Friday 25 September 2015

Practice

Practicing
- All Students are reminded that instruments should be going home and practiced!   Regular practice will ensure improvement.  

Reminders
- Students who are playing school instruments are reminded to return their rental contract forms.
- Students who have not paid the online transportation fee, are reminded to do do so
- Jazz Band began this past week.   Grade 7 and 8 students who are still wishing to be in Jazz band are still welcome.   Rehearsals are Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 4-5p.m. at Campbell.

Congratulations! 
-Congratulations to all students who came out to the first jazz rehearsals!   We are looking forward to a great year!


In Grade 6 Band this Week
(Massey, McVeety, RCS, Perry and Grant Road)
This past week the Grade 6's continued to work on building their embouchures and developing their music reading skills.   Students practiced learning a short piece by ear, identified the musical intervals of a major second and a major third, and wrote their own composition using their first three notes.   Students also learned their fourth note.   During our full band class we discovered that tempos change and that the length a note is, is determined not only by the kind of note we are playing, but also the tempo.   We had some Grade 6 guest conductors try conducting.   Our guest conductors changed speed regularly and the Grade 6's had to adapt.    They did a great job of this!   Grade 6's were asked to practice Page 6.   Some students had mastered this page already and so have moved on to page 7.

In Grade 7 Band this Week
(Massey, McVeety, RCS, Grant Road and Perry)
The Grade 7's are continuing to work on not only playing with very good tone, but also with balance and blend.    We will be doing several mini exercises to practice this.   This week the Grant Road and Perry Grade 7's practiced a "scramble."   This is where students find a new spot in the band room and figure out what they hear that is different.   We are working a great deal on long tones and changing dynamics.   To do this we are using the piece Sanctus.   The Grade 7's did a great job on The Forge of Vulcan.   The Massey, McVeety and RCS Grad e7's are going to begin work on Riders to Stonehenge.  The Grant Road and Perry Grad e7's will begin some work on Night.   All the Grade 7's are reviewing Concert Bb, and Concert Eb scales and working on our chromatic.   They can expect a playing test on our chromatic scale soon.

In Grade 8 Band this Week 
Grade 8's have been working on the piece Rippling Water Colours by Brian Balmages.   They are doing quite a bit of work on the Circle of Fourths.   Students are reminded they will be tested on their Circle of Fourths this coming up week.

At Hawrylak, Jack MacKenzie, Wilfred Hunt, Wilfrid Walker
Congratulations on first rehearsals this week!   Mr. Adelman is looking forward to a great year!

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