Choir Quick First Day Updates

Concert Choir:

I know you received a lot of information in a short amount of time this morning.  

Just a few quick reminders following up from this morning's rehearsal.

- Please log in to Dropbox tonight, follow the instructions that were sent to your email address (download the app).  Let me know by next rehearsal if you have any trouble getting logged in (either send me an email or let me know in person)

- Download the "First Week Assignment" from Dropbox, digitally fill out, and send it to me via email

- Get yourself a black binder for music

- Review the music calendar and syllabus, sign the bottom portion and hand it in to me next rehearsal

-  Sectionals will start next week (Soprano-Monday, Alto-Tuesday, Tenor-Wednesday, Bass-Thursday, Makeup-Friday)

- Start listening to the recordings and part tracks on Dropbox to prepare for upcoming rehearsals!

-  Consider joining Lab Jazz Choir!  Email me, we would love to have you join us!

- You are welcome to come to the choir room before school any day of the week

-  We will discuss concert dress, choir t-shirt designs, and sight singing factory soon

Have a fantastic rest of your first week!  See you at the next rehearsal

-Mr. Raymond

Choir Opening Day Updates

Greetings singers:

I hope you have a fantastic Labor Day weekend with your friends and families.

We are now just a few days away from our first rehearsal together! It’s going to be an exciting year with many awesome music opportunities and experiences ahead!

A few things you can do to prepare for the upcoming school year in choir:

- Get a black binder with folder inserts and/or pockets (along with pencils)

- Get a water bottle

- Read through the attached syllabus

- Look over the events calendar and sectional schedule to start planning ahead

- Look over/listen to the curriculum and start forming playlists on your phone

- Consider joining Lab Jazz Choir! Not too late to join!

- Look over the part assignments to see who’s in your section—perhaps reach out via social media and say hi! You can reach out to your section leaders anytime!

On the first day of school, you are welcome to stop by the choir room before your advisory. You’ll get a folder with music. We will go over a few syllabus and calendar items and then get singing!

Enjoy your weekend and I’ll see you soon! If you have any questions feel free to reach out and I will get right back to you.

Mr. Raymond

Choral Director

Foxboro High School

Choir 2018-2019 Summer Updates

Concert Choir 2018-2019 Singers:

I hope you are all having a wonderful summer!  I am excited to announce that the tentative curriculum and part assignments for the upcoming school year are finished.  The information was emailed to your school email accounts as well as uploaded to Dropbox.  You can also find a curriculum list on the tab at the top of this website.

To best prepare for the school year, I recommend you seek out a variety of recordings of the curriculum in order to familiarize yourself with the music.  This is especially true for our Fall Masterwork: Franz Schubert's "Mass in G".  We will be singing this multi-movement masterwork with a guest choir (North Attleboro High School) and our own FHS String Orchestra with guests!  It is also recommend that you take some time to do some singing (if possible), even if it is just light warmups and exercises!

For those of you who were in the ensemble last year and are connected to Dropbox, you can find sheet music and part tracks and recordings of the music.  I will be regularly updating over the next week.  (For those new to the ensemble, I will help you get connected to Dropbox on the first day of school!)  

Section leaders, I will be contacting you soon regarding our upcoming Summer Meeting Event.

More information will be coming your way as we get closer to the start of the year.  For now, I hope you have a fantastic rest of the summer, and I look forward to meeting you all on our first rehearsal in September!

-Mr. Raymond

Vocal Jazz Curriculum 2018-2019

Jazz Singers:

The tentative curriculum for 2018-2019 Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Lab Jazz Choir is finished!  You can find a copy of this curriculum on the Tab at the top of the website and on Dropbox.  A copy of the curriculum was also emailed to all VJE members earlier today (school emails).

Recordings for VJE and Lab Jazz Choir have been uploaded to Dropbox.  Digital sheet music and Part Tracks are in the process of being uploaded.  Keep checking back for updates!

Please begin regularly listening to the recordings as you prepare for the upcoming school year.

I am looking for a few more members for Lab Jazz Choir!  
Anyone interested please email me at: raymondb@foxborough.k12.ma.us
(or contact guidance directly and add "Vocal Jazz Workshop")
Anyone from any grade is welcome to join regardless of experience
(must be a member of Concert Choir, Band, or Orchestra to enroll)

Additional curriculum for Concert Choir, Treble Choir, Chamber Choir will be posted soon.

Have a wonderful rest of your summer, and let me know if you have any questions as you begin to prepare for the upcoming school year!

-Mr. Raymond

FMA Bottle and Can Drive

Save the Date for our largest fundraiser of the year, the FMA Bottle and Can Drive. This year it will take place Saturday, Sept. 15th with a Rain Date of Sept. 22nd. More information about this event will be coming. Enjoy the rest of your summer!

Highlights from 2017-2018!

Foxboro Choir Students:

I hope you are having a wonderful summer!  Planning is underway for the upcoming school year!  Check back here as well as your email and on Dropbox often for updates.

As mentioned before, it is highly beneficial if you do some vocal exercises over the course of the summer as well as start checking out recordings of the Schubert Mass in G, our upcoming masterwork that we will be studying in the Fall for Voices and Strings!

In the meantime, please enjoy this slideshow: Highlights from 2017-2018!

2018-2019 Foxboro High School Music Calendar

For your early planning purposes, the tentative 2018-2019 Foxboro High School Music Calendar is now up.  You can access this calendar by clicking the tab on the top of the website.

The events, times, locations, and dates of this calendar are all subject to change.

Please stay tuned to this website for all Vocal Music Department related news and updates throughout the summer.  You are welcome to share any information posted here.

-Mr. Raymond