March 2022
Hello families of HMS Music Ensemble students. Welcome to our Music in Our Schools Month performances. We are thrilled to be able to have our groups perform live for you again. In keeping with the marathon tradition, we will be hosting the March concerts with a staggered start. This worked really well in December and we received many compliments. Below you can find all of the information about the performances. If you have follow up questions, please check your child’s ensemble handbook or contact your child’s music director.
Concert Dates
6th Grade- Monday March 14
7th Grade- Tuesday March 15
8th Grade- Wednesday March 16
Concert times:
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Orchestra - 6:30 (arrive at 5:45) set-up in Band Room (258) tune onstage
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Chorus - 7:15 (arrive at 6:45) Meet in Cafeteria
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Band - 8:00 (arrive at 7:30) meet in Music Room - please do not setup instruments until directed
Notes on upcoming performances for social distancing
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HCAM will live stream the performances for audience members who may not be able to or feel comfortable attending in-person
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We ask that you come for your child's performance only
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Door to the auditorium will open 10 minutes before each performance
Concert Black for all
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March 2022
The Hopkinton music department is pleased to announce the following HMS and HHS students were accepted to the 2022 Junior District Festival.
Owen Bayes, Chorus
Aritro Chatterjee ,Orchestra
Urmi Chowduri, Chorus
Julia Hoffmaster, Chorus
Leah Hong, Orchestra
Tarun Karthick Prasanna, Band
Aditi Khistle ,Chorus
Joshua Kim, Band
Acadia King, Chorus
Simrit Kukreja, Orchestra
Yulhee Kwon, Orchestra
Vishuddhi Makeshwarah, Orchestra
Alex Stephan, Band
Arshia Tharakabushanam, Chorus
Bentai Vacha, Orchestra
Olivia Wiedenmann, Chorus
Jacob Wu, Orchestra
Kevin Zhu, Band
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November 2021
Hello families of HMS Music Ensemble students. Welcome back to in-person performances this year! We are thrilled to be able to have our groups perform live and we want to make sure that everyone is informed of how this can safely happen. In keeping with the marathon tradition, we will be hosting the December concerts as a staggered start, masked, and have the audience distanced. Below you can find all of the information about the performances. If you have follow up questions, please check your child’s ensemble handbook or contact your child’s music director.
Concert Dates
6th Grade- Monday December 6
7th Grade- Monday December 13
8th Grade- Wednesday December 15
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Concert times:
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Orchestra - 6:30 (arrive at 5:45) set-up in Band Room (258) tune onstage
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Chorus - 7:15 (arrive at 6:50) Meet in Cafeteria
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Band - 8:00 (arrive at 7:40) meet in Music Room - please do not setup
instruments until directed
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Notes on upcoming performances for social distancing:
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Parents may not enter the auditorium until 10 minutes before your child’s performance
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Please wait in your car
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In order to maintain distance in the auditorium we ask that you only attend your child’s particular ensemble
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Please follow directions at the auditorium for social distancing.
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Everyone needs to wear a mask
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HCAM will live stream the performances for audience members who may not be able to or feel comfortable attending in-person
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Concert Black for all!!!!!!!
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Doesn’t have to be fancy, just has to be all black - ensemble specific attire is available in your ensemble handbook on your Schoology page.
Thank you
The HMS Music Department
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September 2021
A letter from Mr. Purdy and Mr. Dodge regarding the first full HMS band rehearsals tomorrow.
Good afternoon HMS Band students and families!
Mr. Dodge and I are extremely excited about our first full ensemble rehearsals tomorrow. They are going to be energetic, kinda loud, and a bit chaotic while we figure out how to make things work in our spaces as safely and effectively as possible.
A few items that will be very helpful:
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Please make sure your instrument goes to school with you in the morning and be sure that there is a pencil in the case as well as your red book!
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Be sure to have your music mask or an extra surgical style mask. We are desperately low, so if you have a few extras around the house you’d be will to donate, it will help ensure that all students can play tomorrow.
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Bring a water bottle. We try to cool off the auditorium, but it always heats up in the afternoon.
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Have your good listening ears on. Lots of students, 2 teachers….
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Be patient with staff and those students around you.
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GIVE YOURSELF PATIENCE AND COMPASSION. Your individual ability may not match the folks around you or what you expect of yourself. Please trust that everyone is exactly where they are supposed to be right now and we will all improve throughout the year.
Mr. Hay (HHS band director) and Mr. Dao (student teacher from UMass Amherst) will be around for parts of the rehearsals and may ask students if they need extra help. They might bring small groups of students to the hallway or just outside to better hear them and help them adjust. If the students tell you some new guy with a shiny forehead worked with them, it’s OK; he’s with the band!
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email myself or Mr. Dodge.
Looking forward to tomorrow!
~Mr. Purdy
dpurdy@hopkinton.k12.ma.us
~Mr. Dodge
jdodge@hopkinton.k12.ma.us
September 2021
If you are renting and instrument from David French Music Co., please go directly to their website and follow the rental instruction.
The website is : https://www.davidfrenchmusic.com
August 2021
We are happy to inform all families that our music programs will be back up and running for the 2021-2022 school year. Band, chorus, and orchestra will resume at Hopkins, HMS, and HHS. We are still waiting on guidance from the state and the district as to masks, bell covers, and spacing. We will share the performance calendar with you soon.
