Mar. 31- Apr. 4 Happenings

5th

Objectives:

• Rehearse full band pieces
• Rehearse full octave chromatic/full octave concert Bb major
• Rehearse solos with accompanist

Warm-Up:

• Pg. 46-47 Chromatic Scale in quarter notes
• Pg. 40 Bb #1,2, and 3

Music Rehearsal:

1. March Winds
1. Reinforce new rhythms in the snare drum part
2. Perform full runs
2. Prelude and Allegro
1. Isolate like parts in prelude section
2. Discuss and rehearse transition between slow and fast section
3. Identify and discuss the canon
3. Camptown Races
1. Reinforce, count, and perform dotted quarter note eighth note rhythm
2. Perform full runs
4. From a Distance
1. Isolate melody and harmony sections with moving eighth notes
2. Continue balance of voices in harmonized sections

Middle School

6th

Objectives:

• Rehearse major scales from EE Book
• Rehearse music
• Rehearse with Accompanists

Warm-Up:

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

Music Rehearsal:

1. Russian Sailor’s Dance
1. Incorporate dynamics throughout
2. Continue to develop accel. in final section
2. Londonderry Ballad
1. Isolate brass chorale sections
2. Begin working on hand-off between sections for smooth transitions
3. Spirit of America March
1. Isolate complex cut-time rhythms
2. Continue working in sections based on song form
4. Into the Darkness
1. Rehearse opening section incorporating accents
2. Isolate tempo change sections
3. Work with trumpets on moving eighth note passages

7/8th

Objectives:

• Rehearse major scales
• Rehearse concert music
• Rehearse with accompanists

Warm-Up:

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

Music Rehearsal:

1. An American Symphony
1. Listen to recording
2. Reinforce triplet figure throughout
3. Identify and listen to unique harmonization
2. Copper Mt. Legend
1. Reinforce syncopate tied passaged throughout
2. Begin dynamic shaping of phrases
3. Gently Touch the Sky
1. Discuss proper balance of voices throughout
2. Work to develop watching throughout rubato sections

High School

Objectives:

• Rehearse Fine Arts music
• Rehearse with accompanists and ensembles

Warm-Up:

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

Music Rehearsal:

1. Washington Post March
1. Identify style of sections
2. Continue developing dynamic contrast between sections, especially percussion
2. On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason
1. Isolate alto sax and upper woodwind moving eighth note passages
2. Reinforce soft entrances and areas of extreme dynamic contrast
3. Flourish for Wind Band
1. Isolate woodwind section for balance and establish hierarchy of importance
2. Develop marcato styling with winds
3. Isolate snare for smooth rolls