- Set up your chair and music stand
- Set up your instrument (Rookies do not need bows yet)
- Leave your case in the storage room (basses can leave your case near my office)
- Place your Essential Elements book and a pencil on your music stand
- Practice on your own
Today's Objectives
- Rookies: read and play music on your instrument!
- Vets: assign solos for "House of Untold Horrors"
Homework - due Wednesday
- Rookies: #9
- Vets: For the Left Hand No. 2
Classroom & Rehearsal Activities
[5] First Five
[10] Ensemble Sound Development
- Ready position, adjust music stands
- Playing position
- Pizzicato open strings
[5] August birthdays
[5] Rhythm Studies
[15] Book 1 Rehearsal
- Page 4-5
- Weekly assignment info
[15] Advanced Rehearsal
- Switch seating chart - Rookies can go out and practice on your own, or stay and observe
- Ensemble Sound Development
- For the Right Hand No. 1
- For the Left Hand No. 2
- "House of Untold Horrors"
- Assign solos
- Review
[5] Clean up
- Instruments in cases
- Cases in storage room
- Back to seats
[4] Reminders
- Boot Camp is overdue
- Booster meeting Wednesday, September 7th
- Open call for Jazz Band Tuesday, September 13th