May 2021

Parkland HS Music Newsletter

PARKLAND MUSIC BOOSTERS PROUDLY SUPPORTS THE PARKLAND MUSIC

DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS FOR BAND, CHORUS & ORCHESTRA

Next general Music Booster club meeting –

May 11 - Elections and budget approval for 2021/2022

Greetings to all our musical families, The year is coming to a close, but rest assured the Boost-ers are eagerly awaiting to start planning for fall, and hopefully a summer student get-together as well! Just a reminder that all booster members will be receiving an email with a link to the May 11th meeting where we'll be voting in new officers and approving the budget for next school year. It's also not too late to nominate a fellow parent or yourself for a Booster executive board position - check your email from the directors for details and instruc-tions. If you have a senior in band, chorus, and/or orchestra, make sure they submit their essay for the three Booster scholarships that are available this year! We also need all senior band members to submit the information for the senior pages for the Fanfare and Tribute Memory book and submitting any sponsor pages as well by May 1st at the latest! Links to order the book will be out very soon. I hope you all have a happy and healthy rest of the school year and join us in the excitement of a fall return to all our musical events and concerts!!! Katy Mangold PMBooster President

Executive Board:

President- Katy Mangold

Vice-President- Diane Miller

Treasurer- Heather Hechler

Secretary- Wendy Wright

Membership Rep- Mary Ost

12th Grade Rep- Eric Lazansky

11th Grade Rep- Jill Sperry

10thGrade Rep- Michelle Hare

9th Grade Rep- Karen Phillips

Alumni Rep- Kevin Boger

Congratulations to our amazing music

department for again being recognized as an

outstanding district that supports music

education!

Members of the PHS Band have spent the winter learning music from the Harmony Bridge collec-tion. These four and five part folk songs have been arranged by members of the Dallas Brass to be played specifically for smaller instrumental groupings.

In March 2021, students were invited to attend weekly evening rehearsals. During this time, stu-dents work on their music with their counterparts. This has been a positive experience for the students, as they have not been able to see each other due to the current two-day hybrid instruction model. Almost 50 Parkland Band members have been regularly attending these Wednesday evening rehearsals and work-ing in small groups - led by several of the band’s Junior and Senior section leaders. We hope to be able to showcase these groups in a future performance!

Parkland Band once again had a very successful year for students qualifying for band and orchestra festivals sponsored by the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) and the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). Students were selected for the following festivals based on recorded audi-tions that were then submitted for adjudication:

Congratulations to all of these amazing and talented students!

Next year’s PHS Marching Band Camp will be held August 23rd - September 3rd. Specific times can be found by logging into the band website at www.charmsoffice.com. Use the school code PKLNDHSBAND and your child’s Parkland ID number. We hope to have a back-to-normal band camp at the end of this summer, so please mark your calendars! If restrictions persist we will adapt accordingly. A reminder that students must attend band camp to be part of the fall field show. In addition, the fall performance sched-ule is listed on the band calendar. All Band students must participate in all listed performances.

PMEA District 10 Band

Jordan Bucks – clarinet

Alex Tang – clarinet

Owen Replogle – trumpet

Mitchell Roth – trumpet

Isabella Landis - euphonium

Jared Lazansky – euphonium

PMEA District 10 Orchestra

Jordan Bucks – clarinet

Alex Tang – clarinet

Mitchell Roth – trumpet

PMEA All State Band

Jordan Bucks – clarinet

Alex Tang – clarinet

Jared Lazansky – euphonium

PMEA All State Jazz Ensemble

Mitchell Roth – trumpet

NAfME All East Band

Jordan Bucks – clarinet

Alex Tang – clarinet

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From Mr. Mishler: Congratulations to the following students for making the 2021 PMEA All State Orchestra: The Honors Orchestra finished their first recording of Gustav Holst's St. Paul's Suite earlier in the 3rd quarter, while the string quartet recorded the first movement of the Schubert Quar-tet in D Major. The Honors Orchestra is now working on a performance of Mendelssohn's String Symphony No. 12, and Vaughn Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. The Advanced Honors Orchestra is working on the final movement of the Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings and the Bach Triple Concerto, featuring senior soloists, Suchir Agarwal, Vio-lin; Alex Tang, harpsichord; and Sabrina Collings, flute.

Auditions for PHS Strolling Strings will take place in the

beginning of June for the 21-22 season.

Suchir Agarwal-Violin Sophia Lee-Violin Ella Wu-Violin Lucas Lee-Violin Joshua Chou-Violin Victor Cai-Viola Isaac Daniels-String Bass Alex Tang-Clarinet

Indoor Percussion: This year for Indoor Percussion, our students have been working hard and passionately to-wards the creation of our exhibition show. Considering Indoor Percussion is normally a group that goes out in competition, the fact the students have been pushing themselves and are excited for more is a testament to their great attitude and determination as musicians. Our staff have been thoroughly impressed with our non-percussion players trying this activity for the first time, learning instruments and skills they've never experi-enced before. The group has made excellent progress in the craft of percussive playing and marching and gives me great confidence that our program will continue to flourish despite these trying times. Mr. Tanzos

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Frank Anonia is Director of Choral Activities at Parkland High School where he di-

rects all choral ensembles – Parkland Chorale, Women’s Ensemble, Concert Choir, and

Mixed Chorus. He also serves as the secondary Department Chair for the Music Depart-

ment. Frank is the Director and Music Director of Parkland’s spring musical produc-

tions. Recent productions include Tuck Everlasting, Curtains, The Hunchback Of Notre

Dame, Pippin, Titanic, Into The Woods, and The Phantom Of The Opera. In addition to

his duties at Parkland, Frank is also the Vocal Audition Chairman and Chorus Festival

Coordinator for PMEA (Pennsylvania Music Educators Association) District 10. For the

past ten years, Frank has served as Music Director and Conductor of the FREDDY

Awards - an awards program that recognizes and rewards exceptional accomplishments in

the production and performance of musical theater throughout the Lehigh Valley. Frank

has served as music director for Civic Theatre’s production of Billy Elliot, The Secret

Garden, and Parade and has appeared on stage in 1776 (John Adams)

and Godspell (Jesus) at Municipal Opera

Company (MunOpCo). Frank holds a Bach-

elor of Music degree in Music Education

from Susquehanna University and has com-

pleted additional graduate work in choral

conducting.

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Thank you for your continued support for the Parkland Music Programs

Upcoming important dates:

May 15– Festival of the Arts (virtual)

May 21-23– Spring Musical (virtual)

May 25-27– Band uniform collection days (appointment

required)

June 2– Visual & Performing Arts Awards 7:00 pm

(virtual)

June 8– Commencement

June 11– Last day of school

August 14-20 - Band uniform fittings (times TBA)

August 23– September 3 - Marching Band Camp

Harmony Bridge rehearsals will continue Wednesday

evenings through May 12.

Indoor Percussion rehearsals- Thursday evening and May 1 & 15 (Troxell) Indoor Color Guard rehearsal – Tuesday evening (Troxell)

More information will be sent

soon via email