The 6th Grade Music Department Concert:

WHEN: Thursday, May 2nd @ 6:30pm

• (NOTE: Students should arrive at 6pm.)

WHERE: In the Pine Mountain Middle School Large Gym
WHO: 6th Grade Band, Orchestra, and Chorus students 
ATTIRE FOR STUDENTS: “Sunday Best” or in other words, let’s dress up a little! 

The 7th Grade Music Department Concert:

WHEN: Thursday, May 2nd @ 7:45pm (PLEASE NOTE 15 MINUTE CHANGE)

• (NOTE: Students should arrive at 7:15pm.)

WHERE: In the Pine Mountain Middle School Large Gym
WHO: 7th Grade Band, Orchestra, and Chorus students 
ATTIRE FOR STUDENTS: “Sunday Best” or in other words, let’s dress up a little! 

The 8th Grade Music Department Concert:

WHEN: Thursday, May 7th @ 6:30pm

• (NOTE: Students should arrive at 6pm.)
• Meeting for parents of students going to Orlando will follow the concert

WHERE: In the Pine Mountain Middle School Large Gym
WHO: 8th Grade Band, Orchestra, and Chorus students 
ATTIRE FOR STUDENTS: “Sunday Best” or in other words, let’s dress up a little! 
 
NOTE: Attendance at a chorus concert is the most educational experience that I am able to provide for my chorus students. Students, If you were unable to attend, the group suffers without your valuable contributions to our choral sound. Make-up work is an opportunity for you to earn the grade that the others received by attending the concert.
 
Questions? Please contact Ms. Hemmings at lauren.hemmings@cobbk12.org

Parents and students, I am thrilled to share with you that our 7th and 8th Grade Chorus received straight superior ratings at LGPE this year! That's SUPERIOR ratings in performance AND sight reading! BRAVO! Thank you for your hard work, students! If you didn't make it to our performance, click the video below! Thank you to the amazing Ms. Yeager for sharing this video!

Large Group Performance Evaluation
Friday, March 15th Procedures7th & 8th Grade Chorus
 
Parents, we are attending LGPE on March 15th. Please find our procedures and timeline below. Students should return their permission slip by no later than March 8th to attend.
 

• 8:50: Arrive at PMMS in the morning with your uniform (see the handbook for specifics). Bring your uniform to the chorus room and hang it on the Z rack. Make sure your name is on it! Do not forget your black shoes! Everyone must remain in full uniform until the field trip is over. Remember that we do not wear jewelry. We want to all look the same. Boys and girls wearing tux shirts, you should wear a plain white tee shirt under your tux shirt. Yes, you must tuck in your shirts, everyone.
• 9:15:  Go to classes as normal.
• 7th Grade Reports in 5th Prd: 7th Grade, at the beginning of 5th, (12:33pm) go to the theater. Bring everything, including your backpack. Z Rack will be in theater. Get changed in small groups and SIT DOWN in your assigned seat. At 12:55pm, bring your belongings/bookbags to the Chorus Room practice room, then return to the theater.
• 8th Grade Reports in 5th Prd: 8th Grade, bring all your stuff to the Chorus Room including your backpack. Get changed in small groups. Keep belongings in Chorus Room locked storage room. Report to theater by 1pm and SIT DOWN in your assigned seat.
• 1pm: Warm up and attendance in the theater.
• 1:15: Load the buses and depart by 1:30pm. 
• 1:45: Arrive at Piedmont Church.
• 2:00: Watch performances and complete choral evaluation
• 2:45: Warm up
• 3:00: Perform on stage.
• 3:15: Rehearse with the clinician.
• 3:30: Sight Reading.
• 4:00: Load the buses.
• 4:45-5pm: Arrive at Pine Mountain.

 

• Parents are encouraged to come and hear our performance. 
• If you choose, you may sign out your child after he/she has completed the Sight Reading evaluation.

 
Piedmont Church570 Piedmont Rd.
Marietta, GA, 30066
(Please do not call the church.)

The 6th Grade Chorus 
Mock LGPE Rehearsal & Concert
 
We cordially invite you to our Mock Large Group Performance Evaluation (LGPE)! Students will be evaluated based on their performance by our guest judges.
 
WHEN: Thursday, March 21st @ 6pm

• (NOTE: Students will stay after school to rehearse from 4:20-5:45pm, and at 6pm parents are invited in to hear the performance! The performance and judging should be over by approximately 6:30pm.)

WHERE: In the Pine Mountain Middle School Theater
WHO: 6th Grade Chorus students
SNACK: Students will be provided a small snack before the rehearsal and an ice cream sandwich treat after!
ATTIRE FOR STUDENTS: Any pants, any shoes, black Pine Mountain Music Department T-shirts!
 
NOTE: Attendance at a chorus concert is the most educational experience that I am able to provide for my chorus students.  Students, If you were unable to attend, the group suffers without your valuable contributions to our choral sound.  Make-up work is an opportunity for you to earn the grade that the others received by attending the concert.
 
Questions? Please contact Ms. Hemmings at lauren.hemmings@cobbk12.org
 
 

​Choral LGPE Rehearsal
& Pre-LGPE Concert
7th & 8th Grade Chorus
Thursday, March 7th, 6pm Concert
 
Parents and students, we are so excited to give you a preview concert of the work we have been doing before we go to LGPE on March 15th!  Here are the details for students:
 

• Report to the theater right after school and find your assigned seat. You may bring a snack to enjoy between 4:20-4:30pm

 

• Students will stay after school to rehearsal from 4:30-5:45pm, and at 6pm parents are invited in to hear the performance! The performance and mock judging should be over by approximately 6:30pm.

 

• This rehearsal is required, but there will be ice-cream sandwiches for students! This is our only opportunity to combine 7th and 8th Grade before actual LGPE on March 15th!

 

• 6:35pm Ice-cream time and pick-up in the front of the school only

Students must attend this afterschool rehearsal in order to attend the LGPE and Orlando trips.

 
 

 
 
 

Location:                   Stars and Strikes – 2400 Hiram Acworth Hwy.  Dallas, GA 30157
Time:                          Midnight – 6:00am
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Activities:                 

• Unlimited Bowling
• Unlimited Laser Tag
• Unlimited Bumper Cars
• $10 arcade card
• Food/Drink – 2 slices of pizza per person

 
What to bring:          Extra $$ if you want to play more arcade games
 
What NOT to bring:  Food or drinks, pillows, stuffed animals etc…..
 
Dress:                       

• School appropriate clothing – NO blankets please
• Comfortable tennis shoes with socks  – NO flip flops!!

 
IMPORTANT NOTES!

• If you choose to bring an electronic device or cell phone, it is your responsibility to keep track of it all night long
• Your ride home MUST be at Stars and Strikes by 6:00am!
• Parents MUST come inside Stars and Strikes to check out their student at 6:00am

The 6th Grade Chorus Winter Concert
 
We cordially invite you to our first 6th grade chorus concert of the year! Stick around for an audience sing along that will put you in the holiday spirit!
 
WHEN: Tuesday, December 4th, 2018 at 6:30pm (6pm call time for singers)
WHERE: In the Pine Mountain Middle School Theater
WHO: 6th Grade Chorus students
 
ATTIRE FOR STUDENTS: Black dress pants, black dress shoes, black music department t-shirt or plain black t-shirt. 
 
NOTE: Attendance at a chorus concert is the most educational experience that I am able to provide for my chorus students.  Students, If you were unable to attend, the group suffers without your valuable contributions to our choral sound.  Make-up work is an opportunity for you to earn the grade that the others received by attending the concert.


The 7th and 8th Grade Chorus Winter Concert
featuring the Mustang Singers
 
WHEN: Thursday, December 6th, 2018 at 6:30pm (6pm call time for singers)
WHERE: In the Pine Mountain Middle School Theater
WHO: 7th and 8th Grade Chorus students plus the Mustang Singers
 
ATTIRE FOR STUDENTS: Black dress pants, black dress shoes, white tux shirt (undershirt recommended), and black bow tie (provided at rehearsal) or floor length black dress with black dress shoes (8th grade only). 
 
NOTE: Attendance at a chorus concert is the most educational experience that I am able to provide for my chorus students.  Students, If you were unable to attend, the group suffers without your valuable contributions to our choral sound.  Make-up work is an opportunity for you to earn the grade that the others received by attending the concert.
 
Questions? Please contact Ms. Hemmings at lauren.hemmings@cobbk12.org

Hey, Mustangs! Here are some important things going on this week:

• 8th Grade Chorus: Your second payment for Orlando was due on October 29th, so if you have not made the payment yet, please get it in as soon as possible, as we can not guarantee your spot on the trip if payments are made late. 
• 7th Grade Chorus: Keep those Six Flags deposits rolling in. Remember the trip deposit is $35
• 7th/8th Grade Honor Chorus: Don't forget that Honor Chorus is NEXT WEEK! Packets went home today with the event schedule, a permission form, and the last minute reminders/event address. 
• Mustang Singers: Be checking the MS blog for posted rehearsal tracks and get your slips turned in. Remember, shirt orders are due by Monday, Nov. 12th. 
• 7th and 8th Grade Piano and 7th and 6th Grade Chorus classes got back quiz grades from last week. Parents, check Synergy for those quiz scores. The 4.5 week progress reports are available by Nov. 16th.

Students, enjoy your day off Tuesday! See you Wednesday!

Parents, the info that went home last month about our 7th Grade Music Six Flags Trip can be found below. Don't forget, the $35 deposit is due by October 31st. We are looking forward to it!

Dear Music Parents,

We are excited to offer an exclusive performance opportunity to our 7th grade musicians at Pine Mountain Middle School. We have been selected to perform at Trills and Thrills in Marietta, GA on May 11, 2019!

This will be an excellent opportunity for our students to get off campus and perform in an awesome venue, the Marietta Performing Arts Center. But there’s more! Once they are finished performing, they will travel to Six Flags Over Georgia to enjoy the thrills of the roller coasters with their friends!

We want as many of our 7th graders to attend as possible, but we require that they exhibit good behavior (No OSS and no more than 2 days of ISS after September Break) and good grades (70 or above in all classes by March 15, 2019). We also require that the participating students participate in our annual fundraiser by selling at least 10 items OR donating $40 to the program.

At this time, we are asking for a $35 deposit to hold your child’s spot on the trip and secure transportation. Once we have an idea of how many students are attending, we will send more information about remaining balances. We are aware that several of our families have season passes and/or memberships to Six Flags, so prices will vary depending upon packages that you have. The maximum cost is $80.

The deposit is due no later than October 31, 2018. Cash, checks, and credit/debit cards are accepted.

• Checks are to be made out to Pine Mountain Middle School. 

• Credit/debit cards payments can be made on My Payments Plus. The link can be found 
on the PMMS website http://www.cobbk12.org/pinemountain/

  

Any questions can be directed to your child’s music teacher via e-mail.
Thanks for your support of our music program!


Amy Adams, Ian Lewis, Michelle Irwin, and Lauren Hemmings 


Happy Friday, everyone. Here are some updates from this week. 

The fundraiser delivery was a big success! Thank you to all the parents and students who helped with our delivery day! If you discovered any mistakes with your order, please get in touch as soon as possible. 

7th and 8th GRADE HONOR CHORUS:
Honor Chorus students should be practicing their music daily until the HC event in November. See the link below for helpful practice tracks. I am available of extra help sessions as we get closer to November. Make sure you pay attention to the assigned voice parts. Good luck!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0pct7qp6spk4ah3/AACqCofzGNLB1N-PA9zJD18ka?dl=0

​NEXT WEEK:

• ​Next week is Red Ribbon Week. Pay attention to the daily themes!
• Mustang Singers have their first rehearsal on Monday, Oct. 29th from 4:20-5:30pm!
• 7th and 8th Grade Piano classes both have a playing test on "Ode to Joy" (7th Grd. beginning and 8th Grd. intermediate version)
• 6th Grade Chorus will have a quiz on Tuesday, October 30th over DYNAMICS. Students have a study guide and notes they can study with. 
• 7th Grade Chorus students attending the Six Flags trip should bring in $35 by October 31st to attend.