Taft High School Symphonic Band
Symphonic Band
Monday 6 no school - administrative holiday
Tuesday 7 Spring semester begins
orchestra rehearsal 3:30-4:30pm
Monday 13 CANCELLED orchestra rehearsal 3:30-4:30pm
Tuesday 14 staff development 1:43pm dismissal
Thursday 16 Senior Open Mike, 6-8pm Oral Arts
Monday 20 Presidents' Day holiday, no school
Tuesday 21 Valley Symphony Orchestra Performance 9-10:30am
Monday 27 orchestra rehearsal 3:30-4:30pm
Tuesday 28 staff development 1:43pm dismissal
Friday 3 SCSBOA Band & Orchestra Festival, Santa Monica HS
Monday 6 orchestra rehearsal 3:30-4:30pm
Tuesday 7 staff development 1:43pm dismissal
Monday 13 orchestra rehearsal 3:30-4:30pm
Sunday 19 Sixth Annual Valley Wide Student Art Show and Family Arts Festival
call time 1:30pm Madrid Theatre
performance time 3:10-3:30pm
Monday 20 Vocal Ensemble, LA Master Chorale Music Festival, Disney Hall
orchestra rehearsal 3:30-4:30pm
Tuesday 21 Calif High School Exit exam, no jazz band 0 period
Wednesday 22 Calif High School Exit exam, no jazz band 0 period
Saturday 25 SCSBOA Festival, Pacifica HS, Oxnard
call time 9:30am THS
orchestra performance noon
band performance 5pm
back to THS 7:30pm
Monday 27 orchestra rehearsal 3:30-4:30pm
Tuesday 28 staff development 1:43pm dismissal
Friday 31 LAUSD Music Festival at THS 3-9pm
Monday 3 senior spirit week
SABE testing Monday-Thursday 8am-noon
Tuesday 4 no jazz band 0 period
staff development 1:43pm dismissal
POSTPONED spring musical pit orchestra auditions
Monday 10 Spring vacation, through Friday April 14th
Monday 17 school resumes
Annual Penny Wars for Cystic Fibrosis thru May 1st
drumline/colorguard training begins
pit orchestra rehearsal [1]
Tuesday 18 CANCELLED pit orchestra rehearsal [2]
Thursday 20 THS Open House Jazz Band call time 5pm
Friday 21 short day 2:05pm dismissal
pit orchestra rehearsal [3]
Saturday 22 AP Music Theory review 9am-noon
Monday 24 pit orchestra rehearsal [4]
Tuesday 25 staff development 1:43pm dismissal
pit orchestra rehearsal [5]
Wednesday 26 pit orchestra rehearsal [6]
Taft at National Academic Decathlon, San Antonio, Texas -- We won!
Thursday 27 Spring Musical, Taft Hall 3:30pm
Friday 28 Spring Musical, Taft Hall 3:30pm, 7-10pm
Saturday 29 Spring Musical, Taft Hall 7-10pm
senior picnic
Monday 1 Meet AcaDeca at LAX leave 1:15pm, return 6pm+
Wednesday 3 AP Music Theory exam 7:30am-12:30pm
Sunday 7 Pierce College 12th Annual High School Band Festival 6pm
Tuesday 9 Calif. HS Exit Exam make-up
Wednesday 10 Calif. HS Exit Exam make-up
Friday 12 Vocal Ensemble - Walter Reed MS - bus leaves 4pm - 8:30pm
Saturday 13 Moorpark College Jazz Festival
Senior Prom at California Market Center
Tuesday 16 STAR testing - no jazz band zero period
Wednesday 17 STAR testing - no jazz band zero period
Thursday 18 STAR testing - no jazz band zero period
Friday 19 Vocal Ensemble - "Music in the Parks Festival" - Disneyland
Saturday 20 THS Pancake Breakfast Jazz Band 8am call time
Monday 22 Jazz Band audition zero period - British Petroleum
DrumLine and Color Guard auditions begin
Monday 29 Memorial Day (no school)
Friday 2 Middle School Road Show - Portola & Sutter middle schools
Monday 5 no jazz band zero period
Tuesday 6 staff development 1:43pm dismissal
Wednesday 7 Spring Concert 7-9pm
Friday 9 Academic Decathlon celebration Jazz Band 1:30-3:15pm
Tuesday 13 senior dessert 6-8pm Taft Hall
Wednesday 14 senior breakfast 10am-2:30pm
Thursday 15 rehearsal for senior awards night 8-10am
senior awards night 6-8pm
Monday 19 no jazz band zero period
Final Exams per. 1 & 6, 12:35pm dismissal
Tuesday 20 no jazz band zero period
Final Exams per. 2 & 5, 12:35pm dismissal
Wednesday 21 no jazz band zero period
Final Exams per. 3 & 4, 12:35pm dismissal
Thursday 22 no jazz band zero period
rehearsal for graduation 8am
Graduation 7:30pm call time 6:30pm
Monday 26 summer Marching Band begins
See also:
Taft High School Calendar
Vocal Ensemble "Music in the Parks"
Congratulations to Tom Pease and his Vocal Ensemble: The Taft High School Vocal
Ensemble won two first place awards at the Disneyland "Music in the
Parks" music festival on Friday, May 19. The ensemble took a first place
trophy for best mixed choir and a first place trophy for best overall
choral group. Vocal Ensemble earned a superior rating (the highest
possible rating) from the judges. The group will be performing at the
Spring Concert on June 7th along with the choir, jazz band, concert band,
and orchestra.
[19May2006]
Spring Musical
Camp Wannamaker April 27-29, 2006
The Taft High School Music Department proudly presents the world premier of
Camp Wannamaker,
an original musical written by Taft faculty member Tom Pease.
It is directed by Taft faculty member Angela Barrett.
Live music by Taft band and orchestra students.
When two teenage boys find themselves working at an all girl summer arts camp, they
expect they've got it made.
What they get, however, is something they never could have anticipated.
Join Jonathan, Michael, and the girls of Camp Wannamaker in this funny yet telling
story of love, life and learning.
Performances will be Thursday April 27th at 3:30, Friday April 28th at 3:30 and 7pm,
and Saturday April 29th at 7pm. Tickets are $5.00 for students and $10.00 for adults
and can be purchased at the door.
[24Apr2006]
Mr. Ken Kamp, Taft Band Director for 32 years
If you know someone who was in Taft Band in Fall 1964 through Summer 1995 (32 years!),
they will know Mr. Ken Kamp. Mr. Burch recently received a letter from Lynn Tivens,
class of 1969 (trombone) about Mr. Kamp -- click here
to read it.
[03Apr2006]
Note: Mr. Kamp passwd away on October 10, 2006
SCSBOA Festival at Pacific High School, Oxnard
This Saturday, March 25th Taft Orchestra and Band will be attending the
SCSBOA Festival at Pacifica HS, 600 East Gonzales Road, Oxnard 93036.
We need 1 more Orchestra parent and 2 Band parents to drive and carry
instruments to the festival. Please contact Mr. Burch or Lorraine Clark
if you can help.
Transportation funds. The cost for the bus for this trip is not covered
by the school. It comes out of our booster club account. Since that account
has less than $100 of non-encumbered funds (because of lack of fund-raising
success) we need to ask each participant to bring $5.00 to help cover the
cost of transportation. Please bring cash or check (made out to Taft Music)
by this Friday, March 24. This applies even for those who are driving
themselves to the event. We all need to do our share to make these events
happen.
[21Mar2006]
Sixth Annual Valley Wide Student Art Show and Family Arts Festival
Arts in Education Aid Council, Inc., presents:
The Sixth Annual Valley Wide Student Art Show and Family Arts Festival Sunday, March 19th -
Noon until 4:00 pm The Valley Wide Student Art Show and Family Arts Festival will feature
over 600 young artists, musicians and performance artists from over 40 San Fernando Valley
public schools. The Madrid Theatre will showcase various school orchestras, choirs and
other performance groups including Another Man's Trash, Isaac Tetenbaum,
Taft High School,
the San Fernando Valley Youth Chorus, the Pacoima Middle School Choir, Golden Performing
Arts, Pearl Fernando, the Sherman Oaks Center of Enriched Studies Jazz Combo, and Arts in
Education Aid Council's orchestras from its three adopted schools: Vanalden Elementary,
Melvin Elementary, and Maurice Sendak School. The Art Show will be held simultaneously in
the Madrid Theatre lobbies and at the Canoga Park Youth Arts Center located ½ block from
the Madrid Theatre. For more information visit www.aieac.org.
[19Mar2006]
Heritage Music Festival
We are not going to San Francisco after all, because we don't have enough
money for the bus. Sorry.
[Mar2006]
ATTENTION TAFT ORCHESTRA AND BAND STUDENTS - SAN FRANCISCO TRIP INFORMATION -
We had enough orchestra students sign up and make a deposit, but only a few band students,
so the orchestra (period 6) will be going on the trip. Band students (wind players)
who made a deposit will also be allowed to come along as participants.
It may be that wind parts, for those who previously signed up, can reasonably created
from the string orchestra music we will play. Color guard students who have already
made a deposit will also be able to come on the trip as equipment people.
[26Jan2006]
Every year Taft HS band and orchestra students have the opportunity to
participate in the Heritage Music Festival, a weekend of music and fun.
This year the event we will attend is in the San Francisco area,
the weekend before Spring Break (leave Thursday April 6th after school,
return Sunday April 9th).
Before we can commit to participating, we need to know who plans to go.
We need enough capable students on the right blend of instruments to make
a viable music performance.
The total cost of the trip will be about $350 per student
($150 due January 27th, $150 due February 24th).
In order to participate,
you must be academically eligible and have no outstanding band or
school-related debt.
A $50 deposit is due by the last Friday of school before Winter Break,
December 16, 2005.
Monday, December 19th, Mr. Burch will make the decision whether or not
we can participate.
[18Oct2005]
Taft Band Home Page
Go to William Howard Taft High School site:
http://www.tafthigh.org
5461 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills, CA 91364-2548
07Jul2006
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