Reminder that the high school band students will begin a fundraiser on Monday November 14 for their upcoming trip in 2013. Please support these young people as they raise money for their trip accounts.
5th Grade
Objectives:
- Continue weekly lessons
- Reinforce class expectations and procedures
- Continue working through EE Exercises
- Begin checking practice
- Begin on EE Pg. 6
- Play Notes in Review (Quarter and Eighth Notes)
- Quiz Students over note names and values
- Continue playing forward in EE beginning with #18
- Discuss counting and playing whole notes and rests
- Practice by clapping rhythms before playing
- Refresh on key and time signatures
- Set goal to get to #39 and 39 before Thanksgiving Break
Middle School
6th Grade Band
Objectives:
- Continue working on scales
- Rehearse concert music
- Warm-Up
- EE Pg. 40 Bb, Eb, F, and Ab #1 and 2
- Chromatic Scale
- Music Rehearsal
- Wipeout
- Discuss use of accents in the percussion part
- Isolate section with trombone melody
- Continue increasing speed
- Perform full runs
- Dark Adventure
- Reinforce sax melody at 41
- Identify, discuss, and incorporate dynamics throughout
- Perform full runs
- Penguins on Parade
- Perform full runs
- Continue incorporating dynamics
- Little Drummer Boy
- Continue rehearsing in sections, identifying difference between measures beginning on beat 1 and 2
- Reinforce counting and performance of triplets
- Possibly distribute another piece and read
7/8th Grade Band
Objectives:
- Continue working scales
- Rehearse concert music
- Warm-up
- Concert Scales: C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, G, D
- 3rds in a selected key
- Chromatic scale
- Music Rehearsal
- Episode for Band
- Continue incorporating dynamics and articulations
- Isolate sections with rit. or tempo changes
- reinforce proper tempi
- Ceremony, Chant and Ritual
- Isolate opening section and correct rhythms
- Begin correcting eighth and sixteenth note runs
- Discuss dynamics and articulations such as accents and fp
- O Come, All Ye Faithful
- Continue working on upper woodwind passages
- Begin working transitions
- Discuss shaping
- Possibly distribute another piece
High School
Objectives:
- Continue work on Scales
- Perform Veteran’s Day
- Decide on music for Winter Concert
- Warm-Up
- Concert Major Scales
- 3rds
- Chromatic
- Relative Natural Minor Key
- Bach Chorale (TBA)
- Music Rehearsal
- Battle Hymn
- Isolate transitional section and correct entrances and rhythms
- Continue incorporating shaping and phrasing
- Bring out melody and back off on supporting lines
- Work to not rush ending and correct pitches
- Perform Full Runs
- Navy Hymn
- Continue interpreting conducting gestures
- Rehearse with Keynote
- Perform full runs
- Mars
- Perform dotted rhythm sections and correct pitches
- Begin incorporating dynamic shaping into phrases
- Cantique de Noel
- Begin rehearsing in sections
- Isolate melody sections
- Correct triplet interpretations
- Star-Spangled Banner
- Refresh on performance
- With additional time continue looking for a final Winter Concert Piece
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