Traverse City Music Boosters
TCAPS Music Families:
We hope you've had a great start to your school year. We know students are already working hard on this year's music, and we can't wait to hear it!
Traverse City Music Boosters is a group created to support TCAPS' student musicians and music teachers, kindergarten through 12th grade. If you have a child in TCAPS music, you are a Music Booster! Each year we provide mini-grants to music teachers and 18 $400 scholarships to students who want to further their music education through private lessons or summer camps.
This year we are hosting a College Information Night on Thursday, September 28, from 6:00 to 7:00 for students who are considering pursuing a degree in music, performance, or musical theatre. We will also have information for students who want to participate in music in college but not necessarily work towards a degree. We will have a panel discuss the audition and application process as well as how you can start preparing.
Immediately following the panel discussion we will hold our Annual Meeting (7:00-7:30).
Please read our Fall Newsletter for more information on this event as well as how you can support TCAPS music teachers and students.
TC Music Boosters
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Jill Jenkins
Traverse City Music Boosters, President
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2023 Music Boosters Benefit Concert
2023 Music Boosters concert is comprised of Central and West's award winning bands, orchestras and choirs! Proceeds from this benefit to go to scholarships and classroom mini-grants!
Dr. Jacob Narverud Composer-In-Residence
The semester is flying by and all the choirs are busy putting final musical elements in place as we prepare for our Composer-in-Residence week with Dr. Jacob Narverud. Dr. Narverud is an American composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist. He is a sought-after composer who has been commissioned to write new works for over fifty choral organizations nationwide,as well as ensembles in Australia and Japan.
The TCAPS Vocal Department Composer-in-Residence is possible due to a generous bequest from Mr. Bill Engle, a long time TC Music Booster. Dr. Jacob Narverud composed a piece of music for us and we invited him to work with our students March 6-10 during class time. The culminating concert will be given on Thursday, March 9 at 7:00 PM at Corson Auditorium on the campus of Interlochen Center for the Arts. This concert will feature collaborative performances by our TCAPS secondary choral students, featuring:
Central High School Bel Canto, Choral-Aires, and Chorale
East Middle School Chamber Choir
West Middle School Madrigals
West Senior High School Bel Canto
West Senior High School Choral-Aires and Chorale
In preparation for this concert, Bel Canto, Chorale and Choral-Aires have two days of additional rehearsals next week. Here are the details…
Tuesday, March 7 (Early Release Day) - Combined rehearsal at Central HS
BC, C, CA students need to get lunch and find their own transportation for rehearsal at Central HS with our CHS colleagues.Students need to be in the CHS Auditorium by 1:30 pm. Rehearsal with Dr. Narverud will take place from 1:30 - 3:30 pm. Students will then need to be picked up at 3:30 pm from CHS..
Thursday, March 9 - Rehearsal at IAA and CONCERT Day
BC, C, CA students will be excused from 1st - 5th hour classes as we will be rehearsing at Corson Auditorium on the campus of Interlochen Center for the Arts. This is also our concert day. There are more details in the attached outline (read it carefully) but the evening call time for HS students is 5:30 pm, doors open at 6:30 for audience seating and the concert begins at 7:00 pm. While this is not a ticketed event, donations will be accepted at the door.
WSH CHOIRS - Narverud Concert Details
To learn more, click here. To donate to this effort, please click the link in the header.
Peace Flows concert w/ Dr. Narverud
Presented by TCAPS Media, the Peace Flows concert was a collaboration of all TCAPS (West & Central HS and MS) choirs and composer-in-residence, Dr. Jacob Narverud. Watch the full concert and enjoy! Contribute to this effort by using the donation link below:
Gathering in Song: A Tribute to Tom Stokes (Recording)
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2022 Annual Meeting
Music Boosters held the Annual Meeting on September 29, 2022 at Traverse City West Senior High in their Orchestra room. Music Boosters were honored to have both WSH Orchestra students & WSH Musical (Kiss Me, Kate) cast members perform!
LEFT/ABOVE: WSH Orchestra students pause for a moment from their rehearsal to pose.
Our sponsors for 2022-2023 are...
PLEASE NOTE: We have filled our Sponsor positions for 2022-2023 Music Booster Benefit Concert! If you are interested in sponsorship in 2023-2024, we will begin accepting sponsorships in June 2023. These sponsorships cover our costs associated with the Benefit Concert. This means that 100% of our donations at the time of the concert go directly to scholarships and mini-grants!
Ann Porter, Associate Broker, Realtor
Apex Electric, Commerical & Residential
Phone: 231-313-1114
To learn how you can become a sponsor for the 2023-2024 season:
Who are we?
Traverse City Music Boosters, Inc. is an all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization formed more than 50 years ago to support Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) music education. Membership is open to all parents and community members. We support all music education at TCAPS, from the youngest kindergarten learners through the most advanced high school students. If you have a child in a TCAPS music program, YOU ARE A MUSIC BOOSTER!
Our Mission
Supporting all music students and teachers in Traverse City Area Public Schools today; visioning for the music education needs of tomorrow.
Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation
Music Boosters Endowment fund
Traverse City Music Boosters has options when it comes to donating. If you so choose, you may donate our Endowment through Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundtion. To donate to this fund, please use the link below.
If you would like to make a tax deductible contribution to the Traverse City Music Boosters, please click the Donate Now button.
CLICK HERE for more info on monetary donations
All monetary donations to the Traverse City Music Boosters are gratefully appreciated. Music Boosters runs on a tight budget with many services and supplies donated by active members. There are several ways to donate:
- Make a general donation to the Traverse City Music Boosters Operating Budget: Click below to donate now with a credit card. Or, write a check payable to ”TC Music Boosters“ and mail to TC Music Boosters, 412 Webster Street, Traverse City, MI 49686 (or drop off in the TCAPS Music Office, 933-6984). Donations will help pay for student scholarships, costs associated with the Annual Benefit Concert in the spring, and student award plaques.
- Make a donation to our growing endowment fund held at the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation: Help grow this fund so that the annual disbursement is sufficient to fund ALL Music Booster scholarships. Checks should be made payable to ”GTRCF — TC Music Boosters Endowment“ and mailed to GTRCF, 250 E. Front Street, Ste. 310, Traverse City, MI 49684.
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