RedDevilBandandChoir

WEEK OF JANUARY 14th - Lesson Plans and Announcements

Sixth Grade General Music

Theory
Review lines and spaces
Discuss different types of music notes, the staff and
measures

Warmups
New songs to sing:
Patriotic songs and African American History
songs from the books

Discuss new projects
Draw and color an animal and make it part a musical instrument

SIXTH GRADE BAND

Teach 2 new scales to for warmups - A flat and B flat concerts
Teach first 3 rudiments to percussion

Tech # 53, 54, and 55
Solo - Sawmill Creek

New songs:
Five Note Concerto
Rhythm X
Miramar Fanfare
March
Coldwater Creek

Practice time sheets of 100 minutes are due each week as part of your child’s grade

SEVENTH GRADE BAND

Scale warmups for Honor Band and Overton
Five new rudiments
Tech # 43, 44, and 45
Solo - Turkish March and Rondo

New songs:
Rocky Top
Thunder Bay
Honor Roll March
Stargazer
Midnight Escape

` Practice time sheets of 100 minutes are due each week as part of your child’s grade.

Honor Band Tryouts for the GMS Honor Band will be
going on throughout the month of January.

EIGHTH GRADE BAND

Scale warmups for Honor Band and Overton
Five new rudiments
Tech book

Hunter’s Chorus

New Band Songs
Rocky Top
Honor Roll March
Stargazer
Midnight Escape

Practice time sheets of 100 minutes are due each week as part of your child’s grade.

Honor Band Tryouts for the GMS Honor Band will be
going on throughout the month of January

ANNOUNCEMENTS

All before school and after school rehearsals will begin this week. Our practice schedule for this week is:
M - Sixth Grade Concert Band followed by
Percussion Ensemble
Th - Honor Band followed by Garbage Band
F - Jazz Band
Choir rehearsals will begin again very soon. Watch for emails about when they will begin.

All band members are required to practice no less than 100 minutes a week as part of their grade. This is going up by 30 minutes from the first semester.

All Overton Honor Band members must play all of their scales by memory for either Mr. Lane or Ms. Ward to be able to participate in the Overton Honor Band. Look for more information coming and a schedule coming about the Overton Honor Band. The Overton Honor Band Clinic is the weekend of January 25th - 27th.

More information will be coming soon about the All West Tennessee Honor Band. Remember, our All West Tennessee Honor Band Clinic and Concert is the weekend of January 31st through February 2nd at the Canon Center in downtown Memphis. You should already have a schedule but I will be sending another out this week.

Tryouts for the GMS Honor Band will continue throughout the month of January. Slots are filling up quickly. Play your music for Mr. Lane or Ms. Ward to get your spot in the GMS Honor Band.
Our next Band and Choir Booster Meeting will be coming up soon. We are just waiting to get all the details finalized and together concerning the Six Flags Trip.