Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

AAHBand Music Camp


August 21-23, 2012 (Tues.-Thurs.)
from 9:00-12pm
Concert Thursday at 1pm
Beech Haven Baptist Church (Bldg. D) 
Athens, GA
*Bring a lunch if you'd like to picnicat a park with us!
Camp classes are for beginners and experienced players. 
Ages 9 and up.
$30 per student for the entire camp. 
Contact Karen at knmeuph@gmail.com
http://athensareahomeschoolband.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/AthensAreaHomeschoolBand

Friday, April 6, 2012

Band Assignment, due 4/13/12

Beginning Band:

- Breathing exercises

- EE Bk. 1 #86-#89 Daily Warm-Ups

- EE Bk. 1 #147, #105-#109, #110-117 (a pass-off will occur on any of these lines on April 13)

- Mickey Mouse March and Waltz of the Weiner Dogs

* Be sure to work on your MVM requirements- it was sent to you as an email attachment

Don't forget to put in at least 5 days of practice for 30 minutes each this week. It makes all the difference your musical progress and in our band!

Intermediate Band:

- Be sure to work on your MVM requirements- it was sent to you as an email attachment

-Work on all your sheet music:

*March of the Irish Guard

*God Bless the USA

*This is My Country

*Great Movie Adventures

*Themes from the 1812 Overture

Advanced Band:

- Work on MVM requirements

- Practice all sheet music

-Etudes in the Maxwell book, take one a day until you've played through all of them. Practice with the metronome. Set a reasonable tempo and leave the met. on during practice.

-Make sure you know all of your scales through the required ranges plus chromatic scale.

Have a glorious Resurrection weekend!

Monday, March 26, 2012

Band Assignment, due 3/30/12

Beginning Band

- Breathing exercises

- EE Bk. 1 #86-#89 Daily Warm-Ups

- EE Bk. 1 #147, #105-#109, #110-117

- EE Bk. 1 p.43 m.37-48 Count, clap and buzz on mouthpiece

- Mickey Mouse March and Waltz of the Weiner Dogs

* Be sure to practice #90 and #91 for our performance at Lanier Gardens!

Don't forget to put in at least 5 days of practice for 30 minutes each this week. It makes all the difference your musical progress and in our band!

Intermediate Band:

Practice your pieces for the Capitol and for Lanier Gardens!!

*March of the Irish Guard

*God Bless the USA

*This is My Country

Advanced Band:

Practice your pieces!!

*Thunderer

*Pink Panther

Shannon, Ben and Katie- be sure to practice your solos so they are ready for our Lanier Gardens performance. =-)

If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. I John 4:20

Friday, March 23, 2012

Scripture of the Week

Scripture of the Week
If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. I John 4:20

Monday, March 19, 2012

Band Assignment, due 3/23/12

Beginning Band

- Breathing exercises

- EE Bk. 1 #86-#89 Daily Warm-Ups

- EE Bk. 1 #147, #105-#109, #110-117

- EE Bk. 1 p.43 m.37-48 Count, clap and buzz

- Pass offs on 3-23-12: Mickey Mouse or Waltz of the Weiner Dogs (my choice on any section of either piece)

- Mickey Mouse March and Waltz of the Weiner Dogs


* Woodwinds- Be sure to work on going over the break this week. Grip tight and move that thumb! #119-130 are great lines to continue working on.

* Brass- Be sure to practice buzzing to fill up a balloon on the end of your mouthpiece. Keep working on this exercise.

* Percussion- Work on rudiments on p.46-47 (single stroke rolls, double stroke rolls-open-5-7, paradiddles-single-double, flam, flam accent, flam tap.) Be sure to use the VHS I gave you to use this week.

I AM SO PROUD OF EACH OF YOU ON YOUR SOLOS! YOU'VE MADE GREAT PROGRESS IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME! CONGRATULATIONS! I'll have your judges sheet ready for you to keep next Friday.

Don't forget to put in at least 5 days of practice for 30 minutes each this week. It makes all the difference your musical progress and in our band!

Intermediate Band:

Practice your pieces!!

*March of the Irish Guard

*Great Movie Adventures

*God Bless the USA

*Themes from 1812

*This is My Country

Be prepared to play an excerpt from Irish Guard and 1812 alone.

Advanced Band:

Practice your pieces!!

*Thunderer

*Walking the Blues

*Pink Panther

Be prepared to play an excerpt from Pink Panther.

Have a great week!!!