Sept. 24-28 Happenings

5th

Objectives:

• Student group lessons
• Begin lesson schedule

Music Rehearsal:

1. High Brass
1. Refresh on instrument assembly
2. Refresh on hand position/posture
3. Discuss tonguing
4. Begin reading from book 
1. Encourage foot tapping
2. Woodwinds
1. Assembly of parts refresher
2. Holding the Instrument
1. Posture
2. Hand positioning
3. Elbows out from sides
3. Making a sound
1. Good Breath
2. Tonguing
4. Begin from book
3. Low Brass
1. Assembly of parts refresher
2. Holding the Instrument
1. Posture
2. Hand positioning
3. Elbows out from sides
3. Making a sound
1. Good Breath
2. Tonguing
4. Begin from book
4. Discuss lesson schedules

Middle School

6th

Objectives:

• Rehearse EE. Scales
• Rehearse Music
• Begin looking for Winter Concert music

Warm-Up:

• EE Pg. 40 Bb, Eb, F, Ab #1, 2
• Chromatic

Music Rehearsal:

1. Infinity March
1. Isolate unison rhythms
2. Isolate percussion parts
3. Begin performing full runs
2. The Sound and the Fury
1. Isolate passages between flute and clarinets
2. Reinforce slurred melody lines in alto sax and trumpet
3. Work on developing tempo
3. Change of Pace
1. Distribute and read

7/8th

Objectives:

• Rehearse major scales
• Rehearse pieces
• Begin looking for possible Winter Concert music

Warm-Up:

• Concert Major Scales: C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, G, D
• 3rds
• Chromatic

Music Rehearsal:

1. Irish Ballade
1. Begin adding shaping to the piece
2. Reinforce tempo chance, and work to avoid rushing
3. Correct unison section
2. March
1. Work to reinforce steady beat throughout
2. Work with percussion to correct rhythms in timpani
3. Perform full runs
3. Sojourne 2000
1. Begin rehearsing in sections
2. Isolate sixteenth note passages
3. Isolate off beat hits

High School

Objectives:

• Post Chair Placement
• Collect Butter Braid Orders and Submit
• Rehearse for Fall Concert

Warm-Up:

• Major Scales: Eb, A, Ab, E, Gb, B
• 3rds in given key
• Chromatic
• Possibly distribute and begin reading from Bach Chorales

Music Rehearsal:

1. Them Basses
1. Begin isolation release points of tied rhythms
2. Increase tempo with percussion
3. Begin incorporating dynamic contrast
2. In the Bleak Mid Winter
1. Begin isolation areas for intonation
2. Isolate moving sixteenth passages in woodwinds
3. Constellations
1. Re-read through each movement
2. Begin isolating areas with rhythmic issues to address
3. Begin establishing style contrast for each movement