On Friday, April 25th the high school jazz band will be meeting at Minerva’s Classic 57 restaurant to perform for the Minerva Rotary Club. Jazz band members should be dropped off at Classic 57 in their jazz uniform at 7:15am with their instrument and music. Students who do not drive to school will be taken to school via school transportation following the event. 

Due to student conflicts the following events have been rescheduled for the following dates:

MHS Spring Band Concert featuring the 8th Grade Band – Monday, April 21st, 7pm

MHS Jazz Cafe – Tuesday, May 27th, 7pm

Tuesday, December 17th, 7:00pm @ MHS
Minerva High School 
Annual Band & Choir Holiday Concert
– Students arrive at 6:45pm.
– Band uniform (black shoes and black socks)

Thursday, December 19th, 7:00pm @ MHS
Minerva High School
Annual Holiday Jazz Concert
– High school band members should meet at 6:15pm. 
– Uniform: concert black

The marching band banquet originally scheduled for this Thursday has been rescheduled for Tuesday, November 12th at 7pm in the MHS Auditeria in an effort to help with preparations for the fall play. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding. 

We will be recognizing the 2013 Pride of Minerva Seniors and their parents at the game this Friday! Parents should meet at 6:30pm by the auxillary gym entrance of the football stadium. Pictures commemorating the night are available for purchase from Dunlap Photography for $15. 

Our weekly “dress rehearsal” practices will take place during the school year this year on Thursday nights from 5:00-6:00pm**. All other marching band practices will take place during band class during the school day.

**This is a change from the original 4:30-5:30pm time.

If you would like to purchase a copy of the Hall of Fame Parade television broadcast you can get an order form here. 

I do not know why it did not occur to me to introduce myself to you sooner, but better late than never!  My name is Kristen Mahan and I am in the middle of my student teaching experience in the Minerva Local School District.  Some of you may have seen me at the Disney meeting this past Monday or the middle school band concert last month.  Mr. Maxey and Mrs. Miller are excellent teachers and mentors and I am learning a lot; your children are teaching me a lot as well.

I am a senior music education major from Malone University in Canton, OH.  Although I will be certified to teach all forms of music classes (general, vocal, and instrumental) to grades K-12, my heart belongs to band (particularly middle school).  The horn is my primary instrument and I am going to be the brass instructor for a summer music program in my hometown this June (www.wcsms.org).  After teaching at that summer music program, I hope to travel to Sienna, Italy with a group of music students from Malone to participate in summer music program.

I have been working with the bands in both the middle school and high school by conducting the ensembles, pulling students out of rehearsal for sectional work, and playing in the band alongside them.  Currently, I am spending most of my time with the Symphonic Band and we have spent a lot of time working on improving rhythm reading skills.  It is very rewarding to introduce new pieces of music to the students and to hear it start to come together, and I am very excited to present these pieces to you at our performance on Thursday, April 18^th at 7pm.