Harrison Orchestra All Parent Meeting 8/12/25
Location: Harrison Orchestra Room
Date: August 12, 2025
Time: 7:00pm
If you were not able to attend our All Parent Meeting, please see below for important orchestra information including: the Harrison Orchestra Boosters (HOB), enrichment fees, fundraising, uniforms, and events for the year.
Please see below for the information/PDFs:
Uniforms (Order ASAP) – Fall Concert is on September 16.
The turn-around time to receive the uniform can take up to 4 weeks so it is recommended to order the uniform as soon as possible in order to have time to make any alterations before the first concert. All students have a “Uniform Assignment” which will entail them wearing their full uniform with black shoes and holding their instrument in their correct playing posture. Please help them take their photo (on their device will work fine) and they should bring it to class for their uniform assignment. Hair should be pulled away from the face. Returning orchestra students should check the status of their uniform to ensure that they have located all parts of their uniform and to ensure that their uniform still fits. Information on How to Order the uniform (and specific parts) can be found below. Once your uniform arrives, please have your student try it on and move in it as though they are playing their instrument. It may need to be adjusted/hemmed by a tailor.
Shoes/Undergarments: All students should wear appropriate black undergarments under their uniform. Black, closed toed dress shoes and long black socks are the standard uniform. Black, close toed flats are highly recommended for the ladies.
Enrichment Fees
Enrichment Fees are a huge portion of enriching our orchestra students and support our student’s education for orchestra camp, regular sectional coaches (violin, viola, cello, bass) who come and work with our students to give our students a smaller teacher to student ratio and much more.
Details about Orchestra Enrichment Fees and how to pay can be found here: https://harrisonorchestra.org/enrichment-fees/
Promotional Items included if paid by 8/31/25!
CutTime
Although we will be using CTLS for class information, the Harrison Orchestra Boosters will be using a management system called CutTime in order to communicate with families as needed. CutTime also allow you to see financial information regarding fundraisers and status updates on any orchestra related fees.More info about CutTime: https://harrisonorchestra.org/cuttime/
For those new to Harrison, please fill out this form so that we can get our data base updated with your correct contact information:
Fall Orchestra Camp
The Fall Orchestra Camp will take place on August 15-16, 2025.
See our detailed schedule here:
All students are expected to attend as this is an important weekend of growth for our orchestras as we bring in several professional clinicians to work with our students. The HOB will provide pizza on Friday evening. For Saturday, we will need snack donations as the students will have a mid-morning snack. Bananas and prepackaged snacks such as granola bars with NO nuts would be greatly appreciated! Students should plan on bringing their own sack lunch for Saturday.
Volunteers & Help Needed for Fall Orchestra Camp!
The Harrison Orchestra Boosters would love to have you join us in Helping Orchestra Youth Achieve Success! Whether you would like to donate your time or items of need, we would love to have your help this year! We would love to have your help with snack donations for the students and/or chaperoning our orchestra camp on August 15-16. If you are able to donate your time or a snack item, please visit:
Sponsorship Program
The Harrison Orchestra Boosters would like to invite community businesses for our Community Partners Sponsorship program. If you would like to market your advertisement in our concert programs and featured on the displays prior to our concerts, please consider joining us as a community partner. This is a 50/50 fundraiser which means that 50% will go towards the orchestra general fund and 50% will go towards student credits that can be used towards anything orchestra related including enrichment fees, spirit wear, field trips, etc. The Harrison Orchestra Boosters, Inc are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. If you would like to become a sponsor or know someone who would like to sponsor our wonderful orchestra program, we invite you to fill out the form below and send to: president@harrisonorchestra.org
Harrison String Conservatory
We highly encourage taking private lessons as students are able to grow at a faster rate with one-on-one instruction. The HOB has created a private lesson program as a convenience for students to take private lessons after school on campus. More details can be found here: https://harrisonorchestra.org/lessons
Orchestra Calendar
You can download the Orchestra Calendar on CTLS under the “class board” or click below:
The Harrison Orchestra Boosters (HOB)
The Harrison Orchestra Boosters (HOB) are made up of all parents who have a current student in the Harrison Orchestra program. Orchestra parents are part of the Harrison Orchestra Boosters through your child’s participation in the Harrison Orchestra. The HOB Executive Board is a small group of wonderful parent volunteers who help with the logistics and operations of our Harrison Orchestra Boosters.
The HOB Executive Board:
President: Karen Widner ~ president@harrisonorchestra.org
Vice President: Michelle Holland ~ vp@harrisonorchestra.org
Conservatory Administrator: Michelle Holland ~ conservatory@harrisonorchestra.org
Co-Treasurers: Ginger Frazier & Adam Kiernan ~ treasurer@harrisonorchestra.org
Secretary: Kari Larsen ~ secretary@harrisonorchestra.org
Spring Trip 2026
We have 2 great options for traveling in March 2026.
Option 1: Orlando, Florida to Universal Studios – Performance on the City Walk (Approx. $1250)
Option 2: New York City, New York to see the New York Philharmonic and participate in a workshop with a member from the New York Philharmonic (Approx. $1850)
Please let us know your preference below:
Option 1: New York City Itinerary (Draft)
Option 2: Orlando Universal Studios (Draft)
If you would like your child to travel with the orchestra, let us know below (Complete by 8/15):
