Dear Hawks,

It was so fun to welcome our Future Hawks to Hebron for our biggest orchestra concert ever!  Hope you caught a t-shirt. 👕🙌. Thank you all for your support as our program has grown to 500+ orchestra members between our four middle school and high school campuses.  As we approach the physical capacity of our facilities we may experiment with our concert formats.  No matter what we do we can’t wait to share music and learning with you all.  Next we turn to our focus to our Winter Concert on December 8.  We have several events in the meantime.

All-Region

Fifteen Hebron Orchestra members were selected to the All-Region Orchestra festival in December by competitive blind audition.  Congratulations to the following students: Jenny!  Esther! Annika! Mady! Kenny! Evan! Olivia! Thomas! Danica! Allen! Vikram! Caleb! Ashley! Daniel Abraham! and Jordyn! It is an individual journey to even prepare the audition music, which includes technical demands far beyond the expectations of the orchestra class.  We are proud of all who challenged themselves to work on this music and audition.

Next up, several of our All-Region students will be taping for All-State on Saturday.  Additionally dozens of our middle school students will be auditioning for their chance to be selected to the All-Region festival in December.  Good luck/break a leg to all of our students recording or auditioning on Saturday!  

Fall Picnic

Our fall picnic will be Saturday, November 5 at Oak Hills Park from noon to 3:00pm.  We will have picnic food & drinks, and the student leadership team will have several activities for everyone to participate in. Please take a moment to fill out this Sign Up Genius for what your student can bring to the picnic:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b4ea9af2ba3ff2-20221

Gift Galleria

Our Chamber Orchestra has combined into small chamber groups to play at the Silver Wings’ annual Gift Galleria.  December 3 from 9:00am-4:00pm at Hebron 9.  Feel free to shop around for some gifts and enjoy some holiday music from the orchestra and choir.

Winter Concert

Hebron Auditorium

December 8

7:00pm

Our next concert is formal.  Students have three formal uniform options: Concert Black Suit, Concert Black Dress, or Concert Black Pants and Blouse.  The suit or dress is provided by the orchestra, and fittings will be scheduled over the next couple of weeks. Students are responsible for providing the following:

All:

Concert Black Dress Shoes – No sneakers, solid black, 1.5 inch heels or less, closed toe

Suit option:

Concert Black Dress Socks – solid black, length must go to calf 

Concert Black Dress Shirt – solid black, button up, long sleeve, collar

Concert Black Necktie – solid black

Pants and blouse:

Blouse must be solid black

Students are allowed minimal jewelry as part of our formal uniform. Jewelry must not be audible during playing, and not obstruct their ability to play the instrument.

Thank you for helping your student prepare their uniform for the next concert.  We will have a uniform inspection prior to the concert.

Thank you all for your support of our orchestra and we hope to see you at the next event! 

Hebron Orchestra

Matthew Cautivar
Orchestra Director
Hebron HS | Lewisville ISD
cautivarm@lisd.net

469-948-3010

hebronorchestra.com

@hebronorchestra

IG: hebronorchestra

Dear Orchestra Families,

Our concerts are right around the corner!  Our Chamber Orchestra has been working diligently to prepare a thrilling program of music from a variety of inspirations.  You might notice a new twist on some familiar music, or maybe hear some musical styles you’ve never heard before!  They will perform their honor orchestra program twice next week:

Chamber Honor Orchestra Concerts

Thursday and Friday, October 13 & 14

Hebron Auditorium

7:00pm

Our Cluster Concert is soon after on October 20.  We will be welcoming our future Hawks from Arbor Creek, Creek Valley, and Killian Middle Schools.

Future Hawks Pep Rally

“Rawk The Hawk!”

Thursday, October 20

Hebron Big Gym

7:00pm

Full concert instructions will go out next week.  Parents, we would appreciate volunteer help setting up for this concert if you are available to help and cleared in VOLY.  Please let us know if you’re interested in helping, and thanks in advance.

All-Region

All-Region auditions are on October 15 for those who registered.  We will have our final All-Region prep sectionals on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 11 & 12 after school until 5:00pm.  Good luck/break a leg to all of our auditioners!

Orchestra Forms and Fee

Orchestra families, we are at about 70% turn-in for all of our annual orchestra forms.  Please turn in the forms and fees as soon as possible, and the fee is available to be submitted in installments.  The budgeted booster club expenditure for this year is more than $190 per student, and includes annual expenses such as our formal and informal uniforms, maintenance fees, festival registrations, and more.

Thank you all for your support of the orchestra and we can’t wait to see you all at the next concert!

Hebron Orchestra

Matthew Cautivar
Orchestra Director
Hebron HS | Lewisville ISD
cautivarm@lisd.net

469-948-3010

hebronorchestra.com

@hebronorchestra

IG: hebronorchestra

Dear Hawks,

Classes are underway and we are so excited to be playing music in our orchestra room all day long, and it’s been great getting to know all of our new members.  We have many new things to go over at our parent meeting/welcome concert, so it’s a great meeting to attend for new members as well as returning members.  Please make every effort to attend.  Paper copies of the annual forms will be available at the meeting.  The booster club will also be on hand to collect the annual orchestra fee, and student members will receive a bonus for attending.

Welcome Concert/Parent Meeting

Tuesday, August 30

Hebron Auditorium

6:30pm 

Park in the HH9/Main parking lot and enter through the gym/auditorium doors.

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Open House

Wednesday, August 31

6:00pm

Student Schedule

Orchestra on 2nd Floor Landing in main campus main hallway

The Hebron Open House is next Wednesday.  There will be a PTSA meeting at 6:00pm in the cafeteria, and then parents will follow their students’ class schedule.  Our Chamber Orchestra will be performing on the 2nd floor landing of the main campus hallway during passing periods, so please visit us there.  We will not be in the orchestra room.

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Private Lessons

Please fill out the following form to sign your student up for private lessons: 

https://forms.gle/SoAKrKMyYjwUcV5K8

Private lessons are an essential component of musical and instrumental development.  Typically a private teacher will give your student an individual lesson in a private lesson room during class.  This allows for individual, focused attention to the needs of the student, allowing for them to learn the most advanced solo material, leading to the strongest and most consistent progress as a musician and musical athlete.  Lessons also give your student the greatest chance at higher musical achievement, such as placement in the All-Region Orchestra, and/or high achievement at the Solo & Ensemble Festival.

Some of the advantages of taking private lessons are:

Individualized instruction and attention to the specific needs of the student.

Unique solo music not available in class.

Unique music skills not available in class.

Advanced repertoire for Solo & Ensemble festivals.

Advanced skill and repertoire for All-Region and All-State auditions.

Our lesson teachers are highly qualified and experienced.  In addition to teaching, they regularly perform as professional musicians throughout the metroplex and beyond.  Their schedules may be extremely limited so lessons will be arranged on a first come/first served basis.  Private lesson scholarships are also available to students who are interested and qualified.

Lessons are highly encouraged for all members of the orchestra.  Our focus with the Hebron Orchestra is individual progress combined with team achievement.  Please feel free to contact me with any questions about our private lesson program.

We’re looking forward to seeing you all at our events next week!  Please let us know if you have any questions or if we can help with anything.

Hebron Orchestra

Matthew Cautivar
Orchestra Director
Hebron HS | Lewisville ISD
cautivarm@lisd.net

469-948-3010

hebronorchestra.com

@hebronorchestra

IG: hebronorchestra

Dear Future Hawks,

We are so excited to welcome you to Hebron next year! I get to enjoy teaching my favorite subject every day, but some of the benefits of music and orchestra are not so obvious. Many of our orchestra students reported enjoying orchestra for playing music with friends, our thrilling concerts, or incredible trips. These are great reasons to be in orchestra! Additionally there are a wealth of benefits from playing in orchestra that happen as we work together to learn the music and perform it for friends and family. Parents, you may be thinking ahead to their future even beyond high school. LISD’s vision is for all of our students to enjoy thriving, productive lives in a future they create. Music supports their ability to navigate the challenges of the future.

Many orchestra students participate in multiple school activities and challenging courses. Our orchestra members participate in football, volleyball, tennis, basketball, swim, theatre, choir, DECA, wrestling, and more. If you are anticipating a schedule conflict, our counselors are amazing at helping you find a way for you to still partcipate in orchestra. Please contact me or your counselor if you would like assistance with exploring your schedule options.

Concert Orchestra is recommended for ALL 9th graders, including advanced players. This class is designed to assist with the next level of high school. Concert Orchestra performs challenging music and has had several students selected to the All-Region High School Orchestras. If you are interested in auditioning for a higher level of orchestra, we will have an audition process beginning in April. If your student is selected to a higher level of orchestra, their school counselor will adjust their schedule.

Visit us at hebronorchestra.org for a special welcome video, and please contact us with any questions. We can’t wait for you to be a member of the Hebron Orchestra!

Matthew Cautivar

Orchestra Director

cautivarm@lisd.net

469-948-3010

http://www.hebronorchestra.org

@hebronorchestra

IG: hebronorchestra