PLAYING TEST:
- No test this week, Dec. 4-8
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENTS:DAILY WORK GRADING CRITERIA:
- Warm-up: long tones (every note learned) (demonstrated on Friday, Oct. 6)
- Essential Elements 2000, See below (You should play these every day.)
- Preparation of concert music:
- Dona Nobis Pacem
- #38 Jingle Bells
- #39 My Dreydl
- #49 Hey, Ho!
- #53 Aura Lee
- #55 When the Saints ..
- #56 Old MacDonald
- #57 Ode to Joy
- #58 Hard Rock Blues
- #78 Up on the Housetop
- #79 Jolly Old Saint Nick
- Proper warm-up
- Proper Instrument assembly
- Rehearsal Discipline (See BAND BASICS)
- Posture
- Hand and mouth (embouchure) position
- Care of instrument and music
- Preparation of concert music
COMING EVENTS:
Winter ConcertDecember137:00 pmat Riverside MeadowsAll band members report to the Band Room by 6:30.
Performances are required, graded band assignments.Students must fully participate.GRADING:
- See Syllabus (On this site)
- Daily Work 60%
- Tests, Quizzes & Assignments 20%
- Performances 20%
PLAYING TEST:
- No test this week,December 4-8
PRACTICE ASSIGNMENTS:
- Play warm-ups - Long tones (demonstrated on Friday, Oct. 6)
- Band Scales - B flat and A flat Concert
- Over the Break
- Yamaha Warm-ups - B flat and E flat Concert
- Concert Music (See below)
THIS WEEK'S GRADING CRITERIA:
- Rehearsal Discipline (See Band Basics)
- Playing technique (See Band Basics)
- Proper warm-up using:
- Long tones
- Scales
- See above
- Knowledge and application of musical concepts as discussed in class, i.e dynamics, articulation, style, etc
- Vocabulary: Key signature
- Preparation of Concert Music
- Wexford Carol**
- Joyful, Joyful
- Dona Nobis Pacem
- Patriotic Medley
- When I'm 64 (period 7 only)
- Hogan's Heroes
- Star Spangled Banner
- Olde English Christmas
COMING EVENTS:Winter ConcertDecember13 (Tentative)7:00 pmat Riverside MeadowsAll band members report to the Band Room by 6:30.**************************
2018 Northern California Junior High Honor Band audition recordings must be completed byJanuary 10GRADING:
- See Syllabus (On this website)
- Daily Work 60%
- Tests, Quizzes and Assignments 20%
- Performances 20%