- Quietly and efficiently prepare for rehearsal
- Make sure there is a pencil on your music stand
- Make sure there is a little finger thickness of space between your bow hair and bow stick
- Lots of rosin on the bow please!
Today's Objectives
- Solidify tempo and rhythm in "Expressions"
Homework
- Practice festival repertoire
Classroom & Rehearsal Activities
[5] First Five (see above)
[10] Ensemble Sound Development
- RH1, RH3
- Tune
- Intonation:
- D Major Scale, fermatas, unison, tune each note
- D Major Scale, half notes, round
- Festival Orchestra Warmups
[10] Announcements / Reminders
- Thursday, April 20th - Solo and Small Ensemble Recital in the MPR
- Tuesday, April 25th - Regionals!
- Repertoire: "Prelude and Fugue," "Expressions," "Appalachian Hymn"
- You will NOT report to school. Report directly to Excelsior.
- Wear your concert black to Excelsior; bring your Benton music polo too!
- You will be eligible for extra credit
- Letter and itinerary - go over info with your adults tonight; still need volunteers for second shift!
- Each of you will be assigned a duty for Tuesday afternoon/evening:
- Announcer
- Guide
- Judges' Aide
- Sight Reading Aide
- Stage Crew
- Usher
- Relief Crew
- Friday, May 12th - Kaleidoscope VAPA Festival
- "Prelude and Fugue," "Remember Me," maybe "Expressions," maybe something new
- Tuesday, May 30th - Knott's (Festival participants in good standing only)
- Knott's payments are past due! Click here to register and pay via BookTix.
[55] Ensemble Rehearsal
- Prelude and Fugue
- Expressions
- Appalachian Hymn
[4] Clean up