Announcements
Below, you’ll find announcements from the director, including such items as notes for upcoming rehearsals, things to practice, links to recordings of pieces we’re playing, reminders, and more.
To read the full text for each entry below, simply click on that announcement’s title.
Annc. for October 4, 2022 (Week 5)
Hello Everyone, Great rehearsal last week! Below is what to expect for this week. -- Jenny Week 5 Procedures: (October 4) Welcome Warm-Up In Seats Run Rondo Cuts/save-for-future: SttC & Festmusik Sectional Work PERC Rondo GE instructor pick š KoP transitions, mm....
Annc. for Sept. 27, 2022 (Week 4)
Hello All! First, I must say thank you for the warm welcome I have felt each week thus far! Second, I must thank you for the effort you put forth inside and outside of rehearsals⦠Thank you, thank you! Some people have requested a rehearsal order so I am sharing a...
Announcements from September 6, 2022
We had a LOT of announcements at our Fall Session start-up, so the following is for those you missed rehearsal, and/or a reference for those who desire a refresher.... REMINDER ā New Band Rehearsal Location We are now rehearsing weekly at Xavier Middle School. Xavier...
IMPORTANT: NEW LOCATION Beginning Sept. 6, 2022
PLEASE NOTE: WE HAVE A NEW LOCATION! Beginning Tuesday, September 6, 2022, our rehearsals will be held at:Ā Xavier Middle Schoolā2626 N. Oneida St., Appleton (corner of N. Oneida St. and Northland Ave. (Cty. Rd. OO)) *Please use the building entrance facing N. Oneida...
Youāre Invited! 6th Annual New Horizons Music Fox Valley (NHMFV) Picnic
Youāre invited to the 6th Annual New Horizons Music Fox Valley (NHMFV) Picnic! Saturday September 17th, 2022Ā from noon to 3pm at Peabody Park in Appleton, WI What:Ā 6th Annual New Horizons Music Fox Valley Picnic. When:Ā Saturday, September 17, from 12pm noon to 3pm...
NHBFV May 3, 2022, Reherasal
Good evening band, Finally - May! (If only the weather was more āMay likeā) 1. Thanks for all your diligent (exhausting) work last Tuesday. We really hammered out some of our most difficult music. The audience is going to love your music š 2. Also, thanks for handing...
IMPORTANT: All Band Musicians – Save these Dates!
Hello all NHBFV Musicians, Please save the following important dates: Saturday, May 14 - Our annual New Horizons Music Fox Valley spring concert in the FVL auditorium (orchestra at 1:00pm / band at 3:00pm). Tuesday, May 17 - Guest conducting sessions (6:30pm - 8:30pm)...
NHBFV April 26, 2022, Rehearsal & More May 14 Concert Info
Good evening NHB, Three rehearsals to go, and then show time. Since weāre getting close, our music must be pretty solid, and I hope you are as confident in that assessment as I am. (If not, youāll just have to trust me - youāre playing well, and the best is yet to...
NHBFV April 19, 2022, Rehearsal & May 14 Concert Info
Good Friday to you all, Sorry to āintrudeā on your solemn meditations and worship on this Holy day. Iām just getting info out at a time between my worship services and rehearsals. When you get to this email for info is not an urgent time dependent concern. Just a few...
NHBFV April 12, 2022, Rehearsal
Good afternoon NHB, Well, letās see if I can ālastā an entire rehearsal this week. (Iām so fragile, you know š So, for the James Bond piece, this week weāll review what we learned and add more. Also, Iāve kind of just ādabbledā with the Bach piece, but letās do a...
NHBFV April 5, 2022, Rehearsal
I hope you enjoyed the āBond . . . James Bondā. Maybe some of you arenāt James Bond film fans, but I hope you all can appreciate the iconic influence that the films have had on our popular music. So, this week weāll review what we learned and add more. Weāll also try...
NHBFV March 29, 2022, Rehearsal
Well, as promised/threatened/hoped-for/etc., Iāve dug out the grandiose, fantastic, ever-loved music of James Bond movie music. āBond . . . James Bondā, an arrangement by Stephen Bulla, coming to a New Horizons Band rehearsal 'near you.ā I promise weāll have a great...
NHBFV March 22, 2022, Rehearsal
Now that weāve worked in ālong formā rehearsal without sectional help, Iām very confident in what you have worked so hard on these past 11 weeks. Concert preparation should be a āslam dunkā by May 14 š Weāll still do some sectional work, though. and from now on we...
Follow-Up Announcement ā March 16, 2022
For those bandmates who were not at this weekās rehearsal, I know Bobās email announcing his intended resignation is a surprise to everyone and that we will all have a variety of emotions to process. Nobody to likes change, and I always say, the only person who likes...
Revised COVID-Related Guidelines for NHBFV ā March 15, 2022
Hello all current NHBFV musicians, Based on recent CDC guideline changes, the bandās Executive Committee met after this weekās rehearsal to discuss appropriate revisions to our current NHBFV COVID-19 Plan of Action. The Ex Comm has approved the following changes:...