- Quietly and efficiently prepare for rehearsal. Make sure the following items are on your music stand:
- Pencil
- Music binder, opened to your Symphonic Band scales sheet
- Sound Innovations, open to page 17
- iPad, with BandMate chromatic tuner opened
- Write down the homework in your agenda (see below)
- Warm up on your own
Homework:
- All students: Practice "Paso Flamenco," "(Risk) Everything for a Dream," and "Ghosts of the Lost Ship," and your Concert F Major Scale and Arpeggio
- Festival Band students: Practice "A Jubilant Spirit," "Midnight Sky," and "Plaza de Toros"
Today's Objective(s): Accurately follow 1st and 2nd endings and D.S. al Coda to play "Paso Flamenco"
Classroom & Rehearsal Activities
[12:19] First Five (see above)
[12:25] Ensemble Sound Development
- Concert F Articulation
- Symphonic Band Scales & Arpeggios
- Chromatic
- Concert F Major - performed live in class for a grade (pass/fail) soon - BE READY!
- Tune
- All: Concert F (with drone)
- Woodwinds: Concert A (with Brenda)
- Brass: Concert B-flat (with Nathan)
- Concert F Intonation
- Sound Innovations - Chorale No. 114
[12:35] Ensemble Rehearsal
- "Paso Flamenco" - Chunk through (solidify roadmap)
- "(Risk) Everything for a Dream" - Balance / thin out orchestration
- "Ghosts of the Lost Ship"
[1:05] Announcements / Reminders
- Sunday, April 7th - Jazz Band Rhythm Section Audition videos due
- Friday, April 12th - Leadership Applications due
- Festival Band:
- Music: "A Jubilant Spirit," "Midnight Sky," "Plaza de Toros"
- Wednesday, April 10th: Rehearsal after school
- Monday, April 15th: Rehearsal after school
- Wednesday, April 17th: Regionals at Excelsior
- Regionals:
- Wednesday, April 17th: Festival Band, Symphonic Band, and Orchestra perform - only 4 rehearsals left!
- Thursday, April 18th: Symphonic Band and Advanced Orchestra host
[1:10] Cleanup
- Percussion: cover instruments, put mallets away, organize and tidy up
- Woodwinds: swab, put instruments away, rack chairs
- Brass: put instruments away, rack stands
- Everyone:
- pick up one piece of trash - Leave it better than you found it!
- ALL instruments go home today - PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!