We will be officially moving classes online for Tempe Union starting tomorrow.  All classes will be posting assignments for the week by 9 am each Monday morning, and all assignments will be due by Sunday night at 11:59 pm (including band classes).  This will be standard practice for EVERY class you are enrolled in. For brass and woodwind students, please use the “CDS Combined Concert Bands” class on Schoology ( https://tempeunion.schoology.com/ ).  For Percussion, click on your Percussion class in Schoology. All our assignments and responses will be posted/recorded there. 

• Click here for a video update from Mr. DuPlessis: https://youtu.be/1gwQBDvNQ0U
• Click here for a video update from Ms. Holste: https://youtu.be/Yjt0m_ql20U 

We will be updating our Band Council application and posting that on Monday April 6 with more information on how to apply for drum major, section leader, and committees for next year.  We will also be sending out more information regarding Marching Band Camp 2020 in the next couple weeks. Our plan is not to inundate you with emails and text reminders – but please start to get in the habit of checking the Schoology page each Monday morning so you can plan out your week accordingly for band and your other classes. We hope you are all doing well and we miss you!  

Office Hours – email us and we will get back to you if you need help!

• Mr. DuPlessis – dduplessis@tempeunion.org
• Mon 10am-noon; Tues 10am-noon; Wed 1-3pm; Thurs 1-3pm; Fri 10am-noon
• Ms. Holste – aholste@tempeunion.org
• Monday through Friday 11am – 1pm 
• Mr. Werner – swerner@tempeunion.org

FROM MR. KLEVE – PRINCIPAL (in case you missed his email last Friday):

• Log into your Tempe Union High School District Gmail account daily to view communication from your teachers. 
• Log into Schoology every day to read any communication from your teacher in Announcements or Updates
• Post in your class discussion forum and complete any assignments 
• Attend a teacher’s Virtual Office Hours if you have any questions or concerns
• Assignments due by midnight on Sunday for each week 
• If unique circumstances prevent you from carrying out any of the requirements above you must communicate with your teacher in a timely fashion.
• Schoology Directions for Students – Accessing Schoology 
• Schoology Access for Parents – Creating and Using Your Parent Account
• Parent Support for Getting a Schoology Access Code
• Accessing Your Parent Schoology Account
• Troubleshooting Student Login Issues
• For additional support: Student and Parent Online Access FAQ

Note: sheet music PDFs and recordings available on your student Schoology account (files were also emailed): https://tempeunion.schoology.com/

Band Families,
I hope everyone is doing well in this crazy and unpredictable time.  We wanted to give you a quick update of cancelations and what we are preparing for in the weeks ahead.  Schools will remain closed until March 27 (if not longer) and we are taking everything day by day. Tempe Union has more information here: https://www.tempeunion.org/health-safety including a FAQ page for students and parents.  Our school and district leadership are moving fast to keep our students and staff safe – keep in mind we are all “figuring this out” together and a little positivity and compassion among us is the First Class way to be!

The following events have been CANCELED: AMEA All-State Auditions and Festival; Music Under the Stars Concert (all concert bands and Steel Band); Highland Jazz Festival (all Jazz Bands); ABODA State Concert Festival (Wind Ensemble)

We hope to reschedule the Percussion Concert if possible, and perform our year-end Pops Concert.  Marching Band auditions and help sessions will be rescheduled as appropriate. We are also hoping to perform at Graduation.  Keep in mind, this is all subject to state and district guidance on public events and we will keep you updated.

While you’re at home and looking to maintain some semblance of normalcy, you might be looking for more music to practice!  As of now, we are still planning on performing our year-end Pops Concert, assuming school resumes in April (obviously – nothing for sure yet!)  Please refer to your email OR your school Schoology account for the music PDFs and recordings – https://tempeunion.schoology.com/  As of now, we aren’t doing any “playing tests” or online assignments… but I wanted to get this to you as I’ve heard from many of you that you want something to play!  There is also a “part assignment” list on your Schoology account and email, so you can see which part to download for your instrument (1st clarinet, etc.).  I’ve included four songs – we will add more as needed.  Due to copyright – please don’t share these files outside of our Corona community.
We hope you and your families are well.  We miss you! 

Hello wonderful band families!

We need some feedback from you.  It’s important for us to evaluate how we are doing as an organization to ensure we are meeting the mission of the CdS Band Boosters.  Our mission cannot be accomplished without wonderful and caring families that support the program with their hard work and financial help.  So, we hope that you will take the time to fill out a simple 5 question survey that should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete. 

We would like responses no later than March 17.  You may access the survey here.

We appreciate your feedback an ongoing support of the band programs.

Congratulations to the Concert Band on earning a rating of EXCELLENT at the Area Concert Festival, and the Symphonic Band for earning a rating of SUPERIOR WITH DISTINCTION. This is the first time in over twenty years the Symphonic Band has earned the highest rating possible at this festival. Our Wind Ensemble will travel to their festival on Monday March 2.

Please join us in celebrating the success of the Concert Bands and Jazz Bands at our SPRING BAND CONCERT on Thursday March 5. The concert starts at 7 pm and is FREE! (Jazz Call Time: 5:30 pm; Concert Bands Call Time: 6:30 pm). Dress is professional – ALL BLACK (black dress pants, black dress shirt/blouse, black shoes/socks, and black tie for the guys).

AMEA West Region Honor Band
 Alto Saxophone - William Freiheit
 Alto Saxophone - Jax Hatfield
 Alto Saxophone - Daniel Abreau
 Bass Clarinet - Brogen Keys
 Clarinet - Kara Hardy
 Clarinet - Magnus Tucker
 Clarinet - Andy Amazeen
 Clarinet - Craig Ruiz
 Clarinet - Kelly Raines
 Clarinet - Zach Luker
 Clarinet - Anika Voss
 Euphonium - Rachel Smalley
 Euphonium - Cooper Anderson
 Flute - Julia Brown
 Flute - Sadie Cavanaugh-Toft
 Flute - Sophia Garcia Rioz Taraskina
 Flute - Alexa Roth
 Flute - Tina Sun
 Horn - Skylar Padilla
 Horn - Raquel Rubio
 Horn - Haley Ross
 Horn - Dallon Jarman
 Horn - Davin Jarvis (also made it in Choir)
 Oboe - Abby Carmack
 Percussion - Caden Shelton
 Piccolo - Maxine Tauson
 Trombone - Andre Palma
 Trombone - Mathias Logvin
 Trombone - Connor O'Brien
 Trumpet - Noah Miller
 Trumpet - David Boone
 Trumpet - Christian LaPenna
 Trumpet - Andrew Goodman
 Tuba - Sam Maurer
 
AMEA West Region Honor Orchestra
 Flute - Lisa Masuyama
 Flute - Emily Zemke
 Oboe - Isabel Ghosh
 Clarinet - Dante Baldi
 Bassoon - Gina Mills
 Bassoon - Leilani Nichols
 Horn - Madison Cheatham
 Trombone - Kevin Delzepich
 Trombone - David Zhao
 Trombone - Liam Ruiz
 Percussion - John Banta 

Alternates
Piccolo - Cecilia Johnson
Bass Clarinet - Ben Lueck
Alto Saxophone - Blake Gonzalez
Alto Saxophone - Daniel Lim
Tenor Saxophone - Mikale Kaminer
Tenor Saxophone - Daniel Lim
Baritone Saxophone - Kyle Bombardier
Trumpet - Isabel McClure
Trombone - Connor Neal
Euphonium - Maleah Cooper
Tuba - Drelyn Monroe
Tuba - Owen Dock

Our big goal for 2020 is to have 200 people in our Marching Band!  We are excited to have you be part of this historic season! We will be hosting an incoming freshmen information meeting next Monday – January 27 at 6:30 pm in the Corona band room C-169.  If you are even thinking about doing the marching band next year – this meeting is for you! We will go over the time commitment, auditions, school instruments, band camp, trips, fees, fundraising, and more!  This meeting is required for at least one parent and the student to attend if you are thinking of being part of the marching band next year.  Click here for more information on the bands, and click here for instructions on how to sign up!

MB students – please see the schedule/details for Jazz Band, Steel Drum, Combined Concert Band, and Winter Guard and the “post season.” MB Students are required to fill out this survey after (and indicate their project to finish this semester) before Monday November 18. We will have a required zero hour meeting with the Marching Band on Monday November 18 at 6:23am in the Band Room. Marching Band Awards and Dance will be Tuesday November 19, 6-9pm, in the Cafeteria.