Adoration Band Advanced Band from 4/8 Great Job at contest! (**Listening links below) 1) Ok time to work hard on Come Thou Fount* – m46-63 2) Tocatta for Band m154-end * 3) Agnus Dei 4) Lord Listen to Your Children* 5) When You Believe* 6) Josh Groban Gold * 7) […] Read more »

Beginning Band from 4/8 Great Job for Contest!!! Memorize #147 Book 1 – #153 Carnival of Venice & #152 – School Spirit Continue working on Glory, Joy, & Crown Others as assigned by teachers Clarinets – all exercises on pg 24-25 – squeaks probably mean a finger is leaking; check […] Read more »

Practice the various songs for band (Tis so Sweet, You Will Be in My Heart, and Chorale), as well as #14 (the Crawdad Song) on bells. Also, look up what a hemiola is and tell me this Friday for a ticket! Read more »

Practice Glory Joy and Crown, all three lines (A,B, and C) of Kum ba ya (in your Essential Elements Book), Sakura Sakura (#77 in the same book), and Trombone Rag (#97, also in the same book). Thank you, and keep up the hard work! Read more »

Adoration Band Advanced Band from 2/26 Memorize Concert A scale -190 Brass use lip slurs from pg 45 for warm ups daily Also Book 3 #90 & 99 Rhythms a Week – 40-41 Agnus Dei Lord Listen to Your Children When You Believe Tocatta for Band m73-171 Chorale on It […] Read more »

Select Band Ensemble from 2/26 Review blues scales we have played (memorize) Continue working on writing out jazz solo Working all lines of Take the A Train as possible Continue playing and soloing with; Kenny’ll Make it (blues) Now Hear This (blues) Fairest Lord Jesus (Beloved hymns) Give Me That […] Read more »

Intermediate Band from 2/26 Keep working on Tis So Sweet Keep working on Chorale on It Is Well Book 2 through pages 10-13 School Spirit on pg 12 Rock.com on pg 12-13 Film Favorites – You’ll be In My Heart Others as assigned by teachers Read more »

Beginning Band from 2/26 Continue working on Glory, Joy, & Crown Continue in Book 1, through page 25 Also keep playing #77 Sakura, Sakura, 90- Theme & Variations 97 Trombone Rag Kum bah ya – all lines Others as assigned by teachers Future songs will include Carnival of Venice later […] Read more »

Essential Elements Practice the Daily Warm-Ups on p. 18 (#86-89) Pp. 20-21 Sheet Music Glory, Joy, and Crown Read more »

Essential Elements Practice #11 Pp. 5-6 (starting with #18) Sheet Music “Tis So Sweet” “Chorale on It Is Well With My Soul” This week we will meet for Sectionals for the entire time. Read more »