Friday, February 27, 2009

Week of March 2, 2009

8th Grade Orchestra:
D Major Scale - two octaves Try different rhythms or a variety of bowings to make scale practice more interesting. How is your intonation, your tone quality and your posture?
You should be focusing on all the contest pieces - Presto, Mist, Momentum. Also spend some time reviewing Ode to Joy, Rosin Eating Zombies and James Bond

7th Grade Orchestra:
G Major Scale - two octaves Try different rhythms or a variety of bowings to make scale practice more interesting. How is your intonation, your tone quality and your posture?
You should be focusing on all the contest pieces - Elizabethan Madrigal, Mariposas Exoticas, Highland Celebration.

6th Grade Orchestra:
Students will need to purchase Essential Elements, book 2 to have in class by March 16. We will use this book for the rest of this school year and for at least the first semester of next year. Books can be purchased at Pepper Music off of 65th St. There are a few used books that can be purchased from Ms. Imboden
D Major Scale - Try different rhythms or a variety of bowings to make scale practice more interesting. How is your intonation, your tone quality and your posture?
On March 9 we will begin playing tests on #193.
E.E. 188-192.
Continue to work on Sourwood Mountain - entire piece
Enchanted Village - m. 1- m. 28