Jasper High School Orchestra

For this year’s In-Town Spring Trip, the Jasper Orchestra will have the unique opportunity to observe the Dallas Symphony Orchestra rehearse. This will be a highly educational experience for all members of our program to watch professionals of this caliber prepare for their own concert.  The remainder of our day will conclude with celebrating our year at PINSTACK! (Allen)

COST – $55

$25 Deposit Due Tuesday, February 8 OR pay amount in Full

CLICK HERE TO PAY ONLINE

Come join us for “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror” by the Jasper Chamber and Camerata Orchestras!

We will be showing one of the earliest Dracula based films, Nosferatu, the 1922 silent film while the orchestra provides the live soundtrack.

Oct. 28 & 29, Jasper Cafeteria

Doors open at 6:30pm

Show begins at 7:00pm

Get your tickets at http://tinyurl.com/nosjas3

Congratulations to the following students for earning a place in Region 25 All-Region Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras! Those in bold have advanced to the All-State round.

VIOLIN

SYMPHONY

Hannah Xu – 6, Judy Yan – 22, Kiersten Gentapanan – 31, Kaori Shioyama – 37, Grace Tam – 39

PHILHARMONIC

Linden Ni – 45, Ray You – 53, Bryan Hong – 57, Keon Attarha – 59, Kylie Hung – 61, Annie Li – 66, Melody Yang – 75

VIOLA

SYMPHONY

William Xie – 11, Nathan Wu – 12, Hasya Magesh – 15

PHILHARMONIC

Randy Guo – 19, Bryan Tong – 25

CELLO

PHILHARMONIC

Alex Chen – 17, Ava Li – 30

BASS

SYMPHONY

Henry Rutnam – 1, Julian Wang – 4, Aidan Wang – 6, Claire Sasaki – 8

Welcome back everyone! We are so excited to be back in person to make music.

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Welcome back! We missed everyone!

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*As everyone is all aware, we will unfortunately not have a spring trip this year. Please be on the lookout for email regarding instructions to request your refund if you wish to do so.

For this year’s In-Town Spring Trip, the Jasper Orchestra will have the unique opportunity to observe the Dallas Symphony Orchestra rehearse. This will be a highly educational experience for all members of our program to watch professionals of this caliber prepare for their own concert.  The remainder of our day will conclude with celebrating our year at PINSTACK! (Allen)

COST – $55

$25 Deposit Due Wed. January 29th OR pay amount in Full

CLICK HERE TO PAY ONLINE

I am very excited to share with you that after submitting our Legacy Orchestra’s fall concert into the state-wide competition known as TMEA Honor String Orchestra, we were once again selected as a state finalist and this year earned a rank as the #3 high school orchestra of Texas!

While Jasper orchestra frequently ranks in the top 10 of all Texas high school orchestras, it’s especially important to note that our Jasper kids are classified as a JV level group while going up against all other high school orchestras (9-12^th grade) that are Varsity level. Any orchestra that ranks as a finalist in the TMEA contest is performing at near professional caliber and our students work incredibly hard to earn this distinction, in the first 8 weeks of school no less. I’ve uploaded 2 of the 4 pieces we performed to our Youtube channel if you would like to take a listen!

Prelude to Tristan und Isolde – Richard Wagner

String Quartet #3, mvt 3 – Dmitri Shostakovich

Welcome all new and current Jasper Orchestra students! We are so excited to begin the school year with you.

Please click HERE to fill out your forms and request private lessons. Due by Friday, August 16th.

Dear Orchestra Members,

Below are the orchestra placements for the 2019-2020 school year.A great deal of thought and consideration has been put in to these placements and we want you to know that each of you were placed in an ensemble that will give you the most opportunity for your musical growth to shine.

Please remember:

1)  The Jasper Orchestra auditions are very competitive because of the very high quality of  training you all receive at Rice and Robinson. There are also all of the current 9th graders auditioning for these spots as well.  The upside of this is that all of our orchestras are very much above average for their level and will be a rewarding musical environment for you.

2)  You are so much more than simply a member in the ensemble.  Regardless of what class you are in, take it as an opportunity to excel and distinguish yourself in a positive manner. We will have some great experiences!

AUDITION RESULTS

Later on next week, you will all be receiving some music from our first concert next year if you’re looking for something to practice over the summer. Have a great summer, and I can’t wait to see everyone next year!