Green Mountain High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Lakewood, CO)

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Symphonic Band Symphonic band. O.k., lets take it by definition.Symphonic adj.,l'larmony, as if sounds colors, in music usually in four movements. Add to this definition Band, n. a group organized to play musical instsuments. So you are probably saying O.K., Symphonic Band is a group of people who play musical instruments, harmoniously, who move four times while they are playing. Not quite. Here at Green Mountain the definition should read something like: Symphonic Band n. a group of dedicated musicians who are in the middle of their high school instrumental music career, having graduated from concert band, who meet during fourth hour, are taught by Mr. Wayne Iiams, and on the stepping stone up to Wind Ensamble. As you could tell from the above definition, the goal of most people in Symphonic Band is to reach the Wind Ensamble. An anonymous informed me that about 8007: of the members do continue on into Wind Ensamble. The way the students move up through the musical ranks is by audition mainly and teacher approval. The farther up you go the more auditionare required to join. ln all the groups your age is not a factor, only your playing ability and experience has any bearing on which musical group you are in. Through the year, this group has 4 concerts, evenly spaced,1 every quarter. Symphonic Band also helps the musicians by increasing their sightreading skills and allowing them to play a wide variety of music. Symphonic Band tunes up Mr. liams says Good Morningu. Symphonic Band works hard. Pouncing for the kill. 100 Symphonic Band whiff: ' ,, f V ,,., . ,, ,, , ,,.

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Concert Choir When registering for a class, most of us thought we were suffering when we went through the mini-arena and computer reg- istration. Concert Choir, however, had to suffer through a different type of registra- tion. Each member of Concert Choir had to audition to make it into the class. The director of Concert Choir was, once again, Mr. Meininger. Shadows and Images, which are also directed by Mr. Meininger, derived from Concert Choir. Both boys and girls participated, but the ratio was less than equal. Concert Choir consists of approximately 20 boys and 50 girls. Although it is a hard class and is very diciplinary, most students enjoy it. It is a good vocal group to learn more about music. It's also a good vocal group to practice your singing voice , and im- proves sight reading. Many people, like me, think that all Concert Choir does is sing during class. However, that is not the case. Each per- son is required to do one critique each quarter. The critiques opionized each choral and special vocal group. Concert Choir was in all-county choir. They were participants with Bear Creek and Columbine. They sing all kinds of music. They sang at Homecoming, and also sang at a Christmas concert. Concert Choir gives a good vocal background and puts structure with vocal music. It is typically the largest choir. Next to Shadows, Concert Choir gives the most performances. Most of the elite Shadows members, are also members of Concert Choir. Concert Choir is by far one of the most talented groups at G.M. Such an array of talent should not be missed by anyone. R2 A one and a two f 4 25.7, 11-if-is- nf - wg, Fa la la la la . Sopranos show them how. But the tenors give them some competition. Lynn Dodge and Sue Cielens sing away. Concert Choir 99

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mae: i ' ' 5354 :J Aff, -, mmf 4' ::i Y .ae f s f I ,' Girls Choir Girls Choir sang their hearts out this past year. All twenty-one vivacious, musical women sang together in harmony at several school concerts. In additon to this, they also sang and showed their musical talent at a few community organizatons. Several girls hope to make it into Images or Shadows in their future years. This was the first year at Green Mountain for Mr. Nelson, the director of the choir. He commented, . . . the girls come upon lots of happiness in the music and are very supportive to one another. Hopefully Mr. Nelson will have many enjoyable years to come while teaching the Girls Choir here at Green Mountain. Concert Band, the band for beginner high school musicians. lt is the entry level band here at Green Mountain. Mr. Iiams, the teacher of Concert Band. says, , . . I consider this to be the feeder program to the upper bands, Symphonic, Marching Band, and eventually Spectrum. Mr. Iiams had fifteen years of teaching experience behind him when he came to Green Mountain High School. He has taught private lessons and also taught colege students at Greeley. This is plenty of experience needed to give concert band students a chance for the future at Green Mountain. Mr. Iiams also teaches Marching Band, Spectrum, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, and supervised Symphonic Orchestra, besides the Concert Band.hopefully Mr. Iiams will be here for many years to come and show beginning students exactly how it's done at Green Mountain High School. Heather Huges pratices her high notes Lora Planks says, 'lYodeleaheehoo . The Girls Choir yodles together. Mr. Nelson Kelly Baier Julie Bennet Deana Deems, Amy DeBord, Mitzy Fink, Tina Hollyhead, Grace Knowles, Princess Lown, Six Choir Girls . . rehearse their Ooohs . T ii W . 'afwrgwl mmww ,. .'v. . Tracey Mateer, Linda Moody, Kristen Myers, Barbara Peterson, Steph Phillips, Lora Plank, Shelly Saxton, Liesl Slocum, Jamie Snodgrass, Debbie Stewart, Victoria Townsend, Timi Wibur, Tamara Watt. Girls Choir 101 v