NEXT YEAR'S FRANK MANTOOTH JAZZ FESTIVAL
AT NEW TRIER
HIGH SCHOOL is
Feb. 7, 2009 This year is our
26th
year of presenting this highly non-competitive jazz
festival.
THIS
YEAR'S FRANK MANTOOTH JAZZ FESTIVAL
AT NEW TRIER
HIGH SCHOOL was
Feb. 3, 2007 (Our
24th
year of presenting this highly non-competitive jazz festival.)
We
raised $75,000, WHICH IS THE COST OF BUILDING A Habitat
for Humanity
HOUSE FOR A MUSICIAN IN NEW ORLEANS IN MEMORY OF
FRANK MANTOOTH
We
collected and delivered to New Orleans schools over 400 musical instruments
We
collected and delivered over 500 prom dresses and 400 tuxes to the junior and
seniors in the New Orleans areaso they can look great at their prom this
spring.
Go
to our NOLA webpage
for details about our yearlong
NOLA project. NTJazz.com/NOLA
-
SPAM All-STARS
- Jazz Directors FAT Band
- Indiana University Jazz Ensemble
All New Trier Jazz Ensembles The entire evening concert featuring the
Chicago Jazz Ensemble with Jon Faddis If you would like more information or wish to donate to our
"Hey NOLA, We didn't forget you" project,
The 2007 Downbeat magazine Student
Musician Awards were announced in the June, 2007, issue. The New Trier Music Department
received seven awards, bringing our total to 37 DBs. Click to
see the list of awards.
Get
TWO FREE
RESERVED TICKETS
to the evening concert of the
New Trier Jazz Festival on Feb. 9. (Best seats in the house!)
by donating a qualifying amount of hair to "LOCKS OF
LOVE"
Our first donor...
Allie Hartman (Kenilworth)
10 inch
"Lock of Love" donated on Nov. 1
Has received 2 FRONT ROW SEATS
Our
second donor...
Denise Scmineth (Kenilworth)
"Lock of Love" donated on Nov. 11
Has received 2 FRONT ROW SEATS
Our
third donor...
Cali Simpson (Glencoe)
"Lock of Love" donated on Nov. 27
Has received 2 FRONT ROW SEATS
50 tickets will be reserved for 25 donations
of hair
to this wonderful organization.
Locks of Love Mission Statement: "Our mission is to return
a sense of self, confidence and normalcy to children suffering from hair
loss by utilizing donated ponytails to provide the highest quality hair
prosthetics to financially disadvantaged children. The children
receive hair prostheses free of charge or on a sliding scale, based on
financial need."
PROFESSIONAL
GROUPS FROM PAST JAZZ FESTIVALS ARCHIVED FOR IMMEDIATE VIEWING!!!
This concert was the first time our "capstone" ensembles
have ever performed in one concert.
The free concert featured our...
Symphonic
Wind Ensemble
Symphony Orchestra
Jazz Ensemble I
Concert Choir
Swing Choir
Choir-Opera
For more information
about the
"GRAMMYฎ
in the Schools" program, visit GRAMMYฎ
IN THE SCHOOLS
This
year's
GRAMMY-winning schools...
2007 National GRAMMY Signature School ($10,000)
New Trier High School Winnetka, Ill.
2007 GRAMMY Signature Schools Gold ($5,000 each)
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Jacksonville, Fla.
Waubonsie Valley High School Aurora, Ill.
2007 GRAMMY Signature Schools Enterprise Award
($5,000
each)
Chesnee High School Chesnee, S.C.
DeKalb School of the Arts Atlanta, Ga.
Fitzgerald High School Warren, Mich.
2007 Gibson Grant Schools ($5,000 each)
Hunters Lane High School Nashville, Tenn.
The Governors School for the Arts Norfolk, Va.
William A. Shine Great Neck South HSl Great Neck, N.Y.
2007 GRAMMY Signature Schools ($1,000 each)
Boardman High School Boardman, Ohio
Boulder High School Boulder, Colo.
Edina Senior High School Edina, Minn.
Davis Senior High School Davis, Calif.
Hamilton High School Los Angeles, Calif.
Irvine High School Irvine, Calif.
Klein Oak High School Spring, Texas
Northwood High School Irvine, Calif.
St. Charles North High School St. Charles, Ill.
State College Area High School State College, Pa.
Valparaiso High School Valparaiso, Ind.
West Ottawa High School Holland, Mich.
William Fremd High School Palatine, Illinois
The festival also raised a grand
total of $4,200 (counting our Jazzfest's matching donation of $2,000) for the Wheelchair Foundation
to purchase 53 wheelchairs
in the name of Frank Mantooth.
On Friday,
January 31, 2003
Jim Warrick presented a workshop at the
2003 State Convention of the
Illinois Music Educator Association
in Peoria, Illinois
on the topic...
"How To
Present LIVE and Archived Concerts
Over the INTERNET"
CLICK
to see the
PowerPoint presentation used at his workshop
Did
you know that music majors have the highest rate of admittance to medical
school, higher than any other subject area including biochemistry,
chemistry and physics. (Rockefeller Foundation study that concluded by
suggesting that students eager to be admitted to medical school should be
music majors.)
Did
you know that students of the arts continue to outperform their non-arts
peers on the SAT, according to reports by the College Entrance Examination
Board. Want to
see!
If your school is
taking a major trip, you can download all the medical, legal, and
discipline forms we used... all are located on the China
Tour Handouts Section.
Recorded:
May 22, 2008
Duration: 1
hr. 20 min.
*** SPRING
CHOIR-OPERA
REVUE
TO BE recorded: May 19, 2008
Duration: 2
hr. 5 min.
***
SPRING
FESTIVAL Archived Soon
Featuring
the Combined Varsity and Concert
Wind Ensembles
Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Choir-Opera Recorded:
April. 30, 2008
Duration:
hr. min.
*** SWING
CHOIR/
CHORALIERS CONCERT
Recorded:
April. 25, 2008
Duration: 1
hr. 28 min. ***
SPRING ORCHESTRAS CONCERT
Featuring
the Chamber Orchestra
Freshman Orchestra
Freshman Chamber Players
Concert Orchestra
Recorded:
April. 22, 2008
Duration: 1
hr. 22 min. *** SPRING
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Recorded:
April. 17, 2008
Duration: 1
hr. 15 min.
*** SPRING JAZZ CONCERT
Recorded:
April. 10, 2008
Duration: 1
hr. 17
min.
Featuring
the music of
Eric Richards
with speical guests... the NTHS
Swing Choir
Jazz Ensemble I performs
music from their New Orleans trip.
***
SPRING
CHORAL CONCERT
Recorded: March
14,, 2008
Duration: 1
hr. 8 mins.
Featuring the...
Waubonsee
Valley HS
Wind Ensemble
and the
New Trier High School
Symphonic Wind Ensemble
*** Mid-Year Wind
Ensembles Concert
Featuring the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Freshman Concert Band
Recorded:
Oct. 30, 2007
Duration: 48
min.
***
FALL
FESTIVAL
OF WINDS
CONCERT I
Featuring the Varsity Wind Ensemble and Concert Wind Ensemble
Recorded:
Oct. 30, 2007
Unfortunately this
concert's video recording had too many technical problems to
post.
With special
musical guests... TRIO
BALKAN STRINGS Recorded:
May 24, 2007
Duration: 1 hr 18
min
Featuring... Freshman Concert Band
Freshman Orchestra
Freshman Girls Chorus
Freshman Boys Chorus, Musettes, Mens Chorus,
and
selected senior soloists.
*** GRAMMY
AWARD
CELEBRATION CONCERT
Recorded:
May 22, 2007
Duration: 2 hr 13 min
Featuring... Symphonic
Wind Ensemble
Symphony Orchestra
Jazz Ensemble I
Concert Choir
Swing Choir
Choir-Opera
