### Hello all! This is a quick announcement to let you know about our NDC Music Department After School Schedule for 2025-2026. # All After-School Ensembles begin their regular schedule the week of September 22. | **Time** | **Mondays** | **Tuesdays** | **Wednesdays** | **Thursdays** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **3:20 PM - 4:45 PM** | **Senior Jazz Combos** | **Panorama** | **St. Cecilia String Orchestra** | **The Woodshedders** | | **5:30 PM - 7:00 PM** | | **Panorama Maestros** | | | By now, every person participating in these ensembles should be joined to the appropriate Google Classroom. If you are a student and you have not yet joined the Google Classroom for an After School Class that you have chosen to participate in, please do so immediately. Your enrollment in the Google Classroom is what determines whether or not you receive credit for these courses. ## It's not too late to join! Signups for any of these After-School Courses ends on September 7, 2025. ## [Click here to join the Google Classroom for the Woodshedders and Senior Jazz Combos](https://classroom.google.com/c/ODAwMTczNzgxODI3?cjc=awvniu7o) ## [Click here to join the Google Classroom for Panorama and Panorama Maestros](https://classroom.google.com/c/Nzc0ODIwMzQwMjgw?cjc=yy3wuyoq) ## [Click here to join the Google Classroom for the St. Cecilia String Orchestra](https://classroom.google.com/c/Nzc0ODIwMzQwMjgw?cjc=yy3wuyoq) ## Some notes about Instrument Rentals for After-School Ensembles ### All Instrument Rentals for After School Ensembles can be managed on Instrument Rental Night on September 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM. **For Strings:** If you are joining the St. Cecilia String Orchestra, you can rent your violin, viola or cello from Long & McQuade at [https://rentals.long-mcquade.com](https://rentals.long-mcquade.com). If you are a smaller person playing violin or viola, choose a 3/4-size instrument. Most Grade 8s and older should be working with full size 4/4-size instruments. **For The Woodshedders Stage/Jazz Band**: If you are playing a secondary wind instrument that is different than your Concert Band instrument, you rent the secondary instrument through Notre Dame Collegiate for only $50. There is no insurance policy through Notre Dame Collegiate, so if you want that insurance plan, rent through Long & McQuade instead. **For Anyone Playing Steel Pans, Drums, Piano or using Amplifiers**: You will be required to supply a Percussion/Electronic Equipment User Fee of $50. ***Correction on September 5: Steel Pans Fee is $75 and includes Piano, Drums and Amplifier use.*** Please note, along with this schedule we are also changing the dates for our Christmas Concert and Year-End Showcase. They are now as follows; ## Christmas Concert Night: December 9, 2025 ## Year-End Showcase and Awards Night: June 2, 2026 ### Looking forward to a great year with you all! Contrapuntally yours, Joel Windsor