Congratulations to all of our Campbell Area Bands who performed at Optimist Band Festival!
This Week
Jodie Blackshaw Clinics
Many of our band students were treated to some clinics by Jodie Blackshaw of Australia. Ms. Blackshaw is a composer, educator and conductor. In her clinics she worked on pulse, listening skills and leadership skills. All of these skills will directly carry over into our band classes. We are looking forward to experimenting with these after the break!
Please Note:
After the break all band classes are back to normal.
Monday April 4 (Day 5) - Perry Grade 7 sectionals, Grant Road Grade 8 sectionals, and McVeety 6, 7, and 8 sectionals
Tuesday April 5 - (Day 1) - Massey, RCS, McVeety Grade 7 Band, and Perry Grade 6 and 8 sectionals
Wednesday April 6 (Day 2) - Grade 8 full band, Perry and Grant Road Grade 7 band , Massey Grade 6 sectionals
Thursday April 7 (Day 3) - Grade 6 Full band, Grant Road Grade 7 sectionals
Friday April 8 (Day 4) - Massey Grade 7 and 8 sectionals and Grant Road Grade 6 sectionals
In Grade 6 Band
Congratulations to all the Grade 6's on a wonderful performance at Optimist Festival. You performed wonderfully, had a great clinic, and were an absolute pleasure to be with. The Perry and Grant Road Grade 6's worked with Sigurd Johnson from Minot. The Massey, McVeety, and RCS grade 6's worked with Jodie Blackshaw from Australia. After the break all the Grade 6's will be getting new music and we will begin preparation for our final concert and school tour.
In Grade 7 Band
Congratulations to all Grade 7 students on their Optimist performance. They as well performed wonderfully, had a great clinic and were a pleasure to be around. The Grade 7's worked with Sigurd Johnson from Minot. We will be getting some new music after the break. We will begin preparing for our Moose Jaw trip and for our year end concert.
In Grade 8 Band
Our Grade 8 Band did extremely well at Optimist. Now we are preparing for our Saskatoon Tour. I've included the itinerary and permission form on the menu on the left as well as down below. If you have not received it yet, feel free to print this off and send it with your child. Permission forms are due Wednesday, April 6th.
http://campbellareaband.blogspot.ca/p/saskatoon-tour-itinerary-and-permission.html
Thursday, 24 March 2016
Friday, 4 March 2016
Short Week
Reminders
-Please return Optimist Permission Forms
-Please return Jodie Blackshaw clinic forms
1. Grant Road and Perry Grade 6 Band - Tues. March 15 - 9:00a.m.
Students Arrive at 8:00a.m. to the Conexus on their own
Students Perform at 9:00a.m. at the Conexus
Students are bused back to their schools at 10:30a.m.
2. Massey, McVeety, RCS Grade 6 Band - Tues. March 15 - 1:15p.m.
Students are bused at 11:30 to the Conexus Arts Center. Students need a lunch.
Students perform at 1:15p.m.
Students will be bused back at 2:30p.m.
3. Grade 8 Band - Wed. March 16 - 9:00a.m.
Students arrive at 8:00a.m. at the Conexus on their own.
Students perform at 9:00a.m.
Students are bused back at 10:30a.m.
4. Jazz Band - Wed. March 16 - 4:00p.m.
Students are bused to the Conexus at 2:30p.m.
Students perform at 4:00p.m.
Students will be finished at 5:45p.m. and will need a ride home from the Conexus.
5. Grade 7 Band - Thurs. March 17 - 3:30p.m.
Students are bused to the Conexus at 2:00p.m.
Students perform at 3:30p.m.
Students will be finished at 4:45p.m. and will need a ride home from the Conexus.
6. Junior Winds - Fri. March 18 - 2:15p.m.
Students will be bused to the Conexus at 11:30. Students will need a lunch.
Students perform at 2:15p.m.
Students will need a ride home from the Conexus at 3:45p.m.
Jodie Blackshaw Clinics - March 21, and March 22
-We are very lucky to have Jodie Blackshaw working with some of our students. Each area was allowed to send a handful of selected students. Permission forms have been sent home to those students.
-We are very lucky to have Jodie Blackshaw working with some of our students. Each area was allowed to send a handful of selected students. Permission forms have been sent home to those students.
This Week, please note changes to our schedule.
Monday March 7 (Day 3) - all classes are normal
Tuesday March 8 (Day 4) - Junior Winds at 7:30-8:30a.m.
- Massey Grade 8's will not have sectionals
-all other band classes are normal
Wednesday March 9 - Grade 8 dress rehearsal 9:30-10:30a.m.
- No Perry Grade 7 sectionals
- McVeety sectionals are normal
In all Groups
We are putting the final touches on our Optimist performance pieces. With the upcoming short week, students are reminded to take their instruments home and practice! After the four day weekend, it will be Optimist Week. Monday March 14 is dress rehearsal day for Junior Winds, Jazz Band, Grade 6 Band and Grade 7 Band. Our performances begin March 15 with the Grade 6's. We are still looking for a few volunteers to help us on each of the performance days. If you are able to help, please let us know by e-mailing us.
Friday, 26 February 2016
Countdown until Optimist!
Reminders:
-Please return all Optimist Festival Permission forms
Congratulations!
-Congratulations to all Jazz Band students on a good performance at February Blues
Quickly Approaching!
Optimist Festival Performance Times (Masssey, McVeety, RCS, Grant Road, Perry)
Grant Road and Perry Grade 6 Band - Tues. March 15 - 9:00a.m.
Massey, McVeety, RCS Grade 6 Band - Tues. March 15 - 1:15p.m.
Grade 8 Band - Wed. March 16 - 9:00a.m.
Jazz Band - Wed. March 16 - 4:00p.m.
Grade 7 Band - Thurs. March 17 - 3:30p.m.
Junior Winds - Fri. March 18 - 2:15p.m.
Jodie Blackshaw Clinics - March 21, and March 22
-We are very lucky to have Jodie Blackshaw working with some of our students.
-Please watch for permission forms
This Week
In Grade 6 Band
We are in the final preparation for the Optimist Festival. Students have been asked to play their Optimist pieces for us. This is so that we can help find the trouble spots and help students identify the spots they should be practicing. Students should have trouble spots identified and those are the sections that need practicing.
Grade 6's this week had a "mock" festival experience. We pretended that it was festival day and did as we would the day of festival. We will practice this again next week with fewer prompts.
In Grade 7 Band
Grade 7's have been asked to make sure they know their festival music well enough to play alone. We will be checking students on their music. Grade 7's worked very hard at tempo changes. They did an extremely nice job of watching and carrying out some extremely challenging tempo changes. In order to do this, students must know their music well enough to look up lots! We had a "mock" festival experience this week and will have another "mock" festival next week.
In Grade 8 Band
We are also getting ready for our performance. Pieces should be close to memorized. Our dress rehearsal will be on Wednesday, March 9th at 9:30-10:30. Please continue to listen to the recordings and practice your parts.
-Please return all Optimist Festival Permission forms
Congratulations!
-Congratulations to all Jazz Band students on a good performance at February Blues
Quickly Approaching!
Optimist Festival Performance Times (Masssey, McVeety, RCS, Grant Road, Perry)
Grant Road and Perry Grade 6 Band - Tues. March 15 - 9:00a.m.
Massey, McVeety, RCS Grade 6 Band - Tues. March 15 - 1:15p.m.
Grade 8 Band - Wed. March 16 - 9:00a.m.
Jazz Band - Wed. March 16 - 4:00p.m.
Grade 7 Band - Thurs. March 17 - 3:30p.m.
Junior Winds - Fri. March 18 - 2:15p.m.
Jodie Blackshaw Clinics - March 21, and March 22
-We are very lucky to have Jodie Blackshaw working with some of our students.
-Please watch for permission forms
This Week
In Grade 6 Band
We are in the final preparation for the Optimist Festival. Students have been asked to play their Optimist pieces for us. This is so that we can help find the trouble spots and help students identify the spots they should be practicing. Students should have trouble spots identified and those are the sections that need practicing.
Grade 6's this week had a "mock" festival experience. We pretended that it was festival day and did as we would the day of festival. We will practice this again next week with fewer prompts.
In Grade 7 Band
Grade 7's have been asked to make sure they know their festival music well enough to play alone. We will be checking students on their music. Grade 7's worked very hard at tempo changes. They did an extremely nice job of watching and carrying out some extremely challenging tempo changes. In order to do this, students must know their music well enough to look up lots! We had a "mock" festival experience this week and will have another "mock" festival next week.
In Grade 8 Band
We are also getting ready for our performance. Pieces should be close to memorized. Our dress rehearsal will be on Wednesday, March 9th at 9:30-10:30. Please continue to listen to the recordings and practice your parts.
Friday, 5 February 2016
Last Week Before the Break!
Reminders:
-Grade 7/8 Jazz Band clinic with Professor Foote from U. of T. on Tues. Feb. 9 from 4:00-5:00p.m.
- Grade 6 Jazz Band 4-5 on Monday
- Grade 7/8 Jazz Band Tuesday and Wednesday afterschool
- Grade 6 Junior Winds on Wednesday at 7:30a.m.
Grade 7/8 Junior Winds on Thursday at 7:30a.m.
- ALL STUDENTS ARE REMINDED TO TAKE INSTRUMENTS HOME FOR THE BREAK!
All Groups
Students are reminded to make sure they are practicing all of our Optimist music. This coming up week we have several classes who are away and so students are reminded that they should keep up with practicing and make sure instruments go home over the break. All students are working on details for their Optimist performance.
We have begun handing out information about the Optimist Festival. By Monday all notes should be handed out. Students are reminded to make sure permission forms get handed in.
-Grade 7/8 Jazz Band clinic with Professor Foote from U. of T. on Tues. Feb. 9 from 4:00-5:00p.m.
- Grade 6 Jazz Band 4-5 on Monday
- Grade 7/8 Jazz Band Tuesday and Wednesday afterschool
- Grade 6 Junior Winds on Wednesday at 7:30a.m.
Grade 7/8 Junior Winds on Thursday at 7:30a.m.
- ALL STUDENTS ARE REMINDED TO TAKE INSTRUMENTS HOME FOR THE BREAK!
All Groups
Students are reminded to make sure they are practicing all of our Optimist music. This coming up week we have several classes who are away and so students are reminded that they should keep up with practicing and make sure instruments go home over the break. All students are working on details for their Optimist performance.
We have begun handing out information about the Optimist Festival. By Monday all notes should be handed out. Students are reminded to make sure permission forms get handed in.
Sunday, 31 January 2016
Welcome February!
Congratulations!
-Congratulations to all students who participated in the Junior Select Band over the weekend!
Reminders:
- Monday is Day 3!
-Grade 6 Jazz Band will rehearse on Monday
- Grade 7 /8 Jazz Band will rehearse Tuesday 4-5
-Grade 7/8 Jazz Band will rehearse Wednesday 4-5
-Grade 6 Junior Winds will rehearse Wednesday 7:30-8:30a.m.
-Grade 7/8 Junior Winds will rehearse Thursday 7:30-8:30a.m.
This Past Week..
This past week all students have been working very hard at our Optimist music. Optimist Festival is very quickly approaching. Students are reminded to keep working at our pieces.
This week..
Monday is Day 3 - (Massey, McVeety, RCS, Grant Road, and Perry Grade 6's have full band
- Grant Road Grade 7's have sectionals
Tuesday is Day 4 - Massey Grade 7 and 8's have sectionals, Grant Road Grade 6's have sectionals
Wednesday is Day 5 - Perry Grade 7's have Sectionals, Grant Road Grade 8's have sectionals, McVeety Grade 6,7, and 8's have sectionals
Thursday is Day 1 - Massey, McVeety, RCS grade 7's have full band, Perry Grade 6's have sectionals
Friday is Day 2 - Massey, McVeety, Grant Road and Perry Grade 8's have full band, Grant Road and Perry Grade 7's have full band, and Massey Grade 6's have sectionals.
-Congratulations to all students who participated in the Junior Select Band over the weekend!
Reminders:
- Monday is Day 3!
-Grade 6 Jazz Band will rehearse on Monday
- Grade 7 /8 Jazz Band will rehearse Tuesday 4-5
-Grade 7/8 Jazz Band will rehearse Wednesday 4-5
-Grade 6 Junior Winds will rehearse Wednesday 7:30-8:30a.m.
-Grade 7/8 Junior Winds will rehearse Thursday 7:30-8:30a.m.
This Past Week..
This past week all students have been working very hard at our Optimist music. Optimist Festival is very quickly approaching. Students are reminded to keep working at our pieces.
This week..
Monday is Day 3 - (Massey, McVeety, RCS, Grant Road, and Perry Grade 6's have full band
- Grant Road Grade 7's have sectionals
Tuesday is Day 4 - Massey Grade 7 and 8's have sectionals, Grant Road Grade 6's have sectionals
Wednesday is Day 5 - Perry Grade 7's have Sectionals, Grant Road Grade 8's have sectionals, McVeety Grade 6,7, and 8's have sectionals
Thursday is Day 1 - Massey, McVeety, RCS grade 7's have full band, Perry Grade 6's have sectionals
Friday is Day 2 - Massey, McVeety, Grant Road and Perry Grade 8's have full band, Grant Road and Perry Grade 7's have full band, and Massey Grade 6's have sectionals.
Friday, 22 January 2016
Coming Together
Reminders:
- Students involved in Junior Select Band - Dates are Jan. 28-30
- Junior Winds students Jan. 22 is our performance for Chinese New Year
Junior Winds students are asked to meet with your instrument and music at the Conexus Arts Center at 4:15p.m.
- The Florian Hoefner Group featuring Seamus Blake (world renowned saxophone player) is performing at Campbell at 7:00p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and listen.
Jazz Band and Junior Winds
- Grade 6 Jazz Band will rehearse on Monday from 4-5 p.m. in the band room at Campbell
- Grade 6 Junior Winds will rehearse on Wednesday from 7:30-8:30 a.m. in the Band Room at Campbell
- Grade 7/8 Jazz Band will be Tues. 4-5 p.m. in the Jazz Room at Campbell
- Grade 7/8 Jazz Band will be Wed. 4-5 p.m. in the Jazz Room at Campbell
- Grade 7/8 Junior Winds will rehearse on Thursday from 7:30-8:30 a.m. in the Band Room at Campbell
This Week in Grade 6 Band
(Massey, Grant Road, McVeety, RCS, and Perry)
The Grade 6's have been working hard learning new scales, and new notes. This week Grade 6's tried their concert Bb scale in half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes and sixteenth notes. We experimented with different tempos using these kind of notes. We also experimented with 3/4 time and 2/4 time. We also have begun demonstrating accents, staccatos, and tenutos. Grade 6's are beginning to identify and demonstrate these articulations in their music. We are continuing to work on Concert Eb scale.
Students were asked to practice the melody section of Courtly Dance and Procession. Grant Road and Perry students were asked to practice the beginning of Chorale and Recessional to measure 19. Students who have these mastered were asked to practice in their blue book on page 19.
This Week in Grade 7 Band
(Massey, Grant Road, McVeety, RCS, and Perry)
The Grade 7's have been working very hard at including details in our Optimist pieces. Details include where to breathe, and our dynamic choices. When all of us did these changes together there were some very nice sounding moments. We are a little bit stuck in the middle section of At Twilight, and so students were asked to practice measures 34 - 48 of that piece. We will work on that section more next week. Students are encouraged to go to the FJH website and listen to the recording. Nice work this week Grade 7's!
This Week in Grade 8 Band
(Masey, Grant Road, McVeety, RCS, and Perry)
Excellent progress has been made on Spania. We're starting to add the stylistic elements that will really bring this piece to life. Now we are going to work on memorizing our parts so that we can concentrate on playing together and watching the conductor. This next week we will work on the ends of both pieces and also restart Rippling Watercolors.
- Students involved in Junior Select Band - Dates are Jan. 28-30
- Junior Winds students Jan. 22 is our performance for Chinese New Year
Junior Winds students are asked to meet with your instrument and music at the Conexus Arts Center at 4:15p.m.
- The Florian Hoefner Group featuring Seamus Blake (world renowned saxophone player) is performing at Campbell at 7:00p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and listen.
Jazz Band and Junior Winds
- Grade 6 Jazz Band will rehearse on Monday from 4-5 p.m. in the band room at Campbell
- Grade 6 Junior Winds will rehearse on Wednesday from 7:30-8:30 a.m. in the Band Room at Campbell
- Grade 7/8 Jazz Band will be Tues. 4-5 p.m. in the Jazz Room at Campbell
- Grade 7/8 Jazz Band will be Wed. 4-5 p.m. in the Jazz Room at Campbell
- Grade 7/8 Junior Winds will rehearse on Thursday from 7:30-8:30 a.m. in the Band Room at Campbell
This Week in Grade 6 Band
(Massey, Grant Road, McVeety, RCS, and Perry)
The Grade 6's have been working hard learning new scales, and new notes. This week Grade 6's tried their concert Bb scale in half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes and sixteenth notes. We experimented with different tempos using these kind of notes. We also experimented with 3/4 time and 2/4 time. We also have begun demonstrating accents, staccatos, and tenutos. Grade 6's are beginning to identify and demonstrate these articulations in their music. We are continuing to work on Concert Eb scale.
Students were asked to practice the melody section of Courtly Dance and Procession. Grant Road and Perry students were asked to practice the beginning of Chorale and Recessional to measure 19. Students who have these mastered were asked to practice in their blue book on page 19.
This Week in Grade 7 Band
(Massey, Grant Road, McVeety, RCS, and Perry)
The Grade 7's have been working very hard at including details in our Optimist pieces. Details include where to breathe, and our dynamic choices. When all of us did these changes together there were some very nice sounding moments. We are a little bit stuck in the middle section of At Twilight, and so students were asked to practice measures 34 - 48 of that piece. We will work on that section more next week. Students are encouraged to go to the FJH website and listen to the recording. Nice work this week Grade 7's!
This Week in Grade 8 Band
(Masey, Grant Road, McVeety, RCS, and Perry)
Excellent progress has been made on Spania. We're starting to add the stylistic elements that will really bring this piece to life. Now we are going to work on memorizing our parts so that we can concentrate on playing together and watching the conductor. This next week we will work on the ends of both pieces and also restart Rippling Watercolors.
Friday, 15 January 2016
Making progress...
Reminders:
- Students involved in Junior Select Band - Dates are Jan. 28-30
- Junior Winds students Jan. 22 is our performance for Chinese New Year
Jazz Band and Junior Winds
- Grade 6 Jazz Band will rehearse on Monday from 4-5 p.m. in the band room at Campbell
- Grade 6 Junior Winds will rehearse on Wednesday from 7:30-8:30 a.m. in the Band Room at Campbell
- Grade 7/8 Jazz Band will be Tues. 4-5 p.m. in the Jazz Room at Campbell
- Grade 7/8 Jazz Band will be Wed. 4-5 p.m. in the Jazz Room at Campbell
- Grade 7/8 Junior Winds will rehearse on Thursday from 7:30-8:30 a.m. in the Band Room at Campbell
This Week in Grade 6 Band
(Massey, Grant Road, McVeety, RCS, and Perry)
This week the Grade 6's learned about Concert Eb scale. One of their pieces is written in Eb and so we have practiced Concert Eb. We identified the piece that was in Concert Eb and the piece that was in Concert Bb. Some of the Grade 6's experimented a little with not only eighth notes, but sixteenth notes as well. Grant Road and Perry Grade 6's learned about dotted notes. We saw that dotted half notes get three beats, and dotted quarter notes get one and a half beats.
Grade 6's were asked to practice Courtly Dance and Procession. Grade 6's were told we would be figuring out which parts were harmony and which parts were melody. As well Massey, RCS, and McVeety students were asked to practice their melody sections in Ayre and Dance. Grant Road and Perry students were asked to practice 19 to the end of Chorale and Recessional.
This Week in Grade 7 Band
(Massey, Grant Road, McVeety, RCS, and Perry)
The Grade 7's had great rehearsals this week. This week we worked on learning our concert F scale. This is so that when we play Pandora we will be used to that key signature. We also have been working extremely hard on our phrasing and on our dynamics in At Twilight and Incantation and Ritual. We worked on figuring out what was melody and what was harmony. Grade 7's were asked to pracitce 34-54 in INcantation and Ritual and 32-end of At Twilight.
This Week in Grade 8 Band
(Masey, Grant Road, McVeety, RCS, and Perry)
We had another productive week in Gr.8 band. We've begun working on a couple of new tunes, When Summer Takes Flight and Night Flight of the Gargoyles. They are tough but fun pieces. We are also working very hard on our Optimist pieces. We've got the notes and rhythms figured out but are still needing work on our dynamics and phrasing. Soon we will begin playing parts of these pieces for memory.
- Students involved in Junior Select Band - Dates are Jan. 28-30
- Junior Winds students Jan. 22 is our performance for Chinese New Year
Jazz Band and Junior Winds
- Grade 6 Jazz Band will rehearse on Monday from 4-5 p.m. in the band room at Campbell
- Grade 6 Junior Winds will rehearse on Wednesday from 7:30-8:30 a.m. in the Band Room at Campbell
- Grade 7/8 Jazz Band will be Tues. 4-5 p.m. in the Jazz Room at Campbell
- Grade 7/8 Jazz Band will be Wed. 4-5 p.m. in the Jazz Room at Campbell
- Grade 7/8 Junior Winds will rehearse on Thursday from 7:30-8:30 a.m. in the Band Room at Campbell
This Week in Grade 6 Band
(Massey, Grant Road, McVeety, RCS, and Perry)
This week the Grade 6's learned about Concert Eb scale. One of their pieces is written in Eb and so we have practiced Concert Eb. We identified the piece that was in Concert Eb and the piece that was in Concert Bb. Some of the Grade 6's experimented a little with not only eighth notes, but sixteenth notes as well. Grant Road and Perry Grade 6's learned about dotted notes. We saw that dotted half notes get three beats, and dotted quarter notes get one and a half beats.
Grade 6's were asked to practice Courtly Dance and Procession. Grade 6's were told we would be figuring out which parts were harmony and which parts were melody. As well Massey, RCS, and McVeety students were asked to practice their melody sections in Ayre and Dance. Grant Road and Perry students were asked to practice 19 to the end of Chorale and Recessional.
This Week in Grade 7 Band
(Massey, Grant Road, McVeety, RCS, and Perry)
The Grade 7's had great rehearsals this week. This week we worked on learning our concert F scale. This is so that when we play Pandora we will be used to that key signature. We also have been working extremely hard on our phrasing and on our dynamics in At Twilight and Incantation and Ritual. We worked on figuring out what was melody and what was harmony. Grade 7's were asked to pracitce 34-54 in INcantation and Ritual and 32-end of At Twilight.
This Week in Grade 8 Band
(Masey, Grant Road, McVeety, RCS, and Perry)
We had another productive week in Gr.8 band. We've begun working on a couple of new tunes, When Summer Takes Flight and Night Flight of the Gargoyles. They are tough but fun pieces. We are also working very hard on our Optimist pieces. We've got the notes and rhythms figured out but are still needing work on our dynamics and phrasing. Soon we will begin playing parts of these pieces for memory.
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