RMS Timberwolf Orchestra

Concerts and Activities 2026-27:

Vala's Pumpkin Patch: Date T.B.A. at 5:45 p.m. or 6:45 p.m. Students pick which time they will play.

Halloween Hootenanny: October 30th from 6-8 p.m. This is a social for all orchestra, band, and choir students. They can wear a costume! This social has games, dancing, food, and more! Sign up and more info coming soon!

All State Auditions: The week of September 14th all recordings need to get done. Mrs. Dymond will be recording auditions Thursday, September 17th from 3-4 in room 301.

Nebraska Middle Level All State Orchestra November 18th. Optional for 7th & 8th. For more information, click HERE.

Winter Concert: December 3rd at 7 p.m. at Russell Middle School. Grades 6, 7, 8 and mandatory. Students need to arrive by 6:40 p.m. and wear their music polos and black dress pants.

Solo & Small Ensemble Recital February 25th This is in the RMS library at 7 p.m. and is optional.

Fiddle Fest March T.B.A. at Russell Middle School. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 6, 7, 8. Optional. More info coming soon.

Millard Solo & Small Ensemble Contest March 20th at Central Middle School. 6, 7, 8. Optional. More info coming soon.

Spring Concert April 1st (No Joke) at 7 p.m. at Russell Middle School. Grades 6, 7, 8 and mandatory. Students need to arrive by 6:40 p.m. and wear their music polos and black dress pants.

Storm Chasers Game Date at Werner Park. T.B.A.

Young Orchestra Festival and NeASTA State Solo Competition May 8th 8 a.m.- 2 p.m. Varsity and JV Chamber Orchestras

Current Pieces:

(click the links!)

6th Grade:

Walk of the Silent Zombies

Escape from Black Licorice Forest

7th Grade:

Dance of the Reed Flutes

El Condor Pasa

Beyond the Thunder

Rest Ye Merry, Rock Ye Very

8th Grade :

Pink Panther

Haunted Carousel

Postcards from Russia

Rest Ye Merry, Rock Ye Very

Varsity Chamber Orchestra:

T.B.D.

Junior Varsity

Chamber Orchestra:

T.B.D.

To purchase a music polo, please click HERE!

For Chamber Orchestra Information, click HERE!

All State Materials for 2026

If you are in 7th or 8th grade this year, your audition information and materials are on the website linked here. You can access the audition materials in the Google Folder linked here.

Solo Folders:

Violin Viola Cello Bass

Solo & Small Ensemble Places to Find Music

IMSLP- The Petrucci Music Library. All free sheet music
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/- This is a place that you can purchase contemporary music.
https://www.musicnotes.com/- This is another place that you can purchase contemporary music.
https://musescore.com/- This is another place that you can purchase contemporary music.
https://www.8notes.com/- This has some free sheet music.

Vala's Pumpkin Patch!

5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th grade orchestra students are invited, but not required, to perform a scary story at Vala's Pumpkin Patch date TBA. There are two times that students can perform at, so you can choose what works best for your family's schedule. The two performance times are 5:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. Each student performer gets in for free and one adult gets in for free with them. Sign up here! To learn more about Vala's Pumpkin Patch, click here.

For pdf files of the music and story, click on your instrument below:

Violin Viola Cello Bass

Mystery of the Missing Orchestra Teachers

(Click and listen!)

Boil dem Cabbage Down Spooky Twinkle

Mary's Sad Lamb Westminster Chimes

All Through the Spooky Night Ode to Joy

More Ways to Find Music Online

IMSLP is a website with thousands of free pieces of sheet music. You either search by your instrument, composer, or piece. If you are interested, click HERE.
StringSkills.com is a website that has a lot of tools to make yourself a more awesome player! If you are interested, click HERE.
Compose your own music on blank staff paper from this website HERE.
Free Folk music can be found by clicking HERE.
8notes.com is a website with some music you can buy and some that is free. Check it out by clicking HERE.
The Traditional Tune Archive is a website with hundreds of traditional tunes from all sorts of places. Check it out HERE.
MusicTheory.net is a great tool for learning notes, key signatures, and other great music theory stuff HERE.
Musescore.com is a website with some free music and some available to purchase HERE.
Musicnotes.com is a website that has sheet music free and for purchase. The link to the free stuff is HERE.
Free-scores.com is a website with free music HERE.

Click here to see the up to date Music Schedules. Click your grade level on the tabs on the bottom!

Learn Fun Songs with YouTube!

StringClub is a YouTube channel that does tons of songs for violin, viola, cello, and bass! It will show you what string and finger each note is on. You can learn pop songs, classics, rock, etc. Check out their channel by clicking here!