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Lower School Choir Registration
Greetings Bush Lower School Families,
I will be on maternity leave when choir starts, but I'm excited to share that we will have a fantastic musician and educator leading our Lower School program this fall: Carly Toyer (Carly Sparkly is their stage name), whom I have had the pleasure of working with since 2018 as part of the non-profit organization Rain City Rock Camp.
Here's more about them:
Here's more about them:
Carly Sparkly is an agender musician who fell in love with music via their childhood community choir and their parents' eclectic record collection. After moving from San Diego to Seattle in 2013, they spent nine years teaching voice, piano, guitar, ukulele, and songwriting at Meter Music School. Carly is the current Director of Programs at Rain City Rock Camp. Carly loves salmon nigiri, boogie boarding, and gathering folks around any living room piano for goofy sing alongs.
Please give Carly (they/them) a warm welcome!
The choir will meet twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning on Tuesday, October 20, and running through our concert on Thursday, December 17. This program is open to all Third-Fifth Grade students and there is no charge to participate. Students will meet after school from 3:15-4:30 p.m. in the Community Room (unless indicated otherwise).
>> Sign-Up: Please fill out this participation form no later than Friday, October 9.
LOWER SCHOOL CHOIR SCHEDULE
Time: 3:15-4:30 p.m.
Location: Community Room
Dates:
- Tuesday, October 20 (LS 103, Music Room)
- Thursday, October 22 (LS 103, Music Room)
- Tuesday, October 27
- NO REHEARSAL ON Thursday, October 29 (Parent and Guardian-Teacher Conferences)
- Tuesday, November 3
- Thursday, November 5 (LS 103, Music Room)
- Tuesday, November 10 (LS 103, Music Room)
- Thursday, November 12
- Saturday, November 14, hour TBA: Performances at Lower School Open House
- Tuesday, November 17
- Thursday, November 19
- NO REHEARSAL ON Tuesday, November 24 & Thursday, November 26 (Fall Break)
- Tuesday, December 1
- Thursday, December 3
- Tuesday, December 8
- Thursday, December 10 (LS 103, Music Room)
- Tuesday, December 15
- Wednesday, December 16 - DRESS REHEARSAL (3:30-5:00 p.m.) in the Mag Gym
- Thursday, December 17 - CONCERT at 6:00 p.m. in the Mag Gym
*NOTE that the Dress Rehearsal is on a Wednesday, and that there is no rehearsal before the concert on Thursday.
The final concert will be a joint production with our Middle School Choir, featuring the two groups separately, but also coming together for some combined singing. We are very excited to be collaborating again with Middle School Music Teacher Matt Swanson on this community-building activity!
If you have any questions, please feel free to email Middle School Music Teacher Matt Swanson at matt.swanson@bush.edu.
The Bush School is an independent day school located in Seattle, WA enrolling 775 students in grades K–12. The mission of The Bush School is to spark in students of diverse backgrounds and talents a passion for learning, accomplishment, and contribution to their communities
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