Weekly Update 8/29

Here's what's happening this week:

Monday, 8/29: Choirs begin (Voices 4:15-5:15pm; Select Singers 5:30-6:30pm)

Tuesday, 8/30: StringSmiths begins (5:30-6:30pm)

Wednesday, 8/31: Bands begin (Jazz Band 4:30-5:30pm; Lab Band 5:30-6:30pm)

*Wednesday, 8/31: Grand Theft Audio Auditions, 5:30pm

All week: Basic Musicianship classes start for students placed in the fall semester

*Students interested in auditioning for Grand Theft Audio should be prepared to play "The Walker" by the Fitz and the Tantrums (key of D) and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears (key of D).  Please ask a staff member for more information.

Please remember that we are still working diligently to place students with volunteer teaching artists. If you have not yet received a phone call with a placement offering for your student, don't worry!  We will be in touch as soon as a placement is made.

Por favor, recuerde que estamos trabajando muy duros para emparejar los estudiantes con nuestros voluntarios.  Si usted todavía no recibió una llamada de oferta, ¡no se preocupe! Estaremos en contacto tan pronto como haya una pareja para su estudiante.

Weekly Update 8/22

IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! WELCOME BACK!

Here's what's happening this week:

Monday, 8/22: Fall semester begins

Tuesday, 8/23: First day of MusicPlay 1

Saturday, 8/27: First day of Basic Musicianship for Saturday students

Please remember that we are still working diligently to place students with volunteer teaching artists. If you have not yet received a phone call with a placement offering for your student, don't worry!  We will be in touch as soon as a placement is made.

Por favor, recuerde que estamos trabajando muy duros para emparejar los estudiantes con nuestros voluntarios.  Si usted todavía no recibió una llamada de oferta, ¡no se preocupe! Estaremos en contacto tan pronto como haya una pareja para su estudiante.

Bank of America Grant Award

This morning, W.O. Smith Music School was awarded a $15,000.00 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.  The grant will fund the school's new brand video and a short documentary about the school's founder and namesake, William Oscar Smith.  Thank you for your support, Bank of America!

Pictured from left: Jonah Rabinowitz, Lynn Adelman, Colby Robbins (Merrill Lynch), and Jordan Morrison

Welcome!

Hello, friends!

It's the start of a new school year, and our website has a new look!  Be sure to click around our page, as some content from our old page has been relocated or renamed.

In addition to our monthly email newsletters for families, we will be posting news about school events and fun tidbits on this page.  Immediate updates will always be available on our Facebook (/wosmithmusicschool) and Twitter (@WO_Smith) accounts.

Tomorrow (Thursday, August 4) is our final day of registration for new families.  Information on this process is available here.  All details involving placements for classes and lessons will be mailed in the next few weeks.

Happy new school year!