Spring Orchestra Concert

Final Concert of the school year - Tuesday, May 24th @ 7pm

Followed by the 

Annual Awards Ceremony
and the presentation of the Senior Books

We cordially invite all family and friends to attend
To honor and support the Seniors as they play in their last high school concert

The students will be wearing their formal attire.  Arrival times are: 

Chamber - Tune/Warm-up on stage no later than 5:30pm

Symphonic - arrive no later than 5:30 to change into uniform/Tune on stage at 5:50pm

Concert - arrive no later than 5:50pm to change into uniform/Tune on stage at 6:20

Justice Orchestra Pyramid Concert

 Justice High School Orchestra Pyramid Concert
Wednesday, April 20th @ 6:30...note early start time

This is a chance for ALL of the orchestra students in the Justice Pyramid to come together and perform music. There will be students from Glasgow Middle School  and the area elementary schools. For some of these students, this may be their very first concert performance!!

The concert will be informal. The orchestra students should wear jeans and long-sleeved orchestra shirts. The actual performance starts at 6:30PM, please note - this is an ealier time than normal. Students will be asked to be at Justice HS no later than 5:30PM to tune and to run through some of the combined pieces. 

VBODA March 18th / March 19th

 Virginia Band and Orchestra High School Assessments

Chamber Orchestra

• Evening of Friday, March 18^th
• Arrive at Annandale HS in their formal performance uniform NO LATER than 6pm
•  Meet in the main lobby with Ms. Haynes before going to warm-up room.
•  Stage Performance Time: 7:40PM

Symphonic Orchestra 

• Afternoon of Saturday, March 19^th

• Arrive at Justice NO LATER than 2pm
• Change into their formal uniform when they arrive at school and ride the bus to Annandale HS  
• Stage Performance Time: 4:35pm
• Estimated return to Justice ~ 6:15pm

Concert Orchestra

• Morning of Saturday, March 19^th
• Arrive at Justice NO LATER than 8am. 
• Change into formal uniform when you arrive at school and ride the bus to Annandale HS.  
• Stage Performance Time: 10:00am
• Estimated return to Justice ~11:15am 

Performances will take place at Annandale High School.
Students will wear their formal attire to this performance.
Each group will prepare and perform 3 pieces in front of four adjudicators. They will be assessed on many different criteria – including intonation, musicality, stage presence, tone and dynamics.
Based on their performance, they will receive an overall “rating”

              I – Superior    II – Excellent    III – Good     IV – Fair      V – Poor

Orchestra students have brought home permission slip forms for parents/guardians to sign. Please return all forms no later than Monday, March 7^th.  If you would like to take your student home after their performance and not ride the bus back to Justice, please attach a signed note onto the permission slip forms. 

Pre-Assessment Concert and VBODA

February 28th, 2022 (Monday) – Pre-Assessment Concert for all orchestra students

Concert will start promptly at 7pm and will end before 8pm

This is a required performance and is a “practice” performance for the kids before they go to Assessments in March.

Chamber Orchestra – students are asked to arrive no later than 5:30pm and on stage to tune and warm-up. They will change into their formal attire after warm-up.

Symphonic Orchestra – students are asked to arrive no later than 5:30pm to change into their formal attire. They will be on stage no later than 5:50pm to warm-up and tune.

Concert Orchestra – students are asked to arrive no later than 5:50pm to change into their formal attire. They will be on stage no later than 6:20pm to turn and warm-up.

Virginia Band and Orchestra Association Assessments
 March 18th and March 19th

• Performances will take place at Annandale High School.
• Students will wear their formal attire to this performance.
• Each group will prepare and perform 3 pieces on front of four adjudicators. They will be assessed on many different criteria – including intonation, musicality, stage presence, tone and dynamics.
• Based on their performance, they will receive an overall “rating”

I – Superior     II – Excellent     III – Good     IV – Fair     V – Poor

Chamber Orchestra will be performing the evening of Friday, March 18th. Exact time TBD

Symphonic Orchestra will be performing the afternoon of Saturday, March 19th. Exact time TBD.

Concert Orchestra will be performing the morning of Saturday, March 19th. Exact time TBD.

More information will be sent out soon in terms of exact times of performances and when to be at Justice High School, etc. along with field trip forms to be signed and returned.