Overview
Welcome to Mr. Lambert's Webpage
Band/Choir/Orchestra
Name: Toby Lambert
Email Address: tobias.lambert@matsuk12.us
Phone number: (907) 761-1517
Phone number: (907) 761-1517
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For Orchestra people: The Mat-Su Youth Orchestra is starting up on Sept. 9 from 6:30PM-8PM at Iditarod Elementary. They are looking for intermediate level players. Cost is $100.00. You can email Kai West at alaskaiwest@gmail.com and you can go so MSYO.org for more information.
UPDATED ITEMS 3/6/2025 1. Overview page been updated a lot. 2. Google Classroom codes (below) 3. April 29 Choir concert practice tracks and the 2025 Honor choir practice tracks on the the choir page 4. March Newsletter is added. 5. Student names for our Honor music students has been added to the band/choir/orchestra page. 6. Cast part assignments has been added to Drama/Musical page for all students
Google Classroom codes: Advance Band: lskirff Beginning Band: zfm3soh Guitar: ye2tjac Musical Theater: d3haifa 6th grade Choir: sbfkaym 7th-8th grade Choir: mceeq3j Orchestra: 4cd3dij Musical/Play: awh7sn2 |
To Parents/Students:
Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year. There is lots of info on this site. Enjoy.
- The Pops concerts will be April 28 (Beginning and Advance Band and Orchestra), April 29 (Choir and Steel drums). All calls for concerts for all groups is 6:30 PM with the concert starting at 7PM. Black and White dress is required. More info will be coming.
- 3rd quarter Practice Charts will start on Sunday, Dec. 15. This quarter charts will run from Dec. 15 till Mar. 1 (9 weeks, 315 pts. Charts are weekly assignments. They are worth 35 pts each week for 2 hours of practice (and yes they get partial points for charts with 0-119 minutes). Charts go from Sunday to Saturday every week. Students turn them in to the “Snoopy” box every week. They need full name, the date of the week they practiced, times for each day, total time added up and a parent signature. All of this needs to be graded. Students can practice more than 2 hours if they want and put that on another chart if they are going to be gone on another week (like a vacation). Charts can be turned in up to 2:30 PM on Mar. 6. I won’t take them past 2:30 PM even if they are sick from school. They have all quarter to turn in stuff even if they choose to turn it in at the end only. Please be aware that if a student turns them in at the last minute and they are not filled out correctly, they will not be graded, and I can’t return them to the student for them to repair them.
-Extra Credit is going on for band, choir and orchestra students. Dec. 22 and Dec. 29 Holiday practice charts are not being graded as a chart. If a student turns them in, I will give your student extra credit for those weeks.
-Spring Play is "Big Bad" by Alec Strum. It is the trial of the Big Bad Wolf from the Fairy tale people. Play is May 9 (7PM) and May 10 (2PM). Mandatory Audition practices are March 3 and/or 4 from 2:30-3PM in the band room. Auditions are March 6 after school. Lots of info on the musical/drama page.
- 2025 CMS Masquerade ball is March 21 from 6:30PM-8:30PM. This is an evening/semi formal CMS dance/carnival for CMS students. The theme is Paris. I need some parents to help with chaperoning the event. We also are going to need small holiday lights. I am trying the build the Eiffel tower in the small gym (along with lit café and the Seine River front). The Eiffel tower built for the students to come in and be able to look up into the tower itself. It is 3D prop. So, I need lights to build the legs and bottom section of the tower. If you can help chaperone or loan us some lights, please email me. The money being raised is to help the fund the scholarship program along with helping the CMS student government.
-8th grade steel drum group is staring on Dec. 2 from 2:30-4PM. We rehearse normally Monday and Wednesday
-NOTE: I uploaded to your child’s google class a video that summarizes the Aug. 19 Parent meeting. Lots of info about policies, grading procedures, events info and more. Please use it if you need to get detail info on a lot of these items.
-Tri-M music honor society would like to congratulate Betty Schmidt, Macer Allen, Matthew Wilson, Karsyn Kimpton, Iris Peltier, Gennifer Gardner, Mabyn Kelly and Deliah Wankowski for being inducted into this year's group. Our next meeting is Feb. 21 from 2:30-3:30 PM.
- All students not in the honor festival will have sub in class on March 27-28. They will have assignments that need to be completed. There will be no instruments for anyone on March 27, 28 and 31 due to the locker room being given to the honor fest. All equipment must be out of the locker room those days.
-Honor Band, Choir, Orchestra list are posted on the honor page. Honor band, choir and orchestra is on. Band will be rehearing in class. Choir is on Feb. 25, March 18 and possibly March 25 from 2:30-4PM. Orchestra is Feb. 27 and March 20 from 2:30-4PM. The full festival is March 27-28 at Colony Schools. The concert at CHS is at 6PM on March 28 with call times at CHS earlier.
Thank you to our donors- Thank you to the following company/people that donated to the CMS music silent auction and other things. Carrs in Palmer Frontiersman newspaper Northwind Dental/Dawson family Anesha Krause Christy Pierce Claire Murray Danielle Roski Nolen Family Rachel Hart Rebecca Schachle Tammy Schmidt Wellborn Family Peltier Family
-Our next booster parent meeting is on March 4 2025 at 7PM (not March 3 due to a schedule change with Mr. Lambert.
Agenda for March 4, 2025 Booster meeting at 7PM on zoom 1. Welcome/Minutes/Money TOBIAS LAMBERT is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Stuff needed for instruments for Beginning Band: Flute: Need cleaning rag, Jewelry screw driver Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax: #2 reeds (about 10-12), cleaning swab, jewelry screw driver, mouth piece cleaner swab Trumpet, F. Horn, Baritone, Tuba: valve oil (clear color is preferred), cleaning kit with slide grease (if the instrument is the students) Trombone: valve oil (clear color is preferred), trombone slide grease (different from regular slide grease), cleaning kit (if the instrument is the students) Percussion: Percussion kit that contains a snare pad, bell kit, mallets for bells, snare sticks, percussion stand to put snare pad and bells on. Stuff needed for instruments for Beginning Orchestra: Violin, Viola: Rosin for bow, neck pad to lift the instrument on the student's neck, humidifier, extra set of strings Cello, Bass: Rosin for bow, humidifier, extra strings (for cello especially) Stuff needed for Guitar Class: Students need a case, humidifier, pick, extra strings
Books for Beginning band are: Traditions of Excellence Book 1 (red) and Book 2 (blue) Books for Beginning orchestra are: All for Strings Book 1 (light brown) and Book 2 (blue) YOU DO NOT NEED THE "THEORY BOOK", SO SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!! NO books for Guitar class at this time. Mr. Lambert will provide what he needs for the students. Most of the equipment that CMS has can be rented to Beginning Band/Beginning Orchestra students: Cost this year for rental is $85.00 for the year. Contract will be given to family at their instrument fitting meeting. First come, first serve (advance band/orchestra students need to have their own stuff unless it is a big instrument like a tuba or baritone-instrument mostly being focused to beginning students this year).
Places to rent/purchase instruments, equipment, books (which normally include warranty and maintenance plan): Matanuska music: (907) 376-4006, it is at 280 N. Willow Street in Wasilla https://www.matmusic.com/ Horn Doctor: (907) 272-4676, is at 1000 Ingra St. in Anchorage https://www.horndoc.com/ Music and Arts: (907) 561-7001, 4623 Old Seward Hwy in Anchorage https://stores.musicarts.com/ak/anchorage/music-store-1601.html Petr's Violin/Guitar Center: (907) 276-1800, is at 1408 Hyder St. Unit B in Anchorage https://violinsguitars.com/ Wood and Wire (Orchestra/Guitar stuff): (907) 745-7457 is at 3020 N. Glenn Hwy, Palmer. https://www.woodandwiremusic.com/ There are others shops if you google search, but these are the main ones for band, orchestra and guitars.
Concert Calendar for 2024-2025 year. Here is the calendar: Concertschedule20242025.doc
Here is practice charts: practicechart1.pdf They start on Aug. 25, 2024. First one is due on week of Sept. 1.
Below is a working schedule for music for this school year.
Monday/Friday-all classes Tuesday- 4C's, 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th period Wednesday-4C's 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th period Thursday-4C's, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th period
Extra Activities Mr. Lambert is planning for the 2024-2025 school year: Jazz Band (for advance band students)-Tuesday/Thursday 6:45 AM-7:15 AM Jazz Choir (for advance choir students)-Wednesday/Friday 6:45 AM-7:15 AM Musical Theater-After School Monday-Friday, Sept-Late Oct. Spring Play- After School in March-Early May. Solo/Ensemble contest students: Dec-Feb. After school Honor Ensembles: Feb-Mar. during and after school Talent Show???? Tri-M Honor music society-Sept till May. Steel Drum Ensemble: Nov till end of the year-open to 8th core music students with some requirements.
Things that may come back this year: Hand Bell Ensemble (Nov-Mid Dec).
Things putting on Hold for the 2024-2025 school year: Pep Band-End of Sept till Mid Nov. |
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