Good Afternoon ROCmusic Families,
I hope that everyone is having a great weekend.
We have some exciting opportunities coming up soon that will be detailed in this email.
Transition Update: Over a week ago, the posting for my replacement was officially listed. The leaders of the ROCmusic Collaborative are operating a nation-wide search for the next leader of ROCmusic. I will continue to facilitate the continuing of programming until a new leader is identified. I am happy to announce that we have filling the position of Site/ Program Manager in ROCmusic with Mr. Paul Boutte. I am sure many of you know Mr. Boutte already - he has worked in the program for a year as an AmeriCorps Volunteer. He is a world-renowned pianist and music producer that lives in Rochester and really cares about giving our youth the joy of music. Please welcome Mr. Boutte into our ROCmusic Community when you see him next. I will continue to update you all. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please promote the job (posting in last week's update), we will be creating a survey for families about your needs from ROCmusic.
Items for this week:
1. Attendance - There were many absences and a lot of our families did a great job communicating that with our teachers. Please make sure you let us know if someone needs to be absent so our teachers can effectively plan. We have many concerts coming up and want our students to feel good about the upcoming performances.
2. RPO Tickets - fill out this form for Free Tickets to three concerts this week:
The next two concerts in our series are March 24 (@7:30 PM) and 26 (@8:00 PM) and March 27 (@ 2:00 PM). The Thursday and Saturday Concerts are feature the amazing piano concerto from Beethoven “The Emperor Concert” and a new piece by Sarah Kirkland Schneider. The Sunday Concert is at the Hochstein School and is a children’s concert led by ROCmusic instructor and world famous musician, Herb Smith! He created a story about diversity and acceptance featuring the greatest instrument: The Clarinet!
3. Gateways Music Festival information Coming out this week! Save the dates April 18, 19, and 20, 2022
4. Our performance with the Rocehster Philharmonic Musicians is being moved to May 2022. More details will emerge this week. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to perform with these amazing musicians for you. Regular attendance to classes will be important for a successful performance
5. ROCmusic Cello Day is this Saturday! Come visit us at the Edgerton R-Center on Saturday for this fun event!
Thank you all for your continued support of your young musicians.
See you soon,
Onward!
