Join Orchestra!
Orchestra members get to experience the joy of making music with their friends, develop strong relationships that will last through high school and beyond, and develop a life-long music skill! Learning a musical instrument helps to express feelings, gain self-esteem, develop talent, and create lasting memories. Students can learn violin, viola, cello, or bass. Once a student has the basic skills on any of these bowed instruments, they can easily transfer these skills to any other bowed stringed instrument.
Register in September!
September, 2022
Dear Parents:
As a 5th grader, your child will finally have the opportunity to do what so many successful students have done before them, Be Part of the Music by joining orchestra!
Music education is more than just playing an instrument. It is immersing your child in a culture of successful students and teachers who care about education. It challenges each child to use the creative side of his brain while, at the same time, learning a foreign language…MUSIC.
All of the current data clearly states that students involved in music education academically outperform their non-musical counterparts. And, studies are showing that music students are less likely to engage in risky behaviors such as drugs and alcohol.
Please be on the lookout for our District 200 flyer that will have information about band/orchestra registration for 2022-23. This will be sent to your email.
Every destination starts with a decision to embark on a journey. Now is the time to start your child’s musical education; 5th grade is the place to do it. We can’t promise that every child will be a musical prodigy, but we can promise they will learn, laugh, and grow along the way.
Sincerely,
CUSD200 Elementary Orchestra Instructors
Ms. Jillian Schiele: Emerson Orchestra - jillian.schiele@cusd200.org
Mrs. Karen Fernandez: Lincoln, Madison, and Whittier Orchestras - karen.fernandez@cusd200.org
Mrs. Jill Thackery: Hawthorne, Longfellow, Lowell, Pleasant Hill, Sandburg, and Washington Orchestras -
(Temporary!) Miss Priscilla Suh: Bower, Johnson, Wiesbrook Orchestras - priscilla.suh@cusd200.org