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Join us Monday, March 18th, 2024 at 7:45 pm for our monthly Music Studio General Meeting via ZOOM. We will be joined by Post-Secondary Advisor, Erica Blum. If you are unable to attend, please send your questions to music@laguardiahspa.org or instrumental@laguardiahspa.org before 6pm. The meeting will be recorded and shared as soon as the recording becomes available. You'll find the meeting minutes in the March 25th edition of Music Monday.

Meeting ID: 812 7253 1422
Passcode: 329614

February Highlights

Spotlighting The Music Studio's Own Dr. Daryl Jordan

Reprinted from the Yellowsheet 2.2.24

"As we enter Black History Month and share the amazing contributions of African Americans and African American culture to the American tapestry, Our own Vocal music instructor Dr. Darryl Jordan will be featured as researcher in an upcoming documentary titled GOSPEL by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. of "Finding Your Roots" and "Black Church" documentary fame and party to the infamous "Beer Summit" called by President Obama with him and Sgt. James Crowley who brutally and falsely arrested him, has a new docu-series titled, GOSPEL. Here is a description below:

Dig deep into the origin story of Black gospel music, coming out of slavery, blending with the blues tradition, and soaring to new heights during the Great Migration. From Mahalia to Kirk Franklin, in the last century, gospel music has become the dominant form of African American religious expression and provided a soundtrack of healing and uplift to those at the front lines of protest and change.

The documentary will air February 12 & 13 on PBS and a special companion gospel concert on February 9. This documentary cuts across all our understanding of American culture and the powerful ways we continue to forge paths of justice and equity. It is truly a must-see event!"

Past Music Monday Newsletters

2023 - 2024 Issues

September 11 September 18 October 2 October 16 October 23 November 6 November 13 November 20 November 27 December 4 December 11 December 18

January 8 January 22 January 29 February 5 February 12 February 26 March 4

2022 - 2023 Issues

September 12 September 19 October 3 October 10 October 17 October 24

October 31 November 7 November 14 November 21 November 28 December 5 December 12 December 19 January 2 January 9 January 16 January 23 January 30 February 6 February 13 February 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 17 April 24 May 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 June 5

June 12 June 26

Show Dates

As soon as concerts are announced for 2023-2024 they will be posted here!

* unless notated, all concerts take place in the Concert Hall at 6:30 pm*

To purchase tickets for all shows, visit: https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/laguardiahs/699.

Posters from 2023-24 Performances

Posters from 2022-23 Performances

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Email: music@laguardiahspa.org or instrumental@laguardiahspa.org

News from the Music Studio

Behind the Scenes!

Your Music Studio board is a group of parent volunteers elected to represent the interests of Music Studio families to the LaGuardia Parents Association (PA) and to LaGuardia’s Music Department, and the opportunities and requirements of LaGuardia’s Music Department to families. Our goals are to support our Vocal and Instrumental students, and to assist in the school’s mission to educate and inspire our young musicians. We also provide financial support for Music Department needs. Please join us in supporting the unique talents of our children! Feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions or would like to get involved.

Whether you're a new or returning family of an Instrumental or Vocal student, we're excited to share this school year with you at LaGuardia Arts HS, where formative learning experiences, exceptional performance opportunities, and boundless personal growth create unique harmonies. TO BE IN THE KNOW about your teenager's LaG life - classes, practices/rehearsals, clubs, sports, concerts/shows, the wider LaG Arts community and more - we're here to help with monthly Music Studio meetings (in person and on zoom) and weekly Music Monday newsletters.

Your board is comprised of Instrumental Rep: Rebecca Sherman; Vocal Co-Reps: Marcee Smith and Diane Vasquez; Co Corresponding Secretaries: Tauheedah Yasin and Michael Goldsman, Recording Secretary: Laetitia Ducroux, Assistant Recording Secretary: Abhilasha Mahan, Treasurer: Barbette Leonard/Treasurer Assistant Vanessa Enriquez, Merchandise Director: Marcee Smith and Merchandise Coordinator Diane Vasquez; Volunteer Coordinators: Sherry Stuart Berman and Sonya Houston.

See below for contact details.

IMPORTANT: in order to receive Music Monday (our weekly newsletter) or important email blasts you MUST join our PA directory ASAP and OPT IN to receive the info you need. Click here to go to the LaGuardia HS PA site where you can create an account on Membership Toolkit (the backend). Once you sign up and fill out the forms, you will get emails from the PA and Music Studio!

BOTH parents/guardians AND students can OPT IN, which helps to ensure that you and your student(s) won't miss a beat! Much information shared through Music Monday newsletters benefits students, and allowing them direct access to that information empowers them to take responsibility for their LaG experience.