This week I will be meeting with all of the band students at least once. Monday will be percussion, Tuesday/Thursday brass, and Wednesday/Friday will be woodwinds. This week we will cover the basic hand positions and instruments with the percussion, fundamentals of holding instruments and begin playing with brass, and fundamentals of holding instruments, reed care and assembly, and begin playing with woodwinds. If all goes well, there should be some interesting sounding to be heard in Graettinger and Terril by the end of this week!
Middle School
6th
Objectives:
- Rehearse major scales from EE Book
- Rehearse concert pieces, focusing on rhythmic accuracy
Warm-Up:
- EE Pg. 40 Bb, Eb, F, Ab #1, 2
- Chromatic
Music Rehearsal:
- Summer Sand
- Isolate counting of 3/4
- Rehearse in short passages focusing on feeling in 3
- The Year of the Dragon
- Perform full run if possible
- Isolate passages with counting, focus on entrances and rhythmic correctness
- Rehearse transition between slow and fast sections
- Possibly distribute new piece
7/8th
Objectives:
- Rehearse major scales
- Collect marching lyres
- Rehearse concert pieces, focusing on rhythm and listening
Warm-Up:
- Concert Major Scales: C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, G, D
- 3rds
- Chromatic
Music Rehearsal:
- March
- Identify and isolate sections for form
- Experiment with varying articulation types to determine what best fits
- Perform in sections
- The Invincible Warrior
- Begin rehearsing in sections
- Isolate areas with counting/rhythmic challenges
- Incorporate dynamic changes
- Possibly distribute a new piece
High School
Objectives:
- Establish rehearsal routine/expectations
- Post chair placements and distribute folders/music
- Begin reading pieces for the Fall Concert
Warm-Up:
- Major Scales
- 3rds in given key
- Chromatic
- Bach Chorale
Music Rehearsal:
- Begin reading pieces distributed
- Talk through meter, key, form, feel
- Attempt full runs on every piece
- Make selections by Tuesday
- Begin rehearsing selected pieces
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