Ballard Performing Arts News |
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May 2-4 | Give Big Fundraising Campaign
May 4 | Marching Band practice after school 2:20-3:30 pm
May 10 | Ballard Performing Arts Boosters Board meeting, 6 pm Zoom
May 12 -14 | Spring Play A Midsummer’s Night Dream, 7:30 pm
May 14 | Brass Band & Jazz Combo at Wheelie Pop Brewery, 12:30-2
May 16 | Marching Band practice, 1st period 8:45 - 9:40 am
May 17 | Marching band and Drumline in Syttende Mai Parade, 6 pm
May 19 - 21 | Spring Play A Midsummer’s Night Dream, 7:30 pm
May 21 | Puget Sound Jazz Fest on Bainbridge Island
May 23 | Wind Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra Concert, 7 pm
May 26 | Spring Choir Concert, 7:30 pm
May 31 | Jazz Band and Vocal Jazz perform at Royal Room 7 pm
June 1 | Spring Band Concert, 7:30 pm
June 2 | Spring Orchestra Concert, 7:30 pm
June 10 | Brass Band and Drum Line play at the Ballard FC match at Interbay Stadium, Vocal Jazz to sing national anthem
June 13 | Incoming 9th Grade Family Meeting, 7 pm
June 14 | Final Ballard Performing Arts Boosters Meeting, 6 pm
June 15 | Graduation, Memorial Stadium, 8 pm
June 17 | Last day of school
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State Solo/Ensemble Results
Congratulations to Malcolm Laurier, who won 2nd in State at the State Solo and Ensemble Competition this past weekend at Central Washington University in the String Bass category! Additional congratulations to Chamber Choir, Vocal Ensemble, Tenor Bass Quartet, Soprano Alto Duet, Brass Quartet, and Alice and the Chipmunks Saxophone Quartet, and vocal soloists Izzy Rampersad, Sophie Nash, Ezra Hage, Malcolm Laurier, and Alden Payne. Every one of the six soloists and six ensembles who made it to State Solo and Ensemble had incredibly musical and artistic performances and earned ratings of Superior or Excellent. Their strong showings are a testament to their hard work and musicianship and a reflection of the vibrant Performing Arts community at Ballard High School!
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Ballard High turns up the comedy with A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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The Ballard High School Playmakers invite you to indulge in spring reverie with the popular Shakespeare comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Performances will be May 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21.
Come enjoy this play about love, marriage, transformation, and the importance of accepting people for who they are!
Set in Athens, Greece, a duke named Theseus prepares to marry Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons. Meanwhile a misunderstanding breaks out amongst four young lovers. Entering the woods, they are enchanted by a watchful group of mischievous fairies. Amidst it all, an acting troupe prepares to stage their play.
The cast features 22 BHS students and is directed by Shawn Riley.
Performance Details
Performances will be on May 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21 at the Earl Kelly Center for Performing Arts at Ballard High School, 1418 NW 65th Street, Seattle. The show begins at 7:30 pm.
Tickets
Tickets on sale at https://showtix4u.com. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students and $15 for seniors. All patrons must wear masks. COVID guidelines subject to change.
Sign up for the Theater Bake sale during Midsummer performances:
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Vocal Jazz, Ballard Drumline and Brass Band at Home Opener for Ballard FC
Ballard FC will host the Ballard Drumline and the Brass Band on June 10th at the Interbay Stadium. Ballard’s Vocal Jazz will sing the national anthem; Drumline will perform at half-time; and the Brass Band will finish up the show with a performance after the game. Parking will be extremely limited and students/families are encouraged to use public transportation if possible. Ballard High School graduates Sam Zisette (trumpet player) and Chris Kaimmer co-founded the team. Come cheer them on for what could potentially be a regular gig for the drumline.
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Band
Syttende Mai parade practice through neighborhood!
For Syttende Mai parade preparations, the marching band will rehearse after school on Wednesday, May 4 and during 1st period on Monday, May 16. The band will march through the neighborhood on both days.
May 4 | Marching Band practice after school, 2:20-4:00 pm (revised end time).
May 16 | Marching Band practice, 1st period 8:45 - 9:40 am.
Volunteer to sign up to help with traffic control for Marching Band practice
We need 6 volunteers per day, here is the signup genius:
Permissions slips will be sent home this week
Ask your student about permission slips for the parade and for practices around the neighborhood. We are all a bit out of practice, but this needs to be signed and returned to school by your student so that they can participate in these activities. Thanks for your help and cooperation.
Auditions for 2022-2023 school year
Auditions will be held the week of June 6th for students already at Ballard HS. All students playing wind instruments will receive copies of audition music in the next week and will audition during class June 6-9th. Copies of the audition material will also be available on Schoology.
Incoming freshman will receive information from their current band teachers regarding audition expectations.
Class assignments will be announced the last week of school (June 13-17th).
Jazz Band audition information
Auditions for next year's concert and jazz bands will be held in class on Monday, June 6 and Tuesday, June 7. Percussion auditions will be after school on Wednesday, June 8.
A SignUpGenius link is posted on Schoology.
Mr. Gillespie will inform incoming freshmen about the SignUpGenius and music to prepare shortly. All incoming freshmen auditions are due by Wednesday, June 1.
Percussionists will audition after school on June 9th. All percussion students, including freshmen, will be required to audition to determine placings for drumline. In addition to demonstrating double strokes and paradiddles, students will be asked to play from the attached audition materials.Students will need to sign up for audition slots here:
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Choir
State Solo & Ensemble Contest
A huge thank you to all the students for their excellent performances in Ellensburg this weekend. For all the parents who made the trek to Ellensburg, it’s greatly appreciated that you came and you were rewarded by hearing the amazing performances. And an enormous thank you to Ms. Rowley, whose hard work and dedication to our students at State Solo & Ensemble really showed.
Chamber Choir
Thank you to Chamber Choir for performing at the Norwegian Ladies Chorus of Seattle Spring Concert on April 24. They did a great job in representing Ballard Performing Arts. Everyone in attendance was very complementary of the Chamber Choir. Norwegian baked goods were enjoyed by all.
University Kiwanis Pitzer/Weeks Vocal Scholarship
This is the 44th year that the University Kiwanis Club will offer a voice scholarship in honor of Carl Pitzer and Norman Weeks. Originally they gave the scholarship to only graduating seniors, but they now accept applications from all students currently in high school, including those graduating in June of 2022. The scholarship rules provide that a scholarship of $2,500 may be offered each year to the most deserving vocal student, to use for voice lessons. This year they will also offer $1,000 prizes to the 2nd and 3rd runners-up.
Each applicant must participate in a concert on the afternoon of May 28, 2022. (Please note that day is part of Memorial Day weekend.) Each singer will sing two songs (one classical and one standard or from the musical theatre repertoire) for the audition committee and audience. (An accompanist will be provided.) Applicants must also submit a complete set of papers detailing their background.
All applications must be postmarked by May 10, 2022. See Ms. Rowley for an application if you're interested or click here.
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Orchestra
Orchestra Director Ms. Fortune to Take Sabbatical 2022-2023 School Year
Dear Ballard High School Music Families,
I am writing to share the news with you that for the next school year (2022-2023), I will be taking a one-year sabbatical.
This is my 21st year of teaching music in Washington State. In those years, I have enjoyed some of the most life-changing opportunities with thousands of students in the schools where I have taught: Burley Glenwood Elementary School in the South Kitsap School District; Washington Middle School in Seattle’s Central District, and right here at Ballard High School. Over my tenure, I have had the opportunity to teach all grade levels (k-12), Instrumental Music (orchestra and guitar), Choral, and General Music.I feel exceptionally lucky to have had such rich experiences along this more than two-decade timeline to feed my soul and instill me with extremely well-rounded knowledge and skills in music instruction, leadership, and curriculum development/ deployment.
This is my fourth year at BHS (my “senior year”), and I cannot even begin to express to this community the immeasurable growth that has occurred in me as a music educator and human through working with my amazingly dedicated and artistic students and colleagues here at Ballard. This experience here at BHS has made a HUGE impact on me, and the wonderful support and encouragement that I’ve received from students, colleagues, and families here has been unbelievably helpful. Teaching music at BHS has truly opened my eyes to what is possible for young people to achieve in terms of creating, responding, connecting, and performing!
During our period of COVID isolation (and before), I was afforded a lot of think-time. My philosophies of Music Education and my life’s work have begun to shift and grow. My original dreams of building and running innovative music programs in the public schools as an ensemble director have expanded to include the desire to hone my leadership skills and put efforts toward affecting Music Education as a whole.
My interests and involvement in Music Education leadership have garnered me some opportunities to serve on a national level. I am currently very involved in the National Association for Music Education, as the chairperson for the National Council for Orchestral Education, I am a member of the NAfME Professional Development Committee, and I am a curriculum writer for the NAfME/ Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources standards-aligned curriculum initiative.
My goal for this year of sabbatical is to be able to lean in wholeheartedly to these (volunteer) leadership positions with NAfME, and to see what else I can do to serve Music Education on the state and local levels by offering my time and talents to other music educators, by offering my services to regional performing arts education associations and non-profits, by dedicating a good portion of my time to developing curricular materials that are designed to better align my pedagogy to the Artistic Process/ the National Core Standards for Music, and by designing professional development resources and student events geared toward helping me transform my practice.
It is my hope that this year of time dedicated to the above goals will yield a body of work that makes an impact on Music Education and provides me with new ideas and new inspiration.
I live right here in the BHS neighborhood – so you’ll no doubt see me around, out and about! The BHS Performing Arts team is currently searching for a talented, qualified individual to “take the baton” for the 2022-2023 school year! We will keep families updated on this process. All incoming/current students will be auditioned and placed for next year (this is happening now), and there are no changes in how many or what level of orchestras will be offered next year. I’m happy to try and answer any questions you might have – feel free to reach out via email.
I am looking so forward to making the rest of this school year magical and special with our BHS musicians and performing arts students. There is so much cool music in the works to play and perform as this year comes to a close, and I can’t wait!
Thanks again to all performing arts students, performing arts faculty, performing arts families, and the BPA Boosters for the beautiful support and love over these four years!
Go Beavers!
Most Sincerely,
Elizabeth Fortune
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Theatre
Order a Seat Plaque to Celebrate your Senior
Celebrate your senior with a personalized plaque on a seat in the PAC. This fundraiser has been happening since 2012 and we have hundreds of seats “claimed” by families acknowledging the time and work their graduates have spent in the BHS PFA Department. Seats are $50 and the link to the form is here: BHS Buy a Seat Campaign.docx.
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Tickets for A Midsummer Night's Dream are on sale now!
Performances are May 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 at 7:30 pm.
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The district only pays for teacher’s salaries; everything else we have to raise or donate. |
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GIVE BIG May 3-4
GiveBig is right around the corner and we need your help to raise $6,500. You – parents and community supporters – are what make the music possibly. Literally. With your help, we purchase music, hire coaches, and provide the foundation for our fantastic arts programs. There are two ways to donate – through our website by clicking here, or directly through our GiveBig link.
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This is what we're raising money for:
Specialists, Clinicians, and Coaches: Our fantastic directors bring in clinicians and specialists to work closely with the student groups to hone their skills and understand music more deeply. Specialists and coaching make up more than half of the Ballard Performing Arts Booster Club budget.
Scholarships: A goal of our booster club is to make performing arts available to every student who wants to participate. Many students in the program—and students who want to participate in the program—don’t have funds to pay for fees or trips. We want these programs to be an equitable, enriching, and safe place for all kids to express themselves and grow. That is why our scholarships are so valuable to our booster program.
Livestreaming: The plus side of being forced to livestream concerts is that families can enjoy them from anywhere and share with others — and we have an archive of our performances. This livestreaming technology requires additional A/V skills and techniques. It’s a whole new line item in our budget!
Don’t forget about corporate matching!! Most major companies will match your donations. Ask your HR department for information about how to submit for matching.
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Hey folks! The Ballard Performing Arts Boosters Club needs YOU!
Many senior families are graduating this year and we're looking to fill the following positions:
- Website updater
- Publicity
- Grant writing
- Sponsorship coordinators
As well as other roles!
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Seniors—We Want to Recognize You!
Our seniors are graduating! Read about their plans for next year and their favorite memories from their time in Ballard Performing Arts. We're recognizing the following students are recognized this week:
Ani Haug
Nate Hall
Mattie Holec
Kai Iwayama
Max Hofmann
Kat Moen
Casey Griffin
Hayden Haller
Gabe Bykowski
Lucas Murphy
Joseph Bantum
If you are a senior, please fill out the Google form and send in a photo or two so you can be recognized!
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Check out the performances from State Solo Ensemble Competition this past weekend in Ellenberg at Central Washington University!
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Check out past performances any time on our YouTube and Vimeo c hannels.
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Thank you Grocery Outlet!
Our dear friends and supporters Norm and Tammy, owners of the Crown Hill Grocery Outlet, shared the sad news that they will be moving on from their store. Our community owes so much to these folks. They have donated hundreds of dollars in food for our Spaghetti Dinner and they have supported other schools in Ballard as well. "We will be here through June so please reach out for anything you might need before we leave," said Norm by email. "We have enjoyed our time here and are especially honored to have been able to help support the students of Ballard."
Please stop by the store to show some support during their final weeks here in Ballard.
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Ballard High School Victor Salvino 22nd Annual Golf Classic
Registration is now open for the Victor Salvino 22nd Annual Ballard High School Foundation Golf Classic on Aug. 19 at Newcastle Golf Course.
New name, new day of the week, new location, new golfers welcome too!
Come join in and support Ballard High School Athletics, the Performing Arts Boosters, and Dance & Cheer.
When registering, please note in the comments section if you would like to support a specific team or program, like Ballard Performing Arts.
BPA hosts the dessert dash and will happily accept other items for this auction. All procurements from BPA families and silent or live auction items will be disbursed to BPA. Win-win!
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Give While You Get
Passive fundraising couldn’t be easier—Donate to BPA Every time you make a purchase. Link to Amazon Smile, Fred Meyer, and more, and donate every time you shop. To sign up, follow the links below and select “Ballard High School Performing Arts Booster Club” as the benefactor.
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