Music Department's News
Band Director: Mike Gibson
Choir Director: Dr. Susan Messer
Orchestra Director: Kristeen Sorrells
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May 7, 2010
Chamber Music Dessert Concert
Our annual Chamber Music Dessert Concert is Thursday, May 13th at 7 p.m. in the RCS Cafeteria. Come listen to our Orchestra students perform in String Quartets! All parents, faculty, staff, students and friends are invited to join us for tasty desserts and beautiful music.
April 30, 2010
Ridgeview Chorus Spring Concert, Thursday, May 6 at 7pm
Everyone is invited to attend the Chorus Spring Concert at 7pm at the Sanctuary of Peachtree Presbyterian Church. A variety of styles of music will be presented. Family and friends are cordially invited to attend this event.
Band Cluster Concert onday, May 3rd at 6:30pm at Riverwood High School’s “Old” Gym
Everyone is invited to our Band Cluster Concert on May 3. Bands from Lake Forest, Heards Ferry, High Point, Ridgeview and Riverwood will be featured. Reception to follow in the cafeteria with music by the Ridgeview Jazz Bands.
April 16, 2010
Ridgeview Students invited to Play for the Consuls General Ball
Congratulations to Chelsea Bowen, Bari Sax, and Luka Marinkovic, Piano, for being invited to perform with the Rialto Jazz for Kids Jazz Ensemble for the Consuls General Ball at the Atlanta History Center on April 30. This very prestigious event will allow the kids to perform jazz music for the Consuls Generals from around the world.
March 26, 2010
2010-2011 Honor Band Auditions
Thu. March 24 – Flutes, Oboes, Bassoon
Mon. March 29 – All Clarinets and Saxophones
Tue. March 30 – Trumpets and French Horns
Wed. March 31 – All T’bones, B’tones and Tubas
Thu. April 1 – All Percussion
Make sure to pick up an etude to prepare. Speak with Mr. Gibson if you can’t audition on your specific day.
March 5, 2010
Honor Orchestra earns Superior Rating March 2, 2010
The RCS Honor Orchestra performed very well at their Large Group Performance Evaluation, even with the chilling but beautiful snow falling all around them. The Orchestra earned a Superior Rating (all 1’s) from four different judges. Congratulations to the Honor Orchestra students and Ms. Sorrells!
The Orchestra Cluster Concert for the Riverwood Cluster Thursday, March 11th at RCS in the gymnasium at 7p.m.
String players from Lake Forrest, Heards Ferry and High Point Elementary Schools will perform along with the RCS Orchestra and the Riverwood High School Orchestra. All faculty, staff, friends and families are invited to enjoy an evening of strictly strings!
February 26, 2010
RCS Choruses represented our School at the District V Large Group Performance Evaluation
Our 6th, 7th and 8th grade choruses performed at the District V evaluation on Friday, February 19, and scored a superior score from three judges on their performances of two songs. The three choruses also earned a superior score on their music reading abilities. Congratulations to our Chorus students!
RYE Band Concert a Huge Success!
On Friday, Feb. 19, Rye band performed for our community in support of the Music Department’s trip to Washington DC. Almost $900 of their profit went for DC scholarships. The RCS Foundation and our music parents were a big help running concessions, taking up tickets and selling Chick Filet dinners to raise additional funds. We greatly appreciate everyone’s effort during this wonderful evening. Special thanks to Ms. Sorrells who arranged for the group to come to Ridgeview!
February 19, 2010
Pre Festival Performances February 25 at 7pm
The Riverwood and Ridgeview Concert Bands are presenting their Pre-Festival performance for parents on Thursday, February 25th at the Riverwood High Auditorium. There will be 4 bands in performance that evening. Performances start at 7 pm. Students are in places at 6:15 pm. Each student must provide their own transportation to Riverwood that evening. Students and their families are also responsible for transporting instruments to Riverwood and back to Ridgeview on Friday, Feb 26th. Students must be in proper concert uniforms. The performance is free and open to the public.
February 12, 2010
Rye Band comes to Ridgeview for FundraiserFebruary 19, 2010
The Rye Band comes to Ridgeview for a concert on February 19th at 7pm. Former Ridgeview student and violinist, Brian Stewart, and his band will perform in support of our Ridgeview Music Department's Washington DC trip. The cost of the show is $5 for students and $10 for adults. All tickets $10 at the door. Please plan to join us February 19th. Everyone is invited!! Visit their website: www.ryeband.com
February 5, 2010
Orchestra Pre-Festival Concert
Our Orchestra Pre-Festival Concert is for RCS Honor Orchestra only and it takes place at Riverwood H.S. Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday Feb.11th. The purpose of this performance is to prepare the Honor Orchestra students for their Large Group Performance Evaluation which will take place on March 2nd at Alpharetta H.S. We perform at Riverwood so that students will get used to performing on stage in a concert hall. We will have a mock judge present to critique our performance.
All parents, faculty and staff are invited.
Please remember that our Performance Evaluation is an annual event, much like an Olympic sports competition but for music students. It is exciting but also quite demanding.
Chorus Cluster Concert Feb. 9, 2010
The Chorus Cluster Concert will be held on Tuesday, February 9, at 4:30 PM at Riverwood High School. All the choruses from schools in our cluster will perform for each other—Lake Forest, Heards Ferry, High Point, Ridgeview, and Riverwood. Every chorus will sing two or three songs in a variety of styles. All chorus students of different ages love hearing each other perform! Ridgeview students are being driven to Riverwood by parents. Thanks so much to our chorus parents for providing transportation to the high school! Parents, family, and friends are invited to the concert, which will end at 5:30 PM. All Ridgeview chorus students should be picked up from the high school to go home by 5:30 PM that afternoon. Come and hear the wonderful choral students in our cluster—elementary through high school—sing on Tuesday, Feb. 9!
January 22, 2010
RCS Band Students in All State Band
Congratulations to Audrey Lesage, French Horn, and Aaron Murray, Tuba. These two Ridgeview Band Members have been selected to the Georgia All-State Band for 2010. They competed in 2 levels of auditions for this honor. The All-State Band will meet the rehearsals on March 4 and 5 and give a concert on March 6. The event will be held in Savannah, GA.
Five RCS Chorus Students in All State Chorus
Congratulations to Chamlee Brown, Piper Clark, Maria Jackson, Sadaf Mirzai, and Alima Sore for achieving the highest honor for a chorus student in middle school! These students passed two rigorous auditions in front of a panel of middle school teachers to achieve membership in the 2010 Georgia All-State Chorus. The students will travel to Savannah for the weekend of February 25-27 to rehearse with the other “best in the state” students to present a concert in the Savannah Civic Center.
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