***Don't forget about the reed check week of 2/20!!!(3 good reeds for rotation)***
As we approach cycle 5 we will be assessing playing tests in a different fashion. The students will play a short selection of the UIL music (TBD), at a set tempo FROM MEMORY. This will be our new "20 second" test and will be the bulk of their playing grade in the first half of cycle 5. The week after spring break we will hold "UIL Finals" tests. Each student will play a large section of several pieces of their music (NOT from memory) for a director with a metronome. It is at this time that we will assess which students compete at the UIL contest in mid-April. Students who make it into the UIL band will then have outside of school sectionals for the two weeks before UIL at a time to be determined.
UIL 20 second test#1 (Week of 2/20/2012)
Flute/oboe-P.O.-m54-61
Clarinet 1,2-D.F.3-m90-96 Clarinet 3-D.F.3-m73-80
B clar.-D.F.3-m94-105
Bassoon-D.F.3-m133-139
A sax/ T sax-D.F.3-m94-102
Trumpet-D.F.3-m133-end
Trombone-DP.O.-m78-89
Euphonium-D.F.1-m65-73
Tuba-P.O.-m109-124
Jacob-D.F.1 m50-end
Annika-D.F.3-m25-40
Dustin-D.F.1-m65-81
Shane-D.F.1-m81-88
Gil-P.O.m.87-89
Dylan-March-SD-First strain
Grades :
Daily participation grades:
No Horn - 20 pts. per day
No Music(in binder) - 20 pts. per day
Violation of Rehearsal etiquette - 30 pts. per day
Playing tests:
CHAIR AUDITION:
Both concert bands have received an etude that they will play outside of class the weeks of 1/9 and 1/16. A major scale and the chromatic scale will also be played. Sign up sheets have been posted in the band hall for students to select a time/date to play. This audition will be inputted as a 100 for a playing test and will determine what part (1st, 2nd, etc...) that a student plays for the semester.
SCALES TEST:
The first playing grade in class will be over scales. The students will perform their scales with a metronome the month of January in the following groupings:
F, B flat, B, E
E flat, A flat, A, D
Students should play all scales at the tempo of their choice (minimum Q=100), and in the full range of their instrument.
20 Second Test:
A twenty Second test is a short playing test performed in front of the class.
- week of 1/17/2012-A,D,G and C Clarke Study @ Q=90
- week of 1/23 and 1/31/2012-D flat, G flat, B and E Clarke Study @ Q=80
- (See above for the UIL 20 second tests)
Concert Band (combined) Binder Must Haves:
- Fundamentals packet
- pencil (in a pouch)
- More to come!!!
- (All of these items must be kept in a hard 1" hard binder with the name of the student on it*)