Here is a selection of comments from the Stone Middle School Community, Administration, Teachers, Support Staff, Parents, Students, and Private Instructors. Thank you for your support!
I must take a moment to thank you for your hard work with the students this year and particularly in facilitating my daughter's switching instruments. I can see that teaching is more than just a job for you and I feel we are really fortunate to have your services at Stone Middle School. I should add that I have been very impressed with the quality of the music instruction and staff in the FCPS since my daughter started with strings in the 4th grade and then band at London Towne. It seems that the funding crisis in the FCPS will be an ongoing issue for years to come and I surely hope the music instructors can keep their morale up despite the additional stress.
Glad to be there. I think it may have been one of the best I have seen in my 6 years at Stone! You do amazing things with those kids.
It is amazing what you do with these students. Growing up with music (orchestra and band) through elementary - high school, I am always amazed at how you manage to bring these kids to such high levels. You truly are a fantastic teacher.
Thank you for such a great performance! You do an amazing job with your students! We will miss Stone Band!
It was a great night and I caught myself filling up when the composing student played his solo.
What an outstanding concert!!! You have done a great job with the band students. All of the bands were fantastic! Thank you!
Thank YOU, Mr. Z. I've had more than a few parents stop me to compliment my daughter's solo - thank you for pushing her this year.
Great Job! Congratulations!
THIS IS AN AWESOME COMMUNICATION TO ALL. MOM AND I ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU!!!
Thank you so much for all you've done with the band. The concert was amazing!!!! You've done a great job with them.
Mr. Z, all your time and energy pays off. You do a tremendous job for Stone MS.
You are an amazing teacher and conductor. You are right -- it was a magical evening, and I was glad that I could attend. The world premiere was fantastic. Glad you are here at Stone.
I want to thank you for the fantastic evening with a Panthers Band Concert. It was first time that I attended to a band concert and now I know what to expect on next one. It was amazing and I absolutely loved it. My son's part was great and was proud to see him in a band concert. I personally like jazz and jazz ensemble was just a hit. That night I dreamed about my son in a jazz ensemble one day, and hope that isn't too far away. Thank you for all your hard work and look forward to a next band concert at Stone Middle School.
I just wanted to congratulate you and all of your students on the concert last night. It was a great performance from all bands. It was exceptional!
I thought your concert was terrific and Chandler's composition was great!
The thanks go out to you! What a fantastic job you did of pulling together all those children and bringing out their talent! My son has excelled so much this year and we attribute that to your hard work and dedication. We LOVED all the pieces, especially the percussion folks with the music stands. Also, we loved the Pirates of the Caribbean song and the jazz ensemble. The house was rockin!
A special thank you to YOU! The Spring Band Concert was wonderful and we enjoyed every minute of it! It is amazing to see how the kids have grown musically of the past school year. My daughter has really enjoyed band and is even doing PR work with her two younger brothers to encourage them to join when they hit 7th grade. She is constantly talking about music and band class and prides herself on being able to play songs with the buttons on her cell phone. Apparently it is in the C major scale. :-) She is looking forward to next year with you and the band.
--Z
06/18/2010
Congratulations to the Student of the Month winners -- for April, Michael Camarata (Trumpet) and for May, Chandler Comer (Composition)!
--Z
06/17/2010
The Spring Band Concert was a huge success! All bands performed very well and we had many magical, musical moments. Thank you all for a fantastic evening! You were a great audience! Your support is very much appreciated.
215 band students, 15 songs, 4 scene changes, 6 performing groups with a guest artist, all in an hour and 15 minutes. Not bad :)
Looking forward to another great in year in 2010-11.
--Z
06/06/2010
Another flyer has been added to the collection of local summer music camps! The flyers can be downloaded here (5 MB). This ZIP archive contains the flyers for nine summer band camps:
--Z
05/24/2010
Come and join us for a "World Premier" performance. Stone MS student, Chandler Comer, 13 yrs old, has composed a piece of band music called "Panther Pride" and has dedicated it to our school. The composition is fantastic, full of fanfares and roaring melodies. If graded, it would be a solid grade 3 composition. You will be pleasantly surprised. Be a part of history and support this extremely talented Stone MS student musician. This work is one of ten compositions completed.
The Spring Concert will be held on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 7:30 PM in the Stone Gym.
--Z
05/23/2010
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