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16th Annual
Dessert Concert
"Bass & Music
Around the World"
It's Dessert Concert time again! Mark March 13th on your
calendar and tell your friends and family about this time-honored tradition
that combines sweet delicacies with wonderful orchestra music performed by
Fort Atkinson School students.
The Dessert Concert is the cornerstone fundraising activity and exclusive
concert of the orchestra students in Fort Atkinson Schools. It helps to fund
field trips, scholarships and other activities for Orchestra students
throughout the year.
Before the curtain raises at the Fort Atkinson High School auditorium,
attendees will be treated to an elegant selection of desserts in the High
School Commons. The desserts will be served buffet-style starting at 1:00
p.m. in the High School Commons.
Pre-concert music will be provided by members of the various Orchestras from
1:00 p.m. and continuing until just before concert time. The doors to the
auditorium will open at 1:30 p.m..
At 2:00 p.m. the concert will begin in the High School Auditorium. Seating
is general not reserved.
Tickets: $5.00 each. Includes your choice of a delicious international
dessert and coffee or other refreshment, and admission to the High School
Auditorium for Orchestra performance.
Tickets may also be purchased at
Humphrey Floral & Gifts from
March 3, 2005 through March 12, 2005.
Sorry there are no refunds on
tickets. There will be a few tickets available at the door for the Dessert
Concert, but dessert selection may be limited.
Monday, March 21 - 7:00 p.m. @ HS
Auditorium
MANDATORY MEETING for all students with their parents, and chaperones who
are going on the
High School Music Department Trip
to Disney World over
Spring Break. |
The students will be coming
to the high school early to rehearse with Jason Heath.
Signs will be posted the High School Music Area so
students know where to put their things, and tune.
| 11:30 a.m. |
High School Students be on stage ready to
rehearse. |
| 12:05 p.m. |
7th & 8th Graders report to the HS Orch.
Rm |
| 12:25 p.m. |
6th graders report to the HS Music Dept. |
| 12:45 p.m. |
Pre-concert Music performers report to the HS Orch.
Rm |
| 12:45 p.m. |
Elementary Orchestra (gr. 5) students report to the HS Music Dept. |
| 1:00 p.m |
Beginning Orchestra
( gr. 4) students
report to the HS Music Dept. |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Those High School Orchestra members not playing Pre-Concert Music report to the Band Room.
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| 1:45 p.m. |
Middle School and High School Orchestra members not playing pre-concert music should be seated in the reserved seats in
auditorium. |
Our Special Guest this year is Jason Heath.
Jason
Heath joined the UW-Whitewater Music Department as adjunct instructor of
Double Bass in 2002. An accomplished performer and pedagogue in
many styles of music, Jason performs and records regularly with the Iris
Chamber orchestra of Tennessee.
Recent projects with Iris have included
recordings of commissioned pieces for soloists Jamie Laredo, Sharon
Robinson, Richard Stoltzman, and
Edgar Meyer. Additionally, Jason is
Principal Bass of the Northbrook Symphony, Assistant Principal Bass of the
Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, and section Bass for the Elgin Symphony
Orchestra.
Jason has also performed with the Civic
Orchestra of Chicago, New World Symphony, Chicago Sinfonietta, Symphony II,
Lake Forest Symphony, Joffrey Ballet, American-Russian Youth Orchestra,
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Des Moines Metro Opera, Pacific Music Festival,
Britt Music Festival, and Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.
He received his B.M. from
Northwestern University and his M.M. from Northwestern University. |
