Surfside Middle School Choir and Musical Theatre
Hey everybody! On specific occasions, I will text important information regarding our class. With your student, please click on the appropriate class. Click on the link below for the attached PDF file of instructions, or you can click on the direct class link. Parents and students are encouraged to check the messages from their teachers using REMIND.
For specifics, click: LINK
We are a Chromebook classroom and we use them in our music classes. There are two places outside of this website where we can find our things for class. Google Classroom and Canvas are the two places that we go to!
We will use google classroom for the majority of our work which you can access through your apps button in the top right corner of your student Gmail. Our lesson plans and substitute teacher plans will be posted there for you. To get started, you will need to go to the google apps button, click on the google classroom icon, and click on JOIN class. Below are links to my classes.
(Links will be active in August)
We will use CANVAS for testing and that is located on your Bay District Schools (BDS) Launchpad. Your class will be automatically added and you will see a folder for our class.
2023-2024
Directors’ Fall Meeting – Monday, August 7, 2023 at Woodlawn Beach Middle School Chorus Room
All-State MUSICIANSHIP and SIGHT-READING Auditions
Saturday, September 9 – Crestview High School
High School – 8:00 a.m. – Noon; Middle School – 1:00-4:00 p.m. Times are approximate and should be used for planning purposes only. Parents will need to provide transportation and meals.
All-State VOCAL PART Audition
Tuesday, October 10 – Navarre High School
4:00-4:45 p.m. – Registration and Audacity Tutorials
5:00- 8:30 p.m. – Student Recording and Director- Checking Recordings
Times are approximate and should be used for planning purposes only. We will need the parents of the students to provide transportation and meal.
FMEA All-State Professional Development Clinic Conference
January 10-January 13, 2024
Downtown Tampa, Florida (Convention Center)
This is attended by directors and the students w/families who passed all 3 auditions (written, sight-singing, and voice part).
District 1 Concert Music Performance Assessment
District 1 Solo and Ensemble Festival – the UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA in PENSACOLA.
November 3-4, 2023 (We will be participating on one of these dates). Field Trip Permission Form will need to be fill out.
District 1 Choral MPA First Baptist Church, Milton, Florida
March 4-5, 2024 (Middle School Adjudications) We will be participating on one of these dates. Field Trip Permission Form will need to be fill out.
Welcome! Please take a moment to fill out our Choir and Musical Theatre Information Page. If you are an incoming student to our school, take just a few moments to tell us about you on the link below! We would love to have you as a part of our award-winning music program! For current 5th graders, you may put in your teacher’s name in any of the period slots you would like to mention.
If you have trouble with this link, email Mr. Mullen at mullefo@bay.k12.fl.us and he will respond shortly. Thank you for your time!
If you are interested in waiving your PE credit this school year, there are a few requirements. Singing and acting are both physically demanding. You need to make sure you are involved in regular cardio and muscle maintenance exercises. These essential activities, outside of school hours, can include daily workouts at the gym, playing a sport or dance.
The benefit of waiving your PE requirement would be that you can take an additional elective (say choir, musical techniques, band, or yearbook). It is important to note; physical activity is vital to the whole person (you).
At Surfside, we have a genuinely fantastic PE program, top-notch instructors, and we encourage personal attention to a performer’s health (which should be of highest priority).
Parents will need to submit a simple letter, addressed to the school, requesting to waive the PE credit at this time. Parents may also wish to mark the PE waiver box on the course request forms given to their students after the school year.
Click on the link below for the information you need to turn in to your guidance counselor.
Our rooms are reserved at the new Dockside Inn. Here is the link to the Hotel.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR
October 27, 2023 – $50 and signed “letter of intent.” This letter is letting the directors (Mr. Colvin and Mr. Mullen) know how many families are interested in sending their students.
January 30, 2024 – 2nd Payment $170 (Hotel, registration fees, etc). Only students who have made the first payment should continue with this payment.
March TBA, 2024 – 3rd and Final Payment $170 This payment is flexible as the choir will have opportunities to fundraise for their trip. Successful fundraisers will lead to a smaller final payment. Fundraisers are based and scheduled due to the student’s availability. Only students who have paid the first and second payments should continue with this final payment.
We will be recording an excerpt from The Secret Life of Pets! Music links for rehearsals are in your student’s google classroom.
Your payments will include
RECORDING ON A REAL UNIVERSAL SOUND STAGE AND HAVING A GREAT TIME AT THE PARKS!!!
Take a look at what we will be learning!
Prior to our adventure, the choirs will be preparing strange music (called incidental music) that plays in the background of a movie and we will be adding voice-overs for popular characters in Universal movies! The vocal coaches guide us through the entire recording process and we are given our product at the very end! The students and I have had a blast changing up the characters of their beloved movies. (Students have access to the music through Google Classroom)
Students and Parents: Link to Remind Group
The Secret Life of Pets (Vocals and Parts) – Will be available shortly.
Here is the piano track for our work on The Secret Life of Pets! We will practice the 2 part arrangement in class and be ready to record with our band! We will meet for a few rehearsals after school to practice with the band.
The Secret Life of Pets (Piano Part Only) – This will soon be available.
Here is a simple embedded copy below.
(Coming soon)
We are so excited about our upcoming recording session at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Our trip dates are will be announced and they include an educational recording session as backing and animation vocals to a Universal feature film, 2 nights at the new Dockside Inn and Suites (on the property) and 2 park hopper passes for all the exciting coasters and rides at Universal Studio parks.
A limited number of students (50) who can attend and the students who are making payments are considered by the payment date received. Payments need to be made online as soon as possible and ahead of deadlines. Here is the site to make your payments Surfside Payment Activity Website
*Please note: in order for your payments to work, you must first have an account for your student set up (an account that stays with your student’s academic career). It does not save your card information – so you will need to enter that each time you pay for an activity.
If you are still having trouble – stop in at the front office and ask for Carolyn Liggin or see Mr. Mullen (before or after school). They will be happy to assist you.
We are glad to have you onboard for our adventure!
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Students of the Soundwave Show Choir, Band, and Cheerleaders will proudly march in the Panama City Beach Optimist Club, The route will begin at Surfside Parking Lot, travel south to Front Beach Road, then West on Front Beach Road, and end at the Pier Park Wal-Mart.
We will help ring in the Christmas tidings in song!
Come and join in song!