Remember: Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes permanent.
Week of May 3rd, 2021
4th Grade: Essential Elements page 6 #26
5th Grade: Essential Elements page 11 #46
6th, 7th & 8th Grade: Westside Blues & Birth of the Blues
Week of April 26th, 2021
4th Grade: Essential Elements page 6 #20-25
5th Grade: Essential Elements page 11 #46, concert Bb scale
6th, 7th & 8th Grade: Westside Blues & Birth of the Blues
Week of April 19th, 2021
4th Grade: Essential Elements page 6 #20-25
5th Grade: Essential Elements page 11 #46, concert Bb scale
6th, 7th & 8th Grade: Westside Blues & Birth of the Blues
Week of April 12th, 2021
4th Grade: Essential Elements page 6 #20-25
5th Grade: Essential Elements page 10 #43, concert Bb scale
6th, 7th & 8th Grade: Westside Blues & Birth of the Blues; **6th Grade only W/Th: individual help with trouble areas
Week of April 5th, 2021
4th Grade: Essential Elements page 6 #20-25
5th Grade: Essential Elements page 10 #42, concert Bb scale
6th, 7th & 8th Grade: Westside Blues
Week of March 29th, 2021
4th Grade: Essential Elements page 6 #19-20
5th Grade: Essential Elements page 10 #42 -
6th, 7th & 8th Grade: Westside Blues
Week of March 22nd, 2021
4th Grade: Essential Elements page 6 #19-20
5th Grade: Essential Elements page 10 #42 -
6th, 7th & 8th Grade: Amadeus, new piece
Week of March 8th, 2021
4th Grade: Essential Elements page 6 #19-20
5th Grade: Essential Elements page 8 #33-34
6th, 7th & 8th Grade: Amadeus, pep tunes for pep rally on Friday
Week of March 1st, 2021
4th Grade: Essential Elements page 6 #17-18
5th Grade: Essential Elements page 8 #31
6th, 7th & 8th Grade: Amadeus
Week of February 22nd, 2021
4th Grade: Essential Elements page 7 #25
5th Grade: Essential Elements page 8 #30
6th, 7th & 8th Grade: Finish chair tests; Essential Elements pg 18 #89
Week of February 8th, 2021
4th & 5th Grade: Essential Elements page 7 #25
6th, 7th & 8th Grade: Finish chair tests; Essential Elements pg 18 #89
Week of February 1st, 2021
4th & 5th Grade: Yearbook pictures; Essential Elements page 7
6th, 7th & 8th Grade: Yearbook pictures; prep for 1st chair test on Friday
Week of January 25th, 2021
4th, 5th, & 6th Grade: Recording "Jingle Bells", then continuing in Essential Elements
7th & 8th Grade: Recording "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence", then working on integrating 6th Grade band members.
Week of November 30th, 2020
4th, 5th, & 6th Grade: "Jingle Bells", continue working in Essential Elements.
7th & 8th Grade: Beginners - continue learning notes & technique of instruments.
Advanced players - continue working on Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, Chorale in F
**Christmas concert video recording schedule is as follows:**
4th Grade Band: Monday, December 7th
5th Grade Band: Tuesday, December 8th
6th Grade Band: Thursday, December 10th
7th/8th Grade Band: Wednesday, December 9th
Week of November 16th, 2020
4th, 5th, & 6th Grade: "Jingle Bells", begin working in Essential Elements.
7th & 8th Grade: Beginners - continue learning notes & technique of instruments.
Advanced players - continue working on Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, Chorale in F
Week of November 9th, 2020
4th, 5th, & 6th Grade: First Semester Workbook page 15 #41, begin working in Essential Elements.
7th & 8th Grade: Beginners - continue learning notes & technique of instruments.
Advanced players - continue working on Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, Chorale in F, second Christmas piece
Week of November 2nd, 2020
4th, 5th, & 6th Grade: Keep working through the First Semester Workbook and learn our next few new notes.
7th & 8th Grade: Beginners - continue learning notes & technique of instruments.
Advanced players - continue working on Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence; possibly add a second Christmas piece.
Week of October 18th, 2020
4th, 5th, & 6th Grade: Play through some supplemental material to the First Semester Workbook to solidify our understanding of note reading on the staff.
7th & 8th Grade: Beginners - continue learning notes & technique of instruments.
Advanced players - continue working on Amadeus and Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence.
Week of October 12th, 2020
4th, 5th, & 6th Grade: Play through some supplemental material to the First Semester Workbook to solidify our understanding of note reading on the staff.
7th & 8th Grade: Beginners - continue learning notes & technique of instruments.
Advanced players - continue working on Amadeus. Possibly add our first Christmas piece.
Week of October 5th, 2020
4th, 5th, & 6th Grade: Play through "Up a Tree" and "Mary Had a Little Lamb" in First Semester Workbook.
7th & 8th Grade: Beginners - continue learning notes & technique of instruments.
Advanced players - continue working on Pep Tunes, Chorale in F, and Amadeus.
Week of September 28th, 2020
4th, 5th, & 6th Grade: Play through "Au clair de la lune" in First Semester Workbook; learn next two new notes.
7th & 8th Grade: Beginners - continue learning notes & technique of instruments.
Advanced players - continue working on Pep Tunes, Chorale in F, and Amadeus.
Week of September 21st, 2020
4th Grade: Play through "Au clair de la lune" in First Semester Workbook.
5th Grade: Play through "Au clair de la lune" in First Semester Workbook.
6th Grade: Play through "Au clair de la lune" in First Semester Workbook.
7th & 8th Grade: Beginners - continue learning notes & technique of instruments.
Advanced players - continue working on Pep Tunes & Chorale in F.
Week of September 14th, 2020
4th Grade: Play through "Au clair de la lune" in First Semester Workbook.
5th Grade: Play through "Au clair de la lune" in First Semester Workbook.
6th Grade: Play through "Au clair de la lune" in First Semester Workbook.
Introduce Pep Tunes for any students who wish to audition to play at HT football games.
7th & 8th Grade: Beginners - continue learning notes & technique of instruments.
Advanced players - continue working on Pep Tunes & Chorale in F.
Week of September 7th, 2020
4th Grade: Review instrument assembly & care, and continue in First Semester Workbook.
5th Grade: Review instrument assembly & care, and continue in First Semester Workbook.
6th Grade: Review instrument assembly & care, and continue in First Semester Workbook. Introduce Pep Tunes for any students who wish to audition to play at HT football games.
7th & 8th Grade: Beginners - continue learning notes & technique of instruments.
Advanced players - continue working on Pep Tunes & Chorale in F.
Reminder that handbook signature pages will be counted late at this point, but must still be turned in. Students should bring their black binders to every rehearsal from this point forward.
Week of August 31st, 2020
Announcement: This week we'll be trying out an online platform called Flipgrid to better accommodate our virtual learners as well as give our in-class learners a more structured method of practice and assessment. Each student will be given a unique Username with which to login to the platform. Details for joining Flipgrid will be available through Google Classrooms.
4th Grade: Review instrument assembly & care, and begin learning our first notes.
5th Grade: Beginners - review instrument assembly & care, and begin learning our first notes. Advanced players - Review all notes previously learned & assess starting point for moving forward.
6th Grade: Beginners - review instrument assembly & care, and begin learning our first notes.
Advanced players - review all notes previously leanred & assess starting point for moving forward. Introduce Pep Tunes for any students who wish to audition to play at HT football games.
7th & 8th Grade: Beginners - continue learning notes & technique of instruments.
Advanced players - continue working on Pep Tunes.
Reminder that handbook signature pages will be counted late at this point, but must still be turned in. Students should bring their black binders to every rehearsal from this point forward.
Week of August 24th, 2020
4th Grade: Learn about our instruments and how to make our first sounds.
5th Grade: Review the notes we learned last year and begin adding new ones. Handbook signature page and black binders due Tuesday.
6th Grade: Review notes we learned last year and help our beginners learn their first five. Handbook signature page and black binders due Monday.
7th & 8th Grade: Have beginners start learning first five notes of their instruments while advanced players begin work on easy music to help develop ensemble skills. Handbook signature page and black binders due Wednesday.
Week of August 17th, 2020
4th Grade: Return Instrument Selection Questionnaires and begin assigning instruments. Black binders are due next Monday.
5th Grade: Instrument checkout and band handbook. Handbook signature page and black binders due next Tuesday.
6th Grade: Instrument checkout and band handbook. Handbook signature page and black binders due next Monday.
7th & 8th Grade: Handbook signature page and black binders due Wednesday. Group discussion regarding how to proceed this year.