5215 San Felipe Street, Houston, TX 77056
There is a required after school rehearsal scheduled for all students performing with the bands in San Antonio.
On Thursday, May 10 the Advanced Band has a required rehearsal from 3:30pm to 5:00pm.
On Friday, May 11 the Beginning and Intermediate Band has a required rehearsal from 3:30 to 5:00pm.
This is our last opportunity to prepare for the Alamo Showcase of Music Festival on Saturday. Let's practice performance on Thursday and Friday!
The Grady Band Trip to San Antonio for the Alamo Showcase of Music is right around the corner. At this time all payments are due in full, and permission forms and medical forms are also due to Mr. Hall. If you have not paid for the trip in full or if you have not returned the necessary forms, please take care by Monday, May 7.
The permission form and medical form are attached. Questions? Please contact Mr. Hall - lhall8@houstonisd.org.
Come out and hear the Grady Middle School Bands one more time as they present their Jamboree Concert on Wednesday, May 2 at 6:30pm in the Grady Middle School Commons. Admission is FREE, but donations are greatly appreciated. The Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced bands will play the music that they have prepared for the Alamo Showcase of Music Festival. This is an excellent opportunity to hear the bands performing at their best. We hope you can join us!
Band Student Information:
-This is a required performance for all band students. Students need to be dressed in their concert uniform, with music and ready to warm-up in the band hall at 5:30pm. Students will help with the clean-up after the concert. The concert begins at 6:30pm and will end at approximately 7:30pm.
Congratulations to the Grady MS Combined Concert Band for their excellent performance at the HISD Waltrip Concert Band Festival last Friday, March 30, 2012. The band is comprised of 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students from four different class periods (A1, A7, B2, & B4), thus making it more challenging to prepare as a complete ensemble. Students in Grady's Combined Concert Band have a wide range of experience ranging from students that just started playing a band instrument at the beginning of the school year to the more experienced students who have been playing their instrument since 4th grade. But despite the inherent challenges, Grady's musicians gave one of their best performances to date. They earned one Division 1 Rating and two Division 2 Ratings from the three judges listening to their stage performance! This is a wonderful accomplishment for our Grady Gator musicians!
Video of the performance can be viewed on the Grady Band Website - www.gradyband.org
Click the "Media" link at the top of the page to watch the videos. The site is password protected for copyright protection. Please email Mr. Hall if you would like the password.
Congratulations again to all of the students in the Grady Middle School Combined Concert Band for their performance at the Waltrip Concert Band Festival!
Mr. Hall - lhall8@houstonisd.org
Please remember to turn in your Yankee Candle Fundraiser Orders and Money today and the $30 San Antonio Trip payment today (Monday, April 2, 2012). Thanks!
On Friday, March 30th at 3:30pm, the Grady Middle School Advanced Band will perform at the HISD Concert Band Festival at Waltrip High School. Students need to bring their concert dress clothes with them to school along with their instrument and music. Family and friends are welcome to attend the festival to see our performance at Waltrip. We still need a few parent volunteers for chaperones. We also need donations of water and snacks to serve to the students after their performance. Please contact Mr. Hall if you are available to help. Please sign and return the attached permission form by Tuesday, March 27th.Thanks! - lhall8@houstonisd.org
HISD - Waltrip Concert Band Festival - 3/30/2012
12:57pm - Load the Bus at Grady MS (after lunch)
1:30pm - Travel to Waltrip High School
2:00pm - Unload Equipment & Prepare for Warm Up
2:50pm - Warm Up
3:20pm - Leave Warm Up
3:30pm - Perform
4:00pm - End Performance & Load Equipment
4:30pm - Leave Waltrip High School
5:00pm - Unload Equipment at Grady Middle School
5:30pm - Dismissal
Thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket to the Grady Middle School Music In Our Schools Month Dinner Concert. The concert is officially SOLD OUT! I’m very proud of our students for working so hard to promote their production. The Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Bands and the World Music Drum Ensemble are set to have a great concert on Wednesday night.
Tickets will not be available for sale at door on Wednesday.
Thanks again!
Mr. Hall - lhall8@houstonisd.org
On May 12th, 2012 the Grady Middle School Bands will travel to San Antonio to perform at the Lila Cockrell Theater as participants in the Alamo Showcase of Music Festival. Trip Payment #2 - $30 is due on Monday, March 5th. We are still accepting chaperones for this trip. Please make checks payable to Grady Middle School PTO. Questions? Please contact Mr. Hall - lhall8@houstonisd.org
Attached is information for the Band and General Music students regarding the Music In Our Schools Month Dinner Concert on Wednesday, March 7th. Attendance is mandatory for all music students. Questions? Contact Mr. Hall - lhall8@houstonisd.org
Attention Music Students:
We have a very limited number of seats available for the Music In Our Schools Month Dinner Concert on March 7th. Please turn in your ticket stubs and money to Mr. Hall as soon as possible. The last day to turn in ticket stubs, money, and any unused tickets is Monday, March 5th. But do not wait until Monday to turn in your sold ticket stubs and money. Please turn in the money and ticket stubs as you sell them. Once we sell 264 tickets, the concert is sold out!
The MIOSM Dinner Concert on March 7th is going to be a treat! ...pun intended ;-)
Leif Hall
Director of Bands
Grady Middle School
Houston, TX
Mr. Hall graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Music Education degree. He has taught music for 13 years in the states of Illinois, Indiana, California, and Texas. Mr. Hall feels fortunate to be teaching at Grady Middle School in Houston, TX as part of an excellent team of teachers, administrators, staff.
Leif Hall
Director of Bands
Grady Middle School
Houston, TX
Mr. Hall graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Music Education degree. He has taught music for 13 years in the states of Illinois, Indiana, California, and Texas. Mr. Hall feels fortunate to be teaching at Grady Middle School in Houston, TX as part of an excellent team of teachers, administrators, staff.
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