Wow! Summer is upon us.
What should I do this summer? Practice, private lessons, fiddle tunes?
Here is information for the current orchestra students.
5th grade (in the fall) students interested in orchestra, please check here for information.
6th grade (In the fall) students interested in orchestra, but did not participate in 5th grade, please check here for information.
Check out evasternmoves.com for some pilates exercises
for good stretching!
Calendar of orchestra concerts /events - here
Greetings from the Orchestra Room!!
This website has been created to communicate with
students and parents about what is happening in orchestra.
My hope is that the information is useful and easy to find.
A quick McFarland Orchestra history:
The orchestra started as an after school program for 5th graders in the fall of 2008 with a handful of students. In the fall of 2009 four students moved on to 6th grade and nine 5th graders started.
In 2010 the Orchestra was moved to the school day and 23 new 5th graders began, nine 6th graders and four 7th graders were involved. In the fall of 2011 there were four 8th graders, five 7th graders plus a virtual school student, seven 6th graders, and twenty-one 5th graders. The fall of 2012 brought about the first
McFarland High School Orchestra with 10 members. 2016 brought about our first district String Fling and our first ever full orchestra for the final high school concert. In 2018 we started a second high school orchestra to meet the musical needs of the students. We welcomed Brian Vanderbloemen to teach the Philharmonic Orchestra at MHS.
The orchestra program is nicely established in McFarland!!
We are excited that some of our alumni are playing in their college orchestras and continuing their musical experiences. We welcome all the new students and are excited about the number of students continuing. Our number of involved students is growing each year. This year we have over 35 students at the high school level, 70 in the middle school, and approximately 50 5th graders.
Thank you to the McFarland School District and the Community for the support of our efforts.
Have a Musical Day!
Mrs. Leanna Hershey
email Mrs. Hershey with any questions regarding grades 5-10 orchestra using the link below:
[email protected]
email Mr. Vanderbloemen with any questions regarding grade 11-12 orchestra using the link below:
[email protected]
Links to the schools below:
Waubesa Intermediate School Indian Mound Middle School
McFarland High School
This website has been created to communicate with
students and parents about what is happening in orchestra.
My hope is that the information is useful and easy to find.
A quick McFarland Orchestra history:
The orchestra started as an after school program for 5th graders in the fall of 2008 with a handful of students. In the fall of 2009 four students moved on to 6th grade and nine 5th graders started.
In 2010 the Orchestra was moved to the school day and 23 new 5th graders began, nine 6th graders and four 7th graders were involved. In the fall of 2011 there were four 8th graders, five 7th graders plus a virtual school student, seven 6th graders, and twenty-one 5th graders. The fall of 2012 brought about the first
McFarland High School Orchestra with 10 members. 2016 brought about our first district String Fling and our first ever full orchestra for the final high school concert. In 2018 we started a second high school orchestra to meet the musical needs of the students. We welcomed Brian Vanderbloemen to teach the Philharmonic Orchestra at MHS.
The orchestra program is nicely established in McFarland!!
We are excited that some of our alumni are playing in their college orchestras and continuing their musical experiences. We welcome all the new students and are excited about the number of students continuing. Our number of involved students is growing each year. This year we have over 35 students at the high school level, 70 in the middle school, and approximately 50 5th graders.
Thank you to the McFarland School District and the Community for the support of our efforts.
Have a Musical Day!
Mrs. Leanna Hershey
email Mrs. Hershey with any questions regarding grades 5-10 orchestra using the link below:
[email protected]
email Mr. Vanderbloemen with any questions regarding grade 11-12 orchestra using the link below:
[email protected]
Links to the schools below:
Waubesa Intermediate School Indian Mound Middle School
McFarland High School