As we get ready for the 2nd grading period to be over, and make our way toward the 3rd nine weeks (AND THE SECOND HALF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR!!) students will be assessed on their progress up to this point.
Here is a schedule for the NEXT TWO WEEKS:
January 5-9
Review all major concepts up to this point
In-class activities to help prepare for the Exams
January 12(Monday)
Listening and Extended Response (Exam part 1)
January 13 (Tuesday)
Multiple Choice (Exam part 2)
January 14-15 (Playing Exam)
Play scales (selected for each grade level)
Play lip slurs
play a sight reading
Istruments should go home after the playing portion of the exam!! We will be starting Bands in the Round Music on Tuesday January 20th.
Good luck students and get lots of rest so you can be prepared for all your tests!!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Sunday, December 7, 2008
PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE!
Students should be practicing regularly! Our Winter Concert is only days away and Practice makes Perfect!! Students should not only be practicing our songs, but they should ALSO be practicing SCALES and Lip Slurs!! These will help the songs to sound BETTER. Please encourage your Band Student to Practice!!
Winter Concert Rubric
Winter Concert Rubric
100 points Help Set Up Put Chairs out, stands out, music and instruments are ready, percussion set up
100 points On Time Ready to warm up as a Full Band after set up is complete. *If you are late, you will LOSE these points - you must be present to set up at 5:30 pm, and seated in the Big Gym at 6:15pm to warm up as a group.*
100 points Proper dress to performance (if you choose not to dress properly, you will lose these points. Dress is - like you would wear to a wedding, NO denim, NO athletic shoes. (Bonus for Red or Green colors)
400 points Proper Conduct/Behavior *before, during, or after concert*(if you are off task, fooling around, talking, whispering, have cell phone out, listening devices like iPod - YOU WILL RECEIVE A (ZERO) "0")
1000 points Actual Performance
- You are able to play all four (4) songs
- You have all of your Band Music/warm ups
- You have instrument in working order/ proper equipment
- You have proper posture
- You are watching and following directions
100 points Help tear down (we do this together - if the room is not put back to the way it is on a normal class day, we ALL lose these points)
200 points Complete Concert Critique
- All answers must be complete, with complete sentences(failure to do so will result in "0" points)
2000 points Total Points Available
100 points Help Set Up Put Chairs out, stands out, music and instruments are ready, percussion set up
100 points On Time Ready to warm up as a Full Band after set up is complete. *If you are late, you will LOSE these points - you must be present to set up at 5:30 pm, and seated in the Big Gym at 6:15pm to warm up as a group.*
100 points Proper dress to performance (if you choose not to dress properly, you will lose these points. Dress is - like you would wear to a wedding, NO denim, NO athletic shoes. (Bonus for Red or Green colors)
400 points Proper Conduct/Behavior *before, during, or after concert*(if you are off task, fooling around, talking, whispering, have cell phone out, listening devices like iPod - YOU WILL RECEIVE A (ZERO) "0")
1000 points Actual Performance
- You are able to play all four (4) songs
- You have all of your Band Music/warm ups
- You have instrument in working order/ proper equipment
- You have proper posture
- You are watching and following directions
100 points Help tear down (we do this together - if the room is not put back to the way it is on a normal class day, we ALL lose these points)
200 points Complete Concert Critique
- All answers must be complete, with complete sentences(failure to do so will result in "0" points)
2000 points Total Points Available
Concert Etiquette for Adults
The Ten Rules of Concert Behavior (for Adults)
(courtesy of the National Association for Music Education (www. musicfriends.org)
1. Refrain from talking
This is the first and greatest rule. This includes whispering to or disciplining your other
children.
2. Refrain from unwrapping noisy candy wrappers during the performance
If the composer wanted to include crinkle paper noises to the music, he/she would have written it into the parts.
3. Turn off pagers, cell phones, and watch alarms
While many phones and pagers have very symphonic-like rings, they don’t always fit into the
musical score, or do they provide pleasant sounds for your neighbors.
4. Do not wave to your child during the concert.
After all, they do know who you are already and they know you are there; you most likely brought them to the concert.
5. Do not take flash photography
You don’t want your child to fall from blindness, do you?
6. Please do not walk down to the front with your video camera
Video cameras work just as well from the back of the room.
7. Do not leave as soon as your child’s portion of the concert is over
All of the students deserve a full audience for their performances. Remember, the next time
your child’s song could be last!
8. Applaud at the appropriate times
Some music has several sections. Remember, it’s not over until all of the selections have been
performed.
9. Do not leave the room during the music
Wait for a break in the concert to visit the restroom, unless you carrying a screaming child, in which case you should leave quietly and quickly, PLEASE!!
10. Go to the concert expecting the best
You just might be surprised how good your student sounds when the other students join in!
(courtesy of the National Association for Music Education (www. musicfriends.org)
1. Refrain from talking
This is the first and greatest rule. This includes whispering to or disciplining your other
children.
2. Refrain from unwrapping noisy candy wrappers during the performance
If the composer wanted to include crinkle paper noises to the music, he/she would have written it into the parts.
3. Turn off pagers, cell phones, and watch alarms
While many phones and pagers have very symphonic-like rings, they don’t always fit into the
musical score, or do they provide pleasant sounds for your neighbors.
4. Do not wave to your child during the concert.
After all, they do know who you are already and they know you are there; you most likely brought them to the concert.
5. Do not take flash photography
You don’t want your child to fall from blindness, do you?
6. Please do not walk down to the front with your video camera
Video cameras work just as well from the back of the room.
7. Do not leave as soon as your child’s portion of the concert is over
All of the students deserve a full audience for their performances. Remember, the next time
your child’s song could be last!
8. Applaud at the appropriate times
Some music has several sections. Remember, it’s not over until all of the selections have been
performed.
9. Do not leave the room during the music
Wait for a break in the concert to visit the restroom, unless you carrying a screaming child, in which case you should leave quietly and quickly, PLEASE!!
10. Go to the concert expecting the best
You just might be surprised how good your student sounds when the other students join in!
Winter Concert
Perkins Middle School
December 7, 2008
The Music Department will be having the Winter Concert on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 6:30 PM in the Big Gymnasium at Perkins Middle School. This letter is to give you, the parent of guardian, information you need to help your music student receive the best concert grade possible!
Report time
Band to Room 20 to get instruments/music, then report to Big Gymnasium at 5:30 pm
Concert Dress
Band - Dress like you would wear to a wedding. Absolutely NO denim on any article of clothing or any athletic shoes! (BONUS for wearing RED or GREEN)
Attendance
ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY. The concert counts as 2000 points! All absences must be excused according to the Band and Orchestra Handbooks, and cleared with the director prior to the performance. Only an emergency situation will be excused. It must be in writing and signed by a parent, or in a medical situation, a doctor. The director will decide how the student will make up the grade.
General Information
All school and class rules apply at the concert. If your student has to be removed from the concert due to behavior, the grade will be lowered SIGNIFICANTLY. All students are expected to stay for the complete concert as a matter of concert etiquette. This is part of the Music Standards. All Band students are expected to have their instrument in good working order. All students are expected to use the restroom BEFORE the concert starts.
Thank you in advance for helping us make this a successful concert!
Happy Holidays
Miss Lampela
December 7, 2008
The Music Department will be having the Winter Concert on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 6:30 PM in the Big Gymnasium at Perkins Middle School. This letter is to give you, the parent of guardian, information you need to help your music student receive the best concert grade possible!
Report time
Band to Room 20 to get instruments/music, then report to Big Gymnasium at 5:30 pm
Concert Dress
Band - Dress like you would wear to a wedding. Absolutely NO denim on any article of clothing or any athletic shoes! (BONUS for wearing RED or GREEN)
Attendance
ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY. The concert counts as 2000 points! All absences must be excused according to the Band and Orchestra Handbooks, and cleared with the director prior to the performance. Only an emergency situation will be excused. It must be in writing and signed by a parent, or in a medical situation, a doctor. The director will decide how the student will make up the grade.
General Information
All school and class rules apply at the concert. If your student has to be removed from the concert due to behavior, the grade will be lowered SIGNIFICANTLY. All students are expected to stay for the complete concert as a matter of concert etiquette. This is part of the Music Standards. All Band students are expected to have their instrument in good working order. All students are expected to use the restroom BEFORE the concert starts.
Thank you in advance for helping us make this a successful concert!
Happy Holidays
Miss Lampela
Friday, November 21, 2008
Welcome to the Perkins Band Blog
This will be the first of many blogs for the Perkins Band. This will be another way for students and parents to stay up-to-date with Band assignments and performances.
Today we participated in a Field Trip experience. The Band and Orchestra students travelled to Fairlawn Lutheran Church (during a blizzard) to watch Apollo's Fire perform. It was a look into the life and works of Antonio Vivaldi. The students were very well-behaved and proudly represented Perkins!
Our next performance will be our Winter Concert, held at Perkins on Tuesday December 16, 2008 at 6:30 pm. The concert is earlier than last year, partly because we are welcoming the Buchtel Band, Orchestra, and Choir to perform as well. We are really looking forward to working together.
Today we participated in a Field Trip experience. The Band and Orchestra students travelled to Fairlawn Lutheran Church (during a blizzard) to watch Apollo's Fire perform. It was a look into the life and works of Antonio Vivaldi. The students were very well-behaved and proudly represented Perkins!
Our next performance will be our Winter Concert, held at Perkins on Tuesday December 16, 2008 at 6:30 pm. The concert is earlier than last year, partly because we are welcoming the Buchtel Band, Orchestra, and Choir to perform as well. We are really looking forward to working together.
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