Nov. 12-16 Happenings

5th Grade

Objectives:

• Reinforce Notes In Review
• Reinforce whole, half, and quarter notes/rests
• Continue band lessons

Warm-Up:

1. Pg. 6 “Notes in Review”

Music Rehearsal:

1. EE Pg. 7 #25, 
2. EE Pg. 8 #27, 28, etc.
3. Possibly distribute sheet music piece

Middle School

6th

Objectives:

• Rehearse EE. Scales
• Rehearse Winter Concert music

Warm-Up:

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

Music Rehearsal:

1. The Sound and the Fury
1. Isolate passages between flute and clarinets
2. Reinforce slurred melody lines in alto sax and trumpet
3. Isolate trumpet solo section
4. Focus on dynamics throughout
2. Stormy Windy March
1. Distribute and read through
2. Begin rehearsing
3. Frosty the Snowman
1. Isolate B section with woodwinds
2. Rehearse transitions between sections
3. Reinforce entrances for trumpets
4. Work with clarinet 1 on upper note part

7/8th

Objectives:

• Rehearse major scales
• Rehearse Winter Concert Pieces

Warm-Up:

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

Music Rehearsal:

1. Themes from The Nutcracker
1. Reinforce opening section in cut time
1. isolating note length
2. continue reinforcing tempo
2. Begin working with upper woodwinds on the march section passage
1. Reinforce grace notes in flute, clarinet, and alto sax
3. Continue isolating the closing section developing tempo and isolating the alternating section between trombones and saxes
4. Rehearse transitions between sections
2. Moscow 1941
1. Rehearse opening section
1. Isolate percussion parts and add articulations
2. Correct clarinet pitches
2. Fast Section
1. Isolate trombone parts at fast section
2. Isolate upper woodwind eighth note section
3. Reinforce transitions with rit. especially
3. The Water is Wide
1. Isolate parts by instrument family to better hear harmonies
2. Isolate percussion parts
3. Isolate the key change section and work the transition into the new key

High School

Objectives:

• Perform Veteran’s Day Selections
• Rehearse Winter Concert Music

Warm-Up:

• Major Scales
• 3rds in given key
• Chromatic
• Bach Chorale 

Music Rehearsal:

1. Holiday Piece
1. Continue rehearsing opening section with percussion to increase tempo
2. Isolate closing measures to incorporate suspended cymbal roll/choke
3. Work on clarinet runs
4. Perform full runs
2. Novo Lenio
1. Isolate percussion parts at the fast section
2. Begin rehearsing dynamic shaping in opening and closing sections
3. Begin performing in large chunks
4. Develop transition between slow and fast sections
3. God of Our Fathers
1. Work to develop speed in 6/8 section in brass parts and percussion
2. Isolate rhythms in the closing section in brass
3. Begin rehearsing in large sections