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document.write('<style type="text/css">#dates li { padding-bottom:7px; font-size:12px; top:0px; }</style><tr><td align=left valign=top colspan=2><center><br><H3><u>2008-2009 Important Dates</u></H3></center><font size=2><UL id="dates"><li>November 11, 2008 7:30 p.m. - Orchestra and 7th/8th Grade Chorus Concert <li>December 11, 2008 7:30 p.m. - MJHS Winter Musical (Bluegrass Strings)<li>January 27, 2009 8:00 -10:30 a.m. - 8th Grade High School Orchestra Workshop at NCHS.  Concert with NCHS Orchestra at 7:00 p.m. <li>February 21,2009  8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.- District 203 Solo and Ensemble Festival @ LJHS <li>March 26, 2009 - Bluegrass Strings, Jazz Band, and Chorus tour to feeder elementary schools <li>April 15, 2009 7:30 P.M. - Spring Concert I (Bluegrass Strings perform) <li>April 16, 7:30 P.M. - Spring Concert II (All orchestra, 6th grade band perform) <li>May 12, 2009 7:30 p.m. - District #203 Orchestra Festival @ MJHS (grades 7, 8) <li>May 13, 2009 7:30 p.m. - District #203 Orchestra Festival @ MJHS (grades 4, 5, 6) <li>May 25, 2009 - Bluegrass Strings Perform at the Memorial Day Parade</ul></font><p>&nbsp;</p></td></tr>')
document.write('<tr><td align=left valign=top width="300"><center><BR><H3><u>About the instructor...</u></H3></center><font size="2"><b>Jerry Zitko</b><p>Mr. Jerry Zitko has taught orchestra in the District #203 schools since graduating from DePaul University with a Bachelor\'s Degree in Music Education in 1983. He received his Master\'s Degree in Educational Leadership and Administration from North Central College in 1998. Mr. Zitko is a 1999 nominee for the prestigious Golden Apple Award and is listed in the 2005-2006 Who\'s Who Among American Teachers.  In the summer of 2008, Mr. Zitko served on the staff of the Illinois Ambassadors of Music European Concert tour where he had the opportunity to conduct and perform with high school and college students from all across Illinois in seven European countries. Mr. Zitko is a member of the American String Teachers Association and has been active in the DePaul University School of Music Alumni Association. </p><p>Mr. Zitko currently teaches orchestra students at three District #203 schools: Madison Junior High, Scott Elementary, and River Woods Elementary. He also directs the Bluegrass Strings group at Madison.</p><BR><BR></font> </td><td align=left valign=top cellpadding=5 width="300"><center><BR><H3><u>About the program...</u></H3></center><font size="2"><p>Directed by Mr. Jerry Zitko, the Madison Jr. High Orchestra program consists of one weekly small group lesson and two orchestra rehearsals. Small group lessons focus on developing technical skills on individual instruments, while the orchestra rehearsals provide an opportunity to apply these skills to the preparation of music for performance. </p><p>Madison has two orchestras:<br/>6th Grade Orchestra<br/>The 6th Grade Orchestra is primarily a string orchestra. The students are sometimes combined with the 7th and 8th Grade Symphonic Orchestra to give the students a full orchestra experience. </p><p>7th and 8th Grade Symphonic Orchestra<br/>The 7th and 8th Grade Symphonic Orchestra performs both as a string orchestra and a full orchestra utilizing woodwinds, brass, and percussion players from the Madison 7th and 8th Grade Bands. </p><p>In addition to participating in the school orchestra, all Madison string players have the opportunity to participate in the Madison Bluegrass Strings Group where fiddling, jazz, and improvisational techniques are covered.</p></font> </td></tr>')
document.write('<tr><td colspan=2 align=center valign=middle><font size="2"><br> For more information about this school, please visit: <A href="http://schools.naperville203.org/madison/">http://schools.naperville203.org/madison/</a></font><br>&nbsp;</td></tr></table></font>')