Southeastern High School Orchestra

The mission of the Hamilton Southeastern High School Orchestra Program is to challenge, inspire, understand, and represent through the art and communication of music performance.

Southeastern Orchestra Families,

We hope you enjoyed the Fall Concerts in September and are looking forward to our upcoming Winter Concerts in December! This school year is flying by and we are having a great time working with the students and preparing for the end of the first semester. We have several announcements found below so please make sure you scroll to the bottom. Additionally, we will have more logistical concert details coming in the December Southeastern Orchestra Royal Update.

Thank you all so much for your support and contributions to the Southeastern Orchestra program! Thanks to you we were able to raise over $13,000.00, just shy of our $20,000.00 goal! Your kind donations will go a long way in continuing to support our mission and the mission and vision of our Booster Organization!

Thank you for your continued support and all that you do for our Southeastern Orchestra program and students!

Heather Nieto, Director of Orchestras

Hamilton Southeastern High School

hnieto@hse.k12.in.us

Charles Kunz, Associate Director of Orchestras

Hamilton Southeastern High School

ckunz@hse.k12.in.us

Minjung Kim, Student Teacher-IU

Hamilton Southeastern High School

mkim@hse.k12.in.us

STAY TUNED!

We will be sending a separate email next week with a link for our upcoming spiritwear shop through BSN the week of November 11th!

We are excited to host our 2nd Annual Stringsgiving Social!

The purpose of this social is to celebrate the diversity of our orchestras through the sharing of food that represents your culture! Please plan to bring a dish that represents your family culture to share with others. The Southeastern Orchestra will provide drinks, decorations, napkins, cups and utensils. *if you are bringing a drink as your "dish" to share, that's ok too! You bring the food and we'll take care of the rest!

Please plan for the following:

• Bring your favorite prepared dish that represents your family culture
• We will provide notecards upon your arrival. Please fill out your name and a brief description of your meal. You may also consider listing any known allergens thought that is not a requirement.
• We have considered creating a digital cookbook for this event that we could add to and share from year to year. We will send out a separate form closer to the event that you can add to this year!

STRINGSGIVING CELEBRATION SIGN UP

Tuesday, December 10th @ 7:00PM - Southeastern Orchestra Winter Concert

• Camerata Orchestra
• Philharmonic Orchestra
• Serenata Orchestra

Thursday, December 12th @ 7:00PM- Southeastern Sounds of the Season Performance

• For the Sounds of the Season performance, the Southeastern Symphony Orchestra will be joined by the HSE Wind Ensemble. Each group will perform two pieces alone and then the HSEWE and SSO will join together for two final pieces as a Full Orchestra. Unfortunately the HSEWE and SSO can only rehearse together during Pathways and after school. We have sent the students the full rehearsal schedule with Pathways dates. Below you will find the after school rehearsals so that you can plan accordingly.
• Wednesday 11.13 3:15pm-4:15pm
• Wednesday 11.20 3:15pm-4:15pm
• Wednesday 12.4 3:15pm-4:15pm

More details along with links to tickets and livestream will be available in the December Royal Orchestra Update.

Dear Hamilton Southeastern Orchestra families,

I am thrilled with the official initiation and creation of our Southeastern High School Orchestra (SHSO) Boosters! I feel this school year is already flying by and we have so much to get accomplished here with our Hamilton Southeastern Orchestras. I would love to start by asking everyone to help with donations for our concessions at our INASTA All Regional Junior High event on Saturday, November 16th. We are asking our families for snacks, drinks, water and candy. Items should be bagged and labeled with "HSE Orchestra-H128". You may drop these off at the main office or send them in with your student. Don't forget, our next upcoming social event is our annual Stringsgiving being held on Tuesday November 18th. We also have some exciting, fun activities that you will hear about throughout the school year.

Please feel free to reach out if you have questions or would like to participate in helping in our future events. We will be putting together committees soon and looking for volunteers to help out!

I look forward to sharing a season of heart warming music with our orchestra families! Thank you for supporting this new board and our vision for the HSE Orchestras.

Best Regards,

Shobana Pandian, President

Southeastern High School Orchestra Boosters

The Vision of the SHSO Booster Board is to inspire a lifelong love for music. We aim to achieve this by supporting our music educators to help our students find a place to be creatively expressive. This environment will cultivate a collaborative workspace while instilling self-confidence, a positive mindset, and motivation to succeed in all aspects of life.

MEET THE BOARD

Please take a moment to click the link above and read about our current board members!

The purpose of the Southeastern High School Orchestra Boosters is to support and enhance the educational experience of the orchestra students through volunteerism, fundraising, and community engagement. Our goal is to provide resources and opportunities that foster musical growth, promote excellence in performance, and cultivate a strong sense of community among students, parents, and staff.

The Southeastern High School Orchestra Boosters will engage in a variety of activities to achieve its mission. These include organizing fundraising events such as concerts, concession, sale of goods, and community dinners; coordinating volunteer efforts for orchestra events and activities; facilitating communication between the orchestra director, students, and parents; and organizing social events to build camaraderie among orchestra families. Additionally, the organization supports the purchase of musical instruments, uniforms, and other essential equipment, and works to raise awareness and appreciation for the orchestra within the broader community.

Please take a moment to consider signing up with a private lesson teacher. Private lessons give all students an opportunity to grow at their pace. We teach students everything they need to know to play their instrument and become musicians. However, private lessons allow students to have one on one time with a teacher who is an expert in their instrument and will hone in on each students strengths and weaknesses giving them additional time and practice. Currently over 40 of the Southeastern Orchestra musicians take private lessons with an addition 40 students requesting a teacher!

Take a moment to view the 2024 Private Lesson Teacher google sheet for updated private lesson teacher recommendations!

As your student progresses over the next four years, you may start to find the instrument they currently have, less adequate for some of the more complicated techniques that will be required of them. If you are interested in upgrading your instrument or purchasing a new instrument, we strongly encourage you to allow us to assist you in this process. I have been teaching strings for a very long time and it is important to me that you find a quality instrument at a fair cost.

While I am happy to help you obtain an instrument from any reputable place, I also encourage you to reach out to Encore Orchestra Strings at Paige's Music. I have worked with them for many years and strongly support the way that they have worked with our families and students over the years. I am happy to meet you at the store and help you there as well. Please let us know if you are interested in upgrading or purchasing a new instrument and we will do everything we can to help you!

You can visit the Encore Orchestral Strings website by clicking on the Encore icon.

Due to new HSE District rules, we will be deleting all Remind accounts prior to January 01, 2025. We will be using Parent Square for communication with families instead. We will let you know when we are making the transition from Remind to Parent Square.

If you already know your student's class placement, please sign up for the class Remind! This service allows us to send you and students important information and reminders directly to your phone! We ask students and parents/guardians to please add their name as it is listed in Skyward so that we can easily identify who message are going to and coming from. Students should sign up as "student". Parents/guardians should sign up as "parent".

CAMERATA

PHILHARMONIC

SERENATA

SYMPHONY