Spring Concerts and performances are Coming! YHS Band, Jazz Ensemble, Guitar and Drumline May 14 @ 6:30 p.m. Dini Theater YIS Music Department May 16 @ 6:30 p.m. YIS Gymatorium YHS Choir and Solos Concert May 21 @ 6:30 p.m. Dini Theater YHS Band Graduation Performance June 1 @ 10:00 a.m. YHS Field
YHS and YIS Musicians to serve dinner for the 2013 Walker River Communities Foundation Fundraiser on June 1 at the Casino West Convention Center. Parent Volunteers needed! This is a great fundraiser for our Music Boosters.
4 YHS band members chosen to participate in the 2013 Nevada All-State Small Schools Honor Band in Elko, May 2 - 4. Concert will be presented at 10:00 a.m. on May 4.
Welcome to the 2012 - 2013 School year, let's make it a great one.
Keep up to date by checking back often for Yerington Music news.
Want to help the music program directly by donating needed equpiment and materials?
The
National Teacher Registry is a free service for schools and teachers that enables
them to create a list of the items they need for their classrooms. Conceptually it is
similar to a wedding or baby shower registry.
With
the National Teacher Registry, parents and others can find a teacher's registry, purchase items from the list, and have the items
delivered to the classroom.
Click this link, click on find, type Yerington for school, click on Chris Jeka.
Please remember, you
are in control of keeping music and the arts in our schools, let your
support of music education be known. Talk to your students administrators and
tell them the arts are important to your child’s education.
Contact your school board representatives @ (http://www.lyon.k12.nv.us/html/members.html).
Call or write to your Nevada legislators and
express that you want them to support and fight for continued funding
of music and the arts as a part your child’s complete education.
Please feel free to use this as your your letter, or write your own if you wish.
The new school year is in full swing, it's time to keep up those music “chops” and begin
developing them for band. As director of bands at YHS I have been
teaching private lessons on band instruments for over 15 years and would love
to continue this year. If you or your band student want to work a little just
to keep fresh, hope to develop a hidden talent or get ahead in band this fall, please contact me to set up some one on one private lessons or
get together with some others for group lessons. The end goal is to
keep music at Yerington going strong and make sure it continues to have a
strong presence in our community
Musically yours,
___________________________________
Christopher
E. Jeka
Director
of Music at Yerington
High School
YHS Band and Select YIS Band members participate in the 4th annual UNR Mass Band Day. A great time was had by all. Check out the video.....UNR_2010_t.3gp
Please stop by the Okto comments page and leave your comments about Oktoberfest. What did you like? What do you think needs improving?
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent” 
Singing: The Key to a Long Life