Posts from — September 2010

On Saturday, September 25th, the OHS Marching Panthers hosted Chicago’s premiere funk band, the Manhattan Project, in an event that we hope will happen every year, Band-O-Rama. The students opened the show by performing their halftime show, the Music of Stevie Wonder, and then were treated to a set of high energy funk by the guest band. The above video was the closer, which had the marching band joining forces with the Manhattan Project to help make the auditorium the loudest and funkiest it has ever been. Enjoy the video!!!!!

This coming spring break, the OHS band program is looking forward to an awesome trip experience by traveling to Memphis and New Orleans. The bands that will be going are Wind Symphony, Wind Ensemble, the Marching Panthers, and all of the jazz bands. To go on the trip, your registration form and $150 deposit are due to Entourage Travel by Friday, September 30th. DO NOT BRING THESE FORMS TO THE BAND DIRECTORS!!! The trip company handles all of the money, so please use the attached form to fill out and send it along to them…the address and where/how to send the money is on the form. This is going to be an AWESOME experience for our students, and we hope you can be a part of it!!!!
2011 Trip Registration packet

Outstanding senior floutist Ryan Zerna and the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra had a rare opportunity on Sunday, September 19th. They played a short concert as a warm-up act, prior to the debut of Ricardo Muti as director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The free concert at the incredible Pritzker Pavilion in Milennium Park was packed to see the beginning of a new ear in music for Chicago. Ryan had this to say about the performance:
“Being onstage to open for Ricardo Muti’s inaugural performance with the CSO was one a my favorite experiences in music. We played for an audience of around 15,000…it was amazing to think that we opened for the world’s finest orchestra, and the CSO was, needless to say, INCREDIBLE!!!!”

Next Saturday, September 25th, we are having an event called Band-O-Rama here at OHS. Basically, our marching band is going to present our show, “The Music of Stevie Wonder” as an opening act for Chicago’s premiere funk band, The Manhattan Project. (which Mr. Schoenbach happens to play trombone in:) ) The event starts at 3PM. Tickets are $4 for students/seniors, and $5 for adults. It will be a blast!!!

Check out a video of the band…you can also look us up on Facebook.

Man, that’s a lot of B’s!!!! Anyway, on Tuesday, September 14th, Buona Beef will be helping our band boosters earn money for the upcoming year by donating a percentage (15-25%, depending on how many people come in) of their profits to our organization. All you need to do is print off the attached flyer and bring it in. So go enjoy some delicious beef, and support our band!!!

OHS Band Booster Buona Beef Night Flyer

This past summer, both Ms. Silosky and Mr. Schoenbach both received their Master’s degrees from VanderCook College  of Music, though because his name was first in the alphabet, Mr. Schoenbach technically received his first.