7th Grade Band

You will need your instruments and music. Today we will be working on Uptown Funk Michael Jackson's Thriller and My Favorite Things along with 3 chorales and a new steady beat / rhythm game. You will also be receiving UpTown Funk.

We will be covering 3 major scales and the chromatic scales in warm ups, and making sure we have Smart Music and Embouchure / technique goals set for everyone, and that you know what those goals are! There is a TON to do. Drummers, we need to make sure our 6 essential rudiments are memorized and that our multiple bounce rolls sound "tight" and controlled.

Everything we do today will be with student conductors! We will be using thumbs up and thumbs down technique so I know who to help as I play with the band. We will use the thumbs up thumbs down information to break into groups and do sectional rehearsals and teams in the hall way if necessary.

As always, these may help:

Michael Jackson's Thriller:

My Favorite Things: 

Uptown Funk: 

Our Plan:

1) Welcome!

2) PACK and Band! (review)

     a) BRIEF review of our norms

     b) IMPORTANT. Is there anything you need today to be successful.

3) Warm Ups and Tune - "Tradition of Excellence Book 2 - Page 2 and page 42. Explain Bb, Eb, and F Concert major scales, the chormatic scale, the chorales, and audition requirements.

4) Preassess Uptown Funk - Direct Instruction.

5) Rehearse Uptown Funk. Rehearsal techniques include student conductors (Mr. Akter will play with various sections to reinforce how the parts sound in your mind) sectional, and direct instruction.

6) "Thumbs up / thumbs down:" Who needs help and on what section? Direct instruction and sectionals and teams outside to address needs. At this point I will be pulling out ALL my instruments and playing with each section on their instruments. We will also play each sections part for the band while the band fingers, and make recordings of each section that we can post on Google Classroom to help with home practice.

7) Run through with Mr. Akter conducting.

8) Post assess: Was there growth? If so, why? If not, why not? What needs to be addressed next?

9) Repeat above rehearsal protocol with My Favorite Things

10) If there is time, run through the entire concert including Thriller.

11) Assignments for practicing.

12) Email Mr. Akter for exit ticket.

6th Grade Band

Hi All!

Welcome to our band rehearsal. Today our goal is to master / polish A Little Mozart Suite, Antiquitus, Jingle Bell Rock, and Wipe Out. Today will be an important day. We will be discussing student conductors for the concert and beginning those auditions. We will also be discussing drum set players and beginning those auditions. We are also going to play one music game as a brain break during the rehearsal.

Antiquitus

A Little Mozart Suite:

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Lesson Plan
1) PACK and Band!
    a) Quick review of our norms
    b) REALLY important: is there anything you need now to be successful? Anything getting in the         way of your learning? Please let me know.

2) Volunteer Student Conductors. Who is interested in conducting on the concert? (review conducting lesson and share rubric)

3) Warm Up Time! We are going to warm up with songs from the red book. This will also serve as a a quick review of last year's learning.
     1) Red book #s 16, #24 (two parts), #39, #51, #63, #81, #88,#131

4) New Student Conductor: Warm up by running Mozart Suite

5) After we polish Mozart Mr. A will conduct it once as if we are performing it.

6) Antiquitus is next. Same routine as Mozart Suite.

7) Run Through Jingle Bell Rock.

8) Rehearse Wipe Out. Use sectionals and teacher modeling to teach part 2 and the coda.

9) Run through Wipe Out

10) BRAIN BREAK! At this point in the rehearsal we will break for a game of teacher vs class to reinforce the rhythms in Jingle Bell Rock and discuss dotted eighth sixteenth note rhythms.

11) Run through the concert as is. Discuss new concert order now that Wipe Out is in the mix.

8th Grade Band

You will need your instruments and music. Today we will be working on Uptown Funk Michael Jackson's Thriller, Uptown Funk, and My Favorite Things along with 3 chorales and a new steady beat / rhythm game.

Our goal today is to polish and move every piece from a 3 to a 4.

We will be covering 3 major scales and the chromatic scales in warm ups, and making sure we have Smart Music and Embouchure / technique goals set for everyone, and that you know what those goals are! There is a TON to do. Drummers, we need to make sure our 6 essential rudiments are memorized and that our multiple bounce rolls sound "tight" and controlled.

Everything we do today will be with student conductors! We will be using thumbs up and thumbs down technique so I know who to help as I play with the band. We will use the thumbs up thumbs down information to break into groups and do sectional rehearsals and teams in the hall way if necessary.

We will be getting feedback on the idea of having student conductors on the concert

As always, these may help:

Michael Jackson's Thriller:

My Favorite Things: 

Uptown Funk: 

Our Plan:

1) Welcome!

2) PACK and Band! (review)

     a) BRIEF review of our norms

     b) IMPORTANT. Is there anything you need today to be successful.

3) Warm Ups and Tune - "Tradition of Excellence Book 2 - Page 2 and page 42. Explain Bb, Eb, and F Concert major scales, the chromatic scale, the chorales, and audition requirements.

Break for Lunch

4) Run Through of Concert as if we were on stage with student conductors. Discussion of whether or not we want to do it this way on stage at the concert. Pros and Cons.

5) Polish My Favorite Things.

6) Polish Uptown Funk

7) Polish Thriller

9) Run through the concert (either with Mr. A conducting or with student conductors, based on above discussion). Make a list of what still needs work as a class. Publish this list to classroom.

10) Email Mr. Akter for exit ticket.

6th Grade Band

Hi All!

Welcome to our band rehearsal. Today our goal is to master / polish A Little Mozart Suite, Antiquitus, and Jingle Bell Rock and finalize our final student selected piece. Right now it looks like Wipe Out is in the lead! We are also going to work in sectionals today and play one music game as a brain break during the rehearsal.

Antiquitus

A Little Mozart Suite:

Click here for audio



Lesson Plan
1) PACK and Band!
    a) Quick review of our norms
    b) REALLY important: is there anything you need now to be successful? Anything getting in the         way of your learning? Please let me know.

2) Volunteer Student Conductors

3) Warm Up Time! We are going to warm up with songs from the red book. This will also serve as a a quick review of last year's learning.
     1) Red book #s 16, #24 (two parts), #39, #51, #63, #81, #88,#131

4) New Student Conductor: Warm up by running Mozart Suite

5) After we polish Mozart Mr. A will conduct it once as if we are performing it.

6) Antiquitus is next. Same routine as Mozart Suite.

7) Run Through Jingle Bell Rock.

8) Hand Out Wipe Out. You will find a copy on your music stands when you come in to rehearsal.

9) Listen to Wipe Out. Get drum assignments.

10) Rehearse Wipe Out... get practicing assignments.

11) BRAIN BREAK! At this point in the rehearsal we will break for a game of teacher vs class to reinforce the rhythms in Jingle Bell Rock and discuss dotted eighth sixteenth note rhythms.

12) Run through the concert as is (Mozart Themes, Jingle Bell Rock, Antiquitus) Discuss needed improvements for next rehearsal.

8th Grade Band

You will need your instruments and music. Today we will be working on Uptown Funk Michael Jackson's Thriller, Uptown Funk, and My Favorite Things along with 3 chorales and a new steady beat / rhythm gamek.

We are entering a national competition with our Thriller Flash-Mob video below. The details are here: http://www.giveanote.org/programs/music-in-our-schools-tour/

I will be collecting your permission forms for the video submission today.
Our goal today is to polish and move every piece from a 3 to a 4.

We will be covering 3 major scales and the chromatic scales in warm ups, and making sure we have Smart Music and Embouchure / technique goals set for everyone, and that you know what those goals are! There is a TON to do. Drummers, we need to make sure our 6 essential rudiments are memorized and that our multiple bounce rolls sound "tight" and controlled.

Everything we do today will be with student conductors! We will be using thumbs up and thumbs down technique so I know who to help as I play with the band. We will use the thumbs up thumbs down information to break into groups and do sectional rehearsals and teams in the hall way if necessary.

As always, these may help:

Michael Jackson's Thriller:

My Favorite Things: 

Uptown Funk: 

Our Plan:

1) Welcome!

2) PACK and Band! (review)

     a) BRIEF review of our norms

     b) IMPORTANT. Is there anything you need today to be successful.

3) Warm Ups and Tune - "Tradition of Excellence Book 2 - Page 2 and page 42. Explain Bb, Eb, and F Concert major scales, the chromatic scale, the chorales, and audition requirements.

4) Western Region Audition Etude. Review of scales style for Western Region.Sharing of videos created for each scale, which are now on Google Classroom.

Break for Lunch

5) Rehearse My Favorite Things. Rehearsal techniques include student conductors (Mr. Akter will play with various sections to reinforce how the parts sound in your mind) sectional, and direct instruction.

6) "Thumbs up / thumbs down:" Who needs help and on what section? Direct instruction and sectionals and teams outside to address needs.

7) Run through with Mr. Akter conducting.

9) Post assess: Was there growth? If so, why? If not, why not? What needs to be addressed next?

10) Repeat above rehearsal protocol with the remaining two pieces.

11) Assignments for practicing.

12) Email Mr. Akter for exit ticket.