T he trophies keep arriving in the

band room as the Band of

Marauders keeps winning

recognition for its

performance of “Beneath the

Surface.”

After receiving two second-place

trophies last month as well as a gold

rating and two With Distinction awards

at the ISSMA Scholastic Class

preliminaries Oct. 10, the band is

looking to repeat its success Saturday

at the ISSMA Scholastic Class finals.

“We are in a great place going into

finals,” Mr. Ellinger remarked after the

preliminaries performance, while

reminding the band members to stay

modest and keep improving. “All other

groups are still going to be pushing,

and we need to push more!”

That push comes this week, with

rehearsals (and one halftime show)

every night. Make sure your student

dresses for the chilling weather.

The Band of Marauders will perform in

Scholastic Class A at Lawrence

Central High School at 5:56 p.m.

Saturday. (A more detailed itinerary

of the day will be sent home with

students and sent via email.)

And if the band takes top honors at

finals, it not only will add a trophy to

its growing collection, but will also be

invited to perform in Lucas Oil Stadium

as an exhibition band Nov. 7 during the

ISSMA Open Class finals. SO LET’S GO

MARAUDERS!

Successful competition season nears end

Just when you thought football season was over... The band’s success hasn’t affected the football team’s schedule, but any future suc-

cess by the football team could possibly affect the band’s schedule—as well as the pit

orchestra’s for the upcoming production of “Beauty and the Beast.”

After the first-round sectional games are played this Friday (including our home

game vs. Jay County), winning teams will suit up for sectional semi-finals Oct. 30 and

then sectional finals Nov. 6. MVHS Athletic Director Brian Ecker explained that if the

Marauders win Friday, the team will be on the road the following week and, if they win

again, more than likely will be on the road for the final game. “The only way we are

home for the finals is if New Castle is in the championship game,” he said.

If that remote possibility becomes reality, Mr. Ellinger noted that the decision to

perform at any games beyond this Friday will be based on the marching band’s avail-

ability and his own schedule. With that said, the date of the final sectional game con-

flicts with a rehearsal scheduled for the musical. “We start at 4 p.m. but end when-

ever our musical director is pleased with the progress of all students involved,” Mr.

Ellinger explained. “Sometimes this is 7 p.m.; sometimes this is 9 p.m.”

Nevertheless, we should never begrudge the football team of any successes, even if it

might result in more home games and schedule conflicts. Wins are something to be

celebrated, so if anything, GO MARAUDERS!

Mt. Vernon Music Boosters

Tonight: Music Boosters meeting, 7

p.m.

Wednesday and Thursday: Train-

ing for Lucas Oil Stadium conces-

sions

Friday: First-round sectional home

football game vs. Jay County

Saturday: ISSMA Scholastic state

finals, Lawrence Central High

School

Thursday, Oct. 29: End-of-season

band banquet (details to come)

October 2015

The following middle-school

students were chosen for the

Indiana Bandmasters Association

All-Region Band: Gavin Blankenship

(trombone), Sarah Cardenas

(flute), Anastasia Deimling (flute),

Benjamin Emery (French horn),

Cooper Gray (trombone), Virginia

Mathis (tenor sax), Emma Moore

(flute), and Hailey Watson

(percussion). The band will

perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15,

at Greenfield-Central High School.

The following high-school students

were chosen for the IBA All-

District Band: Emily Bostrom

(tenor sax), Cassandra Bridges

(clarinet), William Linville

(euphonium), Andrew Roembke

(trumpet), Evan Schacherer

(trombone), and Sabrina Woods

(1st chair oboe). This band will

perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22,

at New Castle High School.

MV students selected

for IBA honor bands

Abby McCleery and Sydney Ehrgott open the treasure chest at the end of the show

during preliminaries. This was the first performance in which the chest was used.

Musical Notes

of their playing (no longer than 5

minutes) by Oct. 31. But if all you want

to do is attend the festival, you can

simply register.

Registration is now open for two free

music specialty days at Butler:

The second annual Single-Reed Day,

on Jan. 9, is for middle– and high-

school students who play clarinets

and saxophones.

The third annual Double-Reed Day,

on Jan. 23, is for middle– and high-

Both high-school and middle-school

band students can take advantage of

free instrument clinics coming up at

Ball State and Butler universities.

Ball State’s music department is

hosting its fifth annual Clarinet Festi-

val Nov. 20-21. New to this year’s

festival is the chance for high-school

students to perform for visiting clari-

netist Dr. Frank Kowalsky in one of his

two master classes. Clarinet players

interested in these classes need to fill

out an application and submit an mp3

school students who play oboes,

English horns, and bassoons.

Future issues of Musical Notes will

continue to include info about such

events as we become aware of them.

Butler, Ball State offer special events for young musicians

Mt. Vernon Music Boosters

Century Resources orders

set to arrive this week

Reminder: Payment for all Century

Resources orders is due when the

orders are delivered. To simplify

processing, parents should collect

money in their name and write one large

check to Mt. Vernon Music Boosters.

Other bands rehearsing soon

Now that marching season is winding

down, the school’s jazz, pep, and steel

drum ensembles can start rehearsing.

Rehearsal times have been on the band

calendar since the summer.

Steel drum auditions, tentatively

scheduled for the first week of

November, will help place students in

the advanced or beginning ensembles.

The online calendar shows jazz band

rehearsals starting Nov. 10, but Mr.

Ellinger says jazz band might not start

until January. More information about

this ensemble will be released soon.

The online calendar shows the first pep

band rehearsal scheduled for after

school Nov. 13.

Mandatory meeting to detail

NYC trip itinerary, financials

Parents of current eighth-grade and

high-school students who will be playing

Carnegie Hall in 2017 must attend a

kickoff meeting Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. in the

band room.

During this meeting, a representative

from Music Travel Consultants will go

through the itinerary and financial

details.

A Mt. Vernon Music Boosters meeting

will immediately follow the NYC meeting.

M U S I C A L N O T E S

Briefs

One of the Mt.. Vernon concessions crews working during the Super Bowl in 2012

events to receive full credit. The Colts

games are filling up quickly, but other

events still need to be staffed: Bands

of America Grand Nationals, a Catholic

youth conference, state and Big Ten

football championships, Monster Jam,

and Supercross.

Everyone who signs up needs to at-

tend one training session. Training

sessions are scheduled for this

Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

in the music theory room across from

the band room. (Training sessions will

The Mt. Vernon Music Boosters offer

two ways for parents to cover band

expenses during the marching season:

pay a flat fee, or agree to participate

in fund raisers, specifically the one in

which parents (and/or students) work

concessions at Lucas Oil Stadium.

If you chose the second option, now’s

your time to sign up to work conces-

sions. But hurry before all the good

spots are gone!

“It is a lot of work, but well worth it,”

says Kim Patrick, former Lucas Oil

Coordinator and mom to senior saxo-

phone player Jessica. “We would

always have so much fun, and we

would get to know each other better.”

Mt. Vernon is contracted to work 20

events; however, three events aren’t

listed on SignUpGenius yet because

they are wildcard and division champi-

onship games that still need to be

scheduled.

Parents (and/or students 16 and

older) must sign up for only three

be scheduled later for students.) Even

if you’ve worked the concession stand

in the past, annual training is manda-

tory.

Everyone 21 and older is encouraged

to train and apply for a Volunteer

Alcohol Permit. Training is now done

online during the permit application

process (click the First Time Applica-

tion link to start the process). You

must carry your permit with you when

you serve alcohol at Lucas Oil Sta-

dium.

A flute choir during Ball State’s 2013

Flute Day included younger musicians.

Working at Lucas Oil Stadium helps build band accounts