- 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 18
- 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): Maintain legato style throughout "(Risk) Everything"
Classroom & Rehearsal Activities
[1:39] First Five (see above)
[1:45] 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. 118
[2:00] Ensemble Rehearsal
- Run the set (recorded)
- "Ghosts of the Lost Ship"
- "(Risk) Everything for a Dream"
- "Paso Flamenco"
- Assign trumpet solo/duet in "Paso Flamenco"
- Spot check trouble spots
- Run the set again
- "Ghosts of the Lost Ship"
- "(Risk) Everything for a Dream"
- "Paso Flamenco"
[2:45] Announcements / Reminders
- Today: Festival Band rehearsal until 4:30 p.m.
- Wednesday: Festival Band, Symphonic Band, and Orchestra perform at Regionals
- Thursday: Symphonic Band and Advanced Orchestra host Regionals (second shift people do not forget to turn in your permission slips!)
[2:50] Cleanup
- Everyone: push your chairs forward to make room for the 5th row
- Percussion: tidy up and prepare for Festival Band
- Woodwinds: add one more row of chairs at the back
- Brass: add one more row of music stands at the back
- Festival Band members: put your instrument on your Festival Band chair and your music on your Festival Band stand (seating charts are available on the front table) and take a quick break