Announcements

Choir Families,

Welcome to a new school year! We are excited to have faces old and new in our program. We look forward to all our concerts and events and know it will be a great year.

Below is our GBN Choir Newsletter, which I will send out about once per month with information and updates. Please read it and reach out if you have additional questions. If there are any email addresses you would like me to add to our email list, please let me know.

A few important things:

- Please consider joining the Choir and Theatre Patrons Organization! More information is in the Newsletter.

- Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @gbnchoir

- We hope to meet you next week at the Parent Night in the Classroom! Please stop by and say hello.

Additionally, our Curricular Choir Calendar is located at gbnchoir.com. Here are all of the most important mandatory concert dates for this year:

Fall Concert -

10/24, 7:30 PM (6:00 student call time), All students

Jr. High Choral Festival -

11/21, 7:00 PM (6:00 student call time), Chorale, Express, & Spartan Sound Only

Winter Concert -

12/17, 7:00 PM (6:00 student call time), All students

Glenbrook Festival of Music -

Rehearsal 3/6, 6:00 PM, Chorale, Cecilian, & Express Only

Rehearsal 3/8, 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM, All students (various time slots)

Concert 3/8, 7:00 PM (6:00 student all time), All students

*NEW* We are putting the concert on Saturday evening instead of Sunday afternoon. Please plan accordingly!

Spring Concert -

5/15, 7:30 PM (6:00 student call time), All students

Concert in the Courtyard -

5/31, 12:30 PM (12:00 student call time), All students

Please ensure that your student is available for these dates. If you already know of any conflicts for these concerts, please email me or Mr. Davidson. These events are considered part of our academic class, so communication ahead of time is essential.

In the Newsletter, you will see a blurb about our Orlando tour. At this time, we are still accepting new registrations, which includes parents!! If you are interested in coming on the tour and serving as a chaperone, we would very much appreciate it. Reach out if you have questions.

Below you will find:

- Orlando Tour information/sign-up

- First fundraiser: Pretzels!

- Spartan Sound and A Cappella schedules

Thank you, and hope to see you soon!

Mrs. Nichols & Mr. Davidson

Choir Families,

We have a lot of exciting information coming from Choir Land, so please read through it all!

We are thrilled to share that we were approved for quad occupancy in the hotel, so we were able to bring the cost of the tour down to $1995 + $250 for the Full Refund Program. That now makes the all-in price $2,245. We were also told that the airline we intend to use (Southwest) will include one free checked bag. Hooray! At this time, the district is still requiring the purchase of the Full Refund Program and not the use of personal travel insurance. Thank you for your patience as we navigated those questions.

We highly encourage you to register for the tour by May 17th. That way, we can ensure that we've hit our 80-person benchmark. That said, we will continue to accept registrants through the beginning of the school year to ensure that any incoming students have the chance to participate.

When you're ready to register, go to https://spark.worldstrides.com/log-in and use Travel Code TRFWLX4. I've also attached a registration flier for your reference. Please be sure to purchase the Full Refund Program when you register. We understand that there have been some glitches on the website regarding the FRP, but we believe those have been resolved. Please let us know if you still encounter registration issues.

Additionally, we are coming up on our busiest time of the year - May! Please read the GBN Choir Newsletter to learn about upcoming performances, concerts, auditions, the banquet, and senior recognitions. I can't believe the school year is already coming to a close!

As always, please reach out with any questions. Thank you for a great year!

GBN Choir Newsletter 2/9/24

GBN Choir Newsletter 12/4/23

Pretzel Fundraiser Information

Pizza Fundraiser Information

Rosters 23/24

Thank you to everyone who auditioned!

General Fundraising Information & BoosterShot Checkbook Sales!

GBN Choir Newsletter 8/22

Paris Tour Info & Registration

Choir Families,

We hope you and your students enjoyed the concert last night! We were extremely pleased with the final product and thought the program went very well for all of the choirs. I hope you enjoyed the song selections and talent on the stage. If you were unable to view the concert, you can find it at https://vimeo.com/gbnbroadcasting (scroll down to Spring Choir Concert).

We also heard there was a GREAT turnout at the Paris Info Meeting - hooray! We apologize that we personally couldn't attend, but we needed to be running the concert logistics with the students. We also know it wasn't ideal to have our host on Zoom, but as we know, COVID is unpredictable! We appreciate your flexibility and understanding.

Here is a link to the presentation.

Here is the link about registration.

For questions, you can contact me or anyone below:

Linda Hanaford (WorldStrides representative) - lindaha@worldstrides.com

Mr. Chad Davidson (Choir) - cdavidson@glenbrook225.org

Mrs. Hill (Theatre/Crew) - jhill@glenbrook225.org

We will have a follow-up meeting in the Fall, but for now, we hope you're excited about the trip! We hope to see you at our final events (Concert in the Courtyard on 5/28 and An Evening of A Cappella on 6/1).

Thank you, and have a wonderful end of the school year.

Kelsey Nichols & Chad Davidson

Rosters 2022-23

Open Mic Night 2022!

Open Mic Night is back and live!  Please join us on May 14th at 7PM in the Glenbrook North Cafeteria.  Tickets will be sold for $5 at the door - cash or check.  This is one of the year's most anticipated events, and you won't want to miss out!  All proceeds go to supporting the performing arts at GBN.  

GBN Choir Newsletter 4/1/22

GBN Choir Newsletter 2/9/22 & Festival of Music Schedule

Choir families,

We are one week away from our Winter Concert on 12/14 at 7:00 PM - how exciting! This concert will feature our choirs as well as GBN bands and orchestras. It's always a beautiful celebration of holiday and winter-themed music. Below are all of the details you and your student need for the evening.

Student Parking/Entrance:

Students should park in the North Lot and enter via doors DD

Student Attire:

Dress or Tuxedo Outfit (same as the Fall Concert)

(please refer back to the outfit emails I sent earlier in the year)

Student Call Time:

Treble and Varsity/Spartan Choirs - 5:15 PM

Cecilian and Chorale - 5:30 PM

Students should arrive in costume, drop their belongings in their homeroom, and report to the CPA by their call time.

Audience Parking/Concert Location: GBN Center for the Performing Arts

Lobby/Auditorium Doors Open: 6:30 PM

Concert Start Time: 7:00 PM

Approx. End Time: 8:30 PM

COVID Precautions:

All students and audience members must remain masked while inside of the building. Please leave a space between you and the next person who is not a member of your immediate household. Please do not congregate in the Lobby before or after the concert.

Concert Livestream:

For audience members unable to attend the concert for any reason, a livestream will be provided from our GBN Broadcasting team. It will also be recorded and available to view after the event has concluded. To view, go to:

http://www.gbnbroadcasting.com

Thank you, and see you soon!

The CTPO is excited to announce the return of the Boostershot Gift-Checkbook Fundraiser. This is an excellent opportunity to raise money that benefits the choir and theatre programs as well as funds individual student accounts. Students are able to use their profits to pay for choir and theatre-related expenses, such as spirit wear, costume items, voice lessons, domestic and international tours, the choir banquet, and more!

Below, you will find all of the information about the fundraiser. Something new to highlight this year: online ordering! Anyone can order online usine the link provided in the sample letter. Shipping is free and will go directly to purchaser. If the purchaser would like the profit to benefit an individual student, they need to add their name at checkout with the following information:

Organization: GBN CTPO
Group: Choir Name (Treble, Var/Spar, etc.)
Individual: Member Name

If you have questions, please contact the CTPO at ctpogbn@gmail.com. Happy selling! 

Sample Selling Email

Online Sell Sheet

Program Overview

Thank you to everyone who auditioned to be a part of our extracurricular

ensembles for the 2021-2022 school year. We were blown away by the level of

preparation and skill that you brought to the auditions. While we weren’t able to

place everyone in an extracurricular ensemble next year, we encourage you to find

opportunities to be involved!

Express 2021-22

Hallie Baer

Matthew Blonder

Rita Bousheh

Trevor Bowles

Hannah Dalinka

Carly Fernitz

Kelsey Fernitz

Andrew Frese

Rachel Harris

Jane Heywood

Alice Kapmar

Kyle MacDonald

Christina Peters

Leah Popovsky

Abby Rench

Sam Saffar

Sam Slater

David Stolyarov

Elani Torres

Ashleigh Velez

Changwoo Yu

Fermata Nowhere 2021-22

Hallie Baer

Claire Chang

Hannah Dalinka

Rachel Harris

Alice Kapmar

Alex McGarry

Christina Peters

Leah Popovskiy

Abby Rench

Elani Torres

Ashleigh Velez

Ow! 2021-22

Matthew Blonder

Trevor Bowles

Leo Chiappetti

Andrew Frese

Michael Glowacki

Ryan Kreiter

Kyle MacDonald

Sam Saffar

Sam Slater

David Stolyarov

Changwoo Yu