To all of our band students and families.....
THANK YOU for a really great year!!
Please make sure school instruments are either turned in or signed out for the summer and your own instruments are taken home.
Grade 6 and Grade 7 students are reminded to hand in their band registration forms for the 2015-16 school year.
All band students are reminded to apply for the band camp scholarships if you are interested.
Monday, 1 June 2015
Friday, 8 May 2015
May Newsletter
Band News
Monday,
May 11 – Grade 7 Moose Jaw Tour
- Students will be
bussed to Campbell from their home school at 9:15 a.m.
- 1 p.m. performance at
A.E. Peacock Collegiate
- Students will return
to Campbell at 5:45 p.m.
Wednesday,
May 13 – Junior Winds Moose Jaw Tour
- Students meet at
Campbell at 8:30 a.m.
- 1 p.m. performance at
A.E. Peacock Collegiate
- Students will return
to Campbell at 5:15 p.m.
Tuesday,
May 19 – Gr. 8 Band, Jr. Winds, and Jazz Band Spring Concert
- Gr. 8 Band dress rehearsal at 9:30 a.m.
- Students meet at
Campbell at 6:30 p.m.
- 7 p.m. concert
Wednesday,
May 20 – Gr. 6 Band and Gr. 7 Band
- Gr. 6 dress rehearsal at 9:30, Gr. 7 dress rehearsal at 10:30
- Students meet at
Campbell at 6:30 p.m.
- 7 p.m. concert
Friday,
May 22 – Gr. 6 Band School Tours
Sunday,
May 24 – Gr. 8 Junior Winds Concert
- 7 p.m. performance at
Westminster United
Monday,
May 25 – Junior Winds concert at Grant Road
- 9:45 a.m. performance
Tuesday,
May 26 – Jazz Band concert at Massey
- 11 a.m. performance
Friday,
May 29 – Jazz Band concert at Swing into Spring
- 6:30 p.m. meet at Living
Hope Alliance Church (3900 Arcola Ave E.)
- 7 p.m. performance
Monday, 23 March 2015
Congratulations
Congratulations!
Congratulations to all band students on a wonderful Optimist performance! We are proud of your performances both on and off the stage.
This week our band classes are back to normal.
Monday - Day 3 - All Grade 6's
- Grant Road Grade 7's and Grant Road Grade 8 Percussion
- no curiosity club
Tuesday Day 4 - Massey Grade 7's and 8's
- Grant Road Grade 6's
- Jazz Band
Wednesday Day 5 - Perry Gr, 6, 7, and 8 sectionals
- RCS Grade 6 sectionals
- Grant Road Grade 8 woodwinds and brass
-Jazz Band
Thursday Day 1 - Junior Winds
- Massey Grade 7 band
- Mcveety Grade 6, 7, and 8 sectionals
Fri. Day 2 - No Band for schools that have conferences
Congratulations to all band students on a wonderful Optimist performance! We are proud of your performances both on and off the stage.
This week our band classes are back to normal.
Monday - Day 3 - All Grade 6's
- Grant Road Grade 7's and Grant Road Grade 8 Percussion
- no curiosity club
Tuesday Day 4 - Massey Grade 7's and 8's
- Grant Road Grade 6's
- Jazz Band
Wednesday Day 5 - Perry Gr, 6, 7, and 8 sectionals
- RCS Grade 6 sectionals
- Grant Road Grade 8 woodwinds and brass
-Jazz Band
Thursday Day 1 - Junior Winds
- Massey Grade 7 band
- Mcveety Grade 6, 7, and 8 sectionals
Fri. Day 2 - No Band for schools that have conferences
Monday, 16 March 2015
Optimist Week
Optimist Week!
Here is quick run down of the week. We hope to see you out at the performances. Students are reminded to wear their band t-shirt, dark pants, shoes and socks. They are also reminded to have their names on their instrument cases and folders.
Tuesday March 17
Grade 7's meet at the Conexus Arts Center at 8:00a.m.,(MUST GET THERE ON THEIR OWN)
Grade 7's Perform at 9:00a.m., and are bussed back at 10:30a.m.
Wednesday March 18
Grant Road and Perry Grade 6's bussed to the Center of the Arts at 9:05a.m.
Perform at 10:45 a.m., bussed back at 12:15p.m.
*Bring a lunch
Thursday March 19
-Jazz Band meets at Conexus Arts Center at 8:00a.m. (MUST GET THEIR ON THEIR OWN)
Perform at 9:00a.m. They will meet up with the Grade 8's and return to school with the Grade 8's at 12:45. Bring a lunch.
-Grade 8's will be bussed at 9:45a.m. They perform at 11:15. They will return to school at 12:45. They need a lunch.
Friday March 20
-Massey, McVeety, and RCS Grade 6's need to meet at the Center at 8:45. (MUST GET THERE ON THEIR OWN) They perform at 9:45. They will be bussed back to school at 11:15. Grade 6's who are in Junior Winds will stay and need to bring a lunch.
- Junior Winds students will be bussed at 11:15. They need a lunch. They perform at 1:30 and will be bussed back at 2:45p.m.
Thursday, 5 March 2015
Reminders
- Grade8's are reminded to return permission forms
- All Band students are reminded to return Optimist forms
- Students wishing to purchase an Optimist picture are reminded to return the picture form
Dale Lonis was supposed to join us this past week. He got snowed in. He was in New York with a cancelled flight. Unfortunately, he was not able to make it here to join us.
Students are reminded to practice! Optimist Festival is very quickly approaching.
Grade 6 Band
This week the Grade 6's did not have full band and Grant Road did not have sectionals. Those students who we did see worked on the details of our Optimist pieces. All students are asked to work on their trouble sections. Students who had their pieces learned well have moved on to O Canada. This is found on page 47 of our blue book.
Grade 7 Band
We are working at putting the final details into our Optimist pieces. The Grade 7's will be the first group of the festival. They perform Tues. March 17 at 9:00 am. Students will need to meet at the Conexus Arts Center at 8:00a.m. Dress rehearsal will be Mon. March 16 at 1:30pm at Campbell. This is a Day 3.
Grade 8 Band
We've begun work on our final pieces for the year, Soul Bossa Nova and Afterburn. With Optimist fast approaching we will focus on Joy and Country Wildflowers for the next couple of weeks. Our dress rehearsal will be during our regular band time on Friday, March 13th. Our performance is on Thursday March 19th at 11:15 a.m..
- Grade8's are reminded to return permission forms
- All Band students are reminded to return Optimist forms
- Students wishing to purchase an Optimist picture are reminded to return the picture form
Dale Lonis was supposed to join us this past week. He got snowed in. He was in New York with a cancelled flight. Unfortunately, he was not able to make it here to join us.
Students are reminded to practice! Optimist Festival is very quickly approaching.
Grade 6 Band
This week the Grade 6's did not have full band and Grant Road did not have sectionals. Those students who we did see worked on the details of our Optimist pieces. All students are asked to work on their trouble sections. Students who had their pieces learned well have moved on to O Canada. This is found on page 47 of our blue book.
Grade 7 Band
We are working at putting the final details into our Optimist pieces. The Grade 7's will be the first group of the festival. They perform Tues. March 17 at 9:00 am. Students will need to meet at the Conexus Arts Center at 8:00a.m. Dress rehearsal will be Mon. March 16 at 1:30pm at Campbell. This is a Day 3.
Grade 8 Band
We've begun work on our final pieces for the year, Soul Bossa Nova and Afterburn. With Optimist fast approaching we will focus on Joy and Country Wildflowers for the next couple of weeks. Our dress rehearsal will be during our regular band time on Friday, March 13th. Our performance is on Thursday March 19th at 11:15 a.m..
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Congratulations!
Congratulations to all Jazz Band students on a great performance at February Blues
Reminders
-Grade 8's are reminded to get their trip forms handed in. Payments online are now set up, parents are strongly encouraged to pay online.
Grade 6 Band
We are continuing to prepare for our Optimist Band Festival performances. Grade 6's from Massey, RCS, and McVeety are working on Midnight Sky and Ayre and Dance. Grade 6's from Grant Road and Perry are working on Highlands March and Two Canadian Folksongs. Students should now know their personal problem spots and be concentrating on those.
We tend to do different things with each group and at each school. This week this is what we did.
Massey - We learned a pentatonic scale. We composed individually using a pentatonic scale and then put our compositions together to hear what it sounded like in harmony. Students were asked to write 8 measures. Please ask your child to play his or her composition for you - they sounded really neat! We also worked on playing in different musical styles.
Perry - We played some of our compositions from the previous week. We also worked on Concert F scale. This is because the opening of Two Canadian is in that key signature.
McVeety - We are split into two groups here. Brass students worked on lip slurs and using air. Woodwinds worked on their chromatic scale, Concert Bb, Ab, F, and Eb scales and learned O Canada. All students learned a pentatonic scale.
RCS - We worked on different styles and we are working on developing our instrument ranges. Students also learned a pentatonic scale, and worked on musical styles.
Grant Road - We worked on using more air, and following key signatures. We have a few students stuck on a few notes and are working our way through fingering charts and key signatures.
Grade 7 Band
Our first rehearsal back after the break sounded a little rough! This week we did a lot of reminding of things we have worked on. These include our 8 measure phrases, dynamics and articulations. Students were reminded to make sure instruments go home and get practiced! Our two Optimist pieces are Song for Friends and Colliding Visions. Grade 7's were also given another new piece this week called Swahili Folk Hymn.
Congratulations to all Jazz Band students on a great performance at February Blues
Reminders
-Grade 8's are reminded to get their trip forms handed in. Payments online are now set up, parents are strongly encouraged to pay online.
Grade 6 Band
We are continuing to prepare for our Optimist Band Festival performances. Grade 6's from Massey, RCS, and McVeety are working on Midnight Sky and Ayre and Dance. Grade 6's from Grant Road and Perry are working on Highlands March and Two Canadian Folksongs. Students should now know their personal problem spots and be concentrating on those.
We tend to do different things with each group and at each school. This week this is what we did.
Massey - We learned a pentatonic scale. We composed individually using a pentatonic scale and then put our compositions together to hear what it sounded like in harmony. Students were asked to write 8 measures. Please ask your child to play his or her composition for you - they sounded really neat! We also worked on playing in different musical styles.
Perry - We played some of our compositions from the previous week. We also worked on Concert F scale. This is because the opening of Two Canadian is in that key signature.
McVeety - We are split into two groups here. Brass students worked on lip slurs and using air. Woodwinds worked on their chromatic scale, Concert Bb, Ab, F, and Eb scales and learned O Canada. All students learned a pentatonic scale.
RCS - We worked on different styles and we are working on developing our instrument ranges. Students also learned a pentatonic scale, and worked on musical styles.
Grant Road - We worked on using more air, and following key signatures. We have a few students stuck on a few notes and are working our way through fingering charts and key signatures.
Grade 7 Band
Our first rehearsal back after the break sounded a little rough! This week we did a lot of reminding of things we have worked on. These include our 8 measure phrases, dynamics and articulations. Students were reminded to make sure instruments go home and get practiced! Our two Optimist pieces are Song for Friends and Colliding Visions. Grade 7's were also given another new piece this week called Swahili Folk Hymn.
Friday, 13 February 2015
Congratulations!
Congratulations to all the Grade 8 students who represented our area at the Regina Public Junior Select Band.
Reminders
February Blues is quickly approaching. All Jazz Band families are reminded that Thurs. Feb. 26 evening is February Blues. This concert is in the auditorium at Campbell.
Grade 8's get your trip permission forms in and, if possible, please pay online.
Grade 6 Band
Grade 6's are working on Concert Bb scale in eighth notes, up and down. We have been checking to make sure that fingers are staying close to the keys. Some students fingers are coming extremely far off the keys. We are doing our best to correct this. Students have also begun work on Concert Eb, and Concert Ab scales. We are learning these so that we can learn different registers of our instrument and new fingerings. Students started to compose in groups this past week. It was quite interesting to hear what the Grade 6's came up with. They were asked to try composing in Concert Eb. This is so students get used to more than one key signature.
Massey, RCS, and McVeety students are continuing to work on Ayre and Dance and Midnight Sky. We tried "scrambling" this week. This means that students move somewhere else in the band room. Students no longer are beside the same instruments and often students are able to hear different instrument parts more clearly. Students were asked to work on their composition and to work on their trouble spots in their music.
Grant Road and Perry students discovered mutes this week. They discovered if they put a mute in their instrument it changes the sound, however,it takes a lot of sir. These students also discovered they are able to go much longer than they realized in one breath. Students were asked to practice 35-43 in Two Canadian and 38-end of Highlands March.
Grade 7 Band
The Grade 7's demonstrated some excellent rehearsals this week. They were quick to mark details down and quick to make improvements. We've had a few problems with students forgetting or losing music, and so students are being checked each band class to make sure it is their music with their markings they have.
After working at the "Breathing Gym" since September, the Grade 7's are discovering it is paying off. They demonstrated 8 measure phrases and are playing with some really nice sounds. Grade 7's are being checked on right notes for both Song for Friends and Colliding Visions. We have begun work on Whirlwind. This is a percussion feature, but is written in an awkward key signature for all the wood winds and brass. Parts of this piece are written in "free form" meaning that there is no time signature. At first students thought this would make it easier, but are quickly finding it is hard to do. Students who have not shown me their music for markings will show me this week. Students who have not played their parts for Song for a Friends and Colliding Visions will need to do so this week.
Grade 8 Band
We've had our first full band rehearsal with every band student from Massey, McVeety, Perry, and Grant Road. We sounded great and now can fine tune and tweak our Optimist pieces as well as start cleaning up Whale Warriors and Adrenaline Engines.
The itinerary and permission form for the band trip to Saskatoon were sent home and are due back on Wednesday, March 4th. You can pay online and this is the preferred method of paying. We still need one male and one female chaperone to come on the trip.
Congratulations to all the Grade 8 students who represented our area at the Regina Public Junior Select Band.
Reminders
February Blues is quickly approaching. All Jazz Band families are reminded that Thurs. Feb. 26 evening is February Blues. This concert is in the auditorium at Campbell.
Grade 8's get your trip permission forms in and, if possible, please pay online.
Grade 6 Band
Grade 6's are working on Concert Bb scale in eighth notes, up and down. We have been checking to make sure that fingers are staying close to the keys. Some students fingers are coming extremely far off the keys. We are doing our best to correct this. Students have also begun work on Concert Eb, and Concert Ab scales. We are learning these so that we can learn different registers of our instrument and new fingerings. Students started to compose in groups this past week. It was quite interesting to hear what the Grade 6's came up with. They were asked to try composing in Concert Eb. This is so students get used to more than one key signature.
Massey, RCS, and McVeety students are continuing to work on Ayre and Dance and Midnight Sky. We tried "scrambling" this week. This means that students move somewhere else in the band room. Students no longer are beside the same instruments and often students are able to hear different instrument parts more clearly. Students were asked to work on their composition and to work on their trouble spots in their music.
Grant Road and Perry students discovered mutes this week. They discovered if they put a mute in their instrument it changes the sound, however,it takes a lot of sir. These students also discovered they are able to go much longer than they realized in one breath. Students were asked to practice 35-43 in Two Canadian and 38-end of Highlands March.
Grade 7 Band
The Grade 7's demonstrated some excellent rehearsals this week. They were quick to mark details down and quick to make improvements. We've had a few problems with students forgetting or losing music, and so students are being checked each band class to make sure it is their music with their markings they have.
After working at the "Breathing Gym" since September, the Grade 7's are discovering it is paying off. They demonstrated 8 measure phrases and are playing with some really nice sounds. Grade 7's are being checked on right notes for both Song for Friends and Colliding Visions. We have begun work on Whirlwind. This is a percussion feature, but is written in an awkward key signature for all the wood winds and brass. Parts of this piece are written in "free form" meaning that there is no time signature. At first students thought this would make it easier, but are quickly finding it is hard to do. Students who have not shown me their music for markings will show me this week. Students who have not played their parts for Song for a Friends and Colliding Visions will need to do so this week.
Grade 8 Band
We've had our first full band rehearsal with every band student from Massey, McVeety, Perry, and Grant Road. We sounded great and now can fine tune and tweak our Optimist pieces as well as start cleaning up Whale Warriors and Adrenaline Engines.
The itinerary and permission form for the band trip to Saskatoon were sent home and are due back on Wednesday, March 4th. You can pay online and this is the preferred method of paying. We still need one male and one female chaperone to come on the trip.
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