Jan. 26-30 Happenings

5th

Objectives:

• Read and rehearse full band pieces
• Learn Concert Bb Scale

Warm-Up:

1. EE Pg. 12 Tone Builder and Rhythm Etude
2. Rehearse Chromatic Scale from Concert Bb to Concert F
1. Up and Down
3. Rehearse Bb Major Scale on Pg. 28 #147

Music Rehearsal:

1. Let’s Rock
1. Rehearse in sections focusing on accurate rest counting
2. Identify melody vs harmony/supporting parts
3. Goal to perform full runs
2. Distribute and read new piece
1. Discuss sight-reading techniques

MS

6th Grade

Objectives:

• Rehearse Pieces, focusing on dynamics
  

Warm-Up:

1. EE Pg. 40 #1, 2 in all four keys
2. Bb Chromatic Scale

Music Rehearsal:

1. March Zuma
1. Continue identifying dynamic changes and rehearse
2. Isolate second strain melody in brass
3. Perform full runs
2. Danse Jubliante
1. Continue working to increase tempo on first half
2. Isolate second half and read in sections
3. Focus on pushing snare for faster tempo in sixteenth note passages
3. Bay Town Festival
1. Isolate syncopated eighth note passages in first section
1. work to identify similar rhythms throughout the piece
2. Focus on identifying the melody and counter lines

7/8th Grade

Objectives:

• Rehearse Pops Music

Warm-Up:

1. Two selected major scales
2. Perform 3rds in an additional key
3. One Octave Bb Chromatic Scale

Music Rehearsal:

1. Superman Theme
1. Rehearse transition into and out of 4/4 from 6/8
2. Begin to incorporate accents throughout
3. Work to increase tempo of 6/8
2. Defying Gravity
1. Continue to reinforce syncopated passages from previous rehearsals
2. Isolate short passages of melody for rhythmic accuracy
3. Begin to work from the end back in short passages
4. Work to encourage finding syncopation individually in parts
3. Tomorrow
1. Discuss important rules for sustained parts
2. Isolate chorus section for rhythmic accuracy in all voices

HS

Objectives:

• Rehearse Pops Music
• Pep Band Friday
• Determine date for Marry Poppins

Warm-Up:

1. Two selected major scales
2. Relative minor and 3rds in selected keys
3. One Octave Bb Chromatic Scale
4. Selected Bach Chorale

Music Rehearsal:

1. Mary Poppins
1. Isolate “Feed the Birds”
1. work to soften breaks in all voices
2. discuss proper balance
2. Isolate the moving sixteenth passage at the end/closing section
1. Work on repeated sixteenth/eighth passage to improve counting through
2. Sinatra!
1. Refresh sections in “Come Fly With Me”
2. Discuss the importance of matching and listening for articulation
3. Move to “Wichcraft”
1. Begin reading in sections, focusing on rhythmic accuracy
2. Develop balance in backgrounds throughout
3. Somewhere
1. Rehearse opening with solo
1. Incorporate vibrato 
2. Begin adding shaping to supporting lines
3. Continue to develop accents in chorus

Jan. 19-23 Happenings

5th

Objectives:

• Finish full band selections
• Distribute first full band piece

Warm-Up:

1. EE Pg. 12 Tone Builder and Rhythm Etude
2. Rehearse Chromatic Scale from Concert Bb to Concert F
3. Introduce Bb Major Scale on Pg. 28

Music Rehearsal:

1. EE Pg. 12 begin selections
1. Old MacDonald
2. Ode to Joy
3. Hard Rock Blues
2. Distribute and read new piece
1. Discuss sight-reading techniques

MS

6th Grade

Objectives:

• Rehearse Pieces, focusing on dynamics
  

Warm-Up:

1. EE Pg. 40 #1, 2 in all four keys
2. Bb Chromatic Scale

Music Rehearsal:

1. March Zuma
1. Begin identifying dynamic changes and rehearse
2. Identify, discuss, and incorporate articulations throughout
2. Robert Smith Piece
1. Begin working to increase tempo on first half
2. Isolate new material in second half 
3. Work to develop proper articulation style for fast playing
3. Distribute and read new piece
1. Discuss sight-reading techniques

7/8th Grade

Objectives:

• Rehearse Pops Music

Warm-Up:

1. Two selected major scales
2. Perform 3rds in an additional key
3. One Octave Bb Chromatic Scale

Music Rehearsal:

1. Superman Theme
1. Rehearse 4/4 section for rhythmic accuracy
1. focusing on dotted eighth-sixteenth rhythms
2. Listen to recording of original
3. Rehearse transition into and out of 4/4 from 6/8
2. Defying Gravity
1. Continue to reinforce syncopated passages from previous rehearsals
2. Isolate short passages of melody for rhythmic accuracy
3. Begin to work from the end back in short passages
4. Work to encourage finding syncopation individually in parts
3. Distribute and read Tomorrow

HS

Objectives:

• Rehearse Pops Music
• Pep Band Tuesday

Warm-Up:

1. Two selected major scales
2. Relative minor and 3rds in selected keys
3. One Octave Bb Chromatic Scale
4. Selected Bach Chorale

Music Rehearsal:

1. Mary Poppins
1. Begin with cut-time opening section
1. Isolate areas with rhythmic issues
2. Isolate the moving sixteenth passage at the end/closing section
2. Mission Impossible Theme
1. Rehearse, working to increase the tempo
3. Sinatra!
1. Isolate rhythmic sections in “Come Fly With Me”
2. Discuss the importance of matching and listening for articulation
4. Somewhere
1. Distribute and read

Jan. 12-16 Happenings

Our last week of crazy winter weather is behind us and we can now begin our first week back from break.

5th

Objectives:

• Continue full band selections
• Discuss objectives for the next few months

Warm-Up:

1. EE Pg. 12 Tone Builder and Rhythm Etude

Music Rehearsal:

1. EE Pg. 12 begin selections
1. Frere Jaques
2. When the Saints
3. Old MacDonald
4. Ode to Joy
5. Hard Rock Blues

Middle School

6th Grade

Objectives:

• Discuss goals for the rest of year
• Begin reading new music

Warm-Up:

1. EE Pg. 40 #1, 2 in all four keys
2. Bb Chromatic Scale

Music Rehearsal:

1. March Zuma
1. Begin isolating sixteenth note rhythms
2. Identify form
2. Distribute new pieces and read

7/8th Grade

Objectives:

• Continue reading possible Pops Music

Warm-Up:

1. Two selected major scales
2. Perform 3rds in an additional key
3. One Octave Bb Chromatic Scale

Music Rehearsal:

1. Superman Theme
1. Rehearse 4/4 section for rhythmic accuracy
2. Listen to recording of original
2. Defying Gravity
1. Distribute and read through
3. Possibly distribute and read Jurassic Park

High School

Objectives:

• Rehearse Pops Music
• Pep Band Friday, rehearse with Dance Team
• Begin reading new pep band pieces

Warm-Up:

1. Two selected major scales
2. Relative minor and 3rds in selected keys
3. One Octave Bb Chromatic Scale
4. Selected Bach Chorale

Music Rehearsal:

1. I Got You
1. Perform with Dance Team to finalize tempo and start/stop
2. Mary Poppins
1. Begin rehearsing in sections
2. Isolate the moving sixteenth passage at the end/closing section
3. Mission Impossible Theme
1. Distribute and read through
4. Sinatra!
1. Distribute and read through
2. Distribute all needed mutes
5. Shenandoah
1. Distribute and read through
6. Don’t Stop Believing
1. Distribute and read through

Jan. 5-9 Happenings

5th

Objectives:

• Continue full band selections
• Discuss objectives for the next few months

Warm-Up:

1. EE Pg. 12 Tone Builder and Rhythm Etude

Music Rehearsal:

1. EE Pg. 12 begin selections
1. Frere Jaques
2. When the Saints
3. Old MacDonald
4. Ode to Joy
5. Hard Rock Blues

Middle School

6th Grade

Objectives:

• Discuss goals for the rest of year
• Begin reading new music

Warm-Up:

1. EE Pg. 40 #1, 2 in all four keys
2. Bb Chromatic Scale

Music Rehearsal:

1. March Zuma
1. Begin isolating sixteenth note rhythms
2. Identify form
2. Distribute new pieces and read

7/8th Grade

Objectives:

• Continue reading possible Pops Music

Warm-Up:

1. Two selected major scales
2. Perform 3rds in an additional key
3. One Octave Bb Chromatic Scale

Music Rehearsal:

1. Distribute and read possible pieces for Pops Concert

High School

Objectives:

• Read possible Pops Music
• Pep Band Thursday, rehearse with Dance Team
• Begin reading new pep band pieces

Warm-Up:

1. Two selected major scales
2. Relative minor and 3rds in selected keys
3. One Octave Bb Chromatic Scale
4. Selected Bach Chorale

Music Rehearsal:

1. I Got You
1. Perform with Dance Team to finalize tempo and start/stop
2. Mary Poppens
1. Read through and isolate individual songs
3. Distribute additional Pep Band pieces and rehearse