Search is on for San Antonio's top high school orchestra
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The search is on for San Antonio's top high school orchestra, as Music in the Schools (MITS) kicks off this week. Conceived by local rock and roll artist Lynette Brehm as a way to integrate her passion for music with her support of public education, Music In The Schools is a competition between the Bexar County high school orchestra departments to showcase their musical talents for a chance to record on an upcoming nationally-released album.
Each competing school's orchestra will audition with selections of Brehm's original music. The winning school will receive a cash award for their school and district's music department, perform at the Winner's Concert on January 31st, 2009 with Lynette and her band, and record in a professional studio for her new album.
As of October 6, 2008, seven high schools are competing in the contest. Competing schools are John Marshall in the Northside Independent School District (NISD), John Jay (NISD), Taft (NISD), Winston Churchill in the Northeast Independent School District (NEISD), Ladybird Johnson (NEISD), Robert E. Lee (NEISD) and Judson from the Judson Independent School District.
How the contest works: A winner will be chosen by a distinguished panel of judges and by votes from the community.
The judges will determine 50% of the vote, and the other 50% will be determined by votes from the community via online voting on the Music In The Schools website. Anyone with a valid email address will be able to vote for their favorite school's orchestra.
One vote per valid e-mail address only. Our Judges: Randy Anderson, Director and on-air personality for KPAC-FM, San Antonio's Classical Radio station; Eugene Dowdy, Director of the UTSA Orchestra; Cleo Aufderhaar, 34-year veteran of the San Antonio Symphony; Elaine Heinze, retired San Antonio high school orchestra director of 33 years and recipient of over 66 UIL awards.
For more Info: Visit our website: www.musicintheschools.net <http://www.musicintheschools.net/> Email us at: info@musicintheschools.net
The search is on for San Antonio's top high school orchestra, as Music in the Schools (MITS) kicks off this week. Conceived by local rock and roll artist Lynette Brehm as a way to integrate her passion for music with her support of public education, Music In The Schools is a competition between the Bexar County high school orchestra departments to showcase their musical talents for a chance to record on an upcoming nationally-released album.
Each competing school's orchestra will audition with selections of Brehm's original music. The winning school will receive a cash award for their school and district's music department, perform at the Winner's Concert on January 31st, 2009 with Lynette and her band, and record in a professional studio for her new album.
As of October 6, 2008, seven high schools are competing in the contest. Competing schools are John Marshall in the Northside Independent School District (NISD), John Jay (NISD), Taft (NISD), Winston Churchill in the Northeast Independent School District (NEISD), Ladybird Johnson (NEISD), Robert E. Lee (NEISD) and Judson from the Judson Independent School District.
How the contest works: A winner will be chosen by a distinguished panel of judges and by votes from the community.
The judges will determine 50% of the vote, and the other 50% will be determined by votes from the community via online voting on the Music In The Schools website. Anyone with a valid email address will be able to vote for their favorite school's orchestra.
One vote per valid e-mail address only. Our Judges: Randy Anderson, Director and on-air personality for KPAC-FM, San Antonio's Classical Radio station; Eugene Dowdy, Director of the UTSA Orchestra; Cleo Aufderhaar, 34-year veteran of the San Antonio Symphony; Elaine Heinze, retired San Antonio high school orchestra director of 33 years and recipient of over 66 UIL awards.
For more Info: Visit our website: www.musicintheschools.net <http://www.musicintheschools.net/> Email us at: info@musicintheschools.net
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