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MVMS Music Programs Win Awards

In April, the MVMS Music programs attended the Music in the Parks Festival Series. Here are the results:

The MVMS Band competed in the Music in the Parks Festival at Great America in Santa Clara. They competed against bands from throughout the U.S. including Texas, Nevada and Oregon.

Here are the awards they received:
Wind Ensemble- 2nd place
Advanced Jazz Band- 2nd place
Intermediate Jazz Band- 3rd place
Advanced Percussion Ensemble - this is a unique ensemble and was the only percussion ensemble allowed to perform at Music in the Parks! 
They played extremely well and received a lot of praise from the judges.

The MVMS 6th grade Orchestra, led by Phoebe Dong attended the Music in the Parks Festival at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo. They played for judges and received an Excellent rating, earning first place in the competition!

The 7th and 8th grade choirs, led by Jessica Nicholson, accompanied by Nora Thomas & Beverly Rodgers, attended the Music in the Parks Festival in Anaheim California. The students performed a concert in Disneyland on 4/23, as part of the Disney Performing Arts program. On 4/24, the choirs participated in a competition called Music in the Parks. In this festival, 24 instrumental groups and 24 choirs competed in a variety of categories.

The MVMS Choir won 7 Awards!
Here are the highlights of the festival:

Concert Choir received a rating of “Excellent” and 1st place
Boys Chorus received a rating of “Excellent” and 1st place
Bel Canto received a rating of “Superior” and 1st place
Chamber Choir received a rating of “Superior” and 1st place
(and also received the second-highest score of all 24 choirs, including both middle school and high school groups)
Max Bayer was awarded Best Overall Student Piano Accompanist
Bianca Capretta was awarded Best Overall Vocal Soloist
MVMS was chosen as the “Esprit de Corps” winner!
This is the very top award given at the festival, and it is awarded to the school
that demonstrates the most respectful, professional behavior, and positive attitude. MVMS received this award out of ALL 21 schools represented at the festival (including both high school and middle schools, instrumental and and choral groups.)

Congratulations to the 6th Grade Orchestra & the 7th/8th Grade Choirs!
See our May/June newsletter for great photos of these events!

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2009-2010 Mini-Grant Awards

Thanks to your generous Fund-A-Need donations made during the 2009 Kiddo! Gala we have raised enough funding to support another series of Mini-Grant Awards. These awards are distributed via a committee which reviews a collection of applications submitted by our K-8 teachers. Each school in our district benefits from this exceptional, teacher-driven program.

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2010 Kiddo! Videos

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Arts in Mind

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