Feb. 17-21 Happenings

5th

Objectives:

• Rehearse full band pieces
• Rehearse full octave chromatic/full octave concert Bb major

Warm-Up:

• Pg. 12 Tone Builder and Rhythm Etude

Music Rehearsal:

1. Review chromatic fingerings with fingering chart Pg. 46-47
1. Begin playing it with meter
2. Pg. 28 #147 review new notes for Concert Bb Scale and rehearse
3. Featuring the Band
1. Identify and discuss harmony
2. Perform full runs
4. Let’s Rock
1. Discuss harmonization
2. Perform full runs
5. March Winds
1. Identify and look up new pitches throughout
2. Identify new markings including articulations
3. Begin rehearsing in sections

Middle School

6th

Objectives:

• Rehearse major scales from EE Book
• Rehearse music

Warm-Up:

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

Music Rehearsal:

1. An American March
1. Reinforce trombone part
2. Reinforce dynamics throughout
3. Perform full runs
2. Russian Sailor’s Dance
1. Rehearse melody after opening passage increasing tempo
2. Rehearse transitions between sections
3. Incorporate dynamics throughout
3. African Folk Trilogy 
1. Reinforce syncopated rhythms in backgrounds and melody
2. Incorporate dynamic changes between sections
4. Possibly distribute new piece

7/8th

Objectives:

• Rehearse major scales
• Rehearse Pops Concert Pieces

Warm-Up:

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

Music Rehearsal:

1. Disney Blockbusters
1. Begin rehearsing “A Whole New World”
1. focusing on rhythmic accuracy
2. Reinforce articulation in Under the Sea
3. Rehearse beginning through Friend Like Me
4. Perform full runs
2. Pirates of the Caribbean
1. Isolate middle slow section focusing on proper counting of parts and accurately 
2. Begin playing isolated sections, identifying parts in each by instrument for melody and harmony
3. Rehearse transition measures for fluent changes

High School

Objectives:

• Rehearse for Pops
• Submit PO for Solo Contest
• Generate Musical Rehearsal Schedule

Warm-Up:

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

Music Rehearsal:

1. Symphonic Dances, Fiddler On the Roof
1. Reinforce upper-register trumpet sections
2. Reinforce triplet passages in upper woodwinds
3. Perform full runs
2. New York 1927
1. Continue developing accents and releases
2. Reinforce triplet passages with trumpets at the ending
3. Rehearse transition between rag-time and the blues section
4. Continue performing full runs
3. Titanic
1. Isolate percussion parts in faster passages
2. Rehearse transitions between sections
3. Perform full runs
4. Collect Lincoln
5. Distribute Hymnsong on Lowell Mason
1. Read through