GVHS Orchestra Mattress Fundraiser

These Flyers will come home on Monday! 

Refer All Your Friends! 

Make Sure you put your child's name on 

the bottom of the flyer so they get the credit!

Symphony & Chamber Orchestra Parents: Please Read

Dear Green Valley Symphony and Chamber Orchestra Parents,

It is a pleasure to welcome you to the 2018-2019 school year! The Chamber and Symphony Orchestras have been hard at work preparing for our first concert. Listed below is information about this performance as well as other important items.

Orchestra Parent Booster Meeting

Our first parent booster meeting will be Monday, September 17 in the Orchestra Room. The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. and should be done no later than 7:00 p.m. All parents are welcome and encouraged to attend. We will be discussing upcoming events, fund raising opportunities, ways to get involved to help the orchestra, and spring travel plans for all groups.

Pasta Supper

Our annual Performing Arts Department Pasta Supper will take place on Monday, September 24.  The dinner will start at 6:00 p.m. and both the Symphony and Chamber Orchestras will be performing beginning at 5:30. Call time for both orchestras will be 4:00. The orchestra concerts will be followed by a performance by the GVHS Marching Band and the GVHS Choirs Fall Concert. The dinner of salad, rolls, pasta marinara, chicken parmigiana, and cake is being catered by Ventano’s Italian Restaurant. Tickets for the Pasta Supper may be purchased for $10.00 pre-sale and $12.00 at the door. In addition, students will receive $3.00 in their fund raising account for every pre-sale ticket sold. All students will need to be in uniform for this performance and all other formal concerts during the year. A reminder of concert uniform is below:

Girls                                                                Boys

Floor length GVHS black dress                      Black long sleeve dress shirt

Black stockings or tights                                 Black dress or tux pants

Black dress shoes                                            Black long tie

Black dress shoes and socks

Black jacket

Orchestra Website

Helpful information about the GVHS Orchestra and our activities will always be posted on our orchestra website. Please consider subscribing to this valuable resource. The address is www.gvhsorchestra.org. Once you get to the website it will be very easy to subscribe and start receiving email updates.

Fundraising

Our first fund raiser of the year is selling coupon books from Save Around.  The books are $25.00 and feature discounts from many local and national restaurants and businesses. For every book sold the student earn $10.00 in their account. Students will also have an opportunity to seek sponsors for the orchestra as a fund raiser. I will be providing a sponsor contract to students in the next few weeks. Students can seek donations from individuals or businesses and will earn 100 % of the donation amount in their fund raising account. The business or individual who donates will have their name or business listed in all of our concert programs this year and will be acknowledged on our orchestra website.

Home Practice/Equipment

The importance of consistent home practice cannot be stressed enough.  Please encourage your student to set a regular practice time and to share with you what they are working on in their orchestra class.  Violin and viola players should be taking their instruments home on a REGULAR basis and ALL cello and bass players should have playable instruments to practice on at home. If this is an issue, please contact me as soon as possible. If your child currently does not have their own instrument, please consider renting one from one of our local music stores. I can certainly make recommendations as to good places to rent for reasonable prices. The best situation for a student is to own or rent their own but if this is not possible, please contact me as soon as possible and I will find a school instrument to loan to your student. In addition to a working instrument at home, all violin and viola players need to have a shoulder rest to use in class daily. It would also be fantastic if every cello and bass player owned their own rock stop to use for concerts. I have shoulder rests available for purchase at school. Violin rests are $15.00 and Viola rests are $20.00. If your child will be using a school instrument at home you will also need to fill out a loan of musical equipment form.

Thank you for your continued support of the GVHS Orchestra program. I am extremely grateful to be teaching such outstanding students and I look forward to many wonderful performances with them.  Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you might have.  My email is sab564@interact.ccsd.net and my school phone number is 799-0950 ext. 4063.

Sincerely,

Shelly Burger

Green Valley High School Orchestras

Intermediate & Advanced Orchestra Parents: Please Read

Dear Intermediate and Advanced Orchestra Parents,

It is a pleasure to welcome you to the 2018-2019 school year! I know the beginning of the year is often chaotic and filled with lots of paperwork needing your attention so I thought that it might be helpful if I sent a note regarding important items for our orchestra program.

Handbook forms

Your child should have brought an orchestra handbook home the 1^st week of school. This handbook contains expectations and information for our orchestra program. At the back of the handbook are several permission slips that require your signature. If these forms have not been returned yet, please have your child get them in as soon as possible.

Class Fee

There is a $35.00 class fee for orchestra and covers an orchestra t-shirt, replacement of broken strings, and periodic specialized sectional (small group) coaching. Class fees were due on Friday, September 6. If you need to make payment arrangements please send a note with your child. You can also contact me by email or phone.

Orchestra Parent Booster Meeting

Our first parent booster meeting will be Monday, September 17 in the Orchestra Room. The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. and should be done no later than 7:00 p.m. All parents are welcome and encouraged to attend. We will be discussing upcoming events, fund raising opportunities, ways to get involved to help the orchestra, and spring travel plans for all groups.

Pasta Supper

You are cordially invited to our annual Performing Arts Department Pasta Supper. The dinner and concert will take place on Monday, September 24.  Doors open for the silent auction at 5:30 p.m. with dinner starting to be served at 6:00 p.m. Both the Symphony and Chamber Orchestras will be performing beginning with the Combined Orchestras at 5:30 p.m. and the Symphony Strings at approximately 6:20 p.m. The orchestra concerts will be followed by a performance by the GVHS Marching Band and the GVHS Choirs. Tickets are $10.00 pre-sale and $12.00 at the door. For every pre-sale ticket sold the student earns $3.00 in their fund raising account.

Orchestra Website/Remind 101

Helpful information about the GVHS Orchestra and our activities will always be posted on our orchestra website. Please consider subscribing to this valuable resource. The address is www.gvhsorchestra.org. Once you get to the website it will be very easy to subscribe and start receiving email updates. We will also be using Remind 101 to communicate with parents and student. To join our GVHS Orchestra 2018-19 Parents Remind group text @gvorc to number 81010.

Fundraising

Our first fund raiser of the year is selling coupon books from Save Around.  The books are $25.00 and feature discounts from many local and national restaurants and businesses. For every book sold the student earn $10.00 in their account. Students will also have an opportunity to seek sponsors for the orchestra as a fund raiser. I will be providing a sponsor contract to students in the next few weeks. Students can seek donations from individuals or businesses and will earn 100 % of the donation amount in their fund raising account. The business or individual who donates will have their name or business listed in all of our concert programs this year and will be acknowledged on our orchestra website.

Home Practice/Equipment

The importance of consistent home practice cannot be stressed enough.  Please encourage your student to set a regular practice time and to share with you what they are working on in their orchestra class.  Violin and viola players should be taking their instruments home on a REGULAR basis and ALL cello and bass players should have playable instruments to practice on at home. If this is an issue, please contact me as soon as possible. If your child currently does not have their own instrument, please consider renting one from one of our local music stores. I can certainly make recommendations as to good places to rent for reasonable prices. The best situation for a student is to own or rent their own but if this is not possible, please contact me as soon as possible and I will find a school instrument to loan to your student. In addition to a working instrument at home, all violin and viola players need to have a shoulder rest to use in class daily. It would also be fantastic if every cello and bass player owned their own rock stop to use for concerts. I have shoulder rests available for purchase at school. Violin rests are $15.00 and Viola rests are $20.00. If your child will be using a school instrument at home you will also need to fill out a loan of musical equipment form.

Uniforms

We will be using the same uniform as last year. Girls that are new to our program will need to purchase the Green Valley Orchestra Dress. We will be fitting girls for dresses during class at the end of September and then ordering the dresses to be here in time for our Winter Concert. The cost of the dress is $72.00 and I would like to have the dresses paid for by October 11. Boys that are new to our program will need to purchase a black long sleeved dress or tux shirt, black dress pants, and a black long tie. All students will also need black dress shoes and black dress socks or stockings.

Thank you for your continued support of the GVHS Orchestra program. I am extremely grateful to be teaching such outstanding students and I look forward to many wonderful performances with them.  Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you might have.  My email is sab564@interact.ccsd.net and my school phone number is 799-0950 ext. 4063.

Sincerely,

Shelly Burger

😊😁😁😁Green Valley High School Orchestras

Pasta Dinner / Silent Auction September 24th, 2018

~Orchestra

Performance

~Silent Auction

Begins

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6:00pm Dinner

Served (Ventano’s)

~Guitar Performance

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6:20pm Symphony

Orchestra

Performance

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6:50pm Marching

Band Performance

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7:15pm Choir

Performance

GREEN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

460 Arroyo Grande Blvd.

Henderson, NV 89014

(702) 799-0950 Ext. 4040

All events will take place in

the GVHS quad, cafeteria,

and theater.

GVHS Booster Meeting

Green Valley High School

Orchestra Booster Meeting

Parents, come join us! 

It will be informative for parent to know what is happening in Orchestra. Plus find out how you can help support the orchestra!

We need all the help we can get.

Monday, September 17th, 2018

Time : 6:00pm

Place : Green Valley High School Orchestra Room

UPCOMING MAY 2018 - SAVE THE DATES

Orchestra Spring Concert

Friday, May 11th, 2018 

Time: 6:00pm

Green Valley High School Theater

Bring your money for 50/50 Drawing and Prizes!

Orchestra Banquet

Tuesday, May 15th, 2018 

Time: 6:00pm

Green Valley High School Multipurpose Room
Tickets: $10 (students) $12 (guests)
Seniors are Free

Blaze Pizza Fundraiser TODAY November 8th! Come Support

Present this Flyer!!!!!

Blaze Pizza Fundraiser Monday, October 30th

Rocky Mountain Chocolates Caramel Apple Fundraiser

Fundraiser is going on right now! Order Deadline is Friday, October 20th, 2017.

Delivery will be Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 in the Morning.

Current Fundraiser

Coupon Books for Sale $25

Local coupons and travel coupon books

Fundraiser will end September 29th, 2017

GVHS Orchestra Communication

Attention Parents!

Welcome 2017-2018 Orchestra! We just had an Orchestra Booster meeting the other day. 

Update:

Sign on to "REMIND" App on your smart phones:

TEXT to this number --  81010

Text Message --- @gvhsor

You will get update information on events, help, and things going on at school related to Orchestra. 

Check out side menu bars for Calendars, Forms, and Trip information. 

Subscribe our website!

Upcoming Concert Donations Needed

Hello Parents,

End of the year concert is just around the corner!

GVHS Orchestra needs all of your help to reach out to our community to collect donations for their upcoming Spring Concert on May 17, 2017.  Donations are raffled off to raise money for the GVHS Orchestra Program.

Attached is a donation letter for you to use in reaching out to local business and colleagues.  Some ideas include:  Hotel/Casinos, Restaurants, Grocery store, your Dentist, Orthodontist, Pediatrician, friends, neighbors…  It could be anything from Gift Cards for a Restaurant, Show Tickets, Movie Tickets, or maybe a resort getaway.  Anything will do!

Please send in donations as soon as possible and respond to this email to inform us what you were able to get donated.  We would like all donations on Friday, May 12, 2017.  We only have 2 Weeks!

March Orchestra Meeting

Orchestra Booster Meeting

• Upadates on Orchestra
• New York Trip
• California Trip
• Upcoming Events
• Concert
• Banquet

 Monday, March 27th, 2017 at 6:00pm

GVHS Orchestra Room

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Fundraiser

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Fundraiser

Fudge fundraiser is coming!!!
Orders are Due Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
Delivery to School Monday, February 13th, 2017

New York Trip Payment is Due

New York Payments are Due!!!

Thursday, January 26th, 2017

$350 payment

Crazy Popcorn Fundraiser Order Due

Crazy Popcord Fundraiser Order Due

Please send in money and order this Thursday

New York Trip Payment Due

Reminder Parents,

If your child is going to New York Trip, $300 is due 

Wednesday, November 9th, 2016

Welcome Back!

Welcome Parents and Students!

Please look at upcoming events in the calendar!

Green Valley High School Open House September 21st, 2016.

There will be a Orchestra Booster Meeting coming up 

Monday, September 26th, 2016. 

2016-2017 Orchestra Trip Survey

Dear Orchestra Parents,

 

 

​The Green Valley Chamber and Symphony Orchestras have traditionally taken a larger trip every other year. The next time we would be scheduled to do this would be next year. Before I begin to make definite plans I would like to get parental input on several trip options. Listed below is general information on several trip choices I am currently considering. All the trips would include 1 to 2 meals a day, all transportation, hotel, and sightseeing activities. Please read through this information with your student and fill out the attached survey. I am hoping that all surveys can be returned no later than Thursday, May 12

 

 

Carnegie Hall Performance - New York City

 

*Spring Break 2017 – 5 days/4 nights – Students would miss no more than one day of school

*Perform in a festival at world famous Carnegie Hall 

* Workshop with festival clinician

*Sightseeing - 9/11 memorial, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, Statue of Liberty, and​

​the Metropolitan Museum of Art

*Broadway Show

*Festival dinner/dance cruise around New York Harbor

* Cost - $2,100 to $2,300

 

American String Teacher’s Conference - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania/New York City

 

*Start our trip in Pittsburgh and then travel by bus or train to New York City

*March 2-7, 2017 – 6 days/5 nights – Students would miss 2 to3 days of school

* Perform in the ASTA National Orchestra Festival (March 3)

*Workshop with festival clinician

*Attend ASTA Conference and Exhibit Hall (March 4)

*Carnegie Museums (March 4)

*Sightseeing in New York City (March 5 -7)

*Broadway Show

*Cost - $1900 to $2100​

 

American String Teacher’s Conference - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

*Start our trip in Pittsburgh and then travel by bus or train to Philadelphia

*March 2-7, 2017 – 6 days/5 nights – Students would miss 2 to 3 days of school

* Perform in the ASTA National Orchestra Festival (March 3)

*Workshop with festival clinician

*Attend ASTA Conference and Exhibit Hall (March 4)

*Carnegie Museums (March 4)

*Sightseeing in Philadelphia – Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and Museums (March 5-7)

*Possible 2nd performance in Philadelphia

*Cost - $1900 to $2100​        

 

 

New York City Performance Tour

 

*Spring Break 2017 – 5 days/4 nights – Students would miss no more than one day of school

*Perform at a local church or New York City attraction 

*Exchange concert with a local school orchestra

* Workshop with a university orchestra director

*Sightseeing - 9/11 memorial, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, Statue of Liberty, and​

​the Metropolitan Museum of Art

*Broadway Show

*City Bus tour

* Cost - $1,700 to $1,900

 

Festival Disney Performance - Orlando, Florida

 

*Spring Break 2017 – 5 days/4 nights – Students would miss no more than one day of school

*Perform at Festival Disney 

* Workshop with festival clinician

*Performance in one of the Walt Disney World or Universal Studios parks

*Sightseeing – Walt Disney World, Downtown Disney, Universal Studios, and Epcot Center

* Cost - $1,600 to $1,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green Valley HS Chamber and Symphony Orchestras Trip Survey

 

 

 

Student Name _______________________________

 

Parent Signature ______________________________

 

 

 

 

Please select one option;

 

___ Carnegie Hall Performance - New York City

 

___ American String Teacher’s Conference – Pittsburgh, PA /New York City

 

___ American String Teacher’s Conference – Pittsburgh, PA /Philadelphia, PA

 

___ New York City Performance Tour

 

___ Festival Disney Performance – Orlando, Florida

 

___ No Travel Next Year

 

 

 

Please select one option

 

___ My child will most likely be able to travel next year

 

___ I unsure if my child will be able to travel next year

 

___ My child will not be able to travel next year