CYO Band is Back In Session!
Hey Everyone! CYO Band is back and ready to go for the 2011-12 school year! Returning families, make sure to print out the registration form here and send it in with your dues payment to get back into it. If you're new to CYO and are interested in joining, contact our director, Mr. Geoff Poole through this page and he'll get you all the information you need. Also, we're having our Emerald Knights Marching Band play throughout this school year! Contact us to find out how to join! Have a great school year everyone. We're looking forward to it!
May 11
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Summer Marching Band!
Registration for the 2011 version of the CYO Emerald Knights Summer Marching Band and Guard is now open!
Membership is open to all public, private and home-school students in the Southeastern Wisconsin and Northeastern Illinois areas. Anyone entering 6th grade or higher (even up to and past 21 years old!) is eligible to join as a wind (woodwinds and brass), percussion or color guard member. (Color guard members may be younger with director approval.)
For more information and registration materials, check out our full season information here: 2011 CYO Marching Band Information and Registration
You can also contact the CYO Band Director, Mr. Geoff Poole, at cyomusic@gmail.com or (262) 656-1610.
We look forward to working with you this summer!
Sep 10
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A New CYO School Year!
Dear CYO Families, Friends and Fans,
Hello and welcome! My name is Geoff Poole and I am the new director for the CYO Emerald Knights Band and Guard. I am coming to Kenosha after spending three years as the 5-12 band director for the School District of Loyal in Loyal, Wisconsin. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2006 with my Bachelor of Music – Instrumental Education emphasis. My primary performing instrument is the trombone, but I love working with students on all sorts of different instruments. I have heard many tremendous things about the CYO Band in the past and I can’t wait to start working with everyone!
For the past month or so I have been working tirelessly with the executive board to get things started this year. We have held all of our Beginning Band recruitment nights over the past few weeks and just last night started our Concert and Honors Band rehearsals! If you haven’t done so already, now is the time to get registered for this year’s CYO Band programs!
Our payment structure has changed slightly this year and I would like to make everyone aware of the changes. Our Beginner and Cadet Bands will now be at the same price, $405 for the school year. This includes one small-group lesson and one full-group rehearsal each week, scheduled at the student’s school. The Concert and Honors Bands will be $495 for the school year. Concert and Honors Bands will rehearse twice a week as a full group, on Monday and Thursday evenings. Concert Band will rehearse from 5:00 to 6:00 PM and Honors Band will meet from 6:30 to 8:00 PM on those days. We are also offering separate private lessons for students enrolled in the CYO Band program. For just $250 for the entire school year, each student will receive one 30 minute lesson each week at St. Joseph High School. This is above and beyond any ensembles the student is already enrolled in and students OF ALL AGES are eligible for these lessons.
The Concert and Honors Bands are already underway, but it’s not too late to join! Go to www.cyomusic.org/join right now and fill out the registration form that is linked at the bottom of the page. (Unfortunately, we are no longer able to offer the St. Joseph Academy Band option, the CYO Choir or Guitar programs.) Mail in the form with payment and you’ll be all set! If you are unable to pay the dues right away, contact us about the FACTS program for monthly dues payments.
If you ever have any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to contact me right away. The CYO phone number is (262) 656-1610 or you can email me at cyomusic@gmail.com.
Thank you for your continued interest and support of the CYO Emerald Knights Band and Guard. I look forward to a great year!
Sincerely,
Geoff Poole
Director, CYO Bands