All-City Lives!

Hi everyone, my goodness, there is so much going on in all our lives these days and so many unknowns. But, I wanted to reach out to let you know that no matter what, we have an exciting year of music making ahead. We may have to expand our horizons a bit and add some more strings to our bows but with that can come great opportunities and growth for all of us. 

As you know, as it stands right now, only non-wind instrumentalists can gather together to play (oh you lucky percussionists and guitar players!).  So following YTG Health and Social Services COVID safety protocols, our rehearsals, concerts and events will not be taking their normal form. However, this is not going to stop us making music together.  Your wonderful band teachers and administration team have had their creative caps on to plan a program that will keep us playing and having fun all through this upcoming season.  This is an exciting time when we have the opportunity to join our worldwide musical community who are also wrestling with the challenges of making music during this time and to share in novel approaches to music making.  More details on this will be coming soon but until then, there is an exciting initiative out of Metchosin, British Columbia - The Metchosin Virtual Community Concert Band, that we can become involved in right now that will whet our appetites for what we can do ourselves in the coming months. Our very own Katie Clare-Ennis has offered to post updates of her journey through this medium which will help us all understand how it works.  If this sounds interesting to you please go to https://www.metchosincommunityconcertband.org/join-the-virtual-band and choose the piece (or pieces) you would like to play. You can get an idea of the level and sound of the piece before you register. Be sure to read the terms and conditions carefully so you know what’s expected of the recording you will submit and also to get parent/guardian permission to sign up. The deadline for submission of recordings is coming soon, Monday 24th August, so don’t delay if you’re interested. You’ll also need to be able to make an online purchase of $10 per piece to register. You can then submit a receipt of payment to be reimbursed by All-City Band for this cost of registration (before 31st August please). If you cannot make an online purchase, please let me know and I’ll contact Metchosin Community Band directly to cover costs (allcitybandwhitehorse@gmail.com).   Thanks everyone and stay tuned for more updates, Marie.