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Exceptional Musicians
22 Springbrook band and orchestra students participated in the MSBOA District 8 Solo and Ensemble Festival held at Onsted High School. All of these 7th and 8th musicians came away with high ratings and high praise from the judges. Hours of practice and hard work allowed these student musicians to shine throughout the day. Great job, Maples!
Exceptional Artists
Some of our exceptional artists had their work displayed in downtown Adrian during the month of March. Great job Zara, Logan, Dawson, and Mackenzie. A few others were not here for the picture. Congratulations to all!
Exceptional Singers
Congratulations to these outstanding Springbrook MS choir students who performed at MSVMA Solo & Ensemble Festival Lansing. Wonderful job Anna, Selena, Leah, Teddy, and Eva!!!
Piano Keyboard Exploration Camp
Piano Keyboard Exploration Camp started at Springbrook Middle School! Thank you to Midwest Energy & Communications for the Strengthening Schools Grant to purchase the new keyboards and to Adrian Schools Educational Foundation for the new headphones. We are excited to offer this experience to our students.
Music Production
On Tuesday 3/18, Springbrook Middle School band, choir, and orchestra students spent the day in their music classes learning about songwriting and music production with professional musicians and mentors from "Above Pete's Garage" in Adrian. Classes composed their own lyrics, added "beats", and recorded their creations. Thank you to Peter Bishop and the wonderful APG team of mentors and music artists who spent the day with our students!
County Honors Band
Springbrook band students represented us well at Adrian High School with the Lenawee County Honors Band.
Outstanding Performances
Congratulations to the Springbrook MS 6th, 7th, and 8th grade choirs at MSVMA District Festival on 3/13 at Haslett HS. All three choirs excelled in their performances and sight reading, and earned Division I Excellent Ratings from the judges. Outstanding job Maples!
Damien led Ms. Beagle's art class in how to draw some special characters today. Great job Damien
Congratulations to 8th grade band members, Wylie, Elliott & Lukas, for their performances this evening as part of the DSO Honors Days! They spent 6.5 hours in rehearsal, listened to a quintet from the Detroit Symphony and then gave a beautiful concert. Or was a fantastic day of music making!
Talented Musicians
Painted Pottery
PreFestival Concerts
Instrumental Workshop
Professor Dan Kesterke from Siena Heights University and Dave Funk from Meyer Music worked with the Springbrook MS band in preparation for MSBOA Festival. We are thankful for their support as we work to present our best performance!
Vocal Workshop
Dr. Kelly Ford from Siena Heights University worked with the Springbrook MS choirs in preparation for MSVMA Festival. He discussed tone, diction, interpretation and presentation, as well as the rubric criteria used by the judges at MSVMA Festival.
MURAL
Take a look at what Mr. Brink and his students made to help build team and school spirit in our weight room. Their talent not only enhances the beauty of our school, it also makes it a better place to learn and grow. Thank you so much for or your hard work, commitment and demonstration of Maple PRIDE!
Creative Minds at Work
Art students explore the world of sculpture and sewing, bringing shoes to life with unique, imaginative twists and crafting cozy stuffed creations with a personal touch.
Sounds of the Season
Springbrook Choirs Shine in Concert
Springbrook’s 6th, 7th, and 8th grade choirs sounded fantastic as they shared festive songs with friends, teachers, and family.
Festive Music Stands
7th & 8th grade bands had a stand decorating contest. t was so much fun to see their creativity in action. They were assigned a group and had 10 minutes to plan then 45 minutes to create their stand. The winning group will earn a prize.
Cardboard Creations
Mr. Brink's class tries their hand at construction work - creating buildings out of cardboard.
Strings and Brass: Band and Orchestra Shine in Concert
Strings and Brass: Band and Orchestra Shine in Concert
It was a packed house for our band and orchestra performance and they did not disappoint!
A Choral Christmas Celebration
A Choral Christmas Celebration
The Springbrook Choir had a great performance at the 10th annual Courthouse Tree Lighting Ceremony.
A Spooktacular Concert!
7th and 8th grade band students performing a festive fall concert.
Showing What We Know
6th grade orchestra students shared what they’ve been learning at their first performance titled - Informance!
National Anthem
Mrs. Force and the 8th grade choir did a great job with the National Anthem today for our volleyball games vs. Chelsea!
First Concert
Our 6th grade band students were excited to show off their new music skills in their very first concert! Let’s go band!
Abstract Art
Students in Mr. Brink’s Art Exploration Class have been working on abstract sculptures.
Making Music
The 6th grade band, choir, and orchestra students have been working hard at Springbrook Middle School. It's exciting to have this awesome new group of students in our music program. Great job Maples!
Springbrook's Fall Student Play
by Briella Robinson
Springbrook Middle School performed a play called “A Wrinkle in Time,” a lot of people know it as a book authored by Madeleine L’Engle, but did you know later on they made a movie about it in 2018 published by Ava DuVernay. The book was based on one of literature’s most young heroines. Meg had joined her little brother Charles and their friend and neighbor to fight the red eyes. It shows that good can always overcome evil.
According to Ms.Gifford she got to pick this play and she gets to pick every play they do that’s directed by her. She picked it because she likes the book and the story and she wanted to do it based on a book so that maybe 56 people could be in the cast. Ms.Gifford’s favorite part of directing the play was the fantasy elements but then using communication, body, using body language, and your voice on stage to tell the story without using special effects for instance that you would do in a movie.
She also liked that she could get into some of the darker and scary parts, the parts where it was the good over evil aspect of the story. Letting the middle schoolers tap into that dark twisted side that we all have. As Ms.Gifford said “ I think sometimes people think that’s a bad thing, that young people like dark things, but it’s not a bad thing it’s part of life and it’s good for us to explore those things and not just pretend they're not here.” She had lots of fun with it and had fun with the aspects of things in the play.
Some of the complications were working with people’s conflicts such as volleyball, crosscountry and all these different activities. Ms.Gifford said that she was glad that they wanted to do the play, but that it was difficult to schedule practices. She would schedule a practice and they would miss it as it was hard for them to get caught up with everything once they were back. So Ms.Gifford said that was probably one of the biggest issues.
Ms.Gifford words are, “ If you want to try something new whether it’s therater or something else, like if you want to try something new or that you find interesting such as being in a play. Working backstage, being on stage and making stuff for the stage. Just do it and that’s the great part about school is you get opportunities to try things.” And overall the kids spent at least 60 hours working on learning the play and Ms.Gifford had spent hundreds of hours on it. Hope you enjoyed the play and this helped you understand the backstory of the story better.
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