6th Grade Live Stream Concert at 6pm, May 11th, 2021

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Pizzicato - Rolling Along

Lightly Row

Arco - D Major Scale in Thirds

A Mozart Melody (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)

Ode to Joy by Beethoven

Can-Can (from Orpheus in the Underworld) by J. Offenbach

Full Ensemble Parts played together

At the Grasshopper Ball by Richard Meyer

Sailors' Song by Mark Williams

7th Grade Live Stream Concert at 6pm, May 6th, 2021

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Age of Heroes by Jeremy Woolstenhulme

Celtic Dance by Mark Williams

Star Dancer by Mark Williams

Joust by Richard Meyer

8th Grade Live Stream Concert at 6pm, May 4th, 2021

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A Spark of Courage by Doug Spata

Arkansas Traveler arranged by David Tovey

Beethoven, Inc. arranged by Richard Meyer

Viva La Vida by Coldplay arr by Larry Moore

Cello Squadron by Richard Meyer

Our Spring Concerts in May

Our Spring orchestra concerts will be a live broadcast (Northwood MS Facebook live stream) and they will all begin at 6pm on the days listed below. There will be no audience. Other school orchestras, such as Greenville County Youth Orchestra, have been doing concerts this year in the same format and they have been very successful. The facebook link for the concert will be listed on this web page as well as the video once the concert is over.

8th grade concert is Tuesday, May 4th

Students need to arrive by 5:30pm so we can unpack and tune. The concert will begin at 6pm. This is a live streamed concert, so there will be no audience.

7th grade concert is Thursday, May 6th

Students need to arrive by 5:30pm so we can unpack and tune. The concert will begin at 6pm. This is a live streamed concert, so there will be no audience.


6th Grade Concert is tuesday may 11th

Students need to arrive by 5:30pm so we can unpack and tune. The concert will begin at 6pm. This is a live streamed concert, so there will be no audience.

Congratulations to our Solo & ensemble students!!

Ezra Eenigenburg - Cello - Superior Rating

Victoria Tran - Violin - Superior Rating

Hanelis Diaz - Cello - Superior Rating

Ethan Simpson - Cello - Superior Rating

Gabriella Perez - Viola - Excellent Rating

Juan Vargas - Violin - Excellent Rating

Michael Resciniti - Double Bass - Excellent Rating

Reese Roberts - Viola - Excellent Rating

Elvira Herrera-Reyes - Cello - Excellent Rating

Vivian Le - Cello - Excellent Rating

Vu Le - Violin - Good Rating

Ansley Prior - Violin - Good Rating

6th Grade students renting instruments

Please look at renting your instruments at a local string store in our area. Here are a few that are close by and are very good:

Bernhardt House of Violins

Musical Innovations

Music and Arts

If you are planning on buying an instrument instead of renting one, please send me the link for the instrument if it is online so that I can check the quality of the instrument. Here is my email address pmurch@greenville.k12.sc.us

Here is the school rental instrument form for students that are in 7th or 8th grade and are using a cello or bass. The fee is not $50, it is $25. Checks should be made to Northwood Middle School.

Everyone that plays violin or viola still needs a shoulder rest for the size instrument that you have as well as the book "Essential Elements" book 1 by  Gillespie, Hayes, Allen.

Good shoulder rests brands are: Everest, Kun, and FOM and there are others. The book and the shoulder rest can be bought at any music store or online like amazon.com, etc.

In Person Schedule

Fridays are all elearning. The schedule is below.

1st Period (8:30 - 8:50)

2nd Period (8:51-9:09)

3rd Period (9:10 - 9:29)

4th Period (9:30 - 9:49)

5th Period (9:50 - 10:09)

6th Period (10:10 - 10:30)

Virtual Office Hours (Online Help Times) Monday-Thursday

1pm-1:20pm

Here is a link to your weekly lesson plans

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Virtual Open House for Parents and Students is this Thursday, August 27th

The open house event will be through GoogleMeets and I will post the link on Google Classroom so you can join when it is your child's time:

2020-2021 Orchestra calendar

Many events like All-County Orchestra, Region Orchestra, and All-State Orchestra is TBA currently and some will be pre recorded and sent off to the judges. 


Contact Information

Patrick Murch  email to: pmurch@greenville.k12.sc.us

Phone: 355-7045