- Quietly and efficiently prepare for rehearsal
- Read the DLT
- Warm up on your own
Daily Learning Target
- What am I learning? How to balance and blend with the ensemble.
- Why am I learning this? So I can be a better musician.
- How will I know that I have learned it? Concert repertoire.
Classroom & Rehearsal Activities
[5] First Five
[10] Warm Up (Percussion Rotation G)
- Breathing Gym
- Concert F Long Tones [120] (winds out for 7 in for 1)
- Articulation [120]
- Lip Slurs / Finger Flex - silver [100]
- Tune with Bandmate and your trio
- Heart, Soul and Voice
- upper WW entrance m. 78
- bop from 74, stop at downbeat of 79
- full value from 74, stop at downbeat of 79
- full value from 74, continue
- upper WW entrance m. 101
- bop from 99, stop at downbeat of 102
- full value from 99, stop at downbeat of 102
- full value from 99, continue
- bring out trumpets @ 102
- bring out countermelody at 107
- full run
- upper WW entrance m. 78
- Snowfall
- overall: dynamics, trios
- bass line 25-26
- trumpet entrance @ 28
- bring out trumpets/bells @ 28
- isolate clarinets/altos vs. melody at 33
- flutes/clarinet 1/bells 36
- trumpets at 36
- bring out trumpets at 41
- 47-50 reps reps reps
- full run
- Feliz Navidad
- listen & wind pattern
- basses w/ percussion @ 9 to lock in
- flutes/trumpets @ 8; clarinets/tenor sax @ 16 (unison w/ percussion)
- clarinets/altos/tenor/horn/trombone/euph @ 9; flute/trumpet/bells/xylo @ 17 (unison w/ percussion)
- altos/horn @ 17 w/ percussion
- top to 24
- clarinets/altos/tenor @ 24; trumpets @ 32
- all together 23-40
- 40-end (coda)
- full run
- Remington's Down (B-flat)
Homework
- Warmups: Tetrachord Cycle (first 8 scales)
- Essential Elements: 64, 70, 77, 167
- Repertoire: "Heart, Soul and Voice," "Snowfall," "Feliz Navidad"
- Performance Assessment: NONE