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!

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

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!!!

Band Assignment, due 3/9/12

Beginning Band

- Breathing exercises

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

- EE Bk. 1 #100-#109, #147 (Woodwinds just work on the first 6 notes, Brass and Percussion work on the whole line)

- Pass off on: Woodwinds- anything I choose #119-130

- Brass and Percussion- anything I choose #147-151

- EE Bk. 1 p.43 m.45-48 Count, clap and buzz the line

- Mickey Mouse March and Waltz of the Weiner Dogs

- Don't forget to work on your solo- you will work with accompanist March 9- last rehearsal before Solo Festival!

* Woodwinds- Be sure to work on going over the break this week. Grip tight and move that thumb!

* 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.) I'll give you a DVD to use next week.

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 and Advanced Band

Both bands: practice, practice, practice your solos!! Secondly, practice, practice, practice your pieces of music (a.k.a. Pink Panther, God Bless the USA, etc.) Third, we will be delving further into the books you have. Brush up on your breathing/articulation exercises. There will be a "pop quiz" on a random scale (chosen in class by the instructor). Be prepared!! And, have a great week!!

Band Assignment, due 3/2/12

Beginning Band

- Breathing exercises

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

- EE Bk. 1 #92-#106, #147 (Woodwinds just work on the first 6 notes, Brass and Percussion work on the whole line)

- Pass off on line #100 or #103 (My choice...=-)

- EE Bk. 1 p.43 m.45-48 Count, clap and buzz the line

- Mickey Mouse March

- Don't forget to work on your solo- you will work with accompanist Feb. 24 also =-)

* Clarinets- Look at and try p. 24 #119-124 for practice on "going over the break". We will try this in class Friday.

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

Intermediate Band

-Work on the Breathing Gym exercises.

-Breath Control exercises, Hilliard p.55 #1-6

-Major Scales, Concert F,Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, B, E, A, D, G, and C. Pass-off on Db and Gb.

-Blue Maxwell, p. 15, "March No. I and Caveat March" p. 17

Challenge: Come up with a new and creative way to practice your scales and share with the group.

-Chromatic Scale full range

-Solo, 2 play-throughs a day plus work spots.

-This is my Country, God Bless the USA, Themes from 1812 Overture.

Advanced Band

-Breathing gym exercises. They really do work!!!

-Memorize the generic triads

-Hilliard, p. 45-53. Alternate articulations.

-12 major scales full range of your instrument.

Challenge: Come up with a creative new way to practice your scales and share with the group.

-Chromatic scale full range

-Orange Maxwell,"Put it Together" p. 30

-Solo, 2 play-throughs a day plus working spots.

-The Thunderer, Walking the Blues, The Pink Panther. This is my Country, God Bless the USA

-Extra credit: Congratulations to Beth and Ben for writing the triads last week. They will be getting their rewards. Everyone else will have another chance! Read on: On Friday before class or between classes, write the generic triads on the board and sign your name. (Parents, please do not point out that there is an extra credit opportunity, just encourage them to look at their assignments.) I truly want to do this to encourage these kids to look at their own assignments.) Students who see this and write the triads will be given a reward. :-)

Band Assignment, due 2/24/12

Beginning Band

- Breathing exercises

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

- EE Bk. 1 #92-#106

- EE Bk. 1 p.43 m.45-48 Count, clap and buzz the line

- Mickey Mouse March

- Don't forget to work on your solo- you will work with accompanist Feb. 24 also =-)

* Clarinets- Look at and try p. 24 #119-124 for practice on "going over the break". Love our amazing section!

* Brass- Be sure to practice buzzing to fill up a balloon on the end of your mouthpiece. Looking for the best!

Intermediate Band

-Work on the Breathing Gym exercises as we've done in class.

-Breath Control exercises, Hilliard p.55 #1-6

-Major Scales, Concert F,Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, B, E, A, D, G, and C. Pass-off on Db and Gb.

-Blue Maxwell, p. 15, "Syncopated Solar System"

-Chromatic Scale full range

-Solo

-This is my Country, God Bless the USA, Themes from 1812 Overture.

Advanced Band

-Memorize the generic triads

-Hilliard, p. 45-53. Alternate articulations.

-12 major scales

-Chromatic scale full range

-Orange Maxwell,"Kyrie and Sanctus" p. 29

-Solo (You will rehearse with your accompanist next week, please be completely prepared.)

-The Thunderer, Walking the Blues, The Pink Panther. This is my Country, God Bless the USA

-Extra credit: On Friday before class or between classes, write the generic triads on the board and sign your name. (Parents, please do not point out that there is an extra credit opportunity, just encourage them to look at their assignments.) I truly want to do this to encourage these kids to look at their own assignments.) Students who see this and write the triads will be given a reward. :-)

"Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;" Exodus 19:5

Band Assignment, due 2/17/12

Beginning Band

- Breathing exercises

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

- EE Bk. 1 #92-#104

- EE Bk. 1 p.43 m.37-44 Count, clap and buzz each line

- Mickey Mouse March

Intermediate Band

- Practice breathing exercises

- Work on Concert F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb scales. Work especially on Db and Gb scales with a metronome starting at a slow tempo and working to get faster playing in the scale pattern.

- A pass-off will occur on Concert Db or Gb scales (my choice =-)) on Feb. 17

- Work on the full chromatic scale for your instrument (Hint: It is all the notes on p. 46-47 of your EE Bk. 2.)

- Practice solo and be ready to play with the accompanist this Friday (Feb. 17)!

- Blue Maxwell bk. 14

- Work on EE bk. 2 #69-74

- Continue working on God Bless the USA and This Is My Country

- Work on March of the Irish Guard and Themes from 1812 Overture

Advanced Band

12 major scales, one or two octaves according to your scale sheet.

Chromatic scale full range

Hilliard: p. 46, Arpeggios. Practice #1-4. Play with the following articulations from p. 45: #1 (articulation 3) #2 (articulation 4) and so forth.

Solo

Maxwell: Review all the patterns from Exercises 1-11. Make sure you're proficient in each rhythm. Practice "Tune from 91st Psalm"

The Pink Panther,

The Thunderer (rhythms need work),

Walking the Blues

"Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers." ~Ephesians 4:29

Band Assignment, due 2/10/12

Beginning Band

*p. 18, numbers 90 and 91

*p. 19, numbers 92-97

Again, a pass-off will be picked from those numbers....I won't tell you the specific one....but, maybe something like 91, 93, or 94

Intermediate Band

- Practice breathing exercises we worked on in class

- Work on Concert F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb scales. Work especially on Db and Gb scales with a metronome starting at a slow tempo and working to get faster playing in the scale pattern.

- Work on the full chromatic scale for your instrument (Hint: It is all the notes on p. 46-47 of your EE Bk. 2.)

- Practice solo and be ready to play with the accompanist this Friday (Feb. 10)!

- Blue Maxwell bk. 13-14

- EE Bk. 2 #63-68 a pass-off will occur on any of these lines Feb. 10

- Continue working on God Bless the USA and This Is My Country

Advanced Band

12 major scales, one or two octaves according to your scale sheet.

Chromatic scale full range

Hilliard: p. 46, Arpeggios. Practice #1-4. Play with the following articulations from p. 45: #1 (articulation 3) #2 (articulation 4) and so forth.

Solo

Maxwell: Review all the patterns from Exercises 1-11. Make sure you're proficient in each rhythm. Practice "Praise" p. 27.

The Pink Panther (several folks have not learned their parts! Please work on this so we can make progress as a band)

The Thunderer (rhythms need work)

Walking the Blues

Band Assignment, due 2/3/12

Beginning Band-ers!!

*p. 16, number 77

*p. 17, number 80-84

*p. 18, "Daily Warm-ups" Practice, practice, practice!!

There are no additions or changes to the posted assignments last week for Intermediate and Advanced Bands. Please practice everything on the list. I'm encouraged that a couple of band students who haven't turned in practice records in a while DID turn one in last week. Way to go!

Last Weeks:

Intermediate Band

Warm-up on the chromatic warm-ups in the Hilliard book

Scales: Concert F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb.

Hilliard, Breath control exercises, p. 55-58

Chromatic scale full range of your instrument

Solo

Blue Maxwell book: p. 12-13

EE2: Simple Gifts (#149) and African Rhapsody (#153)

God Bless the USA

This is my Country

Advanced Band

Warm-up of your choice

Scales: 12 major scales

Chromatic scale entire range of your instrument

Solo

Maxwell: Exercise 2 and "Coronation March" p. 16

Hilliard: p. 46, Arpeggios. p. 46-48. This will be 3 sets of a major/minor arpeggio.

We will sight-read in EE3

The Pink Panther

The Thunderer

Walking the Blues

Scripture of the Week:

Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. Psalm 95:1-2

Band Assignment, due 1/27/12

Beginning Band:

- EE Bk. 1 p.6 work on 5 note scale plus 1 (that would be 6 note scale!)

- Rhythm EE bk.p.42 m.13-16 (count, clap and buzz)

- EE Bk. 65-75

- Work on your Solo

Intermediate Band

Warm-up on the chromatic warm-ups in the Hilliard book

Scales: Concert F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb.

Hilliard, Breath control exercises, p. 55-58

Chromatic scale full range of your instrument

Solo

Blue Maxwell book: p. 12-13

EE2: Simple Gifts (#149) and African Rhapsody (#153)

God Bless the USA

This is my Country

Advanced Band

Warm-up of your choice

Scales: 12 major scales

Chromatic scale entire range of your instrument

Solo

Maxwell: Exercise 2 and "Coronation March" p. 16

Hilliard: p. 46, Arpeggios. p. 46-48. This will be 3 sets of a major/minor arpeggio.

We will sight-read in EE3

The Pink Panther

The Thunderer

Walking the Blues

"And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men" -Colossians 3:23

Band Assignment, due 1/20/12

Beginning Band:

- EE Bk. 1 p.6 work on 5 note scale plus 1 (that would be 6 note scale!)

- Rhythm Handout #29-32 (count, clap and buzz)

- EE Bk. 57-65

- Pass off on #58 on 1-20-11

Intermediate Band:

Scales: F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb. One or two octaves according to the GMEA requirements for your instrument.

Chromatic Scale exercises in the Hilliard book.

Blue Maxwell book: p. 9-10

EE Bk.2 #50-62

Practice your new solo

God Bless the USA

Advanced Band:

Scales: 12 major scales according to the GMEA range requirements for your instrument.

Orange Maxwell Book: Review p.10-11

Pass Off on any of these (director's choice) EE3: #96, #100, and #114.

The Thunderer

The Pink Panther

New solo practice

"The beginning of wisdom is - acquire wisdom and with all your acquiring, get understanding." ~Proverbs 4:7