Foundation Academy Honors Chamber Orchestra

We are proud to announce that Foundation Academy Charter School will be holding auditions for the Honors Chamber Orchestra September 5-9. This orchestra is an auditioned orchestra that is opened to all FACS students in the 7^th and 8^th grade. We will allow 6^th grade student to audition for the Chamber Orchestra at the beginning of the 2^nd quarter.

This orchestra will rehearse two Saturdays every month from 9-12 in the commons. This group will have opportunities to perform at off campus venues and within the school at special events. This group will have its own orginal set of music to perform in attention to their grade level music that you will be studying in class.

Auditions will be held before, during, and after school during the week of September 5-9. You must sign up for an audition time and be present during your assigned time. Anyone who misses their audition time must wait for the next audition term to audition. Auditions will be held at the beginning of each quarter.

Audition requirements:

·         Perform 36 measures of any piece of music previously studied

·         Scale-You will be asked to perform two of the following one octave scales; D, G, A, C, F major

·         Sigh read a short piece of music. (This will be given out a week prior to the audition)

5th grade rockin' out!

Mozart Seranade into Fiddler's Hoedown

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Devyn Rush's information

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6th grade orchestra crushing those strings!

Fireworks by Katy Perry! 

Mambo Amable

Entry of the Tumblers by Elliot Del Borgo

Jamaican Spice

Rolling In The Deep by Adele

The Choir singing Rolling In The Deep by Adele. We were so lucky to have Devyn Rush, an American Idol semi-finalist, sing with us! Devyn is such an amazing girl and has a great future ahead of her! 

Successful concert!

What a great night of music and excitement. The students did such a great job and I was blown away by their professionalism and concentration throughout the night. The 5th grader orchestra has come so far from the beginning of this year and have now started to evolve into true musicians. I was moved by the choir's performance and so impressed by the great deal of emotion and passion as they sang their music. Thank you Devyn Rush for taking time out of your schedule to come and sing Rolling In The Deep with us. You were amazing and we love getting to know you better with every visit! Also, I wanted to thank the great musicians Lisa and Justin Pope for accompanying the choir on the guitar. The 6th grader orchestra continues to surprise me as I think back to their perform last spring and see how much they have grown and developed since that time. The 7th and 8th graders performance last night was nothing less than amazing. Their string rendition of All of the Lights by Kanye West and Thriller by Michael Jackson both surpassed my expectations.

Thank you students for being dedicated to your instruments and I encourage you to continue to study and develop your passion for music over the summer by signing up for a camp or taking a private lesson at your local music store.

Spring Concert June 16!

The Spring concert is fast approaching.  Our Spring Concert is taking place on June 16 at 7:00 PM at the Yvonne Theater on Rider University The concert will consist of the 7^th and 8^th grade Philharmonia string orchestra, the 6^th grade Sinfonietta Orchestra, 5^th grade orchestra, and the Foundation Academy Choir.  This concert will feature repertoire ranging from the Telemann Sinfonia to Katy Perry’s Fireworks and Cold plays Viva La Vida. The students have progressed significantly in the past few months and are proud to perform this exciting music.  We hope that you are able to attend this special night of music. Come support our students!!!