Select Band Ensemble Assignments from 11/20 Assignment: Select Band Ensemble: Jazz week on Nov. 6th 1. Give Thanks – Sounds of Celebration – solo adjustments 2. Classic Christmas book – Silent Night, Good King Wenceslas, O Come All Ye Faithful, We Wish You a Merry 3. Jazz – Joy to […] Read more »

Adoration (Advanced) Band from 11/20 Assignment: Adoration Band PLEASE PRACTICE OVER THANKSGIVING BREAK, goal is 150 minutes per week. 1. Christmas Angels Celebration –entire piece 2. Beauty and the Beast – all 3. Fum Fum Fum – all Read more »

Intermediate Band Assignments from 11/20 Assignment: PLEASE PRACTICE OVER THANKSGIVING BREAK! Goal ; 150 minutes per week. 1. African Noel – fro concert 2. We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Classic Christmas Book)- for concert 3. Coventry Carol (Classic Christmas Book) – for concert 4. Essential Elements (E.E.) Book 1 […] Read more »

Beginning Band Assignments from 11/20 Assignment: 1. Practice Goal: 150 minutes each week; PLEASE PRACTICE OVER THANKSGIVING BREAK. 2. Working through Essential Elements Book 1 page 15, review earlier pages as needed 3. Jingle Bells – band book 1, #38 4. Up on The Housetop – 5. Little Drummer Boy […] Read more »

Practice 1812 Overture, African Noel, Coventry Carol, and We Wish You A Merry Christmas. On African Noel, again, make sure you are just "groovin’", and definitely play louder (if you need to practice outside or use earplugs/headphones, that is totally fine!). Read more »

Practice the same music for the concert! This week, focus a lot on Up On The Housetop (line A all the way through!) and Jolly Old St. Nicholas (exercise 79 in your Essential Elements book). Remember which part you are playing. Gavin, Roman, Grace, Isabella, Cameron, and Tristian you guys […] Read more »

Practice African Noel, 1812, Coventry Carol, and We Wish You A Merry Christmas. On African Noel, try to play along with this video (ignoring the bizarre percussion parts) so you get a feel for how the tune goes and how to groove with it. In particular, play out during those […] Read more »

Continue practicing Up On The Housetop and Little Drummer Boy. Jingle Bells is pretty solid, so now move on to practicing these other tunes! Additionally, check out Jolly Old St. Nick (I believe it’s exercise 76 in your Essential Elements book). This is going to be a percussion feature, a […] Read more »

Work on African Noel with your new parts! Again, both new parts are mainly just holding a groove pattern and not a lot of variation, so don’t be intimidated by the 16th note patterns, they’re much easier once you can just hear the groove in your head! Also, here’s a […] Read more »

Work on Jingle Bells (number 38 on the bell side of your Essential Elements book), Up On the Housetop (on bells, work on line A, the top line), and The Little Drummer Boy (also on bells). Make sure you’re reading the notes on the page and not just relying on […] Read more »