Week of May 21, 2017

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End-of-Year Celebration Tomorrow!

May 22, 6:30p

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  • Mon, May 22, 6:30p DSA Commons: End of year celebration!  Save the date!
    • Please send payment ASAP
    • Attendance is expected for all DSA students
    • A few more drink and cleanup signups are needed (CLICK HERE)
    • This Monday’s Banquet is the last chance of the year to pick up King Soopers Cards for Travel
  • Juries begin Monday
  • For summer preparations: placement audition materials below
  • Call for Photos: Please send your good photos of this years’ events to Dr. Lasansky in preparation for our May 22nd end-of-year banquet and for other pages (e.g. Facebook).
  • Fill the Gap Phase One a resounding success!!!
  • The Orchestra Closet is still open for those outfits your child has outgrown, and if you need concert attire.
  •  Lesson Opportunities Available with CSO Violinist Allegra Wermuth

To Do Week of May 21

CLICK HERE to RSVP ASAP

DSAO End of Year Banquet!!

 
It’s time for our End of Year Banquet Celebration!  We hope that you will be able to attend as we celebrate and honor the accomplishments and events of this past school year.  This is also the time that we give special recognition to our graduating seniors and a warm send-off as they approach the next chapter in their lives! 
This year the event will be held in the DSA Commons and will be catered.  There is a $10 per person fee for this event.  Checks may be made payable to DSAO and turned into the forms box or given to Mrs. Tyree.  You may also give the checks to Tracy Holt in the main office to hold for Mrs. Tyree.

Please take a moment and RSVP with how many in your group that will be attending.  

Thank you and we hope to see you there!

Date: 05/22/2017 (Mon.)

Time: 6:30pm MDT

Location: DSA Commons


Congratulations to our Graduating Seniors!


It is with heavy but pride-filled hearts that we send our graduating seniors out into the world. We will miss them and their leadership terribly, but know that the world will be made better by their future contributions. We wish them all happiness and fulfillment in their post-DSA lives. Congratulations to each and every one of you!!!
 
Emma Cohen – CU Boulder
Rachel England – Aurora Community College 
Corley Friesen-Johnson – Oberlin College
Simone Hammet-Lynch – Oberlin College
Grace Holleman – Barnard College
Artur Korotin – Lamont School of Music at DU
Dong Lee – Gap Year
Arianna Montoya-Garcia – CSU
Greer Ramsey-White – University of Indiana at Bloomington
Gabe Rupe – Brubeck Institute, University of the Pacific

DSAO 2017-18: New and Returning Students

At the beginning of each year we give a “preliminary placement” audition.  Preparing these materials during the summer will put you in great shape to begin DSAO!

Middle School:

For new and existing middle school students, prepare a solo piece of your choice along with one major scale and one melodic minor scale (two octaves with 0-3 sharps or flats) plus a two-octave g chromatic scale. Three octave scales are optional. You will also be asked to sight read.

High School:

The audition consists of the same materials used for Western States Honor Orchestra and Colorado All-State Orchestra.  You can find those materials here: http://www.coloradoallstateorchestra.org/audition-eligibility-and-materials (make sure you listen to recordings of the pieces so you have a good sense of how your part fits into the piece!)  In addition, please prepare  a movement (at least the exposition) of a major solo piece. Sight reading will also be required.

Thanks,
Dr. Lasansky

DSAO King Soopers Fundraising

Terrie Tyree will be selling King Soopers cards at the Banquet on Monday evening and this is the last chance to get the cards before the end of the year.

Dear DSAO Families,

With travel in our near future, we are excited to announce that, starting May 15, 2017, the money we earn from our King Soopers Reloadable Gift Card fundraiser will now go into specific student travel accounts (based on card ownership & use) and will be used towards their Orchestra travel expenses.

Each time you reload your King Soopers Reloadable Gift Card (must be purchased through DSAO for $2.50 – which is the amount already loaded on the card), 5% of each reloading (up to $500) is awarded to DSAO, and we will track it for you and your student.  That is 5 cents on every dollar you spend without costing you anything!  Even a small amount can help when it comes time to pay for trips.  King Soopers send DSAO a check each time the reloads reach $5,000 or more, and that is when your students travel account will be credited with the amount earned.  There is no cash value attached to the account, it is for DSAO fundraising only.  Funds may follow the student from year to year providing they stay in the Orchestra.  Once the student graduates, or leaves the Orchestra, the funds will be transferred to the DSAO travel scholarship fund, or may be transferred to a sibling within the Orchestra.  Funds are not issued to the departing student or family.

Cards may be used at any Kings Soopers and City Market stores and can be used for many types of purchases including groceries, prescriptions, and gasoline.  They cannot be used to purchase lottery tickets, stamps, money transactions, gift cards and other types of tickets.

Once you’ve purchased your card from DSAO, You simply give the card to your cashier before your purchases are scanned so the reloading is paid as a separate transaction (or you can do this at the Customer Service before making your purchases).  You pay for the reload amount by cash, check or credit card. You can then use the Gift Card to pay for your purchases at any checkout line or fuel center. You can reload again and again.   The more you use it, the more money is earned for your student.  The money on the card never expires: However, if your balance goes to zero and you don’t reload it within 90 days, the card becomes inactive. You would then need to get a new card from DSAO.  If you reload it after it is inactive, your student will not get credit for the reloads.

When DSAO plans a trip, and money is due, we will send you the balance in your students trip account to apply toward the amount due for that trip.

King Soopers cards will be available prior to each concert in May.

If you have questions please contact Terrie Tyree at tyreeworld@centurylink.net or Lisa Scheve at lbassow@comcast.net.

Thank you!

Final Update

As of midnight Friday night….
$511,112 was raised
for the
Fill the Gap Campaign!

Thank you to the
561 donors who helped us to exceed
our goal of $500,000!

Your support of DSA is deeply appreciated.

Orchestra Closet Still Open – Accepting Donations!

We are still accepting donations of concert attire for the DSAO orchestra closet.

Now that concert season is over has your musician managed to out grow all of that fabulous concert attire that you just purchased at the start of the school year?

Don’t let those items collect dust in the back of their closet his summer.

Donate them to the DSAO orchestra closet.

We will have collection boxes in the orchestra room through the end of the school year.

So please send those suits, tuxedos, bow ties, cummerbunds, dresses, tops, skirts, pants, shoes (anything really) in by the end of the school year.

We will take care of them this summer and have them ready to go to their new home at the start of the 2017-2018 school year.

(For those who don’t know – We started an orchestra concert closet this year where we could store outgrown but still very wearable concert attire donated by orchestra families.  This clothing and formal attire is available to any orchestra family prior to each concert for outfitting their growing musician.)

Questions contact Chris Engel (cengel_md@yahoo.com)

Are you looking for a new violin teacher?
CSO Violinist Allegra Wermuth expanding studio

Allegra Wermuth, an incredibly talented and motivating private violin teacher, is expanding her studio and will be accepting new violin students.  Allegra is the Assistant Principal Second Violin for the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.  She currently teaches three DSA orchestra students, Anna Clair Schultz, Mary Fox, and Michael Han, all of whom adore her and have made enormous musical strides under her tutelage.  She teaches out of her studio in Golden.  If interested, please contact Allegra at allegrawermuthviolin@gmail.com or (303) 917-5285.

Summer Camp

July 10-14, 2017

Please see website (CLICK HERE) for further information.

This year the camp will take place at Park Hill Methodist Church.  The regular session begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at noon.  Children who wish to stay for the Rock ‘n Roll orchestra will finish the day at 1:30 p.m.

Camp Structure

Each day of camp is divided into ensemble playing with coaching, orchestra, and a fun theory class. All camp events take place at Park Hill United Methodist Church at 5209 Montview Blvd.

Coaching

In the coaching session, participants will rehearse their small group music pieces in their small groups, led by a member of the camp staff. Playing in small groups is perhaps the most rewarding aspect of the camp, as it forces the players to depend on each other.

 

Orchestra

Javan Carson conducts the orchestra. All students play in the orchestra together. Students will improve upon their orchestra skills in the chamber orchestra format.

Theory

Theory class is geared toward fun. Too often, theory has come to mean passive learning. Theory at the Denver Chamber Music Camp means participation, games, and more.

Rock-n-Roll Orchestra

Rock Orchestra is also led by Javan Carson. Rock orchestra incorporates classical technique with rock music. It also teaches the participants how to be more versatile musicians. Denver Chamber Music Camp participants are not required to participate in the rock orchestra.