Reminders, 10-8-21

Today is Photo Day!

All students must bring their instrument and UNIFORM for their orchestra photos today! Each orchestra class will have a group photo and headshot taken.  Seniors and Leadership members will be given passes to excuse them from advisement for their group photo as well.

Be a “Friend of the Orchestra”

Just a reminder that the Alpharetta High School Orchestra Association is a 501c3 non-profit organization that supports the students within the AHS Orchestra program. Your donations are greatly appreciated and are fully tax-deductible. Gifts made by this Sunday, October 10 will be listed in our upcoming AHSO program book. Gifts made after Sunday will be posted on our website and listed on the concert program insert page.

The online donation form can be found here!

Program Book Ads – FINAL CALL!!

This is the final call for program book advertisements! 

Do you want to feature your very special string player in our annual program book?  Take out a personal ad!

Do you have a business you would like to promote or know someone with a business?  There are business ads available starting as low as $20.

Check out our program book page to learn more and complete an order form.

If you need help creating an ad, I’ve uploaded some downloadable PowerPoint templates to the webpage that will allow you to create an advertisement with the correct dimensions for a business card, quarter page, half page, or full page. 

The deadline for all program book advertisements is this Sunday, October 10!

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.  Thank you for your continued support!

Sincerely,

Dr. Laux
[email protected]

AHSO Newsletter, 04-26-2017

Spring Concert Wrap-Up

Words can hardly express my feelings for our Spring Pops concert this week. Every orchestra performed extremely well, and I am very proud of all of the students. I was impressed with the level of improvement of each orchestra over the course of this school year – remarkable!

Seniors – your solo performances were outstanding!  I hope it was the experience you were expecting.  We will miss you all next year!

Special thanks to the AHSOA Board for their work in setting up the fabulous student dinner and Concert Cafe.  Also, many thanks to all the parents who donated items to sell.

It has been a fantastic year indeed!

Photo & Video Media Needed!

Parents — if you captured photos or videos, please share them with me via Google Drive, Dropbox, or other means. I would like to have a collection of media to use for promotional purposes and for our photo slide show.

You can share them with me at [email protected]

Special Guest

On Monday, May 1 the AHSO will host a presentation by Emily Dixon from Beau Vinci Violins.  Ms. Dixon will discuss instrument construction, choosing the right instrument and bow, and will have some samples available for students to try out.

AHS Graduation Ceremony

We will start music for the AHS Graduation Ceremony next week! Here are the titles we will be performing:

  • Strauss: Also Sprach Zarahustra
  • Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance, March #1 (excerpt)
  • Smith: Star Spangled Banner
  • Meyer: Millennium
  • Williams: Star Wars – Throne Room & End Title

The graduation ceremony will take place on Thursday, May 25 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.  Details will be forthcoming…

Alpharetta High School Orchestra