McCallum Fine Arts Academy Orchestra 2008 Spring
Concerts and Recitals
February 27, UIL Full Orchestra
Contest, Round Rock PAC
March 31, Pre UIL String Concert,
7:00 pm, McCallum FAA Theater
April 16, UIL String Contest,
Anderson High School
April 26, AISD Solo & Ensemble
Contest, Lanier High School
May 18, ACMC Recital,
2:00 pm, McCallum FAA Theater
May 21, Spring Concert,
7:00 pm, McCallum FAA Theater
May 24-25, State UIL Solo&
Ensemble Contest, University of
Texas
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Bass Players Perform at State Orchestra |
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 McCallum string bass students Luke Stence and August Dennis joined their director, Ricky Pringle, in San Antonio for the 2008 Texas Music Educators Clinic/Convention.
 Sophomore, Luke Stence performed with the Symphony Orchestra and Senior, August Dennis, for his third consecutive year, performed Luke Stence
with the
Philharmonic Orchestra.
The TMEA Clinic Convention features workshops for band,
orchestra, vocal, elementary and college educators; concerts by the
finest musicians and two exhibit halls filled with booths  representing all facets of the music education industry.
August Dennis
Congratulations Guys!!!!
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Strings available for
Weddings and Parties
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McCallum has several string groups including trios, quartets, quintets and a very entertaining string bass ensemble that can play parties and weddings. Part of the proceeds go to the McCallum Orchestra Performance Fund, and will help these students go to Carnegie Hall. For more information, please contact Mike Coughlan at 512.420.0968 or by email .
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Media Contact
Michael Coughlan
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michael@hendrixcoughlan.com
512.413.1601
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McCallum Orchestra Students Earn
35 Gold Medals
McCallum FAA Orchestra students earned 16 First Division Ratings in Solo, 2 First Division Ratings in Ensemble at the UIL Solo & Ensemble Contest with 13 students advancing to UIL State Solo & Ensemble Contest in May at the University of Texas.
Earning Second Division Ratings were Ninth Grader Konner Gonzalez on Violin, Tenth Grader Michael Meador on Violin, and Eleventh Grader Jim Jordan on Violin.
Earning First Division Ratings in Solo competition were Ninth Graders Andrew Rogers and Miaya Kweon Martin on Bass, and Diana Burgess on Cello, Twelfth Graders Gonzalo Hernando, Caris Longoria, and Raanan Robertson on Violin, and Catherine Cotham on Cello.
Earning First Division Ratings for Solo performance and qualifying for the Texas State Solo & Ensemble Contest to be held this May at UT Austin are; Violinists Tenth Graders Olivia Erwin and Madison Selby, on Viola Tenth Grader Caitlin Coughlan, and on Bass Ninth Grader Aron Coffey Barnett, Tenth Graders Zac Collier, and Luke Stence, Eleventh Grader Robert Buckles, and Twelfth Graders Riley Burgess and August Dennis.
Also recognized for outstanding performances for Ensemble performances and qualifying for the Texas State Solo & Ensemble Contest, were a Bass Quartet with Luke Stence, Zac Collier, Robert Buckles and Aron Coffey Barnett and a String Quintet with Gonzalo Hernando and Caris Longoria on violin, Caitlin Coughlan on viola, Catherine Cotham on Cello, and August Dennis on Bass. The string quintet was coached by Jessica Gilliam Valls of the Austin Chamber Music Center.
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Mac Orchestras Prepare for UIL
McCallum Fine Arts Academy is taking two orchestras to UIL full orchestra concert and sight reading contest on February 27 at the Round Rock PAC. Band, wind and percussion students join the orchestra for this annual spring competition.
The Non-Varsity Full Orchestra under the direction of Matt Ehlers and Ricky Pringle will perform Rimsky-Korsakov's Dance of the Tumblers, Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach and Finlandia by Sibelius.
The Varsity Full Orchestra will perform Kodály's Háry János Suite, Vivaldi's Concerto in d minor for 2 Violins and Cello, Movement 3, Allegro and Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 6. The Varsity Full Orchestra is directed by Ricky Pringle and Carol Nelson.
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Mac FAA Chamber Music Ensembles
As part of Austin Chamber Music Center's mission to expand the appreciation and understanding of chamber music throughout Central Texas, participating McCallum Fine Arts Academy Orchestra students receive an hour of chamber music instruction each week during their school day from some of Austin's finest musicians. Students are pulled out of orchestra class and form separate chamber music ensembles for purposes of rehearsing. This is one of the programs that's makes the Fine Arts Academy Orchestra program so special.
The ACMC Spring Recital will be performed on May 18, 2:00 P.M. at the McCallum Fine Arts Academy Theater.
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Practice, Practice, Practice
A joke told a thousand times, but McCallum FAA Orchestra students have been invited to perform in New York's famed Carnegie Hall, June 13, 2009 as a participant in the Masterworks Series. The Masterworks Series invites qualified ensembles to collaborate on a major work for choir, professional orchestra and soloists under the direction of a nationally recognized conductor. Currently the McCallum Orchestra is slated to perform with the McCallum, Pflugerville and San Marcos choirs, Schubert's Mass No.2 in G major, conducted by John Rutter.
This is a great honor for this orchestra and a wonderful opportunity for the student musicians. The McCallum Orchestra Performance Fund, is accepting donations to fund this trip. Please make checks payable to the McCallum Performance Fund. Donations are tax deductible.
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Photos of the McCallum Fine Arts Academy Orchestra provided by
David and Jackie Stence of Studio Stence.
www.stence.com
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