Do t miss tomorrow’s Monster Concert! There will be student performances, games, food, treats, a costume contest AND a haunted house. It’s the perfect way to make Halloween last a little longer while supporting your favorite student musicians.
The Monster Concert is back, and we need your help to make it rock. Click the link in our bio to sign up to volunteer at the event or donate goodies if you can’t be there in person.
More info on Monster Concert:
Monster Concert & Carnival
Saturday, November 1, 2025
12:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Austin High School Performing Arts Center and Grounds, 1715 W. Cesar Chavez St., Austin, TX, 78703
- Bring the whole family and enjoy the free concerts from 12 area schools and youth programs, including Austin High’s award-winning orchestras.
- Enjoy the outdoor carnival, with our amazing haunted house, delicious food, games and prizes, an inflatable obstacle course, and a dunk tank!
- Enter the costume contest and win!
- Check out the silent auction, with amazing prizes from area restaurants, theaters, boutiques, hotels, and more.
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Join us this Wednesday at Nomadic Outpost for our monthly booster org meeting!
Wait, what, weren't we just there?
Yes, and we are so glad you came out to celebrate with us and hear some amazing student performances last week at our fall social! This week is our regularly scheduled booster org meeting, so lots of the same friendly faces and food & bev selection, but this will be a meeting-meeting where we plan events and share program updates.
But I'm not a booster member yet!
Totally cool - come anyway if you are thinking of joining boosters, want to know more about what we're all about, or just would like to volunteer and help plan upcoming events like the annual Monster Concert.
I am unavailable on Wednesday and/or I hate meetings, but I want to help out!
You can join the booster org or make a donation to our program without joining. Joining is a great way to make sure you're on our mailing list for upcoming events and volunteer sign ups. You'll get booster meeting invites and copies of our monthly agendas. CMSstrings.org has a membership link and donation options.
Kick off festival szn in style with the Covington Strings program! All Covington families, students, and community supporters are welcome at this free event. Join us for student musician performances and door prize raffles! Food/drink available for purchase. This is a great low-key chance to hang out and meet other strings families. RSVP link in stories/highlights and bio. Hope to see you there!
Parents/caregivers/friends: Join us for our September booster club meeting at 6:30 on Wednesday, 9/17, at Nomadic Outpost.
We typically meet the second Wednesday of each month but needed to shift the date of this month's meeting.
Whether you're already a booster club ride-or-die or whether you're brand new to Covington Strings and still figuring things out, this meeting is for you!
If you haven't filled out our membership form yet, that's the very best way to make sure you stay informed of future meetings and events. At cmsstrings.org, click "Booster Club Membership" on the home page.
The $15 annual membership fee goes right back to guitar and orchestra kids in the form of scholarships, field trips, supplies, and special events. But hey - we want to see you at the meeting either way 💖
It's time to apply for a fall 2025 private lesson scholarship! Applications are open to all Covington orchestra and guitar students. Thanks to the generosity of the Austin Optimist Club and other community sponsors, we are able to provide a limited number of full and partial scholarships each semester, helping more students access private instrument lessons. Private lessons are a great way to build your skills, prepare for contests and auditions, and challenge yourself with new and exciting repertoire...so apply today! Link in bio/story highlights or go to https://forms.gle/PFU7VTAMz3bs7YUM7
The Covington Strings Booster Club is so excited to welcome you to the 2025-2026 school year! Our guitar and orchestra programs have a fun and busy year planned, so please join the boosters club or renew your membership! Being a member of the boosters club is the best way to:
-stay informed of upcoming events
-meet other guitar and orchestra families
-find out how you can help out
so please join today! Link in our stories or go to cmsstrings.org
How is summer almost over already?! That's ok because we are super excited to welcome everyone to another great year of guitar and orchestra. Our friends at Satellite Restaurant are helping make sure we start the year strong by hosting community support days on August 5-7. That's right, for three whole days, all your food orders help support Covington Strings if you mention the fundraiser or use code CMS25 online.
But wait! There's more! Come eat WITH us on Wednesday, August 6. We'll have a quick booster club meeting/meet and greet at 6 pm, and then hang out right after to socialize and hear some strings student performances. Whether you're brand new or returning, whether this is your first booster meeting or your fiftieth, we truly hope to see you there.
DM if you have questions or want to chat about booster membership.
Please join us for our last spirit night of the school year! You already know you're way too busy to cook the last week of school, and it's gonna be like 90 million degrees out, so go grab dinner and a celebratory shake!
The final booster meeting of the year also serves as our annual general membership meeting - this is where we review our activities of the year and start making plans for next school year. If you're an "I'll join boosters but I don't want to attend EVERY month" kinda person, this would be the one to attend!
We are also still actively recruiting board members for the upcoming school year, so 5th, 6th and 7th grade parents especially, we hope to see some of you tomorrow!
Welcoming all Covington Strings families, future Colts, and community members to our free spring concerts this week! Join us Tuesday 5/6 for guitar and Thursday 5/8 for orchestra - 6:30 p.m. both nights.
-Elementary students, mention this ad for a free popcorn or cotton candy!
-Bring your cash for dollar war and candy bouquet raffles! Concessions and merch available cash/Venmo.
Seeking volunteers to help with the guitar and orchestra final concerts on May 6th and 8th! There are opportunities to help with supply donations, pre-concert support, and concession sales during the concerts (pro tip: lots of guitar parents sign up to help on orchestra night, and vice versa, so everyone gets a chance to see their own kid perform!) We also welcome student and alum volunteers if your teen would like to help on a night they're not performing. Scan the QR code for more info and to sign up.
Colts & friends, please join us Wednesday, April 30, from 6-8 pm at the Kendra Scott store on South Congress for an evening of drinks, shopping, and student performances. 20% of proceeds benefit the Covington Strings program so this is a great time to get a head start on Mother's Day and graduation shopping. (Maybe your eighth grader needs a special commencement gift!) Can't join us in store? The code on the flyer is good all day Wed 4/30 and Thurs 5/1.
Our spring concerts are right around the corner - guitar on May 6 and orchestra on May 8. One of the ways we keep our concerts 100% free to attend is through generous community support in the form of spotlight and business ads in our programs.
Spotlight ads are a chance for families to celebrate their students with photos and words of support. They're great anytime and are especially popular with 8th grade families as a way to commemorate the end of their middle school strings journey.
And if you own (or frequent!) a small business, our business ads are the perfect way to let your local community know that your business is a proud supporter of public school fine arts education. (We have other business partnership opportunities available too, including banner space, so let's talk!)
Scan the QR codes above to purchase your spotlight or business ad by April 25!
EDIT: Alright, CMS Strings community, the teens have spoken, and they want to see their own teacher as Princess Peach, so please read the REVISED Dollar War rules below!
When: Between April 14 and May 8 (this includes class days, the evening of the spring social, and the evenings of the spring concerts!)
How it works: Bring your cash! Every $1 bill you put in YOUR class jug counts TOWARDS your class. Every $5 (or $10 or $20 or even higher) bill you put in the OTHER class jug counts AGAINST them! (That's right, your $5 can cancel out five $1 bills!)
Contributions end after the orchestra final concert on May 8th. Results will be announced on Friday, May 9th. The winners will get an ice cream party, hosted by their teacher dressed as Princess Peach, during their orchestra or guitar class period on Monday or Tuesday, May 12th or 13th.
Join us for our spring family social next week at Nomadic Outpost! There will be live music, including student performers, food and drinks available for purchase, raffle items, and more! All ages are welcome so bring the whole family!
Please join us tomorrow for our monthly booster club meeting! This is a great time for 6th and 7th grade families (and 5th grade families excited for next year's guitar and orchestra journey!) to meet other strings families, hear important updates about our programs, and learn ways to get involved. Fresh air, friendly people, a range of food and beverage options: it might just be the highlight of your week!
A few action shots from Coltsfest last weekend! Thank you to everyone who came out to support Covington Strings by listening to the Pops Orchestra performance and visiting our ring toss booth.
Make sure to swing by Cupprimo South (4404 W. Wm Cannon) this Friday, April 4. The bakery is generously giving 10% back to Covington Strings all day, so stop in before work/school for a coffee and a pastry, or head over on your way home for a sweet treat to kick off your weekend! (Or both!)
Busy day today in Covington Strings Land! The Advanced Guitar program traveled to Texas State University in San Marcos to perform in the Hill Country Guitar Festival and Competition. Our guitar duet earned 2nd place in their category, and our trio, quartet, and large ensemble all earned 1st place! We are so proud of our students' hard work and dedication. (In between all that guitar playing we snuck in time for pizza and boba tea on campus and game time at the arcade on the way home!) Have a great rest of your 3-day weekend, Colts!
