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Newton Public Schools All-City Music Ensembles provide students who have a deep commitment to singing or playing their musical instruments with an opportunity to join like-minded students from across the district in an extra-curricular performance ensemble. Students are selected by audition in the late spring or fall and rehearsals are held after-school at least one afternoon per week.
Eligibility: Participation in an All-City Music Ensemble is restricted to students currently enrolled in Newton Public Schools and Newton students who reside in Newton and are Home Schooled.
Participation in the All-City Music Ensembles is a fee-based extra-curricular program. Students who are selected for their ensemble will receive a registration invoice from the NPS Business office. The annual participation fee is $150* and financial assistance waivers are available to qualifying families who apply. Registrations and fee payments will be completed online through the students' MySchoolBucks accounts.
Registration-All City Ensembles
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Registration for All-City Music Ensembles is to be completed on MySchoolBucks after auditions and selection into an All-City music ensemble. Soon after students are selected for an ensemble, the NPS Business office will send parents a registration invoice for $150 to be paid through their child's MySchoolBucks account. Need a MySchoolBucks account? How to register using MSB.
Program Fees
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Newton Public Schools charges an annual $200 participation fee. This fee will be paid through your MySchoolBucks account. An additional cost is incurred for renting or leasing an instrument.
For more information about setting up a MySchoolBucks account and paying fees, visti the NPS Fee Payment and Waiver site and watch the video at the bottom.
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* Students in the fourth and fifth grade who have registered and paid a fee to participate in their school band or orchestra are exempt from paying the participation fee for All-City Band, Orchestra, and Treble Singers.
Fee Waivers
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Newton Public Schools ensures access to this program for all students regardless of their ability to pay the fee. Fee waivers include access to a district-owned instrument. Registration with fee waivers is available on MySchoolBucks. Applications for Financial Assistance are now processed using Aspen. Instructions for Financial Assistance Form
All City Music Ensembles
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NPS All City Band
AUDITIONS FOR 2023-2024 NOW OPEN
Open to all students proficient in their instruments in grades 5 – 8. Students must be enrolled in their own school instrumental group. Rehearsals take place at F.A. Day Middle School, 21 Minot Place, on Wednesdays from 3:30 - 4:45 PM.
Co-Directors: Shon Brown, F.A. Day Middle School & Ken Mignone, Zervas Elementary School
Audition Information:
All students must:
Download and fill out an Audition Form
Sign up for an Audition Online
How to prepare for auditions: Students will be asked to play
- A solo piece of their choosing
- 2 scales are listed on the audition form by instrument
- Sight read a short piece of music to be given to them at their audition
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NPS All City Orchestra
CHECK BACK IN SEPTEMBER FOR 2023-24 UPDATES & INFORMATION
Open to all students proficient on their instrument in grades 4 – 8. Students must be enrolled in their own school instrumental group. Rehearsals take place at Bigelow Middle School on Tuesday afternoon from 3:30-4:45 PM.
Co-Directors: Cara Bergantino, and Olivia de Geofroy of Peirce Elementary
2022-2023 ACO audition information:Auditions for All-City Orchestra will take place on Tuesdays, October 18, October 25th, and November 1st in the Bigelow Middle School music room. Please use this Google form to sign up for an audition: ACO auditions registration 2022
The form will ask you to select three possible time slots. Keep an eye out for an email within the next week or two assigning your student a specific audition date and time based on your preferences.
Students will need to prepare:
1. 2-3 minutes of a Solo piece
2. Two scales up to 3 flats and 3 sharps
Sight reading will be provided at the audition.
If you have friends who are interested in All-City Orchestra, please feel free to share this information with them!
Rehearsal Information:As in the past, All-City Orchestra will rehearse at Bigelow Middle School in the music room (unless otherwise noted) from 3:30-4:45 pm. ACO is a weekly commitment and all rehearsals are mandatory. Rehearsals will start on Tuesday, November 8th, 2022. We will send out a full rehearsal calendar after auditions have taken place.
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NPS All City Treble Singers
The continuation of All-city Treble Singers is currently under review.
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All City Chorus Troubadours
All-city Troubadours
The All-City Troubadours, Newton's chorus of the finest 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th-grade singers from schools all around the city. Troubadours is a fun way to meet students from all over Newton who are serious about singing and committed to spreading joy through music. (Also, we laugh a lot. You can be serious about singing without being serious about everything!) To find out more about Troubadours click h
ere .Students must be enrolled in their own school chorus. Rehearsals are 90 minutes, one day a week. The exact time and locations have not been determined for the 2023-24 school year yet.
Co-Directors: Jamie Alberts, Bigelow Middle School, & Eric Ritter, Williams Elementary School. Emma Campbell, accompanist
Auditions: We will hold another round of auditions in September 2023.
Email newtontroubadours@gmail.com for more info.
To find out more about Troubadours interviews:
How to prepare for auditions: Students can sing any song of their choosing. If you can't think of one here are some suggestions:
- America the Beautiful
- My Country Tis of Thee
- When the Saints
Students should also be prepared to sing some scales and do rhythmic sight-reading.