Band Assignment, due 1/14/11

Recorders
-review note names
-create two measures in 4/4 time using quarter, half and eighth notes and bring them written out to class
-practice p.10-11 in Recorder Express book
-pass off on "Down By the Station" and then "The Long-Legged Sailor"

Intermediate Brass and Percussion
-practice concert scales Bb, Ab, Eb, F
-work on lip slurs p. 18 #1&#2 (white book)
-warm up #154-156
-EE book #175-181, pass off on #181 on 1-14
-sheet music: Red, White and Blues and Sea Song Trilogy

Advanced Brass and Percussion
-practice concert scales F,Bb, Eb, Ab, Fb, Gb, B
-long tones p.15#3 (white book)
-lip slurs p.18#1-2 (white book)
-etude "Joy" p.20 (Maxwell book) for pass off 1-14
-sheet music: Newcastle March, 25 or 6 to 4 (listen to it on youtube or itunes), RWB

Bandtastic

Time for BANDTASTIC and STRINGSATIONAL!!!!

Registration begins on Friday for Bandtastic and Stringsational. We have a limited number of slots for each program, so if you are interested, please send in your registration forms right away. Questions? Just ask. Tons of folks have gone and will be willing to share their experiences. We do have a limited number of spots, so please register early!

BANDTASTIC and STRINGSATIONAL are fabulous one day festivals with guest conductors where we meet with other homeschoolers and have a blast! We are blessed to have wonderful directors this year, as usual.

Leading our orchestra students is April Pettus. April has her Master’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Georgia. Currently, April teaches orchestra at Joyful Noise and maintains a private piano & violin studio while being a wife and homeschooling mom of three girls.

Our Concert Band director is undecided at the moment. The director has been contacted, we're just waiting confirmation before we release names.

Eric Willoughby will be leading our symphonic band. Eric is the Band director of Woodland High School in Cartersville. Their marching band was the Georgia Invitational Band Championship Grand Champions AND Creekview Classic Grand Champions!!! Eric and his wife, Rebecca's, daughter, Sarah, plays Horn in the Joyful Noise Advanced band.

We are delighted to have such wonderful instructors.

This is a great one day intensive that your student will never forget. If your child has at least 1.5 yrs experience and wants to be challenged and rewarded while having fun, this is an event they won't want to miss.

Registration closes as soon as all available slots are filled. Register quickly, as space does fill up soon.

BANDTASTIC and STRINGSATIONAL TAKE PLACE ON FEBRUARY 26TH AT REINHARDT COLLEGE IN WALESKA.

Check-in is at 8:30. Once again for only $25 you will receive a full day of instruction, snacks, lunch and the much coveted BANDTASTIC or STRINGSATIONAL t-shirt. Plus you'll be a part of a fabulous concert at 3:00. Be sure and register early so you will not miss this event. One hundred plus Georgia Homeschoolers will come. It will be a blast!

Susan Davis

770-565-8435 h

404-384-7232 c

Audition Requirements for Advance Band

Here are the requirements:

- GMEA scales and chromatic scale ranges appropriate for students' grade level by age (see www.gmea.org), these need to be memorized

- one sightreading selection chosen by the director(s)

All auditions will be discussed by the directors and their decision for the said audition is final. A student can audition once each month.

Good Luck!

Welcome Back!

Friday, January 7th all classes resumes their regular time.

• Recorder Class~1-2pm
• Intermediate Band~1-2pm
  
• Advance Band~2-3pm

Please arrive 5-10 minutes early to warm up your instrument and YOU!

Congratulations Are In Order!

Hello Band Students and Parents,

I hope this email finds each of you safe, warm and happy! I have two bits of great news to share...

First, Ben Williams and Nathan Wynn auditioned for the GMEA District 4 Honor Band on Dec. 3- and both guys made it! Nathan is chair percussion and Ben 1st chair. They will participate in the Honor Band at Rockdale HS in February. Ben will go on to his final All-State audition on Feb. 8 in Perry, GA. Please wish him the best with his next audition.

Next, we had four students participate in the UGA Middle School Band Festival this past weekend. Our students auditioned very well among the 1500 participants. Results were as follows:

John Mark Simmons- 5th chair in Foster bandNathan Wynn- 3rd chair in Gillespie bandAlexander Vencill- 1st chair in Trimmer bandBen Williams- 1st chair in Kopetz Honor band

We are also very proud of our students who play with the Athens Youth Symphony: Shannon McCoy(clarinet) and Jack McCoy (trumpet)!

Congratulations to these outstanding students on their achievements. Their hard work and dedication to practicing their instruments is definitely off! 

Caroling at the Mall

The Athens Area Homeschool band played Christmas music at the main entrance to the Georgia Square Mall on Dec. 17th, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. till noon. We were the attendants for the Salvation Army's Red Kettle during that time. Great way to give back to our community through music.
Click here to see the pictures of this day!

AAHBand Fall Concert 2010