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 * Name:** Robin Johnson
 * EMail:** robin_johnson@dpsk12.org
 * Blog:** rljohnson821.wordpress.com
 * Phone:** 720.423.7071
 * Schedule**: Calendar
 * Assignments**: by class

"//Imagination is more important than// //knowledge//." - Einstein "//Music is a higher revelation than all// //wisdom and philosophy.//" -Beethoven || =Education:=
 * Degree:** BA Music Education
 * School:** Univ. of Northern Colo.
 * Completion:** 1986
 * Endorsement(s):** Music & Spanish

**Certification(s):** Kodaly Certification  - Univ. of North Texas Orff Certification  - Univ. of Northern Colorado Suzuki Piano certification  - Univ. of Denver  **Hobbies:** swimming, biking, hiking, reading, writing || =Instrumental Music= Room: 148

2017-2018 Daily Schedule

 * P****1.** Conc. Band
 * P****2.** Planning
 * P****3.** Planning
 * P****4.** Adv. Band
 * P****5.** Lunch
 * P****6.** Piano
 * P****7.** Piano
 * P****8.** Honor Orch


 * Mon. and Thurs.**
 * Drumline -** M & Th 3-4:30 pm
 * Jazz Band -** M & Th TBD

By appointment: Before school Period 2 Wednesdays office hours After school || = ANNOUNCEMENTS (updated 3-9-2018) =
 * Office Hours**

March 17, 2018 -- MSU solo/ensemble festival

 * Students will be performing their chamber music from their recent recital at Metropolitan State University
 * Times - 9 am - 3 pm (lunch provided)
 * Location - MSU King Center (name is a link to a map)
 * Specific group performance times will be announced Monday
 * Students should dress in black and white formal clothes
 * Parents are allowed to attend and sit in on performances

===March 20, 2018 -- TJ and Southeast area middle school collaboration --- rehearsal all day/ concert at 6:30 pm ===
 * **Details can be found here.**

Below is a link to a document with know performance dates to 2017-2018. We are often asked to play at community events, so there will be other performance opportunities, some of which will be required. (as of Sept. 7, 2017)
 * Performances - for year ahead **

and print out the form.
 * Polo Order Form **

= King Soopers Gift Cards **-** = Orders will be placed the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month (except November*), and be ready for pick-up on Thursday of the same week, from 3:30 - 6:30 PM in room 148. Please, consider participating in this fundraiser, no matter if you are planning on participating in the trip. THANK YOU for your support.
 * In November orders will be placed on the 1st and 2nd Mondays, with cards available on Thursday of the same week.

**EUROPE TRIP -**

Postponed
Rehearsals - Mondays and Thursdays 3-4:30 pm
 * DRUMLINE - **

JAZZ BAND -
Rehearsals - Mondays and Thursdays 7-8:30 pm

PEP BAND -
Open to all interested students, parents, faculty and staff. Come to room 148 for details.

** BAND/ORCHESTRA STUDENT LEADERSHIP **
meets every Friday at lunch. All ensemble member are welcome.


 * **PIANO & GUITAR RECITALS**
 * Dress up - NO jeans, t-shirts or tennis shoes
 * MUST stay for the entire performance || **GAME DAY PROTOCOL**
 * MUST wear yellow polo or pep band t-shirt
 * Check-in with the gate security guards (there will be a roster with the performers names)
 * Students will sit with the band during the game.
 * Instruments are only played when asked for by the teacher or student director
 * During 3rd quarter, students may use the restrooms, purchase food and stretch. Instruments must be stored in the cases any time the performer leaves the stands.
 * All performers must be back in the stands ready to play 2 minutes (on the game clock) prior to the end of 3rd quarter.
 * We will stay to the end of the game. There is not a way to predict exactly when the game will end; most games last between 2 and 2.5 hours. ||

HONOR BANDS & ORCHESTRAS

 * 2017-2018 Colorado All-State Band**
 * 2017-2018 Colorado All-State Orchestra**
 * DPS Citywide Marching Band**

Private lessons are a great way to support your musical learning and help in preparing for all-state; if you need the name of a teacher contact me. Material has been posted. Check with Mrs. Johnson for excerpts.

=About the Director:= Mrs. Johnson earned her bachelor of music education degree from University of Northern Colorado, her major instrument was clarinet. She studied four summers with Dr. Jill Trinka, as University of North Texas, and earned her Kodaly certification. She has also earned Suzuki piano-level 1 certification, Orff-level 1 certification, and completed World Music Drumming-level 1. She has been an accompanist and a private instrumental music teacher since 1986.
 * BACK-TO-SCHOOL presentation **

Mrs. Johnson began teaching for Denver Public Schools in 1988 at Hamilton Middle School, where she taught four years. With the birth of her first child, she chose to stay home, and spent 15 years at home with her three children, during which she taught piano, woodwinds and theory lessons. She also spent 10 years in Suzuki violin and cello lessons with her own children. In January of 2007, Mrs. Johnson began working at Thomas Jefferson High School. She enjoys the students and staff at TJ, and enjoys watching the students develop their musical abilities.