News

Cody Practice Club has concluded for the year – thank you to our mentors, and to our awesome parent volunteers!

Students interested in auditioning for one of the MNHS Jazz Bands or the 2025 musical Mean Girls, please see the posts on Google Classroom.

Students interested in auditioning for the MNHS Concerto Competition should have recordings submitted by 10 PM, Friday, Dec. 6. See the attached doc for details!

If your child has work marked missing on StudentVue, I must receive it by 5 PM on Friday, Dec. 13 to count for credit for first semester. Any assignments still missing after the deadline will be marked as 0.

All Orchestra members are invited to attend our movie night Friday, Dec. 6, from 3:30-5 PM in the MNHS Band Room!

The link to download a pdf of the Dec. 5th Concert. Thursday, December 5, 2024 MNHS Orchestra Program

• We will host guest orchestras from Burke High School at this concert.
• We appreciate donations of refreshments for our post-concert celebration.
• The program is here.

This concert is a collaboration between Burke and MNHS Orchestras! Timeline is as follows:

• • 5:45 pm – Burke call time/any available MNHS section leaders arrive to help
    • Burke will unpack in room 1520
  • 6:00 pm – Burke’s soundcheck on stage
  • 6:15 pm – MNHS arrives – Philharmonic unpacks in 1514; Symphony and Chamber in 1518
  • 6:30 pm – combined COTB rehearsal in auditorium (Burke and MNHS)
  • 6:45 pm – house opens for auditorium seating.
  • 7:00 pm – Concert begins!
  • 8:30 pm – Approximate concert end-time

Perfume/cologne – Performers, please avoid applying perfume or cologne for concerts.

Reminder About Concert Attendance – Orchestra is a co-curricular activity, meaning it is considered an academic class (curricular) that has requirements outside of the school day (co-curricular). Several of our orchestra students are engaged in sports, work, and other extracurricular activities. In the event of a conflict, the orchestra concert takes precedence because it is the outcome of our academic work. However, if an orchestra student can make both game/meet and the concert work, great! If not, the concert is a graded activity for an academic course, so that takes precedence over games or meets. Good news – the conflicts are pretty minimal as we only perform 6 times during the year, and this usually only affects one game/meet per season. When I was in high school, I got to compete in athletics and music and debate, learning many important values and life skills in all of them. I support our students as they learn about their entire selves through these activities while also upholding the integrity of the ensembles and the work we’ve done to prepare and perform.

School Attendance on concert days – students must attend at least 4 classes on the day of the concert in order to participate. For example – if a student needs to rest, then feels better, they need to attend periods 1-4 or 4-7 to perform at the concert. However, if a student stays home the entire day, even if they feel better for the concert, they are not allowed to attend. Hopefully everyone is happy and healthy next week! If there is an illness/emergency, parents/legal guardians must email or call Mrs. Martinez to notify her of the absence.

Accepted students will receive notification via email by December 9, 2024. At that time part assignments and final instructions will be included.

Students selected for the BOCH Festival should plan to arrive on campus the afternoon of Friday, January 24, 2025.

We have 42 students auditioning for a spot in the 2024 Nebraska All State Orchestra!
Auditions are finishing up this week. Results will be announced October 21.
As always, no matter what the outcome, you have become a better musician by having gone through the process.

Monday, Oct. 14th.

All students in grades 11-12 are invited to UNO’s Music Major For A Day event!

Parents/Guardians must register their students using this link.

Note: If you/your child decides to attend, parent/guardian is responsible for calling the student out for a college visit and arranging transportation to and from the event.

Everyone (families included!) should order an orchestra shirt so we can represent when we’re out and about at All-State, All-Millard, and on concert days! 

Orders and money (check to MNHS or cash accepted) are due Tuesday, Oct. 15.