Excellent Job!

Great Job to all of the OMS Choir students! You all did such a fantastic job at the concert. We are very proud of your hard work this school year.

Our 8th Graders participated in the East Tennessee Vocal Association (ETVA) Choral Festival on April 23rd. This was an adjudicated event in Knoxville, TN. Our 8th Grade choir received a "Superior" rating, the highest rating given at this festival. Congratulations to the 8th Grade Choir and all of their fantastic hard work!!!

A couple of things for students and parents to be aware of...

1. DVD Sales- If you are interested in purchasing a DVD of the Spring Concert, your child should have brought home a form with ordering information. The DVDs are $15 a piece or $25 for a Spring and Christmas DVD (while supplies last on the Christmas DVDs). Please be sure to have your child send them in by Friday, April 30th. Please be sure to get this DVD. It can be something you can treasure for years to come.

2. Six Flags- Our 8th Graders will be going to Six Flags in Atlanta, GA on Saturday, April 8th. We will be meeting in OMS Choir Room at 7:45 am. This will be an all day trip. We will arrive back at 10:00 pm. If your child sold 5 boxes of fruit in the fruit sale, the trip is free! If your child did not sell that quota, the cost is $25 for a ticket. Be sure that your child has at least $20 for food and drinks such at the theme park. You will be receiving a form from your child about this in detail soon. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail Ms. McPherson or Mr. Tapke.

3. Chattanooga Lookouts Baseball Game- Our 8th Graders have auditioned to sing at a Chattanooga Lookout baseball game and were accepted! The choir will be singing at the Lookouts home game on May 20th. Students will need to be in the OMS choir room by 5:15 pm. We will return at 10:00 pm. There is no cost for your child for Lookouts tickets, but they will need money for food and drinks (7-10 dollars). A form will be sent home soon with more information. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail Ms. McPherson or Mr. Tapke.

Thank you for a fantastic year. One more month and it's all over! Finish strong!

~Ms. McPherson and Mr. Tapke

Springtime Is Here!!!

SPRING IS HERE! Here are a few spring time items to keep all of you aware of as the year is quickly coming to an end! Above, are some pictures of the 8th Grade Concert!

1. Choir Booster meeting- A choir booster meeting will be held on Monday, March 29th at 7:00 pm in the OMS choir room. We will be electing new officers for next year. Please be sure to attend. As always, your child will receive extra credit if you attend. Thanks for your support!

2. Choir Dress Rehearsal- The spring concert is quickly approaching. We will be having a dress rehearsal in the Conn Center at Lee University on April 14th during the school day. Your child will be there during all their related arts periods that day. Please be sure that your child is at school that day. Attendence is mandatory and is a part of their concert grade.

3. Concert- The spring concert will be Monday, April 19th at the Lee University Conn Center. Your child will need to be in their assigned seat by 6:45 and remain at the concert for the duration. The attire for the concert will be as follows...

All students are to wear... Black shoes, black socks, black pants, and a black belt. NO EXCEPTIONS

8th Grade will need to wear either a red, white, or blue shirt that will need to be tucked in. No t-shirts are allowed.

6th and 7th Grade will need to wear a pastel colored shirt (ie- green, pink, blue, yellow, etc. Easter Egg color) that will need to be tucked in. No t-shirts are allowed.

4. ETVA Choral Festival- Our 8th Grade Choir will be participating in the ETVA choral festival on April 23rd. The students will be competing in Knoxville during the school day. Be sure that your student brings 5-10 dollars for lunch that day. More information to come on this.

5. Lookouts Game- Our 8th Grade Choir will be auditioning to sing the Star-Spangled Banner at a Lookouts game sometime in May. PARENTS- Be sure that your child wears a red, white, or blue shirt to school on Tuesday, March 30th. We will be making a recording for the audition that day. More details to come soon!

Thank you for all that you do to make the OMS Choir Department the best it can be! If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail Ms. McPherson (smcphers@bradleyschools.org) or Mr. Tapke (wtapke@bradleyschools.org).

~Ms. McPherson and Mr. Tapke

New Year!

Welcome back! We hope you all had a great break and are back in the groove and ready to get this new semester started! Here are a couple items of intrest for parents and students alike.


1. Booster Meeting. There will be a booster meeting on Monday, February 8th at 7:00 pm. in the OMS choir room. Please make plans to attend. Parents, thank you for you for your involvement and all you do to make this program the best it can be. We can't do it without you!

2. Attention 8th Grade Students and Parents! We will be having a mid-winter concert on Thursday, March 4th at 7:00 pm. in the OMS gymatorium. This will be a combined concert of the 8th Grade Choir, Show Choir, Concert Band, and Jazz Band. This will just be a nice evening to show off all of the hard work that the 8th graders have worked so hard to do in the music department. More details to come later.

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to e-mail Ms. McPherson or Mr. Tapke. Thanks!

~Ms. McPherson and Mr. Tapke

Excellent Job!

Dear Choir Students,

You did a FANTASTIC job at the concert on Monday night! We are very proud of your hard work and musicality at the concert. Finish the semester strong and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

~Ms. McPherson and Mr. Tapke

Weekly Posting

Here is another weekly posting! We trust you had a fantastic Thanksgiving break and enjoyed lots of turkey, stuffing, and all the other wonderful things that come with this time of year! The Choir Department has a busy end of the semester and calendar year coming up. Here a few things you may need to be aware of...

1. Fruit Sale! The fruit orders are coming in THIS FRIDAY, December 4th. Please be sure to come by the school on Friday between 12 and 7 pm to pick up your child's fruit. Please be sure to come during this time, because during the school day the following week, we will be terribly busy with your children getting the concert music prepared. Thank you for your consideration. There have been letters that were sent home this week to help remind you of this. If you have any questions at all, please e-mail Ms. McPherson or Mr. Tapke.

2. Choir Concert! The choir concert is quickly coming upon us. The dress rehearsal will be at the Conn Center at Lee University during your child's related arts periods on Monday, December 14th. The concert will be that same evening at 7:00 pm. Your child is to be in their seats at the Conn Center at 6:45 pm. It is important that your child be there so our helpers can take attendance. Part of good concert etiquette as a performer is to be on time for the call time and staying the entire concert. We look forward to you being apart of your child's musical experience. If you have any questions, please e-mail Ms. McPherson or Mr. Tapke.

3, DVD Forms- There will be a form being sent home for DVD orders. We will be sending them home with yoru child next week. Please be sure to ask them for the form if you are interested. The cost of one DVD is $15. If you buy the Christmas concert and pre-order the Spring Concert, you will get both for $25.

Parents- Thank you for your involvement and all that you do.

Students- Continue to work hard, and let's put on a great concert.

Thank you very much!

~Ms. McPherson and Mr. Tapke

Weekly Posting FRUIT SALE!!!!

Greetings this week from the Choir Department! We hope you are having a good week thus far. Here are some important info for parents to know this week.

1. VERY IMPORTANT! The fruit sale is ending THIS FRIDAY November 13th. Please make any last minuet fruit sales pushes and be sure to have all money in by this Friday. If you have any questions at all about the fruit, please do not hesistate to e-mail either of us (Ms. McPherson or Mr. Tapke). We will respond in a timely manner. Thank you for all of your help and support for the fruit sale!

2. We have new vocabulary words this week. The students have seen them this week on the LCD screen. Here is the list and definitions for all the words. Unfortunately, some symbols can not be created with this blog, so please refer to google.com to see what they look like.

1. Repeat Signs- (Google the symbol)

2. 1st Ending- (Google the symbol)

3. 2nd Ending- (Google the symbol)

4. Subito- Italian for suddenly

5. mf- Mezzo Forte- medium loud

6. mp- Mezzo Piano- medium soft

3. Lastly, at the last booster meeting, we discussed the low number of families who were booster members. Apparently, some letters did not make it home to parents. We have a list compiled of all parents who did join Boosters. If you would like to join a letter will be coming home to you if it hasn't already. Please ask your child for this form. It will save you money in the long run for joining. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail Ms. McPherson or Mr. Tapke.

Thank you so much for all of your support and for your child's hard work in choir!

~Ms. McPherson and Mr. Tapke

Weekly Posting

We hope all of you have a had a good week. We apologize for the late post this week. There are just a few things to be mentioned this week.

1. Vocabulary will be given to choir students next week. The words will be provided on the blog next week for studying.

2. FRUIT SALE! We have received e-mails from some parents about the price of the fruit boxes. The price for all small boxes of fruit are $16. If you have any other questions, feel free to e-mail us. Remember... ALL orders are due by next Friday, November 13th. Please be sure to get all orders in by then.

3. As discussed in the Booster meeting on Monday night, our Booster membership is low this year. To give some families who did not get the opportunity to become booster members, will receive one more opportunity to do so. There will be a letter coming home to you in the very near future if you did NOT join Boosters. Parents, please be on the look out for this and ask your child for the form.

4. Lastly, if you can help the choir on December 4th with Fruit Sale delivery, please e-mail us or call us and let us know. We will need several volunteers to help oversee the students bring the fruit into the choir room. Also, we need some parent volunteers for the Christmas Concert. We have several posts that need to be filled to make the concert run smoothly.

Thank you for all of your support! E-mail us if you have any questions at all!

~Ms. McPherson and Mr. Tapke