Beginning Band: Oboe Assignment for 9.15.2017 Needed materials:  – Oboe swab (long, thin, usually silk cloth to clean out your instrument)  – Small container for water (pill bottle, old film […]

Beginner Band Percussion: Practice Carnival of Venice (exercise #153) and America the Beautiful (exercise #184) on bells.  Make sure to use the “secret” method to read notes faster by just […]

Beginners Band from 4/28: 150 Minutes practice goal earns $5 game card to Incredible Pizza Class together – May 5th & 12th Reminder – Performance Saturday, May 6th – at […]

Beginner Band Percussion: Practice the soli on Carnival of Venice (#153) on bells, and America the Beautiful (#182) also on bells.  The snare thing you can work on IN ADDITION […]

Beginner Band Percussion: Practice #56 Old McDonald Had a Band and #153 Carnival of Venice on bells.  Practice #152 School Spirit on your practice pad/snare drum, and play the upside […]

Beginner Band  from 3/10: Classes separate on 3/24 (Trumpets with Trombones class) 3/24 separate, 3/31 together Lot’s of work on Carnival of Venice You should be playing along with the […]

Beginner Band Assignments: Practice the bell part for #153 Carnival of Venice and #53 Old McDonald Had A Band, and practice the bass drum part (the upside down notes) for […]

Beginner Band Percussion: Practice #153 Carnival of Venice, #152 School Spirit, and #182, America the Beautiful.  Make sure to alternate your hands and to read notes accurately!  Also….here’s the secret […]

Beginners Band  2/24: Classes together on 3/3 Future plan 3/10 – together, 3/17 off, 3/24 separate, 3/31 together I’d recommend 1/3 class on moving through book 1, 2/3 class on […]

Beginners Band  2/17: Separate instrument classes on 2/24 I’d recommend ½ class on moving through book 1, ½ class on concert pieces You should be playing along with the recordings […]

Beginner Band Percussion: Practice #152 (School Spirit) and #153 (Carnival of Venice) on bells.  Remember to use the secret method to read the notes faster!  The sections marked “soli” mean […]

Beginner Band Percussion: Practice exercise #153 Carnival of Venice (on page 29 of the bell side of your book), #152 School Spirit (on the same page), and #77 Sakura Sakura […]

Beginners Band From 2/3: Separate instrument classes on 2/10 You should be playing along with the recordings on www.essentialelementsinteractive.com Pgs (11-15) Complete chair challenges (Trumpets – 2/10 will be # […]

Beginners Band From 1/27: together next week 2/3 You should be playing along with the recordings on www.essentialelementsinteractive.com Pgs (11-15) Complete chair challenges (Trumpets – 2/10 will be # 71) […]

Beginner Band Percussion: Practice the exercises on page 13 of your Essential Elements book on bells (make sure you go to the bell side of the book)!  Try using the […]

Beginner Band Percussion: Practice your snare drum technique by looking at the exercises on page 7-B on the snare side (front half) of your book.  Remember that you play the […]

Essential Elements Book #1  Continue to warm-up on P.1 & 2. Focus on good posture, embouchure (mouth placement), tonguing. Work p. 12-13.Begin working on 153, 182, and 152. Use your CD […]

Beginners Band from 1/20: Separate Instrument Classes  – 1/27, Together on 2/3 You should be playing along with the recordings on www.essentialelementsinteractive.com Pgs 11-14 and moving on through book Trumpets/trombones […]

Beginner Band from 1.11.16Practice Joy to the World and Jingle Bells. Make sure you use a metronome to keep the beat steady, and alternate your hands. Don’t just use your […]