Collage Concert This Friday

January 19th,

2021

Upcoming Events

Jan 22 | Collage Concert at 7 pm

Jan 28 | Day Between Semesters | No School

Jan 30 | Goodwill Truck at BHS 9 - 12pm

Feb 06 | Spagetti Dinner

Feb 1 - 12 | Solo/Ensemble Registration

Mar 27 | Solo / Ensemble Videos Due

See our BPA Calendar for more details.

Collage Concert This Friday

A Musical Virtual Smorgasbord of Nonstop Talent

Friday Jan 22 at 7 p.m.

The Ballard High School music program has been busy recording and mixing a virtual concert that showcases over a dozen ensembles in a wide variety of styles and that promises to offer a little something for everyone. The free performance airs online Friday, January 22 at 7 p.m.

“It will be a nonstop evening featuring an incredible range of performances from our music ensembles,“ says Courtney Rowley, Director of Choirs.

The concert will be a collection of videos recorded by students in 3 orchestras, 6 band ensembles, and 4 choirs. Students recorded themselves using the Upbeat music app, funded by generous donations from BPA families and supporters, which automates some of the process of stitching together individual recordings into an ensemble performance.

A link to the performance will be posted on the Collage Concert page Friday Jan 22 by around 5 p.m. at https://www.ballardperformingarts.org/collage-concert and is available to watch any time.

Make it Dinner and a Show

Order dinner in to enjoy with the concert. A portion from every dinner box sold will help support software purchases for virtual learning, sheet music, coaching and instruction, instrument repair and maintenance for Theatre, Bands, Orchestras, Choirs and Jazz.

Preorder now (with 24-hour notice) to be ready for pickup Wednesday Jan. 20 through Sunday, Jan. 24, between 2-6 p.m. Pick up at the Serious Takeout Ballard Warehouse Kitchen at 14th & 52nd.

The Dinner box serves two people for $55.

Dinner Menu

Slab-of-smokey-bacon wrapped savory herb meatloaf

Beecher’s cheddar and chive mashed potatoes

Big Dinner Sweet onion gravy

Garlic roasted broccolini

Stacy’s Kozy pudding cups

Order Here

Directors' Updates

Band

Director Gillespie has started using MusicFirst software in band classes. He is working with small group ensembles including jazz combos to have pieces ready for the Spaghetti Dinner in February.

Choir

In December, we were able to use Upbeat Perform in a few ways. Vocal Jazz produced a caroling video that we released on social media and sent out to our teaching staff. The students sounded great and we received a lot of positive feedback, with a few teachers saying they were moved to tears! We also used the Upbeat Perform software in Concert Choir and Advanced Chorale to put together parody vidoes, an activity that we usually do at choir camp each fall. Everyone had a lot of fun.

Virtual videos for the Collage Concert are coming along. We have a few student videos left to gather; it can be challenging for students to video themselves. We are really looking forward to seeing and hearing the finished product.

Vocal Jazz is continuing their involvement in this year’s DeMeiro Jazz Festival by participating in a virtual choir video of Just the Two of Us. They will be combining with schools from all over the state and the west coast in this video!

Orchestra

Director Beth Fortune is wrapping up the pieces with each orchestra for the upcoming collage concert and classes will soon have an in-class recital by the small group ensembles. All orchestras will be getting new music for the spring semester, largely from under-represented composers.

Next semester, all 3 groups (chamber, symphonic, and concert) will work together for a piece to be performed on Pocketgrass, a new virtual variety show organized by the Wintergrass Festival (normally held live in Bellevue each year in February). For the Pocketgrass show, the combined orchestra with work with other school orchestras in the region as well as perform as the back-up orchestra for Martha Redbone, a Native & African-American vocalist/songwriter/composer/educator based in New York. More details to come.

The Ballard Fiddlers continue to meet virtually on Tuesday nights at 6:30pm with coach Matt Hopper- all are welcome to join.

Theatre

Director Shawn Riley is working through administrative items before opening auditions for the next BHS musical.

Band Students Prep for the Spaghetti Dinner

While this traditional and treasured community event has been reimagined this year, we will still have lots of pasta, laughs and fun. Tickets will be available soon for this fun 90-minute performance video produced by Ballard High School BPA graduate,Tavo Gutierrez. You will be able to buy a spaghetti meal kit to enjoy while watching the show. It comes with all the fixings you usually enjoy at the dinner, but this year, you will pick it up from the BHS north parking lot on the day of the event, February 6th.

Check here for up to date information

Goodwill Truck

January 30th 9 am - noon

Clean out your house and support Ballard Performing Arts! The Goodwill Trucks are Coming back to BHS North Parking Lot Saturday, Jan 30. 9 am to noon--or until the truck fills up (we filled two trucks by 11 am last time!). No furniture larger than an end table will be accepted.

We’re looking for 4 BPA student helpers to help expedite the unloading of cars. (Service hours available). Must wear a mask and practice social distancing. Contact Jill Hansen to sign up: bpabtreasurer@gmail.com

Bring your Ballard Market receipts! Save receipts from Ballard Market and bring them to the volunteer collecting them near the Goodwill Truck. Ballard Market donates a percentage of purchase proceeds to Ballard Performing Arts.

Solo and Ensemble Goes Virtual This Year

Encourage your students to challenge themselves by working on a solo or ensemble performance to submit for adjudication. Deadline for registration is Feb 1-12. There is no state contest this year, but there will be regional winners for solos. Ensembles will be allowed to participate but are encouraged to use creative means to be socially distant and record as a group. Videos will be due by March 27. Contact your director with any questions.