Mustang Monday – 9th Grade Recognition Concert (Finis)

June 22nd, 2009 § 0

The final installment of the Spring 2009 9th Grade Recognition Concert is March of the Sun-dried Tomatoes by Julie Giroux.

The inspiration for this piece, according to the composer, was the following incident:

This is the woeful tale of a day in the kitchen with a recipe that called for, among other things, sun-dried tomatoes and red wine. I like to think of myself as a cook, though I cannot convince many others of that fact, but had not encountered sun-dried tomatoes before. I had plenty of tomatoes growing in my little garden, and as hot as it was, there were a few on the vine that were almost dried already due to a little neglect on my part. Needless to say, after baking them to a crisp, which didn’t work, and microwaving them into oblivion, another disaster, the recipe was a complete failure and by the end of the day, a salami sandwich and a pickle was my fare. I know now you can buy sun-dried tomatoes in the store, but I will never partake of that particular recipe again.

Kaity plays auxiliary percussion in this selection, including a bird whistle, cymbal, wood blocks and a ratchet, pretty much everything but drums.

May 2008: 9th Grade Recognition Concert

November 10th, 2008 § 0

Since we’ve moved to a hosting service, I’ve decided to try a little experiment.  Rather than burning a bunch of DVDs for the grandparents, I’m going to upload the videos of various school performances here. These will be in Quicktime format (get the plugin).  The first is the 9th Grade Recognition Band Concert (large file), held on May 13th of this year.

Note: We’ll be working backwards through 8th grade, and then I’ll start uploading the stuff from this school year.  Enjoy!

Fall Band Concert

October 23rd, 2008 § 0

Kaity had her Fall band concert this evening, her first as a high school freshman.  The percussion session had a song all to themseleves, with Kaity doing a wood block solo.  Pretty cool.

Kaity in her official concert uniform.  Dig the bowtie.

Kaity in her official concert uniform. Dig the bowtie.

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