Pittsburg High School - Pirate Yearbook (Pittsburg, CA)

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New teacher creates enthusiasm as new faces . . . Dominate the Music Scene When Mr. Granville Oldham entered the PHS chorale department, not many males were interested in the choir. But since then the male population has more than doubled. Besides the male popula- tion in the class, the female population has also more than doubled. I think the community has shied away from the arts because of the type of emcployment it offers, Mr. Ol ham stated. Oldham ho es that 'word of mouth' will continue to help the growth of the music an fine arts departments. joshua McGrue hesitates before beginning his solo. Ryan Brinkman practices putting his heart and soul into the music. - The curriculum had also changed. The singers were required to learn, pronounce, and eventually sing in other lan uages like Latin, French, ant? German. The focus was on music reading readiness, such as: locating place in music, visually identifying the direction of the notes, and identif ing the beat and tem- po of the piece. u In jazz band, the 19 musi- cians learned to improvise fsolol, ad-lib, sight read, and how to play a jazz piece with feeling. jazz Band director Mr. Orrin Crosslll. Since many of the 19 enrolled were new to jazz music, Cross spent a lot of time in the begminning teaching students ow to play a jazz tune. We would have moved faster if they heard it more often, stated Mr. Cross. The band participated in many concerts including the LMC jazz Festival, the Winter Concert, Band Follies, the Spring Concert, and the Graduation Ceremonies. With jazz music you have - Merideth Fike to play it like it feels, not always how it's written, said I 1 4 L Dominate the Music Scene

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Danny Kittleson and Charles Stark read their music intently. Kevin Rolfe watches Mr. Cross, the wind Ensemble's conductor, while playing his trumpet. The P.H.S. Performing Arts Area has been experiencing grow- ing pains as the. .. Growth Spurt ects and! Choir 104 students sang in Mr. Oldham's fifth period choir class and 66 students enrolled in Mr. Cross' concert band class. The choir was one of the largest in at least 14 years. There were three roll sheets for the class, but unfortunately there was also, on an average, 20 students absent each da . The choir's conductor, Mr. Oldham, went out to recruit prospective singers personally by, Asking a lot of men especially, how many electives they had. Then asking if they would give one of them u to get into my concert choir class. And eventually, I ended up with 24 men, and the rest women. This year's concert choir per- formed at: the Solo Festival fheld at D.V.C.i, the Spring Concert fheld at P.H.S.j, the CMEA 1 6 Festival, the District Concert lheld at P.l-1.51, and at the graduation ceremonies. For the second year the con- cert band has been split in two to accommodate its number of students. Oldham conducts the concert band and Cross con- ducts the wind ensemble. Even though the-entire class has 66 students enrolled, both bands are still lacking in lower brass section, fthis includes: trom- brone, baritione, suzaphone, baritone saxophone, and bass clarinet playersj. But that's kind of the story of our life, Cross jokingly added. Both bands performed at the spring concert fat P.H.S.i, the final concert fat P.H.S.J, the district concert fat P.H.S.J, and at the 1988 graduation ceremonies. - Merideth Fike in in vs ,,: ,. . ,A . . .,-1-W, . ff , Q Z . ,,,. .,,, i ,,.. , ,,..... ,,, 'Qi 4, L I, f is , f . ,-iif ff 3155: f '77 V UE!! lereme Haley learns from his mistakes as he sings his part again. - Growth Spurt Affects BanclfChoir G., NK it jesse Gutierrez sings with the in Concert Choir.