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Fine Arts Winners Announced

Mr. Pelt — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:19:22 +0000

Congratulations to the participants in the Fine Arts Festival. The 1st place winners were the Mozart Quintet of Julia Pattison, Ana DeJong, Abby Helmus, Chelsea Bardolph, and Will Roelofs.

Second place was awarded to the clarinet duet of Abby Helmus and Julie Schram.

Ana DeJong also won 3rd place for her oboe solo, and a horn quartet won 4th place with Vesper Moods.

Calvin Works With Band Students

Mr. Pelt — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:33:23 +0000

The Calvin Wind Ensemble kicked off Fine Arts week at TC with a performance for the entire HS. Then, our students broke off into sections and worked in small groups with the Calvin students. It was a fun day of music and learning!

Pep Band Schedule

Mr. Pelt — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:58:55 +0000

There are a few changes to the remainder of the HS Pep Band Schedule:

2/12 - NO BAND - homecoming festivities
2/16 - NO RED BAND
2/19 - ALL BANDS - final game of the season

Concert Dates for 2009-10

Mr. Pelt — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:37:48 +0000

High School
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:30p – Band/Orchestra Concert
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 7:30p – Band/Orchestra Concert
Monday, May 10, 2010 7:30p – Band/Orchestra Concert

Grades 7-8
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 7:00p – MS Band/Orchestra/Choir Concert
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 7:00p – MS Band/Orchestra/Choir Concert
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 7:00p – MS Band/Orchestra/Choir Concert

Grades 5-6
Monday, December 7, 2009 7:00p – 5th-6th Band/Orchestra Concert
Monday, May 24, 2010 7:00p – 5th-6th Band/Orchestra Concert

Thanks for a great year!!!!!!!!

Mr. Pelt — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:27:48 +0000

The TC band program finished strong this year, with all the bands giving great end of the year performances. The high school band had a very interesting clinic with trumpeter Dave Tippett, marched in the Elmhurst Memorial Parade, and said goodbye to some of the best seniors our school has ever seen. The younger bands finished the year in strong fashion, and the eighth graders had their last taste of life in the middle school. The fifth and sixth grades proved to handle all the music I could throw at them, and in late May, we tried out the fourth graders on instruments for the fall. Thanks to all the parents, students, and teachers who made it happen. -Mr. Schoenbach

Timothy Solo and Ensemble Contest results

Mr. Pelt — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:16:43 +0000

The annual TC Solo and Ensemble Contest went off without a hitch again this year. Judges Craig Sunken and Kara Bancks heard some of Timothy’s best and brightest musical talents. Winners in the solo division were Becky Visser on the clarinet and Ana DeJong on the oboe. Runners-up in the ensemble division were a jazz combo consisting of Dori Cranmer, Joe Meigs, Audie Smith, Becky Visser, Rachel Slager, Will Roelofs, and Mike Cappazoli, and a flute quartet featuring Marissa Hegel, Julia Pattison, Taylor Bryant, and Natalie Lee. Winners of the ensemble division are pictured below: They were a woodwind quintet that did an arrangement of “Scarborough Fair” with Chelsea Bardolph, Ana DeJong, Rebecca Gilmore, Will Roelofs, and Julie Schram, and a sax quartet that did a jazz piece called “Four Shades” with Audie Smith, Colin Middel, Nate Middel, and Marcus Wondergem.

TC Band plays “The Little Mermaid”

Mr. Pelt — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:16:18 +0000

While at Walt Disney World, the TC Symphonic Band had an incredible clinic where we got to find out what it is like to be a professional musician in a recording studio. This video is what we came out of it with…after a little rehearsal, we put our music to the movie. The results aren’t perfect (they are only HS kids) but cool nonetheless. Just click on the link. Enjoy!!!!!

“TC Band does Little Mermaid”

The TC band tours Disney!!!!!

Mr. Pelt — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:06:49 +0000

Keep up with the Timothy Band by going to our trip blog. Click on the link TC Florida Trip Blog

Becky Visser 3rd chair in state!!!!!!!

Mr. Pelt — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:04:37 +0000

Becky Visser selected 3rd chair All-State Honor Band

TC clarinetist/bass clarinetist/tenor sax player Becky Visser recently auditioned and placed third in the state’s Honors band. Third chair is the highest any TC student has ever gotten in classical music. Becky wrote this about her awesome weekend…
“On January 29-31 I had the pleasure of going to Peoria Illinois for the 2009 IMEA All-State convention. While I was there I auditioned and was chosen as the 3rd chair bass clarinet player for the All-State Honor Band, which is the highest level band that a high school student can be in. While I was there I thought that playing for 10 hours a day would be very draining but it was actually very exciting and I never got sick of playing with all the best kids in the state. Our conductor, Mark Camphouse was an amazing conductor and just by looking at him conduct it was so easy to feel the emotion of the music and apply it to the songs we were playing. He had a very good way of squeezing every little bit of musicianship out of all of us. It was a weekend filled with music that I have never experienced before, and will never forget about. I hope that I can someday be in another ensemble as sophisticated as last weekend.”
Congrats Becky!!!!!!!

TC Band watches Obama speech….

Mr. Pelt — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:58:28 +0000

The TCHS band took some time out to watch Barack Obama’s inauguration speech yesterday. This is unrelated to band except for the fact that prior to the speech, there was one of the most amazingly beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard. It was arrranged especially for the occasion by John Williams, composer of fantastic movie soundtracks for “Star Wars”, “Indiana Jones”, “Jaws”, the “Olympic Theme”, “Harry Potter”, and almost any other recognizeable movie music you can think of. It featured a quartet of cello (Yo-Yo Ma), violin (Itzhak Perlman), clarinet (Anthony McGill), and piano (Gabriela Montero). It was incredible. I would normally put something like this in my director’s blog, but it was so good I wanted everyone to see it.