See all those ensemble types at the top of the page? We need writers and reporters to create content about these groups. The way we see it, your words are better than ours, so if you’d like to volunteer some content, please contact Paul Katula, our editor, at paul@schoolsnapshots.org.
Let’s say your orchestra or marching band is performing Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man” this year. We invite you to write a short piece about how this work was commissioned or first performed. If people find it interesting, we even have badges that you can win—badges you can take with you using the Open Badges Infrastructure, to be published within the next few months.
Coverage of Illinois high bands and orchestras begins here on
October 2, 2012
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Comprehensive Musicals Coverage
Voxitatis recently turned on our master list of musicals at Illinois high schools that was popular two years ago. We’re doing everything we can to compile the list, so if your school is performing a musical that’s not listed, we think some people in Illinois, not at your school, might want to know about it so they can support it and learn from what you do. Drop us a note with the title of the musical and performance dates.
Marching Bands
It’s an exciting year for marching bands in Illinois. First, the IHSA is planning to ask schools in November if they would participate in a state championship series for marching band. Second, we’ve got a new take on a game a few people played last year coming in October. Third, we’ve got a survey, in partnership with Illinois Marching Online, that lets you express your views about a state championship. And finally, throughout the season, we’ll be introducing you to a few new marching bands every week, highlighting the diversity not only of the shows they put together but the learning that happens on the marching field.
