Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
AAHBand Music Camp
Athens, GA
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
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!!!