- Quietly and efficiently prepare for rehearsal. Make sure the following items are on your music stand:
- Pencil
- Music binder, opened to your Symphonic Band scales sheet
- Sound Innovations, open to page 18
- iPad, with BandMate chromatic tuner opened
- Write down the homework in your agenda (see below)
- Warm up on your own
Homework:
- All students: Practice "Paso Flamenco," "(Risk) Everything for a Dream," and "Ghosts of the Lost Ship," and your Concert F Major Scale and Arpeggio
- Festival Band students: Practice "A Jubilant Spirit," "Midnight Sky," and "Plaza de Toros"
Today's Objective(s): Accurately follow 1st and 2nd endings and D.S. al Coda to play "Paso Flamenco"
Classroom & Rehearsal Activities
[12:41] First Five (see above)
[12:45] Ensemble Sound Development
- Concert F Articulation
- Symphonic Band Scales & Arpeggios
- Chromatic
- Concert F Major - performed live in class for a grade (pass/fail) soon - BE READY!
- Tune
- All: Concert F (with drone)
- Woodwinds: Concert A (with Brenda)
- Brass: Concert B-flat (with Nathan)
- Concert F Intonation
- Sound Innovations - Chorale No. 116
[12:55] Announcements / Reminders
- FRIDAY - Leadership Applications due
- Festival Band:
- Music: "A Jubilant Spirit," "Midnight Sky," "Plaza de Toros"
- TODAY: Rehearsal after school
- MONDAY, April 15th: Rehearsal after school
- WEDNESDAY, April 17th: Regionals at Excelsior
- Regionals:
- Wednesday, April 17th: Festival Band, Symphonic Band, and Orchestra perform - only 2 rehearsals left after today!
- Thursday, April 18th: Symphonic Band and Advanced Orchestra host
- Itineraries, letters, permission slips (second shift only)
[1:05] Ensemble Rehearsal
- "Paso Flamenco" - full run
- "(Risk) Everything for a Dream" - INTONATION!!!
- "Ghosts of the Lost Ship" - full run
- "Paso Flamenco" - full run
[1:35] Cleanup
- Everyone: push your chairs forward to make room for the 5th row
- Percussion: tidy up and prepare for Festival Band
- Woodwinds: add one more row of chairs at the back
- Brass: add one more row of music stands at the back
- Festival Band members: put your instrument on your Festival Band chair and your music on your Festival Band stand (seating charts are available on the front table) and take a quick break