Welcome to the Spring Hill Middle School Orchestra Page!

WELCOME!  

The Spring Hill School District offers a string orchestra program, which begins in 5th grade and continues through high school. All classes are yearlong and meet every day. The programs continue to grow every year.  I am constantly impressed with the dedication, talent and well, awesomeness of my students!

Congratulations to 7th and 8th-grade orchestras for their outstanding performances at our first annual music festival. All of our soloists also received I ratings for their performances.

Extra Credit

Students may always have a need for some extra credit work to keep up their grades. Therefore they are always encouraged to do extra credit in order to recover lost points.  The top priority is to recover all in-class points (tests, worksheets, etc) first.  Then students can attend music performances (must pertain to their band instrument) and write one page (typed, 12 pt. font, 1" margins in essay format) review of what they heard.  Turn this into Mr. Ozakinci.  Please have performances approved in advance by Mr. Ozakinci

Students may also write reviews of YOUTUBE videos--it's my personal favorite. The same format as performance reviews, but make sure to include the URL of the video in your report.

Taygun Ozakinci (Always feel free to visit my website!)

ozakincin@usd230.org

Director of Orchestras

Spring Hill Middle/High School

SHMS ORCHESTRA

DATES  for 2019-2020 School Year

MEMORY LANE
7th/8th Grade Honors 2017

Freshmen Honors Orchestra 2016

7th/8th Grade Honors Orchestra 2016

6th Grade Orchestra Goes to the Symphony!

 Beautiful faces, beatutiful hall, beautiful music!

  Filling the entire top row - students are leaning in for a better listen.

 The Symphonic Species Concert highlighted music that is representative of animals.  The KC Zoo came and told us about the animals and each student received a FREE TICKET TO THE ZOO!

Congrats to all performers!  Performing requires Critical

Thinking, Problem Solving, Determination, and not least of all Poise Under Pressure along with Courage!

Highlights of our orchestra!

Many of our students volunteer to play the National Anthem at Girls and Boys Basketball games.  It's tons of fun - the students also get extra credit and into the game for free!

Video of students warming up for the game.

Pregame picture of students who volunteered to play the Girls Basketball game.

Every day I arrive at Spring Hill Middle School knowing I get to work with the best students in the world!  I am greeted every day by a crew of Middle School students that are ready to hang out before school and play music.  It's a great time to get in some practice and get to catch up with each other.  I love "Early Mornings" at SHMS!

The Spring Hill School District offers a string orchestra program, which begins in 5th grade and continues through high school. All classes are yearlong, and most classes meet two to three times a week.

The Middle School years are exciting as the students begin training in more advanced playing. Students will play three concerts: Spooktacular, Winter and Spring Concerts, as well as perform at our Solo and Ensemble Contest. There are many more additional or voluntary events that the students can choose to participate in. In the past we have performed in the Spring Hill Fall Festival Parade, Spring Hill Hometown Holidays, KMEA District Honors Orchestra, a performance for the Board of Education during their annual Dinner in December, and for 8th grade Promotion. We also perform the National Anthem at many boys and girls basketball events!

Each month one 6th grade, one 7th grade, and one 8th grade string student will be chosen for orchestra student of the month. These students are chosen based on their dedication to practice, class participation, musical improvement, and involvement in extra orchestra opportunities.

Students below are preparing for a flash mob! - Pachelbel Canon Flash Mob!