- Quietly and efficiently prepare for rehearsal. Make sure all the following items are on your music stand:
- Pencil
- Music Binder
- Essential Elements book
- Write down the homework in your agenda (see below)
- Warm up on your own
Homework:
- All students: Practice "Two Appalachian Songs" and "Danza Africana" - be ready to play both on Monday!
- Clarinets: Practice Essential Elements pages 24-25 until they're easy!
Today's Objective(s): Play music in three-plus parts with good balance and blend
Classroom & Rehearsal Activities
[8:35] First Five (see above)
[8:40] Ensemble Sound Development
- Concert F Articulation
- Page 24 - continuously, 8 counts in between to think ahead and check key signatures (all percussion on keyboard)
- Rhythm Studies
- Tune
- B-flat Intonation
- Chorale No. 2
[8:50] Ensemble Rehearsal
- Page 25
- Once I Had a Sweetheart
- Brass - lip slurs
- Cindy
- Page 26
- New music!
[9:50] Announcements / Cleanup
- Exit Ticket:
- MusicRacer.com - Note Names - Level A and B
- If you do not finish in three minutes without mistakes you must come in during Nutrition to finish
- Instruments in lockers, lockers locked
- Tidy up the chairs
- Pick up at least one piece of trash - leave it better than you found it!