1:45 p.m. - Welcome
1:55 p.m. - Mixer
2:05 p.m. - Section Meetings (section leaders take attendance on paper and turn in to Mr. Summers)
2:20 p.m. - Setup
2:30 p.m. - Ensemble Warmup
2:40 p.m. - New Music
2:50 p.m. - Sight Reading - Midnight Sky
3:00 p.m. - 6/8 Crash Course
3:10 p.m. - Sight Reading - Plaza de Toros
3:20 p.m. - Ensemble Rehearsal - Plaza de Toros
3:30 p.m. - Clean up
- Sit in any available seat
- Do NOT get your instrument yet
- Introduce yourself to your neighbors and ask them how their day is going
1:55 p.m. - Mixer
- Share something about your winter break
- Share something you are looking forward to in 2024 (can be school related or not)
- Share a goal you have for yourself for 2024 or second semester and how you are going to achieve that goal (school related)
2:05 p.m. - Section Meetings (section leaders take attendance on paper and turn in to Mr. Summers)
- Name
- Grade
- How long you've been playing (if this is your first year on your instrument you say "1 year," etc.)
- What do you like most about band or playing your instrument?
2:20 p.m. - Setup
- Find a seat in your section's area
- As much as possible please alternate between Advanced and Beginning students
- Once we are settled into our seats, get your instrument and set it up
2:30 p.m. - Ensemble Warmup
- Warm up on your own
- Concert F Articulation
- Tune
- Festival Band Warmups
2:40 p.m. - New Music
- Section leaders please pass out music to your sections
- Carefully remove the staple and place the music into your clear plastic sheet protectors in your binder
- Make sure that "Starfire Fanfare" page 1 is on the left and page 2 is on the right side of your binder so you can see both pages at the same time
2:50 p.m. - Sight Reading - Midnight Sky
- Signatures - Time and Key - do they change?
- Tempo - slow, medium, fast? Does it change?
- Accidentals - Are there any notes not in the key signature?
- Repeats, Roadmap, Rhythms
- Signs and Symbols, or any other text or questions?
3:00 p.m. - 6/8 Crash Course
- Read and play the basic 6/8 patterns for "Starfire Fanfare"
3:10 p.m. - Sight Reading - Plaza de Toros
- Signatures - Time and Key - do they change?
- Tempo - slow, medium, fast? Does it change?
- Accidentals - Are there any notes not in the key signature?
- Repeats, Roadmap, Rhythms
- Signs and Symbols, or any other text or questions?
3:20 p.m. - Ensemble Rehearsal - Plaza de Toros
- 49 to the end
- 47 to the end
3:30 p.m. - Clean up