VERGENNES UNION HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC DEPARTMENT

                     2009 - 2010 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

                                        (R – Required attendance to fulfill course requirements)

              ** Friends of Music meetings are the second Monday of each month – 6:30 pm – VUHS Chorus Room – All Welcome

FEBRUARY            5 (Snow, 6)              GMMD District Festival- 7:00 PM Concert                          Rutland Int. Sch.

                                                                        HS Instrumental, MS Choral & Jazz & Strings

MARCH                  9(R)                            VtAJE) Jazz Festival (Commodore Jazz)                            Flynn Center

                                 10 (R)                         High School & Middle School Vocal Concert                 7:00 PM, Aud.

                                                                     with St. Michael’s College Choir

                                  12 (Snow, 13)           GMMD District Festival- 7:00 PM Concert                          Green Mtn.                                                                       MS Instrumental, HS Choral & Jazz                                 College 

                                  23 (R)                         High School & Middle School                                                7:00 PM, Aud.

                                                                       Instrumental Concert                                                                

                                    18 - 20                         New England Music Festival                                                   Durham, CT

                                    30 (R)                         VMEA High School Band Festival                       Stowe HS                                  

APRIL                       6                                  Black and White Cabaret                                                            6:30 PM

                                                                        (Required performance for Comm. Jazz & Comm. Singers)              MS Gym

                                   23, 24                          High School Band & Chorus Trip                                          New York  City                          

MAY                           5 (R)                           All State Festival Parade                                                           6:00 PM                                                                          High School & Middle School Bands                                     Rutland   

                                    5 - 8                            Vermont All State Music Festival                                           Rutland

                                    29 (R)                         Essex Jct. Parade (HS & MS Bands)                                   10:00 AM               

                                    31 (R)                         Vergennes Parade (HS & MS Bands)                                 10:45 AM

                                                                        *HS Band @ Legion Ceremony directly after the parade 

JUNE                          4                                  Middle School Band & Chorus                                               Great Escape

                                                                        High Note Festival Adjudication Trip                                                                                                                                                                                 

                                    7 (R)                           Pops Concert                                                                                  HS Gym

                                                                        6:00 – Middle School

                                                                        7:30 – High School                                                                                                                                            

                                    8 (R)                           Discover Jazz Festival – HS Jazz                                          3:45 PM, Burlington

                                    8 (R)                           Recital                                                                                               7:00  PM, Aud.

                                                                        Piano Classes, Music Theory II