Oct. 15-19 Happenings

This Thursday, October 18th, the High School Music Department will be having their annual Fall Concert in the Graettinger Gym beginning at 7:00. The program will feature the High School Choir and  High School Concert Band. We hope to see you there supporting our wonderful young musicians.

5th Grade

Objectives:

• Student group lessons
• Continue individual lessons
• Prep for full band next week

Music Rehearsal:

1. High Brass
1. Refresh tonguing
2. Continue reading from book 
1. Encourage foot tapping
2. Pg. 5 review
3. Notes in Review Pg. 6
4. Begin reading Pg. 6
2. Woodwinds
1. Refresh tonguing
2. Continue reading from book 
1. Encourage foot tapping
2. Pg. 5 review
3. Notes in Review Pg. 6
4. Begin reading Pg. 6
3. Low Brass
1. Refresh tonguing
2. Continue reading from book 
1. Encourage foot tapping
2. Pg. 5 review
3. Notes in Review Pg. 6
4. Begin reading Pg. 6
4. Continue individual lessons

Middle School

6th

Objectives:

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

Warm-Up:

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

Music Rehearsal:

1. Infinity March
1. Continue performing full runs
2. Begin increasing tempo
3. Begin incorporating dynamics
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. Reinforce performance of first 10 bars
2. Begin working backwards from the end
4. Frosty the Snowman
1. Read in sections
2. Identify areas with contrasting rhythms
3. Possible concert piece?

7/8th

Objectives:

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

Warm-Up:

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

Music Rehearsal:

1. Themes from The Nutcracker
1. Read in cut time
2. Isolate complex rhythms in flute/clarinet and low voices
3. Make decision for winter concert
2. Moscow 1941
1. Distribute and read through
3. The Water is Wide
1. Distribute and read through

High School

Objectives:

• Rehearse for Fall Concert
• Perform Fall Concert
• Begin looking for Winter Concert and Veteran’s Day Selections
• Collect music after concert

Warm-Up:

• Major Scales: Group 3
• 3rds in given key
• Chromatic
• Possibly distribute and begin reading from Bach Chorales

Music Rehearsal:

1. Them Basses
1. Isolate moving lines in upper woodwinds in second half
2. Continue addressing dynamic shaping
3. Perform full runs
2. In the Bleak Mid Winter
1. Begin isolation areas for intonation
2. Isolate moving sixteenth passages in woodwinds
3. Isolate ending clarinet solo
4. Perform full runs
3. Constellations
1. Continue incorporating articulations 
2. Continue addressing dynamic changes
3. Isolate percussion parts throughout
4. Perform full runs
4. Perform full runs of entire program