Merchandise Sale extension and Fall Clinic Update

Good morning Highwood Band Families,

Our Fall Merchandise sale through Grand Slam Sports has been extended until Wednesday, September 25th at midnight. Please ensure orders are in before that time. We need to get to a minimum of 12 orders before then for the shop to print our order.

The link is located below:

https://highwoodhighband.itemorder.com/shop/home/

We also have more details secured for our Fall Band Workshop at Highwood.

This is posted on our website's calendar, and will be Saturday, October 5th. We will begin at 10:00 AM in the morning and should be wrapped up by about 3:00PM. Lunch will be provided for all students. It is important that we have everyone in attendance for this event as it will serve as our first chance to work with professional clinicians and set some trajectory for the bands this year.

Our guest conductor that morning will be Mr. Brian Uzick. Please see below for details on our guest conductor

Brian Uzick grew up in Melville, Saskatchewan where he learned to play bass clarinet and clarinet in school band and saxophone in the jazz band. He attended University of Saskatchewan and received a Bachelor of Music in Music Education. He began teaching band and choir at in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. During this time, he attended the University of British Columbia and received a diploma in Counselling Psychology. He moved to Calgary, Alberta where he taught at Western Canada High School from 1991-2006 and was the Fine Arts Curriculum Leader. For 12 years, Brian taught grade 7-12 concert band, jazz band and was musical director for musical productions at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School. He was the Fine Arts Curriculum Leader for 9 years. The Senior Band grew in numbers from 15 to 70 members and toured to California, Texas, Illinois, Austria, Russia and Italy. He also became certified to teach the Middle and Senior International Baccalaureate programs. He retired from Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School in June of 2018 but remains very busy. He continues to teach clinics, guest conduct, plan workshops, mentor and adjudicate throughout Western Canada.