Our next concert performance is already starting to take shape. You folks sound fantastic, but there is a lot of work to be done. There are 52 of you, and 31 are continuing in band next year at the high school. Wonderful! But we need excellence not just from 31, or 41, or you. We need excellence from ALL of you! Keep practicing! Keep working! Be the best musician you can be. The better you get this year, the more likely music will be a part of your life for years to come. Whatever you choose to do at the high school with band, keep playing your instrument, even if it is just for you and no one else. It will enrich your life.
Today's lesson plan:
1) Scales
2) Chorales
3) Tuning
4) "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder, arranged by Murtha.
Lunch Break!
5) Little Mermaid
6) Run through, record, and self assess. Discuss trouble spots
7) Rehearse sections. Rehearsal methods include direct instruction, sectionals, and student conductors.
8) Run through and self assess. Was there growth? If yes, why? If not, why not?
9) Revisit the planets: run through and then various rehearsal techniques
10) Closure.
Have an amazing week!
Mr. A
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Band Today
Dear Bands,
Please click this link to see the schedule (it also appears on the right hand side of this blog so that when this entry scrolls past you can still easily access it).
Today is a band "D" day, and tomorrow is a band "E" day.
Hope this helps!
Please click this link to see the schedule (it also appears on the right hand side of this blog so that when this entry scrolls past you can still easily access it).
Today is a band "D" day, and tomorrow is a band "E" day.
Hope this helps!
Mr. Akter
Monday, March 16, 2015
6th Grade PLC
Hi Everyone,
Today we are working on three of our pieces: Roar, In the Hall of the Mountain King, and Happy. I am very excited about the next performance at the end of the year.
Lesson Plan:
1) Warm ups: Red Books.
2) Reminder about Blue Books (most of us are coming up on Book 2!)
3) Tuning
4) Listen to "In the Hall of the Mountain King."
5) Direct instruction on "In the Hall of the Mountain King" (no more than 10 minutes)
6) Other rehearsal techniques - student conductors, and sectionals
7) Run "Roar." Assess performance, then rehearse. Rehearsal techniques include student conductors, teacher modeling, and sectionals.
8) Direct Instruction on Roar (about 10 minutes)
9) Run "Roar." Assess performance. Did we grow? If yes, why? If not, why not?
10) Introduce Happy
11) Closure.
Today we are working on three of our pieces: Roar, In the Hall of the Mountain King, and Happy. I am very excited about the next performance at the end of the year.
Lesson Plan:
1) Warm ups: Red Books.
2) Reminder about Blue Books (most of us are coming up on Book 2!)
3) Tuning
4) Listen to "In the Hall of the Mountain King."
5) Direct instruction on "In the Hall of the Mountain King" (no more than 10 minutes)
6) Other rehearsal techniques - student conductors, and sectionals
7) Run "Roar." Assess performance, then rehearse. Rehearsal techniques include student conductors, teacher modeling, and sectionals.
8) Direct Instruction on Roar (about 10 minutes)
9) Run "Roar." Assess performance. Did we grow? If yes, why? If not, why not?
10) Introduce Happy
11) Closure.
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