City Schools

 

Waycross Schedule for Winton Woods High School Band Concert

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The December 6th Winton Woods High School Band Concert was recorded by Waycross Community Media. It will air on Time-Warner Cable, Channel 4 and www.waycross.tv/WaycrossEducationLIVE at the following times:

 

                Wed.,   12/7      8:00       p.m.

                Thu.,     12/8      3:00       p.m.

                Fri.,       12/9      11:00    a.m.

                Sun.,     12/11    1:00       p.m.

                Tue.,     12/13    6:30       p.m.

 

This program, as well as other programming from the Winton Woods Schools, is also available online via video-on-demand at www.waycross.tv/wwvod

 

To purchase a DVD copy of this program, visit www.waycross.tv/order

Glee Competition Update

 

The Winton Woods High School Music Department has made it to the next level of competition with the video they made for the Glee "Give a Note" Contest. "We‟ve made it to the next round of judging, and the video is being reviewed by the panel that will determine the winners," said Elizabeth Barth, assistant choir director at the school.

 

The contest will award $1,000,000, with 73 schools winning between $10,000 and $50,000. Barth said the Winton Woods video team chose a "reality vs. dream" theme, showing the reality of what the band, orchestra and choir programs work with on a daily basis--but focusing on the fact that Winton Woods music students never give up on their dreams.

A Cappella groups travelled to Kettering Fairmont High School

Members of Evolution and Encore, the two a cappella groups at Winton Woods High School, traveled to Kettering Fairmont High School in Dayton to participate in their annual a cappella festival on Saturday, November 12. “This year there were over 20 schools from four states at the festival,” said Elizabeth Barth, director of the Winton Woods a cappella groups.