Music Notes

ALL CITY HONOR CHORUS

Congratulations to 10 Hanawalt chorus members who were chosen to be in the All City Honor Chorus. They are;. Jonathan Hays, Will Hedderich, David Ewing, Casey Anderson, Lauren Malcomson, Elaine Greiner, Maria O’Brien, Nina Vo, Vivian Le, Jordan Starkey, These students were all members of the Hanawalt Chorus this past fall. They took part in the festival with other students from all over Des Moines on Saturday, April 25th at Hoover High School, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Families and friends attended a concert from 3:30-4:00. Rebbeca Gruber was our guest clinician and conductor.

HANAWALT 5TH GRADE BAND

We have 3 special activities left this year for the Band. The first is the Band Concert on Tuesday, May 19th, at 6:00 in Wietz Commons (aka the cafeteria). This concert is full of great music. Each section will share a special song that they have chosen. The program will last about 1/2 hour. Then the Band will play for the whole school on Tuesday, May 26th. And finally we will have the Band pizza lunch, also on Tuesday, May 26th.

May 19th -Band Concert – nice clothing, meet at 5:45, in the music room, to tune.
May 26th – All School Band Concert – 2:10 in the Gym
May 26th - Pizza Lunch – bring something to drink and $1.50 for each slice of pizza. (limit of 2) Meet and eat in the music room.

PIANO RECTIALS

The end of the year is almost here and it is time for a celebration of the progress the piano students have made. Piano Recitals will be held in the Music Room on four different days. They are scheduled for:

Tuesday - May 26
Wednesday – May 27
Thursday – May 28
Friday – May 29

Recitals will begin at 3:15 and end by about 4:15.

Each student will be assigned one of these dates. Please check with your student for their special day! We will try to schedule as close as possible to the last lesson. If there is a conflict, please call me at 279-0709 or 289-6053 and we’ll adjust.

Summer lessons are available in June if you’re interested. Please plan to come and be amazed at all the talent and dedication. - Mary Bierma