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KMSO @ Hebron 2016

For those of you who don’t already know me, I’m Matthew Cautivar.  I’m thrilled to be joining Hebron as the new orchestra director. Previously I was at Killian MS.  There I was proud to be a part of a community that came together to support our students and help them develop their musical abilities.  The goal was always the same, from beginners to advanced – to help them prepare for the next level, as musicians and as young men and women.  And now we’re here at Hebron, and our goal continues.

For many of our students the next step is college.  Parents, I don’t teach orchestra because I love music.  Although I truly do.  I teach orchestra because the qualities and skills we work on every day are the qualities and skills that are most important to success in college and beyond.  You know about discipline and perseverance.  The list goes on – neurological development, language skills, mathematical/analytical skills, fine motor control, peripheral awareness, social sensitivity…  We’ve just scratched the surface of what studying music does for students.  College admissions boards know this.  The attractiveness of listing school orchestra on a college application is unparalleled, no matter what major the student intends on pursuing.  One could make the case that being selected to the Texas All-State Orchestra is more prestigious and competitive than being selected as a National Merit Scholar.  Many of our students continue to work on this audition through the summer for their chance to make it this fall.  I am awestruck to see time and time again my former orchestra students accepted to ivy league schools, and/or receive scholarships to the schools of their choice.

Orchestra is my community, and I’d love for it to be part of yours too.  I’ve been honored to witness my students make lifelong friends and memories, on stage and off.  As one of the freshmen on campus I want to honor the traditions that are important to the orchestra, and possibly make new ones as we move forward together.  As always please do not hesitate to contact me for any reason.

Thank you all for your support and I’m looking forward to seeing you all soon!

Matthew
Cautivarm@lisd.net

ORCHESTRA SPRING CONCERT, Thursday May 19

Hebron HS Orchestra Spring Concert

May 19, 2016 7:00 pM

Concert Orchestra

Avatar, Doug Spata

Midnight Tango , William Pordon

Symphonic Orchestra

Bebop, Bob Lipton

An Armed Forces Tribute, arr Andrew Dabczynski

Chamber Orchestra

Hebron HS Alma Mater

Go West!, arr Ralph Ford

Western Reflections: American Sketches No 2, arr Mike Lewis

–Recognition of 2016 Graduating Seniors–

Music From Spider Man, Danny Elfman

Let’s Go Crazy, Prince arr Larry Moore

Reception will follow in the foyer.

Region 24 Orchestra Results 2015

Congratulations to the following students who were selected to the Region 24 Orchestras! Auditions were held on Saturday October 17th at Barbara Bush MS in Irving. The following students will represent Hebron High School at the Clinic & Concert in December at Liberty High School.

 

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Symphony Orchestra

Violin
Elizabeth Wei
Shwetha Menon
Jennifer Zhang
Alternate-Audrey Lee

Cello
Hee Jae Hong
Isaac Ke

Bass
Sammy Alivernia

Philharmonic Orchestra

Violin
Maximus Chu
Raymond Chen
Sade Oyedipe

Viola
Hulda Sun

BRING THE STRINGS! Back to School 2015-2016

WELCOME BACK!  2015-2016 is officially underway and we have started the year off strong! Chamber Orchestra is hard at work with preparations to attend the Honor String Festival in Allen, TX. Concert and Symphonic students received a set of fiddle tunes for our “BRING THE STRINGS” Homecoming Parade performance. Sectionals have begun and we’re on our way to GREAT YEAR!

SOME IMPORTANT REMINDERS:

Uniform fittings will take place Tuesday Sept 1 and Thursday Sept 3. See Charms email for links to Sign-Up Genius.

Orchestra parent meeting Tuesday Sept 8 at 7:00pm in the orchestra room, Main Campus. We will cover pertinent information for the year and also get a sneak preview of orchestra trip.

CMI visit

On Friday August 28, we had a special visit from Chamber Music International. Students were treated to a performance by Ko and Yuri Iwosaki. Afterwards students received a masterclass with Mr. Philip Lewis from the University of North Texas. We learned some very helpful tips for playing and students were definitely inspired by the experience.