Mr. Claassen's Blog

Hi all,

Please check the updates to each individual page re. the Fringe Festival.

Good Luck!

Mr  C

Hi All,

It was good to be back and see most of you on Monday.  I trust you all had a very good holiday.

Just a reminder for some future dates; PLEASE PLEASE mark this in your calenders and make sure your parents marked it too:

1 March, Monday – Grade 8s HS Auditions posted and in the drop box

4 March, Thursday – Fringe Festival Performances:

ALL Strings perform outside of the cafeteria during lunch hours.

Gr. 6- 11:45, Gr. 7- 12:15, Gr. 8-12:30ish

16 March, Tuesday – Grade 8 PD/PX combined Strings and

Band Music-Making day

22-24 April – MS Musical; Once upon a Matress

4-7 May – ALL Strings: Charl Du Plessis TRIO visit

7 May - 18:30 CONCERT – SAS PD Auditorium: Charl du Plessis TRIO

and SAS String orchestras and bands

20 May - ALL Strings to Shanghai World EXPO – American Pavilion.

Concerts around 12:00 and around 17:00.  Times TBC.

1 June - Tapestry Festival;  Strings end of year concert

18:30 – SAS PD Auditorium – ALL Strings and choir

It’s going to be and exiting time for us from now till the end of the year.

Buckle UP young ones!  :)

Mr.  Claassen

Hi All,

Grade 8s, you have an update on your page with the assignment due for Wednesday.

Have a great week.

Mr  Claassen

Hi All,

This is an AWESOME article on musicality….please read it and comment.  Good comments or opinions might get some extra credit

Mr. Claassen

Hi Grade 6,

I have updated your page – you have SM assignments due…

Good Luck

Mr.  C

Hi All,

Wednesday Evening sees the opening concert of a new orchestra I am part of  - SPACO .  Check it out (click on the top right corner for the English page) – I know it’s a week night, but see if your parents can maybe take you.  It’s a really fun program – we’re doing Bach’s Brandenburg 3 and other well known pieces.  I’ll be conducting the Holst St. Pauls suite with the group, and play cello for the rest of the program.

Mr Claassen

Hi All,

This is an interesting article I found on Strings week.  Check it out…

Happy Wednesday…

Mr.  C

PS  Grade 8s, you have a project essay due tomorrow, just FYI!

Hi all,

Please check the updates to each individual page re. the seating auditions.

Good Luck!

Mr  C

The following students have until Saturday, 9 January at 12:00 pm to complete the missing SM assignments.

Grade 7:

Jeffrey

Chris

Eugene

Jimmy

Goa

Grade 8:

Mary

Coco

Ryan Y

Helen

Jeff S.

Thanks

Dear All,

I was so proud of one and all of you last night!  We really worked hard and that hard work paid off last night – I thought we all shared beautiful musical moments together and it was a pleasure for me to be part of that.

I want to thank you for always doing your best and persisting in this hard journey of learning a stringed instrument.  I will continue to help and guide you to the best of my ability – and I look forward to it; so see you all in January.  Rest well and if you can – please keep those fingers and bows moving: even if you play just a little bit every day.  Remember, you are a musical athlete…keep fit

Merry Christmas and  Happy New Year!

Mr.  Claassen