Friday, October 25, 2013

6th Grade Band PLC

Today we have a full band rehearsal for 6th Grade during PLC

You will come in to a recordings of Dance of the Jabberwocky and Wipe Out.

Our beginning of the rehearsal routine is always the same. Come in: check off your name on the sign in sheet, quietly take out your instrument and take your seat while listening to the recording. You should have copies of Variations, Wipe Out, and Dance of the Jabberwocky already. If you need an extra copy, see Mr. Akter while the music is playing and everyone is getting set up.

We will begin our rehearsal with a run through of Wipe Out. Drummers can volunteer for the drum set part.

After warming up with Wipe Out, we will play a Bb major scale, and move on to Dance of the Jabberwocky (10 Minutes for all the above)

Direct Instruction: 10 Minutes

Student Conductors: 10 Minutes

Assessment (recording and rating scale): 5 Minutes

Break into groups. Discuss assessment. Decide which 2 things your section needs the most work on: 5 Minutes.

Sectionals: 10 Minutes.

Final run through and assessment:10 minutes

At this point we will switch to the Western Region Audition Etude. We will all perform the first section (10 minutes) and then break into sectionals. (10 Minutes)

Reminder about western region and band council: Closure: 5 min.

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